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SHOPPING IN GLASGOW made from unpasteurized milk.

Roots, Fruits and Flowers is
While Glasgow itself is home to some fashion-conscious city: the best alternative Glasgow’s leading fruit and vege­
570,000 people, as the focal point of a great fashion and design boutiques are in the table store. For divine handmade
conurbation in west central Scotland it pro- West End, around Byres Road. A trip to chocolates pay No. 1 Chocolate
vides the main shopping centre for almost the colourful Barras street market, which Factory a visit. Aside from
na tion al chains selling beer, wine
half of the country’s population. The large is held every weekend, offers a much more and spirits, such as Oddbins,
number of potential customers is allied to traditional, if somewhat anarchic, Glaswegian there is The Whisky Shop in the
Glasgow’s reputation as Scotland’s most shopping experience. city centre and the Ubiquitous
Chip Wine Shop in the west end.
and Sunday, thousands style. Graham Tiso is great for
of bargain hunters clothing and equipment for the Book Stores Shopping on Argyle Street, with its profusion of high-street stores
descend on stalls that outdoors. Tartan fans should Glasgow is fairly well served by
sell virtually everything seek out Hector Russell, a bookshops. Waterstones on Art and Design for Contemporary Arts, sells
from old junk to cheap Highland outfitter that makes Sauchiehall Street is a multi­floor There are a number of small interesting and affordable
clothes and CDs. made-to-measure kilts. The chain store complete with a galleries concentrated in the local handmade art and crafts.
West End is home to many coffee shop. In the West End, streets behind the Tron Theatre, Fans of antiques should try
small boutiques, such as Pink Caledonia Books and Voltaire & such as the Glasgow Print Studio Lovatt Antiques, close to
Fashion Poodle, which sells funky Rousseau sell a variety of second­ and Art Exposure. Timorous the River Clyde. For furniture
Many fashion stores are clothes and accessories. hand and antiquarian books on Beasties stocks bohemian wall­ and interior design ideas, visit
housed in the malls in a wide range of subjects and are papers and textiles. Welcome Designworks or BoConcept
the city centre. Outside Food and Drink well worth a visit. Home, in the foyer of the Centre Furniture Store.
the malls, Cruise sells
well-known designer Glasgow’s finest inde- DIRECTORY
names for men and pendent delicatessen
women, while street wise is Fratelli Sarti, a Department Graham Tiso Iain Mellis Voltaire & Rousseau
Diesel has an outlet traditional Italian Stores and Malls 129 Buchanan St, G1 2JA. 492 Great Western Rd, 12 Otago Lane, G12 8PB.
in the House of Fraser. food store also Debenhams Tel (0141) 248 4877. G12 8EW. Tel (0141) 339 1811.
Further along this street, offering a good 97 Argyle St, G2 8AR. Hector Russell Tel (0141) 339 8998. Waterstones
Karen Millen is the store selection of wines. Tel (0344) 800 8877. 110 Buchanan St, G1 2JN. No. 1 Chocolate 153–157 Sauchiehall St,
for the chic professional Peckham’s, a chain Tel (0141) 221 0217. Factory G2 3EW.
woman. Schuh sells a of delis, has an House of Fraser 63 St George’s Rd, Tel (0141) 332 9165.
St Enoch Centre, one of the city’s malls range of fashion able excellent branch 45 Buchanan St, G1 3HR. Karen Millen G3 6JA.
footwear on Glassford Street, Tel (0344) 800 3728. 36 Buchanan St, G1 3JX. Tel (0141) 353 6017. Art and Design
Department Stores for both men and women, as and its scope goes Italian Centre Tel (0141) 243 2136. Art Exposure
and Malls does Dune. For special occasions, far beyond Italy. 7 John St, G1 1HP. Mr Ben Oddbins 516 Great Western Rd,
132 Woodlands Rd,
The impressive Buchanan Ella Bulloch is the best place to A man once Tel (0141) 552 6368. 101 King St, G1 5RB. G3 6LF. G12 8EL.
Galleries has many well-known buy or hire a lady’s hat. For a described as the John Lewis Tel (0141) 553 1936. Tel (0141) 332 1663. Tel (0141) 552 7779.
shops including a John Lewis luxurious range of underwear, UK’s top cheese- The Glenlivet Buchanan Galleries, Pampas Lingerie
department store. The Italian try Pampas Lingerie. Second- monger, Iain Mellis whisky G1 2GF. 74 Hyndland Rd, Peckham’s BoConcept Furniture
Store
Centre, in the Merchant City hand clothes stores abound. opened an outlet in Tel (0141) 353 6677. G12 9UT. 124–126 Byres Rd, G12 253–257 Sauchiehall St,
area and Princes Square, Mr Ben offers 1950s American Glasgow in 1995. It is the best Tel (0141) 357 2383. 8TB. Tel (0141) 357 1454. G2 3EZ.
houses des igner boutiques. chic, while Starry Starry Night place in the entire west of Princes Square Roots, Fruits and Tel (0141) 341 4920.
The St Enoch Centre houses is more classic and traditional in Scotland for artisan cheeses 48 Buchanan St, G1 3JN. Pink Poodle Flowers
a Debenhams department Tel (0141) 221 0324. 181 Byres Rd, G12 8TS. 1137 Argyle St, Designworks
store. House of Fraser is one Fashion Tel (0141) 357 2983. G3 8ND. 38 Gibson St, G12 8NX.
of the longest-established Schuh Tel (0141) 334 3530. Tel (0141) 339 9520.
department stores. Cruise 112–114 Argyle St, Ubiquitous Chip Glasgow Print Studio
180 Ingram St, G1 1DN. G2 8BH. Wine Shop Trongate 103, G1 5HD.
Markets Tel (0344) 332 5798. Tel (0141) 530 6980. 12 Ashton Lane, G12 8SJ. Tel (0141) 552 0704.
No visit to Glasgow is com plete Diesel Starry Starry Night Tel (0141) 334 5007. Lovatt Antiques
121 Lancefield St, G3 8HZ.
116–120 Buchanan St, G1
without a trip to The Barras, a 2JW. Tel (0141) 221 5255. 19 Dowanside Lane, The Whisky Shop Tel (0141) 639 3000.
weekend mar ket in the east end G12 9BZ. 220 Buchanan St, G1 2GF.
of the city centre. The name is a Dune Tel (0141) 337 1837. Tel (0141) 331 0022. Timorous Beasties
384 Great Western Rd,
dialect version of “The Barrows”, 105–107 Buchanan St, G1 Food and Drink Book Stores G4 9HT.
and dates from a time when 3HF. Tel (0141) 226 8873. Tel (0141) 337 2622.
goods were sold from barrows. Ella Bulloch Fratelli Sarti Caledonia Books Welcome Home
The current site, between the 461 Clarkston Rd, 133 Wellington St, 483 Great Western Rd, 350 Sauchiehall St,
Gallowgate and London Road, G44 3LW. G2 2XD. G12 8HL. G2 3JD.
has been an official market Tel (0141) 633 0078. Tel (0141) 248 2228. Tel (0141) 334 9663. Tel (0141) 352 4900.
since the 1920s. Every Saturday Traditional, “barrow-style” fruit stall in Glasgow’s Barras Market

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