Scoops & Hoops Stockbridge is packed with good food options but has a pretty high turnover rate in certain spots. Following the demise of Wendy’s Ice Creams, Scoops and Hoops is the next business to take a swing at making a tricky spot on Hamilton Place work.Exterior The interior is much the same as before …

The Signal Box For a further exploration of the charms of the Festival Village atop Waverley Mall, I wandered along to try The Signal Box, a purveyor of hotdogs.Box This was not my first hot sausage experience in this environs. I’d endured the dreadful Original German Sausage late last year, but had rather better fortune …

Bubba Q ExteriorWhere Wildest Drams traded for a while, Bubba Q has taken over recently. This was not my first visit as I’d popped in shortly after it opened and found it on rather mixed form. I’d spent a bit of time feeding back to the folks in the kitchen as while the place had …

The Filling Station Sometimes it’s pretty unfair to review a place when I have a massive hangover. I’m not saying I don’t do it, and I usually declare it when I do, but in the case of The Filling Station’s Omni Centre branch addressing my hangover was largely the reason I was there, as venturing …

Smoke Barbecue With trips to the excellent Reekie’s Smokehouse now firmly a part of our regular cricuit, I quite enjoy trying barbecue places in other cities to see how they compare. In that regard, we’ve visited Smoak and Adelphi Kitchen, quite recently. To that number we can now add Smoke Barbecue on Glasgow’s West Regent …