New Southside restaurant will bring seasonal cooking, Scottish produce and relaxed neighbourhood dining to Strathbungo this Thursday.
A new independent neighbourhood restaurant is set to open its doors in Glasgow’s Southside this September, joining the thriving food and drink scene around Nithsdale Road and Strathbungo.
Vera, located at 138 Nithsdale Road, Glasgow, will welcome its first diners this Thursday, with a changing seasonal menu built around quality produce, uncomplicated cooking and a desire to become a genuine neighbourhood favourite.
Vera has been designed as the kind of restaurant its team would want at the end of their own street — somewhere guests can drop in for a couple of plates and a glass of wine, enjoy an impromptu midweek dinner or settle in for the whole evening.
At the heart of the restaurant will be a regularly changing seasonal menu, giving the kitchen freedom to work with ingredients when they are at their best rather than being tied to the same dishes year-round.
The opening menu will showcase Vera’s approach to food: familiar, comforting dishes made with quality ingredients and given a considered twist.
Drinks will receive the same attention, with a carefully selected wine list sitting alongside cocktails, beers and after-dinner serves.
The team behind Vera said:
“The Southside already has an incredible independent food and drink scene, and that was a huge part of why we wanted Vera to be here.
Vera is supposed to become part of your week.
“We didn’t want to create somewhere that people feel they have to save for a special occasion. Vera is supposed to become part of your week — somewhere you can decide at five o’clock that you fancy dinner, pop in for a glass of wine and something to eat, or end up staying all night.
“The menu will constantly evolve with the seasons. There’ll always be something new coming out of the kitchen, but the philosophy won’t change: great produce, big flavours and food that we genuinely love eating ourselves.
Ultimately, we want people living around the Southside to feel like Vera is their restaurant.
“Ultimately, we want people living around the Southside to feel like Vera is their restaurant.”
The opening adds another independent name to Nithsdale Road and the wider Strathbungo area, which has become one of Glasgow’s most popular neighbourhoods for eating and drinking.
After weeks of work transforming the space and developing the first menu behind closed doors, the team is now putting the finishing touches on Vera ahead of welcoming its first guests.
Heading up the kitchen will be young chef Zak, who brings experience from some of Glasgow’s most celebrated kitchens, having previously worked at Unalome and Cail Bruich. Front of House will be managed by the fabulous Fabio & co.
Vera opens at 138 Nithsdale Road, Glasgow, this September, with bookings for its first seasonal menu now live.
