The Cambridge----not just for education

The Cambridge Bar  20 Young Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4JB

It's a cracking pub, I've been there on many works night out. Today I had the chance to take some colleagues, who don't know the Toon, out for lunch. I already knew... food was good, excellent in fact!!

Chips and onion rings for the table and five burgers ordered up. Buffalo Cajun burger was my choice, it was delicious. I was jealous as heck of the Breakfast burger, it looked the business and was a messy affair with a runny egg!! and then the traditional Bacon Cheese beef burgers...everyone loved the burgers they chose, great service, will definitely be back!!!

There was some class music being played in the background, I was surprised to hear some Tedeschi Trucks Band and some North Mississippi All Stars so yeah I was happy. As I've said , had some cracking nights out in there with ex-colleagues, not too far from the Haymarket Station. It can get a bit busy at night which is always a good sign but the bar area can be a bit crowded, anyway I thoroughly recommend the place.

American Diners.....in Edinburgh???

The City Cafe
Well, up by The Tron there is this gem of a place.
Make no bones about it, this place is designed to be a 50's American Diner.
By night it turns in to a pub, need to try it one night actually!! I just went there for lunch.

Big comfy booths with all the sauces, seasonings,serviettes and menus all tucked up at the wall. Encouraging as I now have the means to put what I want on...what I want....a nice juicy burger!!

Really good friendly staff, good service, good presentation and what I was really impressed with....no need to use any of the sauces for the burger, just a dod of ketchup for the chips...nice chunky chips that were cut thick like planks and everything perfectly seasoned.

I got the Californian burger, chicken breast with guacamole and the usual salad items. It was delicious and very well seasoned and cooked to perfection leaving the chicken juicy! Liked the idea of the chips being served in a miniature deep fry basket. The burger roll is specially made for the City Cafe and it was quality bread, canot stand the usual standard sesame buns you usually get.

My colleague got the Apache burger...he loved it...check out the webpage for the different types of burger on offer...I'll be slowly working my way through them. The City Cafe unfortunately my pics are a bit dark I'll get better ones next time I'm in.