The story behind Glasgow hospitality institution Mesa

Mesa is a popular brunch spot on Duke Street, Dennistoun. We headed down to find out the story behind it.

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00:00So the future of Mesa is bright.

00:02It was 2019.

00:05Me and my business partner wanted to open in Denison

00:08and she found this unit.

00:11She really liked it.

00:12I lived in Denison since I moved to Glasgow,

00:14so I knew the area.

00:16And basically, yeah, we thought it was a good time

00:21to get a brunch spot in Denison.

00:23I come from Italy originally and I started cooking in there.

00:27And then when I moved to Glasgow, I kept working in restaurants and stuff.

00:31And my interest is Mediterranean, Italian food,

00:38but also maybe a little bit of Scottish food fusion.

00:43What we do here is basically brunch,

00:48not exclusive brunch.

00:51We do rolls as well.

00:54And we're also a sandwich shop.

00:59So yeah, we kind of evolved since we opened a bit.

01:02We're mainly brunch and now we do a lot of sandwiches.

01:05It's a mix of the two now.

01:08Future of Mesa, good question.

01:11We're currently selling.

01:13Nothing to do with the business.

01:14The business is doing great.

01:16We just needed a change in our lives and stuff.

01:23But we're still here.

01:26It hasn't sold yet.

01:29We're going to make sure whoever takes it is the right person.

01:35So the future of Mesa is bright because the place grew.

01:40Although it's been ups and downs because various factors like lockdown.

01:47We had to change a couple of things.

01:50The cost of living crisis definitely affected.

01:53We're selling, but we're making sure it's going to keep going as is.

01:59Good.