When Peter Wilson, Head Chef at Three Sisters Bake, is not in the kitchen, you’ll find him in Partick. His creative savoury and sweet treats delight visitors to the stylish cafes owned by the Reith sisters in Quarrier’s Village, near Bridge of Weir, and Killearn. We gather Ally McCoist and Robbie Coltrane are fans.

The Kilmarnock native found himself in his latest post via stints in Cafezique and Tapa organic bakery in Glasgow. Here, he takes us on a stroll around his favourite local haunts.

What do you like about Partick?

After years of living with the amiable menace of Dennistoun, I was surprised and delightened to find in Partick a mix of west end convenience and east end humour. Within a short walk you can enjoy an aeropress coffee, an 80p cauld meat roll and a perfectly mixed pina colada.

This area was once home to the Big Yin, Billy Connolly, and spend any time in the older haunts and you can count on hearing stories told in his rough, rambling style.

What would you do with friends?

One of the best Partick crawls i ever had started in Cafezique at lunchtime, where we had pints of Sam Smiths Organic Lager to celebrate finishing breakfast service. We then move downhill, figuratively and literally to the Quarter Gill, which on a Saturday afternoon runs the most baroque and ruthless karaoke session around.

You can be off-key, you can be unable to read the lyrics but don’t dare steal a regulars’ limelight. Nail it and you’ll be accepted into the fold for life.

Where would you meet us for coffee?

Meadow Road cafe, near the police station on Dumbarton Road is a recent gem added to the area. The seating is limited but grab a stool in the window on a rainy day and you can enjoy the coziness of this shabby chic little indie cafe, with its melancholic soundtrack and lovely coffee.

The staff are very knowledgable and will happily guide you through their single estates and the different ways they can be prepared.

Where would you go on a date?

If it’s early days, and you still want to present the front of a healthy, balanced lifestyle, you could go to Seimpre Bicycle cafe and enjoy its organic and health conscious options. Being a little truer to ourselves, my girlfriend and I spent a fantastic date night in St Louis Cafe, an Americana themed cafe with fairy lights, candles, live music at weekends and a soul food inspired menu. The bands are always great – blues, rock n roll and zydeco which had us dancing between the tables.

Best restaurant?

My favourite place for food in Partick is Bibi’s Cantina, a comfortable little Mexican restaurant on Dumbarton Road. The goats cheese taquitos with chilli jam are a must have, along with the chicken picadillo, a fragrant little parcel of chicken, raisins and olives. The frozen margaritas are enjoyed by the jugful.

The best brunch can be found at Roastit Bubbly Jocks, which offer a Scottish fry up with haggis and hash browns which can easily banish a margarita hangover!

Best pub?

The Lismore is a great example of a traditional or old man’s pub done exceedingly well. The interior is dark and comforting, the walls are decorated with taxidermy and the tools of hunting and fishing, the bar is stocked with a vast array of single malts and craft ales. The infamous way in which customers are asked to honour the perpetrators of the highland clearances – by means of a plaque in the gents – always prompts a smile.

Locals only?

The pub which springs to mind as somewhere a Partick local would be passionate about is Velvet Elvis. Situated in a repurposed 1910s butcher shop, with meat hooks and tile walls, this charming bar serves pub classics with a well stocked bar and an original vinyl jukebox and live music.

The song “Lola” by The Kinks is the official pub’s anthem and here you can see people of all ages, grans, dogs, students and babies in prams singing along under the mural which reads “Keep Partick Weird”.

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