These days, trendy style bars seem to be opening across Auld Reekie every other week – so it's good to know plenty of traditional ‘old-man’ pubs have survived through gentrification.
Of course, we have lost a fair few fabulous old boozers down the decades – but that’s even more reason to cherish the ones that remain.
Scroll through our picture gallery to see 23 of Edinburgh's last standing ‘proper’ old man pubs – and please let us know your own favourites in the comments section.
22. The Tam O'Shanter
Address: 39 Great Junction Street, Edinburgh EH6 5HX. NOTE: This pub has now closed. Photo: Google Street View
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