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Article published 03/04/2025

Explore Glasgow's culinary heritage

This week (2 April) sees the launch of Taste the Place, a new range of experiences celebrating Glasgow's rich cultural heritage through food.

Created by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and Glasgow 850, Taste the Place forms part of the city's 850th anniversary celebrations and invites locals, families, and visitors alike to embark on a free, self-guided culinary journey across Glasgow's diverse food scene.

Partnering with over 40 eateries representing 23 cuisines, Taste the Place offers food lovers an opportunity to sample traditional dishes from long-established institutions as well as innovative newcomers introducing global flavours to the city.

Highlights include a 100-year-old ice cream parlour beloved by local celebrities, an Italian bistro housed within the UK’s only remaining tram shelter, and Glasgow’s oldest sweet shop. Participants can also explore emerging international cuisines, such as a plant-based bakery and southeast Asian street food served from a hole-in-the-wall.

A young person enjoying an ice cream sundae at Cafe D`Jaconelli. Credit: Eoin Carey

About the experiences

Taste the Place’s website offers downloadable maps designed to inspire and guide participants on their journey, uncovering the stories of the people behind the businesses and their unique cuisines. Visitors can choose their own route from three themed experiences:

Taste the World, highlighting Glasgow’s food culture
Taste through Time, highlighting eateries housed in Glasgow’s most iconic and historic venues
Taste for Good, spotlighting businesses that serve great food while supporting the wider community.

Throughout April, select venues are serving up exclusive dishes and drinks that showcase their passion, creativity, and heritage. For those inspired to try recreating some of these flavours in their own kitchens, Taste the Place also features a collection of recipes from participating Venezuelan, Korean, Sri Lankan and Greek venues, to name just a few.

Taste the Place website

What is Glasgow 850?

Throughout 2025 Glasgow will mark its 850th birthday by delivering, with partners, a yearlong, citywide, programme that celebrates and reflects on our recent past, our present and future.

The programme of signature events and community-based activities is being curated in a way that lets all those with a connection to Glasgow, at home and abroad, get involved to tell their stories, honouring our rich heritage, reflecting on our transformational growth, and inspiring ambitious change for the city’s next fifty years.

Marking this milestone acknowledges the contributions of generations who have shaped the city, gives a platform to grow a shared sense of belonging and invites people to guide our future. It also helps raise Glasgow’s profile on the global stage and encourage visitors to explore our unique city. For more information visit the Glasgow 850 website.