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Archaos

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31 Queen Street, Glasgow. G1 3DX.  Closed.

Archaos Night Club. 2009.

A for sale sign hangs over Archaos.

Before it closed its doors for good in 2007, Archaos was the hottest place in town.

Archaos was one of the best night clubs to be seen in. Footballers and Celebs were often seen in here. In the NEWS 1997 notorious Charlie Sheen hit headlines after partying with Gazza at Archaos. This club was a one off, the average clubber would meet Celebrities and footballer, the door-men let anyone throw the doors.

If you have any pictures/stories of Archaos, please get in touch!

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RG’s

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73 Queen Street, Glasgow. G1 3BZ. Tel: 01412212200.

The Rock Garden

RG’s. 1990s.

This popular Queen Street pub was originally called the Rock Garden, it’s name was shortened to R G’s for legal reasons as there is a well known Rock Garden outside of Glasgow.

There has been a licensed restaurant here since 1845 known as Lang’s. William Lang was born around 1820 in Balloch and was taught the trade of block cutting, he then worked as a shopmate of John Pender a telegraphic celebrity in his day. In 1875 William Lang opened his first shop at 73 Queen Street and traded as a Confectioner, Tea and Wine Merchant. Hundreds of various sandwiches were at the customers disposal, frizzled bacon, lobster, salmon, grouse, blackcock, herring, partridge, pheasant and shrimp were just a few. Oysters taken from the shell and placed with their liquor, in delicate little glass vases with a silver spoon was also a favourite at Lang’s as well as coffee’s tea’s beer, porter and spirit’s of every kind.

The smoke and coffee rooms at Lang’s were also stocked with gentlemen from the nearby offices in the city, all the daily newspapers were freely available.

When William Lang first opened his restaurant in Queen Street the usual way of payment was to pay first then eat, he changed this arrangement by letting his customers eat what ever they pleased then charged them accordingly, this caused a bit of a stir at first but the customers soon got used to this new way of paying for lunch.

Mr Lang opened other premises in West George Street in the 1890s, Lang’s was now an Institution in Glasgow. Visitors to the city called at Lang’s for good quality food and drink, he was also a well established importer of fine wines and cigars.

Andrew Rodger McDonald took control of the license premises when William Lang died around 1910 the name Lang’s was still well known in the city well into the 1970s.

27th September 2007.

RG’s has turned the clocks back to the 1960s and has renamed the pub the Twisted Wheel named after mod club of the 1960s, the pub with its basement club has a licence until 1am with a 3am licence on the cards. The new promises to have Fridays DJ and free live bands while Saturday is focused on growing talented DJs. Despite the new look and music theme the bar’s fab style art deco remains unchanged.

William Lang

Mr William Lang.

Licence Holders.
1990 Scott McMillan.
1971 Maureen Mitchell.
1960 Margaret Fox.
1937 Thomas A Mackie.
1910 Andrew Rodger McDonald
1899-1845 William Lang.

Le Cafe Noir

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151 Queen Street, Glasgow. G1.

Le Cafe Noir

Le Cafe Noir. 1991.

This was once George Murray Frame’s establishment, wholesale and retail wine, spirit, cigar and cigarette merchant. Frame’s had other premises in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow Road, Clydebank, Buchanan Street, St. Vincent Street, Argyle Street and Renfield Street.

There has been licensed premises here since 1849, landlord John Lawrie had premises in Bath Street and Sauchiehall Street, he lived in Parliamentary Road before moving to Inkermann Terrace, Rothesay. He sold the Queen Street business in 1886 to David Adams.

Mr Adams ran a samll pub on Castle Street paying an annul rent of £99.00 the Queen Street premises cost him a whopping £ 360.00 per year.

In 1912 James Sloan renamed the premises The Clyde. Mr Sloan ran these premises until after the First World War.

George M Frame

George Murray Frame 1930s.

 

Facts…

Licence Holders.
1991 William Cameron.
1978-1922 George Murray Frame.
1921-1912 James D Sloan.
1910-1886 David Adams.
1886-1849 John Lawrie.

Yates Wine Lodge

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136 Queen Street, Glasgow. G1 Tel: 01412219330.

Yates Wine Lodge

Yates Wine Lodge. 1991.

Over the years this old established pub has had many name changes in recent years it has been known as The Ingram Bar, Yates Wine Lodge and Drouthy Neebors, today the title above the door is back to The Ingram.

There has been licensed premises on this site since 1916, landlord John MacKenzie Caldwell ran the public house until the end of the First World War. Another well known publican to run the Ingram was Donald MacLean who took over in 1944. The original Ingram Bar was located in Ingram Street, however the licence was transferred to it’s present site on Queen Street when the old Ingram Bar was demolished.

