HeyJaredPOPPED CORK
Edinburgh-based hospitality and lifestyle 'zine. Formerly The Edinburgh Edit.
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People need to get told no more (opens the original)
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Much like most groups of friends in their twenties, I have found myself being in multiple conversations surrounding the question “what would your Subway Take be?” And boy have I always known my answer.People need to get told no more.Recommended listening for this post.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!q9PJ!,f_auto,q_auto:go
The Round-Up: Issue #10 (opens the original)
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THE BRIEFINGA new exciting addition to the West End has finally arrived with the grand opening of Understory this week. Previously Heads and Tales, the basement below the Rutland has always stood in good stead with the hospitality community, and with a £100K+ refurb and an exciting team at the helm, this venue is set to move higher and higher on everyone’s go-to spots. With their first menu Halcyon Days drawing inspiration from British nostalgia, it’s set to be a big opening week for the team.
The 3 C’s of pretentious dining (opens the original)
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When did. All bars and restaurants start. Talking like this?You know. What I mean. And who I’m talking about.Buzzwords! Lost emphasis! AI! Concept. Community. Culture. Other offenders include but are not limited to: conversation, connect(ion), curating, collective, belonging, journey, proper, farm to table, nose to tail.Venues that seemingly exist purely for Instagram engagement rather than the actual people that come through the door. Every independent, artsy fartsy venue that’s opened in the l
We all need to care less (about our jobs) (opens the original)
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I’m not going to get into all the chat about how hospitality is a ‘deeply human’ industry, all about the people etc etc etc - whatever, I think we already know that? Plenty of people smarter and better with their words than I have already waxed lyrical on the subject, no one needs my two cents. I remember when I got my first bar job - I was freshly 19, working in a Winter Wonderland pop up bar, and my manager, some guy younger than I am now, told me that yes, I was hired as a bartender, but I’m
I've had enough of minimalist coffee shops (opens the original)
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I grew up dreaming of meeting my friends for coffee before work - sitting in a big, old armchair under warm lighting, the buzz of coffee machines and conversations in the air, and a comfortable, familiar mess that made the coffee shop of choice feel like home to us. Basically, like every other woman in their late-20s, I grew up watching Friends and wanted to transport myself to Central Perk for a cappuccino every morning.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/
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