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Mario Gizzi and Tony Conetta have opened their new Atlantic Bar and Brasserie, in the lower ground floor of their Anchorline premises on St Vincent Place in Glasgow. The newest addition to the DRG family, is named after The Atlantic, which was the French restaurant that The Anchor Line Shipping Company created for the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park. The glamorous bar and brasserie offers French food plus a full rotisserie. See next issue for a full design feature. Meanwhile in December the enterprising duo will also open Tutto Matto in Edinburgh’s Nicolson Street. The new trendy pizza restaurant will offer a range of traditional pizza’s and a variety of pizza’s inspired by different countries, 32 in total. The news comes following the sale of Pinto to Barburrito, the Mexican street- food operation that the two backed with Paul Sloan and Calum MacLachlainn.
JD Wetherspoon put four Scottish pubs up for sale JD Wetherspoon has put four pubs in Scotland up for sale. They are the Capitol in Dundee, Society Room (pictured) in Glasgow, Clydesdale Inn at Lanark and the Crossed Peels in Stirling. CBRE are handling the sale. The pubs are just four of thirty four that have been put on the market across the UK. Chairman Tim Martin commented, “Every five to ten years we go through a process of disposing of pubs. This is not a anxiety sale, ahead of the Living Wage being introduced next year. “It is a periodic review of the portfolio. The pubs we are selling average 20 to 30% less sales than other Wetherspoon pubs.”
Licensed trade property guru David Reid (above) has snapped up his second pub in Aberdeen. The latest addition to his Doric Pub Company is the Kittybrewster Bar and Ashgrove Lounge in Powis Terrace which has been run by Andrew and Ann Chapman for the last 30 years. David moved to Aberdeen a few years ago from Bridge of Allan, and bought his first pub the Brig O’ Dee Bar in Holburn Street in 2012.
Tayview re-opens The Tayview Hotel in Dundee has re-opened under the ownership of Mohammed Misbahuddin who bought the hotel recently. It is the retailers first foray into the licensed trade.
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Edinburgh has a new beer pub in the shape of the Bier Keller. The venue, in the basement of Frankenstein’s on George IV Bridge, will open until 1am on weekdays and 3am at the weekends. As well as presenting DJ’s the new bar will feature an Oompah band. There are VIP areas, booths and alcoves available for hire, with seating at traditional long wooden tables for up to 160. Lovers of German beer will be able to enjoy three different draught beers served in Steins and an extensive range of bottled beers; also on offer cocktails, schnapps and culinary favourites’ including bratwurst, schnitzel and apple strudel. Ian Norman, former Ontrade sales director at Whyte & Mackay has moved to Halewood International as Sales Director – On trade. Newly-appointed general manager of Macdonald Pittodrie House Hotel, Pim Wolfs, has been selected for a prestigious Master Innholder Scholarship. He is one of only 19 successful candidates for 2016 with the opportunity to attend a personal development training programme at the highlyaccredited Cranfield School of Management in Bedfordshire. After successful completion, Master Innholder Scholars are known as St. Julien Scholars and form a select group of standard bearers, developing and upholding best practice within the hospitality industry.
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