Tag: Best coffee

  • Zola’s Bakery – Galashiels, double feature

    Zola’s Bakery – Galashiels, double feature

    I know a bit about the gastro side of Gala as I’m often here on business. My proper PMiaV business, not just visiting cafes. I had previously narrowed it down to Zola’s Bakery, the vegan café, as the place to go. Zola’s is small, just a couple of tables and a window plank with stools.…

  • Luckie Beans – Galashiels, part 2

    Luckie Beans – Galashiels, part 2

    If only there was a coffee roastery in Gala… Then there was. A small A-board was in my path (don’t move it Gala council, it wasn’t obstructing the path). In white chalk it said ‘COFFEE’ and there was an arrow. Down an alley, in a courtyard, was the Luckie Beans Roastery. Magic Beans more like.…

  • Laverockha – Larkhall.

    Laverockha – Larkhall.

    To a migratory visitor Larkhall appears to be a non-entity; one those central belt towns that seems to have had its original purpose removed and no-one is quite sure what to do with what is left. Yes, I did pass a boarded-up bar, sad looking houses and a new horrendous ‘architect-designed’ (as if other houses…

  • The Good Coffee Cartel – Paisley Road West, Glasgow.

    The Good Coffee Cartel – Paisley Road West, Glasgow.

    Paisley Road West, between the Opry and Bellahouston Park via shisha lounges, the Subway station and a Greek Thompson terrace could never bore a lover of humanity such as I. Watch out for broken glass, bin bags and dog shit though. This bit of PRW also includes two of my favourite things in Glasgow’s van-cessible…