32 Forrest Road

Barbecue

Grill & Restaurant

Photo 1

Barbecue Grill & Restaurant

1954

Barbecue Grill & Restaurant at Lauriston Place  - 1954

©  Scotsman Publications Ltd.   Click here for web site details.     Licensed by Scran,   Photo 99998717  Scran 000-000-058-011     Photo published: June 11, 1954

Photo 2

Doctors Public House

2007

Doctors  - A public house at the corner of Forrest Road and Teviot Place, Edinburgh

©  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                            Photograph taken September 21, 2007

 

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1.

Stuart Lyon

Blackhall, Edinburgh

32 Forrest Road

Barbecue Grill & Restaurant

Thank you to Stuart Lyon, Blackhall, Edinburgh for telling me about Photo 1 above that he found on the Scran web site.  Stuart told me about this photo after reading the comment below from Meg Reilly in Recollections 35 on the Café & Restaurant Recollections pages.

Meg Reilly wrote:

Near the Royal Infirmary

"I remember a Café, but forget the street.  It was just up from the Royal Infirmary.  We used to go there and share a plate of chips;   fond memories."

Meg Reilly:  June 8, 2012

Stuart wondered if the Café that Meg remembered might be The Barbecue Grill & Restaurant in Forrest Road, at the east end of Lauriston Place, as seen in the photo above.

Acknowledgement:  Stuart Lyon, Blackhall, Edinburgh:  July 6, 2012

 

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2.

Ray Melville

Rosyth, Fife, Edinburgh

32 Forrest Road

Barbecue Grill & Restaurant

When I added this photo of the Barbecue Grille and Restaurant to the web site,

Photo 1

Barbecue Grill & Restaurant

    Barbecue Grill & Restaurant at Lauriston Place  - 1954 ©

I described it as being at Lauriston Place.  However its location was actually as described by Ray Melville below and its address was 32 Forrest Road.

However, Ray Melville wrote:

Doctor's

"The Barbeque Grill and Restaurant was on the corner of Forrest Road and Teviot Place.  It  is now a pub called 'Doctors'.

I remember that it was too pricey for we poor students in the early-1970s!

We spent our cash in Sandy Bell's, over the road.  Although now called Sandy Bells, it was then the Forrest Hill Bar, I think, or maybe the Forrest Road Bar.

Ray Melville, Rosyth, Fife, Scotland:  July 13, 2012

After reading Ray Melville's comments above, I added this photo of Doctors, which I took in September 2007 to the web site.

Photo 2

Doctor's Public House

Doctors  - A public house at the corner of Forrest Road and Teviot Place, Edinburgh ©

 

 

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3.

Adrian Coppola

Thank you to Adrian Coppola who wrote:

Barbecue

and

Pied Piper

"Just out of interest, the Barbecue and Pied Piper restaurants were owned by my father, Claude Coppola and his business partner, Eddie Crolla.

Barbecue

    Barbecue Grill & Restaurant at Lauriston Place  - 1954 ©

Pied Piper

    South Charlotte Street - The Pied Piper - Early-1960s ©

It's nice to see that people still remember both restaurants fondly."

Adrian Coppola: 

 

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