Next up for a visit is Riverhill. It is on the northside of Gordon Street between Renfield Street and West Nile Street. Just next door to Tantrum Donuts if you need a little sugar fix! It's a tight little unit with a couple of seats in the window and bench seating along the wall. Outside seating is available but Gordon Street is busy so it’s not peaceful but good to people watch ! The business started in Helensburgh with their courtyard restaurant which is well worth a visit if you are down that way. It was an early champion of its coffee roaster www.deargreencoffee.com which started in 2010 and is still based in the east end of Glasgow. Recently voted as Micro-Roastery of the year for 2025 by Roast Magazine, it’s hard to find a better coffee roaster in Scotland. They are the first roastery outside the US to make the grade! Lisa, who runs Dear Green, is also an advocate of the Living Wage and the environment with her company also being B Corp certified. Off those good fo...
Next up is Outlier in the East End of the city centre. This is quite a unique space in a former textile studio with a rustic feel with the original sandstone walls exposed and polished concrete and oak furniture and fittings. It has a busy and inviting atmosphere – understated cool! There is plenty on offer with tasty in house baked cakes and breads and a menu for breakfast and lunch using locally sourced ingredients. Coffee is supplied by thegoodcoffeecartel.com a coffee roaster based in Glasgow with a cafe themselves in Cornwall Street in Glasgow. I had a couple of coffees today, tasting their filter as well as an espresso. Both were beautiful smooth coffees, and the espresso pulled was particularly well made. Sitting alongside these wonderful coffees is a carefully put together menu with highlights such as the devilled crab on sourdough with a poached egg and what I consider to be the best sandwich in Glasgow is the fried chicken sandwich. Itself it can be considered a meal for tw...