Cycling is becoming increasingly popular. It’s better for the environment, healthy, less stressful than being stuck in traffic jams, and parking is usually free and widely available. Appealing to the rising numbers of Glasgow cyclists, Siempre Bicycle Café opened its doors on Dumbarton Road in 2012. It is a bike shop, bar, and coffee shop rolled into one space, an airy room … [Read more...] about Interview: Inside Siempre Bicycle Cafe in Partick
Pubs of Glasgow: Tennent’s on Byres Road
Anyone who has spent time on Byres Road will recognise the black and gold façade of Tennent’s Bar on the busy corner of Byres and Highburgh Roads. While pubs, restaurants, and cafes come and go in the West End, Tennent’s is one of the stalwarts. The interior, a cavernous space with booths around the edges and raised tables in the middle, bears reminders of the pub’s … [Read more...] about Pubs of Glasgow: Tennent’s on Byres Road
Inside the Live Folk Sessions at Babbity Bowster
Every Saturday and Wednesday afternoon, musicians trickle into Babbity Bowster, the long-standing pub in Blackfriars Street in the Merchant City. They gather around a table near the fireplace, two of them always sitting on a bench dedicated to Mike Berry, a great Glasgow fiddle player, teacher and session stalwart who died in 2008. Someone tweaks fiddle strings, someone else … [Read more...] about Inside the Live Folk Sessions at Babbity Bowster