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Brook Street brunch and Nethergate tacos.

Eating out in Dundee runs from the city centre to Brook Street, the main street of Broughty Ferry. In town there are copper-topped bars and cocktails by Slessor Gardens, a restaurant in the mill where the Baxters began spinning in 1822, and Tex-Mex in a pink building where the game Lemmings was dreamed up. Out at the Ferry, a family-owned bar runs from brunch till late, and a café bistro under a striped awning does breakfasts, lunches and home baking. On the waterfront, a little horsebox van hands out warm doughnuts and coffee. Book ahead for dinner at weekends.

From our guide19 hours ago

Pretty Fly Workshop.

Pretty Fly Workshop is a jewellery shop and workshop at the east end of Brook Street, run by two graduates of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. Its glass cases hold handmade work by independent makers, many of them from Scotland's art schools, alongside ceramics, textiles, prints, homeware and toys. Behind the counter is a busy workbench, where the owners take on repairs, engraving and enamel work, and make pieces to order, from engagement rings to cufflinks. It's the place to find a present nobody else will have.

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From our guide17 hours ago

Gracie’s.

Gracie's is a café bistro on Brook Street in Broughty Ferry, and one of the town's favourites for breakfast and lunch. Look for the dark green front under a striped awning, with ferns hanging over the pavement tables and a hatch for takeaway coffee. Inside it's warm and stylish, with palm-leaf wallpaper, leather banquettes and round wooden tables. The menu runs to hearty breakfasts, lunches and home baking made with local ingredients. Dogs are welcome, so it's an easy stop before or after a walk along the promenade to the castle.

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Restaurants to book ahead, and the ones you can still walk into.

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From the magazine15 hours ago

Issue 09Autumn / Winter 2024-25

Eastfield, a café near the top of Perth Road in Dundee, takes its name and its snowdrop logo from the house where the owner's wife grew up.

Harris McNeill was head chef at Ballintaggart, the Perthshire food destination, before opening his own café in Dundee, between the university and the top of Perth Road. His wife grew up in the city in a house called Eastfield. 'Within that area snowdrops grow like madness! Hence the name, and hence the logo,' he says. The menu changes daily, weekly and monthly as he talks to his suppliers about what is best, though there will always be some sort of pasta. There is no phone number and no way to book, just food on plates and coffee in cups.

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From our guide13 hours ago

Bruach Bar.

Bruach is a family-owned bar and restaurant on Brook Street, Broughty Ferry's main street, and it has been one of the busiest places on it since it opened in 2007. Look for the grey and gold frontage and the brightly painted penguin at the door. Inside, a long, softly lit bar leads back to red leather booths and corners of velvet sofas, with a mezzanine above. The kitchen serves brunch, lunch and dishes right through the day, cooked fresh and with plenty for people with allergies. In the evening the bar mixes cocktails from fresh ingredients.

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From our guide11 hours ago

Wee Mexico.

Wee Mexico is a small, bright Tex-Mex café in a narrow pink building on the Nethergate, a few minutes from the V&A. The menu keeps it simple, with tacos, burritos, quesadillas and loaded nachos, and Mexican soft drinks in glass bottles, to eat in or take away. The building has a claim to fame of its own. A plaque in the window marks it as the first office of DMA Design, where the computer game Lemmings was dreamed up. It's a good lunch stop, and a small pilgrimage for anyone who grew up with the game.

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Heather Street Food.

A little white horsebox coffee van outside the V&A on Dundee's waterfront, with fresh doughnuts and its own roasted coffee.

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True or false: marmalade was invented in Dundee, after a Spanish ship carrying Seville oranges sheltered from a storm in the harbour.

Did you know8 hours ago

The tayberry, a cross between a blackberry and a raspberry, was bred at Invergowrie, near Dundee, and named after the River Tay.

The plant breeder Derek Jennings, of Dundee, developed it at the Scottish Horticultural Research Institute in Invergowrie. He spent about five years breeding a suitable raspberry, then crossed it with an American blackberry called Aurora, and the new fruit was released in 1979. It was meant as an improvement on the loganberry, and it turned out sweeter, much larger and more aromatic. The berries ripen a reddish purple in early July, and the institute, now the James Hutton Institute, is still a centre for breeding soft fruit.