Local Café

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 With something to offer people of any age or background in this diverse & vibrant local community, The Glad Cafe is a not-for-profit community café & performing arts venue, serving baked goods from the super-local Crossmyloof Bakery sourced from the same neighbourhood the café calls home.

A wonderful completely-gluten-free bakery with a continually-changing range of sweet & savoury items - including lots of vegan options, as well!

Located in the former tennis pavilion in Newlands Park, Dandelion Café is a popular & friendly local café (vegetarian with vegan options!) in the Southside of Glasgow, serving breakfast, brunch, lunch, coffee, & cakes.

Coffee roasters & café in Glasgow's City Centre, on Gordon Street right outside the Glasgow Central Station. A great locally-run option when arriving to or departing from Glasgow via train!

Local restaurant and bar with cosy atmosphere and good food!

Tramway is a renowned international arts venue with an interdisciplinary spirit whose mission is to enrich & inspire communities by providing ambitious, innovative, & culturally-relevant contemporary visual art & performance.

A non-profit, with all proceeds benefiting the Glasgow School of Art Students' Association, Victoria Café & Bar at The Art School is part of the art school & is adjacent to the Reid Building of the Glasgow School of Art, opposite the historic & famous Mackintosh Building.

Adjacent to the first roasting site of local roastery Dear Green (a reference to Glasgow, which is often referred to as the 'Dear Green Place' ['glas' means 'green' / 'grey-green' in Scottish Gaelic]), PROJECT serves coffees from Dear Green, who roast specialty coffee with passion, ethics, & good vibes at the centre of all they do.

The Funkwhistle Cafe is a perfect spot for breakfast, brunch and lunch and provides for veggie, vegans, gluten free humans and meat eaters alike. We are also dog friendly! Come by for a cooked breaky or nasi goreng :

Charming, award-winning tearoom with classic floral wallpapers & mismatched cups & saucers, The Hidden Lane Tearoom is part of The Hidden Lane - artists' studios, tearoom, work-spaces, & more (a separate listing here on Glasgow Green Map, link below!), just off Argyle Street down a tiny back lane, in Glasgow’s Finnieston area. Nestled amongst multicoloured studios, which are home to craftspeople, small businesses, & musicians, the tearoom has become a hub for this creative community & for visitors alike.

The Hidden Lane is a wonderful award-winning tearoom, & a community of artists, designers, musicians, & more, working in around 100 studios - all, just off Argyle Street down a tiny back lane, in Glasgow’s Finnieston area.

Café / bar, gallery, & venue with a relaxed, art-focused vibe & regular intimate gigs, exhibitions, & events like 'Nightfleamarket Glasgow' (secondhand clothing market).

Located on Sauchiehall Street in the heart of Glasgow City Centre in the Garnethill neighbourhood, CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts is Glasgow’s hub for the arts, Saramago Café / Bar serves fresh food daily & stocks a range of drinks, both alcoholic & non-alcoholic.

Located on Sauchiehall Street in the heart of Glasgow City Centre in the Garnethill neighbourhood, CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts is Glasgow’s hub for the arts, arts events, cultural organisations, & artists.

An award-winning, family-run café with sit-in or take-away service. Serving coffee from Glasgow roasters Italian Aroma.

Located just to the north of Glasgow City Centre, on the banks of the historic Forth & Clyde Canal, the award-winning Lambhill Stables Café at the Canal is the heart of Lambhill Stables, & is run almost entirely by a team of loyal & dedicated volunteers. They focus on providing simple yet healthy food at accessible prices & they use fruit & vegetables from their extensive community garden, whenever possible.

Situated in Milngavie just outside of Glasgow city, Gavin's Mill is a social enterprise (supporting Gavin's Mill Community Project) offering a Fairtrade & zero-waste shop, as well as a vegetarian café with vegan & gluten-free options (for more on the café, please go to the separate listing here on Glasgow Green Map - link below!) completely run by volunteers, & a series of events (everything from live music to art-making). Outdoor covered terraces to enjoy a light lunch or delicious baking.

Situated in Milngavie just outside of Glasgow city, Gavin's Mill is a social enterprise (supporting Gavin's Mill Community Project) offering a vegetarian café with vegan & gluten-free options, a Fairtrade & zero-waste shop, as well as (for more on the shop, please go to the separate listing here on Glasgow Green Map - link below!) completely run by volunteers, & a series of events (everything from live music to art-making).

Glasgow Botanic Gardens is a landmark botanical garden located in the West End of Glasgow. Just celebrating its 200th birthday in 2017, it features several glasshouses / greenhouses, the most notable of which is the iconic Kibble Palace.

A Glasgow historical landmark, Speirs Wharf is an area of the Glasgow Canal that stretches across Glasgow City - the canal, itself, being just one part of the much-longer Forth & Clyde Canal which crosses central Scotland.

Ocho Café, offering brunch, lunch, & cocktail options, is located on the banks of the Glasgow Canal (part of the Forth & Clyde Canal that crosses central Scotland), just a short walk North of Glasgow's City Centre - close to the bustle but in a more tranquil environment, just beside one of Glasgow's historic & beautiful waterways.

Located in Glasgow's West End Broken Clock Café is all about the combination of traditional & experimental 'Patisserie' delicacies - & it's a place where time stops & you can enjoy your coffee & a cake!

Serving up fresh, delicious coffee, ethically sourced and lovingly roasted in our wee cafe.