The Shoogly Peg, Rose Street, Edinburgh
What used to be the The Gordon Arms is now The Shoogly Peg, a sister pub to The Rose & Crown across the road. As far as I can tell, […]
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#272: The Amber Rose, Castle Street, Edinburgh
For the entire tour this pub has been closed due to a fire last summer. As luck would have it, this was their unofficial opening night, a practice run with […]
#268: Platform 5, Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh
Platform 5 opened in May this year, housed within the ground floor of the adjoining Tune hotel, across the road from Haymarket train station. It’s not a hotel bar though, […]
#267: The Mad Hatter, Torphichen Place, Edinburgh
The Mad Hatter is a fairly new pub in the West End, not far from Haymarket station. It opened earlier this year, a sister bar of The Cuckoo’s Nest up […]
#264: WJ Christie & Sons, West Port, Edinburgh
This pub is where we came up with the idea for the tour. It’s changed its name since then, previously known as The Grassmarket Bar, even though it wasn’t in […]
#259: 1780, Rose Street, Edinburgh
After a night of mostly posh bars on George Street, it was nice to sit down for a pint of real ale in a quiet wooden pub, even if it […]
#244: The Slug and Lettuce, Greenside Place, Edinburgh
The decision to go here caused some upset in the group since it didn’t strictly follow our rules, having no door onto the street, being fully within the Omni Centre. […]
