Grant Arms.
188-190 Argyle Street, Glasgow. G2. Tel:01412484787.
The Grant Arms. 1991.
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Da Vinci's. 1980s.
The Grant Arms. 2008.
In 1971 this popular bar was called Gamps.
In the News 1971...
Dickensian Flavour.
I am always baffled by people who say there is "nowhere to go for a drink and a good meal" in Glasgow. It seems to me that I write about at least 20 a year.
Some of them I admit, have just been given a wash and brush up or extension, or extensions, but many are new, and all of them offer a pretty expensive range of surroundings, atmospheres, and cuisine to the Glasgow diner. This evening yet another rendezvous opens its doors to a discerning public, Gamp's Chophouse in Argyle Street, just within the shadows of the Heilan'man's Umbrella. It is a Clydedale Commonwealth, Hotels Ltd, enterprise, and has been opened at a total cost of around £70,000.
Gamp's formerly Grant's Bar. 1971.
Clydesdale Commonwealth are taking their first steps into the bar/ restaurant business, having been extremely successful in the Hotel line. They have 18 hotels in Scotland and two in Bermuda. Among those in Glasgow are the Royal Stuart, the Ivanhoe and the Bath, and their others are in Edinburgh, Dundee, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Inverness, Loch Lomond, Oban, Gatehouse-of-fleet, North Berwick, Nairn and Argyll.
The new combination, Gamp's, takes its name from a character in Dickens's "Martin Chuzzlewit," and there is a Dickensian flavour throughout. The Bars, a Dickens bar on the ground floor and the Parlour on the first floor, are similar in design and decor. The restaurant is on the top floor and seats about 50. Head chef is Edward McIntosh, who comes to Gamp's from the company's Nairn hotel. It is he who will have the delightful task of supervising the operation of two of the very latest pieces of kitchen equipment, micro convectors.
A Gamp's advert. 1971.
Speciality from the menu is a trifle lamb chop roasted with crushed pepper corns and served with onion sauce, chips, new or roast potatoes, and salad garnish. Price is 95p. Manager of the Gamp's is John Whincup, who hails from Yorkshire, but who has been manager of the company's Nairn hotel for some time.
In the News 1972...
Gamps Advert 1972.
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