Home Food Restaurant Reviews Recipes Drink Distilleries Whisky Gin Craft Beer Locations Scran Podcast This autumn, the team behind award-winning restaurants will open a new restaurant in Glasgow city centre. In September, Margo - a new restaurant from renowned Scottish restaurant group, Scoop, the team behind Ox and Finch and Ka Pao - will open in Glasgow, bringing a new drinking and dining spot to the city centre. The team gained planning permission for the new restaurant in late 2019, with speculation growing recently as to whether it'd be a city centre Ox and Finch or Ka Pao.
Margo has been described as being 'bigger and bolder' than the 10 year old Ox and Finch by Jonathan MacDonald Managing Director of Scoop Restaurants Group. The kitchen at Margo will be headed up by Glasgow native Robin Aitken, who first joined Scoop as a chef at Ox and Finch back in 2014. After a period of travelling and working abroad, Aitken returned to Scoop as part of the senior team leading Ka Pao Glasgow to its first Michelin Bib Gourmand , and Ox and Finch retaining its Bib Gourmand for the 10th year.
Aitken will lead the kitchen in delivering a menu of snacks, small plates and sharing dishes that highlight curated seasonal produce, sourced from the finest growers and makers. The menu will evolve regularly, while retaining a flavour-led approach with a focus on Scottish seafood , meat butchered in-house, and bread and pasta made from scratch. What’s on the menu at Margo Guests can begin their.