The Bon Vivant champagne bar & restaurant owned by Stuart McCluskey now has a sister venue in the shape of the ‘The Bon Vivant’s Companion’. This too is located in Edinburgh’s Thistle Street, but it offers a deli/larder and coffee shop experience, and also includes a specialist drinks shop. Downstairs it boasts a sampling room [...]

The Signet Library, just off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh is the location of a new pop-up Pommery champagne bar which is open for the duration of the Festival. It will now be open to the public as well as the legal eagles. The venue is usually used exclusively for the legal fraternity although it [...]

The venue is usually exclusively for the legal fraternity although it is hired out for private events. Donald Findlay QC told Scotland on Sunday,  “I’m utterly appalled and scandalised at the suggestion. This is the slippery slope we’re on now. The next thing they will be doing is carry-out pizzas and selling hamburgers.”