New pubs, restaurants and cafés in Scotland, often weeks before they open
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Your VenueSpotter list: new venues in Scotland, week of 2 November 2026
Hello,
Attached is this week's list: 80 new food and drink venues in Scotland, plus 10 changes at existing venues. We left out 22 chains, supermarkets, convenience stores, petrol stations and venues whose names aren't published.
| Venue name | Town | What it is | Record | Alcohol and hours applied for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close Lane Kitchen | Edinburgh | New venue | Open recordBoth | Alcohol applied forLicensed to 23:00 |
| Tay View Café | Dundee | New venue | Open recordAround opening | – |
| Ness Side Wines | Inverness | New venue | Open recordEarliest news | Alcohol applied forLicensed to 22:00 |
| The Abbey Close Tap | Paisley | New operator | Open recordEarliest news | Alcohol applied forLicensed to 00:00 |
What you get each Monday
- One email, with a spreadsheet of the new venues we found in Scotland since the last list
- Each venue's name, type, address and postcode
- Whether it applied for a licence to sell alcohol, and the hours it asked for, where we can tell
- Whether it is a new venue or a new operator taking over premises
- A link to the public record it came from
- The date we first saw it
Example rows A Scotland list
These rows are made up to show the layout: they are not real venues. Your list has the same columns, with the full address and a link to the public record.
| Venue name | What it is | Type | Address | Area | Alcohol applied for | How we found it | First seen by us |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close Lane KitchenVS-ZVCK-5JMB-L59D | New venue | Restaurant / café | Grassmarket Row, Edinburgh, EH1 | City of Edinburgh | Yes | Both | |
| Clyde SpiceVS-T1XZ-05TZ-844S | New venue | Takeaway | Argyle Walk, Glasgow, G1 | Glasgow | Yes | Both | |
| Tay View CaféVS-UQE3-TA2Y-BFU4 | New venue | Restaurant / café | Seagate Close, Dundee, DD1 | Dundee | Unknown | Around opening | |
| Ness Side WinesVS-V5TC-RS58-LW4M | New venue | Shop | Church Row, Inverness, IV1 | Highland | Yes | Earliest news | |
| The Fair City TableVS-8DAF-CYRA-HHNM | New venue | Restaurant / café | South Inch Walk, Perth, PH1 | Perth and Kinross | Yes | Earliest news | |
| The Abbey Close TapVS-UKC6-XNRE-0GX0 | New operator | Pub / bar | Abbey Row, Paisley, PA1 | Renfrewshire | Yes | Earliest news | |
| The Wheel View TapVS-4KBN-80BF-RLHS | New operator | Pub / bar | Callendar Row, Falkirk, FK1 | Falkirk | Yes | Earliest news |
New venue: a place we have not seen trade at that address before. New operator: a new business taking over premises where another food business traded, such as a pub under new owners.
How early you hear
Earliest news: often weeks before opening
A venue that wants a licence to sell alcohol has to say so publicly before it can open, often weeks before the doors open. We have this for 20 of Scotland's 32 areas so far:
- Aberdeenshire
- City of Edinburgh
- Clackmannanshire
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Dundee City
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Lothian
- East Renfrewshire
- Falkirk
- Highland
- Inverclyde
- Midlothian
- Moray
- North Ayrshire
- North Lanarkshire
- Perth and Kinross
- Renfrewshire
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- West Lothian
Being added: Argyll and Bute, East Ayrshire, Glasgow City, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scottish Borders, West Dunbartonshire.
New food businesses: before or around opening
Every new food business has to tell the authorities before it opens. We check every day, across all 32 Scotland areas, and pick out the ones just starting up.
Sources: many public records and published sources. We do our very best to keep people's names and home addresses out of the lists. If one slips through, email hello@venuespotter.co.uk and we'll remove it.
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