Here is a selection of photographs drawn from the Evening News archives, showing just some of the restaurants that were popular places to dine out in the late 1980s.
There are nostalgic shots of the Maybury Roadhouse, pictures from the launch of Tommy Miah's Curry Club at The Raj Indian restaurant in Leith and more.
Scroll through and get a taste of what it was like going out for a meal in Edinburgh nearly four decades ago.
21. Merlin's Cajun-style menu
Iain Macdonald, manager of the Merlin restaurant in Edinburgh, with a stuffed Mississippi alligator, promoting their new Cajun-style menu in October 1989. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
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