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in Dundee.

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Dundee

Mill dining and Broughty Ferry bars.

Dundee's restaurants carry a good deal of the city's own history. One fills a long room in the Lower Dens Mill, where the Baxter family began spinning in 1822, and it's named after a much-loved mill girl. Another, on Whitehall Crescent by Slessor Gardens, has copper-topped bars, leather booths and a beer garden. On the Nethergate, a small Tex-Mex café sits in the pink building where Lemmings was first dreamed up. Along Brook Street in Broughty Ferry, there's a family bar open from brunch till late and a café bistro with palm-leaf walls. Book ahead for Friday and Saturday nights.

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Gracie’s→
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Daisy Tasker.

The restaurant of Hotel Indigo in Dundee's Lower Dens Mill, named for a mill girl, with its bar Eighteen22 next door.

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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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AfterwardsJust nowDundeeBroughty Castle400 yardsDundeeTravel back in time to the Coastal Fort of Broughty Castle500 yardsDundeeBroughty Ferry Beach700 yards

Round the corner from Bruach Bar.

Three good places a short walk away: Broughty Castle, Travel back in time to the Coastal Fort of Broughty Castle and Broughty Ferry Beach.

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Gracie’s.

A café bistro on Brook Street, Broughty Ferry, under a striped awning, with palm-leaf walls, breakfasts, lunches and home baking.

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Bird & Bear.

Bird & Bear is a bar and restaurant in a handsome sandstone building on Whitehall Crescent, by Slessor Gardens and a few minutes from the V&A. Behind its green frontage are copper-topped bars, big copper lamps, leather booths and plants everywhere, with birdcages among them and a mezzanine above. Cocktails and craft beer are a big part of it, but the kitchen is just as busy, with brunch through the day and a full menu in the evening. There's a beer garden on Dock Street for sunny days, and dogs are welcome.

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