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Glasgow

Victorian pubs and railway-arch taps.

Glasgow's bars are as lively as the city. Stand at the long horseshoe bar of a Victorian pub off Buchanan Street, drink craft beer from dozens of taps in the railway arches, or sip a cocktail in a bar with hundreds of spirits on Miller Street. There's a 1790s townhouse turned bar in the Merchant City, and a lively cocktail bar under Central Station. Pace yourself, and say yes to a song.

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Bar of the day18 hours ago

The Spiritualist.

A cocktail bar and restaurant on Miller Street with more than four hundred spirits on what it calls Scotland's greatest bar gantry.

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Afterwards16 hours agoGlasgowMerchant City200 yardsGlasgowSharmanka Kinetic Theatre300 yardsGlasgowBritannia Panopticon300 yards

Round the corner from Babbity Bowster.

Three good places a short walk away: Merchant City, Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre and Britannia Panopticon.

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Bars15 hours ago

The Clarence.

Hyndland's modern bistro with the soul of a pub, on Hyndland Road, with dishes from the grill, oysters and nostalgic puddings.

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Just opened13 hours ago

Le Set opens in the Penthouse at Princes Square in Glasgow, from the partners behind Grosso.

Lunch and dinner first, then a late bar with live music until 1am. The kitchen is led by Nick Rietz, who founded the Michelin Guide-listed Bilson Eleven.

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From Issue 7 of Hidden Scotland magazineIssue 710 hours ago

Bare Bones Chocolate - Cacao goodness

Lara Messer and Cameron Dixon on Bare Bones Chocolate, the bean-to-bar maker they started in Glasgow in 2017, making single-origin chocolate with flavour and fairness in mind.

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Bars9 hours ago

Ardnamurchan Scottish Restaurant & Bar.

A Scottish restaurant and bar at the top of Hope Street cooking Highlands and Islands produce, from Mull scallops to venison, with over fifty whiskies.

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From the magazine7 hours agoThe printed copy of Issue 07Issue 07Autumn / Winter 2023-24

Lara Messer, a Glasgow photographer, found a craft chocolate bar in her bag on a train home and went on to start Bare Bones Chocolate.

Lara had just finished a demanding fashion shoot when she found the bar. 'I started eating it and daydreamed about how incredible it would be to make chocolate for a living,' she remembers. She Googled how chocolate is made and phoned her boyfriend, Cameron Dixon, a mechanical engineer. It was 2017 and craft chocolate was a tiny market, so Cameron's engineering background helped. After a year of sourcing and testing single-origin cacao beans they launched in 2018, and their milk chocolate won two stars at the Great Taste Awards within months. The couple have since married in their workshop in the railway arches of Osborne Street, which has a small factory shop selling hot chocolate.

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Stay5 hours agoGlasgowMoment Blythswood Street0.8 milesGlasgowCrossbasket Castle6.8 milesAyrshireTalli House12.2 miles

Stay near Buck's Bar Trongate.

The three good places closest to it: Moment Blythswood Street, Crossbasket Castle and Talli House.

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Bars4 hours ago

The Horseshoe Bar.

A Victorian pub of 1884 on Drury Street, with a horseshoe-shaped island bar 104 feet long, said to be the longest in Europe.

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Just opened2 hours ago

The Valinch, a whisky and cask ale bar, has opened in a basement on Hope Street in Glasgow.

Thomas and Inga McDonagh, who ran the Bon Accord on North Street, opened it with around 300 whiskies on the gantry and a bottle shop.

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Bars1 hour ago

Inn Deep.

An independent craft beer bar with thirty-three taps in the railway arches below Great Western Road, by the River Kelvin, with pizza by Sub Rosa.

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