Tag: cafe culture
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Patricia’s X SLB, Govanhill, Glasgow
God forbid you should have to park your engine of economic generation for any length of time in Govanhill. Nae spaces here pal. But, like many decisions in contemporary society, the reluctant but sensible choice seems to be Lidl. With their 90 minutes free car park. Around the corner in Victoria Street coffee beckons at…
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The Summit café, Tiso, Couper Street, Glasgow
It is of paramount importance to the six or seven readers of this blog and myself to be able to nip off the M8 and get decent coffee whilst not handing over any gelt for parking or being delayed by traffic. That’s why Tiso is so handy. Exit J15 or 16. A friend pointed out…
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Patina Bakery, Edinburgh Park.
One of the most disheartening journeys in Scotland remains driving the M8 from Glasgow to Edinburgh. After finally reaching the Edinburgh City bypass, having righteously avoiding the Wildbean café, Harthill (https://pickymaninavan.com/2025/03/04/wild-bean-cafe-harthill-and-everywhere) there seems to be nowhere for refreshment. Apart from Krispy Kreme donuts and the usual other multinational outlets that sell reasonably priced food-like substances,…
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Crema. Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow
After last week’s episode, in which Sancho, my faithful co-driver, has claimed that their character was somewhat maligned, questions have been raised in the House (our house) and on the Today Programme at breakfast (or it might have been just been today at breakfast). So in the great British tradition of a right to reply…
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The Milkman, Peebles
Is the customer always right? My experience is no-one is. Although one’s van-based partner Sancho claims that they are. Themselves, not the customer. And only 97% of the time. So I did take my customer’s coffee recommendation for the Milkman, Peebles. I parked the trading chariot for free in a meadow-side locale, strolled across a…
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Ullapool and Inverness, briefly. Cult Café, West Coast Deli, The Bakery.
What pleasure it is to be invited for a sporting weekend in the country with associated quality comestibles and copious imbibables. Especially so as the location was gourmet Aunt’s wee Highlan’ Hame. I did beg her to not thus describe it. So I loaded Rocco and headed north on an enviable drive to the moonscape…
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PickyManinaVan is on holiday far far north…
…and will report next Thursday on certain establishments of interest.
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Melo, Bearsden, Glasgow
Achilles may have been the greatest and swiftest of the Greeks but there was the eventually defining matter of his heel. I feel the same about the coffee in Melo. Melo is conveniently located on A81 Milngavie Road. Opposite is a rank of free parking in MacFarlane Rd and nearby is the tasty, filling and…
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Booka Bookshop café, Oswestry
One hesitates to admit to scuttling, but scuttle across the border we did until safely on the Welsh side. Rocco, my cuboid steed, was packed not with stock, but with holiday gear for the amusement of all. Diverse outlying relatives, both geographically and emotionally, were also to be visited. They might even enhance the vacation.…
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PMiaV, Sancho and Rocco are on Holiday…
…and will return on Thursday
