Redmond’s manager David Kirkwood on his Best of Glasgow

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We went down to Redmond’s of Dennistoun, named Glasgow’s Best Bar in 2024, and spoke to manager, finding out his favourite local restaurants, bands, parks, bars, etc.

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00:00Deniston, all the way, 100%.

00:02Favourite restaurant, Gloriosa in Finiston.

00:06Why?

00:06I think it does vibe really well.

00:09It's a great vibe, which doesn't matter unless the food backs up,

00:12but a perfect understanding of just enough salt,

00:16just enough olive oil, good ingredients,

00:18and nothing that isn't necessary.

00:20Best pub apart from here,

00:22The Bell on Great Western Road.

00:24Where to go for coffee?

00:25That's pretty neighbourhood-centric.

00:28So, I live in Deniston and Zener, just up the road,

00:33does a very, very nice cup of coffee in the morning.

00:37Favourite building?

00:38The CCA building, okay?

00:41Particularly the inside of it.

00:43I've rarely seen such a good example

00:47of taking the listed components and the listed inside of a building

00:51and making it modern and making it a multifunctional arts venue

00:54that still has that lovely, cool presence of what the building was.

00:58Yeah, CCA.

00:59Favourite neighbourhood?

01:02Deniston, all the way, 100%.

01:04Glasgow band.

01:06Can I say two?

01:07Yeah.

01:08Okay, Delimitri,

01:09as perfect as rock-pop songwriting ever was,

01:13and Aztec Camera.

01:15Folk are gonna say Escobride, it's a Glasgow postcode.

01:18Very true.

01:20Your favourite outdoor space or park?

01:22Alexander Park.

01:24And again, sounds like I'm biased because of the Deniston element,

01:27but of all the big park spaces we've got in this city,

01:31of which there are many,

01:32it's like folk don't know about it.

01:34It's so quiet when the sun's out,

01:36when the other ones are absolutely teeming.

01:38So, yeah, if you want a bit of quiet when the sun's out, go there.

01:41Glasgow Hero.

01:42I mean, it's quite an obvious one.

01:43I would argue, in terms of a sort of Glaswegian identity,

01:48when many of us are telling a story in the pub

01:52or trying to tell a joke that we've read off the page,

01:58we're all channeling a bit of Billy Connolly.

02:00He's such a hero for this city

02:02and he's such an influential voice subconsciously

02:06in a lot of people's minds.

02:07Yeah, Billy Connolly.

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