Ingram interior

Interior view of the main bar, Ingram Bar. 1945.

Donald MacLean was born on the Isle of Skye, when he came to Glasgow he worked in the kitchen of the Central Hotel, afterwards becoming a waiter there. He gained further experience in the trade at the Royal Hotel, Oban and Gleneagles Hotel and spent ten years in the Grosvenor Hotel, Glasgow. He then when on to own his own pub in 1938 at 339 Cathedral Street. The Ingram consisted of the main bar and small dining rooms.

Jean Hannah an old lady that worked in the premises for many years was established as Secretary of the business. Mr MacLean had many interests, he was a member of the Glasgow Licensed Trade Defence Association, he took a keen interest in the Glasgow Skye Association, he also liked the works of Rabbie Burns and was a member of the Royalty Burns Club. During the war he served in the Clyde River Patrol.

Ingram

Exterior view of the Ingram Bar.

In the News 1973…

Ben Outing 1973

Mr. A. M. Don (Dunn & Moore), past president, and Mr. A. Sutter (Buchanan Booth’s Agencies) standing. Seated, Mr. A. Stewart (Buchanan Booth’s); Mrs. E. Prosser; Mr. J. Brown (Ingram Bar); and Mr. P. Taylor (Albany Hotel). 1973. This photograph was taken at the annual outing of the “BEN” (Scottish Wine and Spirit Merchants’ Benevolent Institution.

Also see Yates’s, Sauchiehall Street.

In 1978, Mr. Jack Brown, one of Glasgow’s noted licensed trade personalities, for many years proprietor of the Ingram Bar, Queen Street, Glasgow, has died in hospital, aged 68. He is survived by his wife, one son, Jack, who runs the Shaws Bar, Westwood Road, Pollokshaws, Glasgow, and one daughter, Marlene.

Donald MacLean

Donald MacLean. 1945.

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Interior view of the dining room, Ingram Bar. 1945.

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Interior view of the Ingram Bar. 1950s.

The Farmhouse

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Queen Street, Glasgow.

The Farm House interior Queen Street 1978

The Pleasant Surroundings Inside The Farmhouse Restaurant.

In the NEWS 1978…

Another Tasteful Farmhouse Has Come To Town…

A good meal in pleasant surroundings without a long wait to be served, that’s the formula which has made the Farmhouse Restaurant chain successful in both Glasgow and Edinburgh.

The first Farmhouse Restaurant opened in Edinburgh 12 years ago, based on an idea by the founder. A former vegetarian, he decided to set up a restaurant serving fresh food from his South Queensferry farm.

That restaurant was in Edinburgh’s High Street. It has since been closed and replaced with two more, in Rose Street and Princes Street.

Five years ago, the company opened a Farmhouse restaurant in Glasgow’s West George Street. It immediately became a favourite with business people for lunch, house-wives for morning coffee and afternoon tea, and tourists for snacks.

The latest venture is a Farmhouse in Queen Street, Glasgow. In a former carpet showroom, it is larger than the other Glasgow restaurant, seating almost 200, and, in the four months since it has opened, it has proved every bit as popular.

Nowadays, the South Queensferry farm doesn’t have the capacity to supply four thriving restaurants, but it does still send some of vegetables. And a spokesman said: “We still keep the original standards of home-cooking, hygiene and well-presented food, based on fresh food principles.”

The four restaurants are run to the same standards and all have wholesome decor, with tiled floors and attractive natural wood tables and bench seating. On any day there are about five hot dishes to choose from.

“We start serving the hot food about 12 o’clock,” I was told, “and continue serving it until we close. “This means that shift workers and tourists can get a proper meal at times when other restaurants wouldn’t be serving them.”

Shoppers in Glasgow’s city centre will find the Queen Street Farmhouse ideally situated, as it is close to the Argyle Street end, just through the lane from Buchanan Street.

It is open as early as 10 o’clock for morning coffee and few could resist the lure of their home baking. When I visited the restaurant, there were delicious gateaux, apple pies and meringue flan on offer. These can be served with cream.

As well as the hot food, the Farmhouse is famed for its salad specialities and vegetarians are catered for. The restaurant is open from 10 a.m. right through the day until 6.30 p.m. It stays open until 7 o’clock on Thursdays and Saturdays.

Many families out for an evening at a Glasgow cinema find the Farmhouse an excellent place to dine first. The company who own the chain feel they have Scotland’s two major cities well-covered with their four restaurants.

However they do have plans to open up elsewhere. “We would like, eventually, to be in big cities all over the country.”