The Hidden Glasgow Forums

Having recently moved to Cumbernauld (all together, What's It Called?...) I find myself almost exactly half way along the Canal geographically. As a keen cyclist I've been using the towpath as a traffic free route for training so... I usually join the Towpath at Auchinstarry, where there is a large...

Les Negres...my god I didn't think anyone else had heard of them. I saw them at the Big Day (introduced by Richard Jobson I seem to recall) and at the Fleadh afterwards. Later they played the Garage and I remember seeing their tour-bus, a gorgeous green Vintage Mercedes parked up outside. The origin...

Having recently moved to Cumbernauld (all together, What's It Called?...) I find myself almost exactly half way along the Canal geographically. As a keen cyclist I've been using the towpath as a traffic free route for training so... I usually join the Towpath at Auchinstarry, where there is a large ...

Good call and I have to agree the Scottishy bit has been over done in the Bothy which is on the site of the old Puppet Theatre. I beleive it's owned by Stefan King (who also owns the Loft in Ashton Lane across Byers Road) Bothy similar and comparible to Arisaig which now has a West End outpost at th...

Upstairs at the Chip is hard to beat for me. Live ale, live lager, live cider.

Also the bar at rogano for a cocktail on a Saturday afternoon. Went in once to wait on a table downstairs and had 7 dry martinis. you should of seen the bill!

The Chip in Ashton lane gets an undeservedly good name. The food is mediocre at best and it is the most over priced place in the town bar none. The service is casual to the point of nonchalance and the wine increasingly poor value for money. It very much trades on past glories. Looked at the menu la...

I used to do business with Robox who were originally calculator specialists. Yes, really, that's all they sold when they opened. There was another office equipment business there for a few years called Clydeforth, who were Glasgow's Olivetti typewriter dealer. McConomys was quite the place to go for...