Bars – sublime to ridiculous

As may be apt for a friday, the following is a brief tour of Glasgow bars. Two reasons for the this: 1. I am in Glasgow taking a holiday from my usual blogging routines. 2. I’m in recovery from a bar crawl, during which I saw some sights that affected my mind enough to share them with you. Let’s start with something lovely – the original Art Deco Variety Bar on a corner of Sauchiehall Street. Part dive part interior landmark, it’s just down the road from the Art school, which means it’s full of lovely artsy people as well as other, erm,  ‘real’ barflys.

Photo from LindaKuster on flickr

I’m afraid I couldn’t find a single shot of the interior so you’ll just have to enjoy the signage for now. Take my word for it, inside has remained untouched. Next, the oldest bar in Glasgow, Sloans, which started out as a cafe sometime in the 1700s… The bar now runs an ‘eat film’ night in this ballroom for £14. Bargain. The rest of the Grade A listed building is all impressive original tiles, stainglass windows and mahogony stairs. Plus some less impressive furniture.

I leave you with this extraordinary vision of the Hummingbird bar on Bath street. The most outlandish design I’ve seen in some time. Though I have to say these photographs do not fully do justice to the Bavaria-meets-Morocco-meets-dungeon-meets-beach club conconction. A mash-up that I drunk in from the comfort of one of those hanging basket chairs. The glamour!

 

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