Staff dressed as gangsters beside a stretch limousine to advertise the opening of Fat Sam's Chicago-style diner and bar on the site of the Edinburgh meat market at Fountainbridge in September 1986.
Staff dressed as gangsters beside a stretch limousine to advertise the opening of Fat Sam's Chicago-style diner and bar on the site of the Edinburgh meat market at Fountainbridge in September 1986.

16 long lost Edinburgh restaurants that are gone but not forgotten

Nostalgia is back on the menu as we dish up a selection of long lost Edinburgh restaurants that are gone but not forgotten.

By David Mclean
Wednesday, 16th September 2020, 7:10 pm

Memories of many of these old favourites will linger long in the tastebuds.

1. The Quaich steak house

The Quaich - Steak House/lounge bar, a popular joint (we'll get our coats..) at the corner of Shandwick Place in 1964.

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2. The New Yorker

Another Shandwick Place eatery was The New Yorker Restaurant, an American-style diner that opened to a great deal of fanfare in the early 1960s.

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3. Lancers Indian restaurant

Badrul Hassain, head chef at of Lancers Indian restaurant in Stockbridge Edinburgh, June 1985.

Photo: Hamish Campbell

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4. The Heavenly Chinese restaurant 1992

Exterior of The Heavenly Chinese restaurant in Morningside Edinburgh, September 1992.

Photo: Jeff Mitchell

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