BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals For the second year running, the BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals tents have chosen a combination of Embo and the Italian on the Mound to cover their food and coffee requirements. Stall Given that the Italian on the Mound is home to one of the 10 Worst Coffees in Edinburgh …

Checkpoint Dogs & Wings I’m a big fan of Checkpoint and visit on a pretty regular basis. I like their menu a lot and their drinks list is well thought-out.Sign As part of the Assembly George Square food offering, they have a wings and dogs stall called Dogs & Wings. Although I’m not a huge …

Bob’s Blundabus Drivers’ Canteen Aimless wandering is just as fun during August as ‎it is at other times of the year. It tends to be how I discover most of the interesting new places in the city and once more this masterly tactic revealed an unusual little Festival spot in the shape of Bob’s Blundabus …

Surgeon’s Hall Courtyard Bar & BBQ I’ve visited the courtyard bar and BBQ at Surgeon’s Hall for the last couple of years but on both occasions it was after I’d finished all the required Festival reviews. Once more, I’d ‎forgotten about it in my initial consideration but remembered slightly earlier this year so can finally …

Lov Mexican As regular readers will know, I don’t love Mexican food even when love is spelled lov, as in the case of Festival stall Lov Mexican. But I was passing by and their sign promised a breakfast torta and given it was 10am and I hadn’t yet eaten it seemed like giving it a …