Edinburgh Retro: 25 great pictures of restaurants and cafes in the 1960s and 1970

Tastes and habits have changed since the 1960s and 1970s - and today’s cafes and restaurants are very different from the eateries of those days.

But here is a selection of pictures from the Evening News archives to take you back to the Edinburgh of five or six decades ago.

Scroll through the black and white photos to get a flavour of the Capital’s restaurants and cafes in the 1960s and 1970s and the atmosphere of the times.

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9. Edinburgh University cafe, George Square

Students enjoy a coffee in the new cafe of Edinburgh University in George Square Edinburgh in October 1967. | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele

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10. Quernstone restaurant, Tollcross

Interior of the newly-opened Quernstone restaurant at Tollcross in February 1979 | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout

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11. Martins the Bakers (the Light Bite)

Exterior of Martins the Bakers (the Light Bite) in Edinburgh, January 1973. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan

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12. Le Caveau restaurant

American actress Lee Remick outside Le Caveau restaurant in Edinburgh for a production of Bus Stop at the Lyceum theatre in April 1976. | TSPL Photo: Jack Crombie

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Edinburgh Retro: 25 great pictures of restaurants and cafes in the 1960s and 1970s

Tastes and habits have changed since the 1960s and 1970s - and today’s cafes and restaurants are very different from the eateries of those days.

9. Edinburgh University cafe, George Square

10. Quernstone restaurant, Tollcross

11. Martins the Bakers (the Light Bite)

12. Le Caveau restaurant

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