The closely related Gardener's Cottage (London Road Gardens) and Lookout restaurants (Calton Hill) have permanently closed.
The former's website thanks patrons for 'all your support over the years'.
These are tough times for restaurants: customers with less disposable income; increased ingredient prices; fuel-intensive kitchens with increased energy costs.
Wrap up warm.
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Many residents breathed a sigh of relief after the withdrawal in recent days of the application for a licence to run 37–49 Albany Street as a 42-person house in multiple occupation.
For the last 4 years, the building (formerly operating more conventionally as the Albany Hotel) has been used as an unlicensed HMO by the Council.
Locals were shocked this morning to find a note on the door of Cuckoo’s Bakery saying the business had ceased trading.
The popular café appeared to be thriving in recent weeks, and regular customers had no idea there was trouble behind the scenes.
Spurtle spoke to another prominent independent café owner in the area this afternoon. They said that while the news caught them by surprise, it was not totally unexpected.
Run for your life!
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It's not all about instant gratification.
Sometimes, you just have to wait.
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As mentioned in Issue 346 (published today), community councils across Edinburgh will be appointing members early in the New Year.
Below are some facts and figures about the CC area covering most of Spurtleshire. For links to other community councils in the neighbourhood, see the foot of this page.
No. 41 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.
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As you read this, advance copies of the November Spurtle are already appearing in Broughton like Black Friday zombies lurching across town in search of a bargain.
Issue 346 begins with a sour-faced Bonnington mystery which has been bothering us for ages but we think we’ve finally cracked. Readers must judge. There’s news too of a long overdue fightback, some serious social problems in Bellevue, and the unmistakable sound of a bureaucratic big bird ducking an issue.