An organic bakery and cafe selling fresh, tasty food, with cosy atomsphere and friendly service. By far the healthest place in the east end of Glasgow, a place notorious for poor health statistics. It's fun too - worth the trip.

Tapa Coffee and Bakehouse
21 Whitehill Street
Dennistoun
Glasgow
G31 2LH
0141 554 9981
www.tapabakehouse.co.uk/

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A bar specialising in beer - but not the usual fare from large brewers or multinationals. Yes, it does offer these brands but its speciality is more obscure (in the UK at least) beers form smaller foreign brewers - Kolsch, eastern European, etc. Friendly atmosphere, spacious inside, and nice views of the world going by. Try!

Candleriggs, Merchant City, Glasgow G1

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If you need to absorb the excess of the night before, or stock up before a day in town, get a full breakfast here. This is Glasgow/Italian fusion cuisine at its best; no nonsense, honest and affordable. The Italian sausage is fantastic and the coffee is how it should be.

360 Great Western Road
www.cafecherubini.com/

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If the smell of Bradfords made my teeth nervous, then the pineapple soufflé — a wobbling mound of yellow cream, coated in icing, atop a pastry base — had them screaming in protest. This camp confection was appropriately packed with sweet, synthetic fruitiness. The walls, if you licked them, would surely taste like the powder-pink icing of the delicious Chelsea buns. Cakes, sandwiches and more substantial dishes are all homemade on site, but this is not a place for serious gourmets. It is old school, lace-doily tea at its finest, and the best way of escaping a Sauchiehall soaking on a grim day.

245 Sauchiehall Street
Tel: 0141 332 1008

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This is a must. Rennie Mackintosh style with art deco interior, high back chairs and delightful teas. Revive with afternoon tea served by waitresses in rustling black satin uniforms with white aprons and tiny headbands. Dr. Finlay would have been at home here.

www.willowtearooms.co.uk

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Tapa is a cafe/delicatessen that only sells organic and vegetarian products. They bake their own bread, which tastes fantastic: being Italian my family is very picky about bread, but Tapa's bread never let us down. Interestingly, they mostly use local-sourced rye to bake bread.
They also do very good organic fairtrade coffee, and their own soups, ciabbattas, sandwiches and, mostly recommended, cakes.
Staff are very friendly and nice. You can dine inside, or even outside on the pavement, weather permitting. The cafe has a very "east-side" unpretentious look, but the quality on offer is not matched by more pretentious cafes in the city centre - so it is worth visiting Dennistoun on the east side to eat at Tapa.

21 Whitehill St, Glasgow;
tel: 0141 554 9981

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