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Everybody’s Here!

The gang is complete now! After settling in at the hostel or apartment, we went to The City Cafe for dinner, then for a little walk and some drinks.

A fine start of this trip, I’d say.

Kebab & Cask

Near Victoria Coach Station there aren’t many nice places to eat or drink, but the previous times I was here, I hadn’t much choice due to the limited time I had. Since I arrived a bit early, I had enough time to venture a bit deeper into Pimlico, to a nice Turkish restaurant I found on Foursquare in preparation for this trip: Cyprus Mangal. Their karişik kebab dish was just what I needed.
Then I noticed a craft beer pub nearby — CASK Pub and Kitchen — and since I still had time for a couple of pints…

Old Stag Inn

glasgowfoodie:

Old Stag Inn, 12 Greenview Street, Glasgow,

Located in what is known as The Stag Building (Architect Thomas Baird 1862 – 1953), The Old Stag pub was first listed in the Glasgow Post Office Directory of 1889-90.

The licencee at this time was Mr John Lyns, who took over the license from D McCafferty between 1886 and 1888.

The Stag Building was erected in 1905 by John Lyons to include housing and shops. Original shops were Carmichaels Chemist and Dougie’s Dairy.

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Where I met my first Glaswegian friends! 🙂

Making friends

Last night I spent at the Old Stag Inn, in the excellent company of a food blogger I met online, and her friends. Learnt a thing or two about Gaelic pronunciation, emptied a keg, and got myself an invitation to a pub crawl later this week. So I’ve even started to make some friends in Glasgow already!