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408 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.

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51st State Drugstore Cafe, 408 Sauchiehall Street.

The 51st State Cafe was situated right next door to Pythagoras.

This was Glasgow’s first American styled diner. The waitresses skated around the premises in their roller skates wearing short denim skirts. Serving Hamburgers, steaks, Chilli. There was a soda fountain plus cocktails at the bar.

The full name of the cafe was the 51st State Drugstore Cafe.

51st State Drugstore Cafe advert 1977

A 1977 advert for the 51st State.

Do you remember this diner, if so please get in touch.

More pubs on this street:

  1. Pythagoras
  2. Bar Budda.
  3. Caskie & Co.
  4. The Brewery Tap.
  5. The Blanket.
  6. Campus
  7. L’Odeon.
  8. Brunswick Cellars.
  9. Oceans Eleven.
  10. The Centre Court
  11. Crazy Daisy
  12. Ferrari Bar
  13. Fire Water
  14. The Garage
  15. Grand Hotel Bar
  16. The Grand Hotel
  17. The Hall
  18. Hengler’s Circus
  19. James D Wilson
  20. Jumpin Jack’s
  21. Joe Paparazzi
  22. Lauder’s Bar
  23. The Local
  24. The Metropole
  25. Mojama
  26. Moon
  27. Nicensleazy Bar
  28. Nico’s
  29. The Variety Bar
  30. O’Neill’s
  31. Porter’s
  32. Reveras
  33. Silk
  34. The Snaffle Bit
  35. Stavka Wigwam
  36. Studio
  37. Sports Cafe
  38. The Three Pigeons
  39. Tiffany’s
  40. Viva
  41. Zanzi Bar
  42. ABC1 Cinema
  43. Bier Hof
  44. White Elephant

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  1. Gary Wallace says

    Best restaurant ever. Great T Bones and their banana spkits and hot fudge sundaes to die for all washed down with Schlitz beer

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  2. Jade Carrera-Forrest says

    51st state was owned by my husband Grant Forrest…. better known for Grant Forrest & Partners advertising agency

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