Josh Barr from West Side Tavern’s Best of Glasgow

We visit West Side Tavern in the West End to hear owner Josh Barr’s Best of Glasgow.

Transcript

00:00Your favourite Glasgow restaurant?

00:02I'm going to say Loon Firm, just because we've been going there for a long, long time as a family

00:07and me and my mates tend to go there quite a lot and yeah, it's just consistency, it's just

00:12second to none and yeah, it's just a great atmosphere, a great vibe and just great food as well.

00:18Favourite pub?

00:19Favourite pub, I'm going to say right now is probably Henry's because it's local to me.

00:24I'm in Pollock Shaws and yeah, it's just a wee mosey down the road and yeah,

00:28great cocktails, great, great interiors, stunning, big fan of Fergus and yeah,

00:35and his team are amazing as well.

00:37Favourite coffee spot?

00:40Coffee spot, I'm going to say Outlier because it's just probably the coolest coffee spot in the city

00:46right now and Steve, my mate, is doing an amazing job and yeah, the food is stunning and yeah,

00:53the coffee's just as good obviously.

00:56Favourite venue?

00:58Venue, I think I'm going to say SWG3 just because of the, you know, wide array of different events

01:04that they do and I've been to amazing gigs there, I've been to amazing DJ events there,

01:09I've been to amazing arts events there and it's just, it's got it all.

01:13Favourite building?

01:16Building, I'm going to say the, I don't know the name of it unfortunately, but it's the

01:19brutalist building in the middle of Buchanan Street, formerly All Saints, you may know it

01:25and yeah, it just stands out like a sore thumb and I love it.

01:29Favourite outdoor space?

01:31Outdoor space, Pollock Park for me, I stay, like I said, in Pollock Shores and Pollock Park's just

01:36amazing, every time I go I feel like I find a new wee area of it and love just getting lost in the

01:41little trails out through the back of it, so yeah, it's brilliant.

01:45Favourite Glasgow artist?

01:47Glasgow artist, I'm going to give it to my boy, Dennis Salter, he's just an amazing DJ,

01:53an amazing guy and yeah, just an inspiration to, you know, everyone in the Glasgow electronic

01:59music scene and yeah, he's still doing it big all over the world, so yeah.

02:03And your Glasgow hero?

02:05Glasgow hero is going to sound a bit soppy but it's got to be my dad, Colin Barr,

02:11taught me mostly everything I know and he's still learning me on a daily basis and keeps me in

02:17check and yeah, and just gives the best advice on a daily basis as well and yeah,

02:22and he's just a hero, just a legend in the town as you know.