Michael and Michelle Mooney-Bergson, the Glasgow operators behind Buck’s Bar and Variety Bar are rebranding SoHo Bar and Pizzeria on Miller Street as a deep-dish pizza restaurant called Thundercat. Chef Yvonne Noon, formerly of the Sisters Kelvingrove, will be heading up the kitchen and it opens on Friday, July 17 with the same management team.
Said Michael, “The team who brought you Buck’s Bar have joined forces with top chef Yvonne Noon. Thundercat will specialise in deep dish pizza pies in the authentic style native to Chicago.
“Our pizzas are made with Intense 8 hour slow tomato sauce and a crispy, buttermilk base like nothing you’ve ever tasted before. Also expect fresh pressed waffles, American diner staples and of course..there will be fried chicken.”
Chop Chop opened its first Glasgow restaurant on Mitchell Lane last month and now Fergus McVicar has just opened Tabac. Chop Chop, which already operates in Edinburgh specialises in north eastern Chinese cuisine, and serves dishes served in an authentic Chinese manner, where dishes are brought to the table in random order as soon as they are ready. Their first restaurant in Edinburgh has been open for over nine years, it has been a huge success and has over 20,000 loyal members.
Owner and head chef Jian Wang said, “We are really excited about the new design in our Glasgow restaurant which will be emulated across our subsequent restaurant openings. We have been planning to expand for a number of years and Glasgow seemed like the obvious next step.”
Meanwhile Fergus, who is a well known figure in Glasgow bar-land, with his previous successes including The Variety Bar and Chinaski’s, has opened Tabac. Located on the site of the former Bar 10, the new bar, which has some striking lighting arrangements, is being promoted as an “Illicit drinking den” and has a very definite French cafe/bistro feel.