Here are some old pictures selected from the Evening News archive of the restaurants and bars which were thriving in the city in the mid 1980s.
Scroll through and get a flavour of what it was like going out to eat in the Capital four decades ago.
1. Spud U Like
Baked potato shop Spud U Like anf the food court of the newly-opened Cameron Toll shopping centre in Edinburgh, April 1985. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton
2. Shrimps seafood restaurant
People eating in Shrimps seafood restaurant in St Leonards Street Edinburgh, September 1987. The restaurant was decorated in '19th century Scandinavian parlour' style. | TSPL Photo: Alan Macdonald
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3. Dario's Diner
Interior of Dario's Diner, a restaurant in Edinburgh's Lothian Raod, in August 1985. | TSPL Photo: Bill Newton
4. Lancers Indian restaurant
Badrul Hassain, head chef at of Lancers Indian restaurant in Stockbridge Edinburgh, June 1985. | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell