Scottish writers toast new Edinburgh restaurant
A host of Scottish writers including Ian Rankin, Christopher Brookmyre and Doug Johnstone attended the opening of The Printing Press and Kitchen in Edinburgh.
Des McDonald’s new 180-seat venture is based in a Georgian townhouse at 21-25 George Street, home in the 1780s to the acclaimed novelist Susan Ferrier and to John Oliphant in the late 1840s.
Oliphant’s and Ferrier’s descendants founded Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, one of Scotland’s most prestigious publishing houses, best known for the series of Famous Scots books.
“I can’t think of a group of guests more fitting to join us on our first day of business than the literary greats of modern-day Edinburgh,” McDonald said.