Brother and sister operators David and Kirsty Stein have added to their bar/butchershop portfolio by opening Cafebar 1807 in Linlithgow’s High Street. Situated on the site of the now closed Auld Hole In The Wall. Cafebar 1807 serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, opening until 1am on Friday and Saturday.
Cafebar 1807 joins the Stein’s Cafe 1912 in Bathgate, which the duo opened in 2013.
Refurbished in muted greys, blues and creams, 1807 will focus on good quality, Scottish sourced food. Stocking only high end spirits and beers, it will stock Paolozzi beer from the Edinburgh Beer Company.
David told DRAM, “Our core business is our butchers shops so food will always be at the core of what we do. When we launched 1912, the response was fantastic so when this lease came up in Linlithgow, it was a perfect fit. The location, in the High Street, is the best we could ever get and even though we did absolutely no marketing before we opened, we were packed for our first weekend.”
Bathgate’s venue’s 1912 name was inspired by the date the building was built, but unfortunately that wasn’t possible for 1807. “We quite liked the idea of keeping the theme running but couldn’t find out the definitive date for the building,” he says. “So we researched things around the building and discovered that the lovely fountain outside the bar was constructed by a one-armed stonemason in 1807, so there was our link!”
The Steins are also planning to add to their two shops and cafe/bars with a new ‘in-between’ launch, also in Linlithgow. “I’m hopefully going to sign something in the next couple of weeks. I want to launch a cafe/deli type place called Steelyard. Our shops already are licensed as we sell whisky and wine, so this would be a step up but not to a cafe brasserie type place.”