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A neat local eatery with rust-coloured leather booths and banquettes, black and copper
tables, and local art on the walls, this diner has a menu of succulent Aberdeen Angus
steaks and homemade burgers, but also offers more unusual fare such as chicken and cho-
rizo kebabs, or smoked haddock with black-pudding stovies (stewed potatoes).
(
www.diner7.co.uk
; 7 Commercial St; mains £7-12;
4-11pm Mon-Sat, 11am-11pm Sun;
16, 22,
35, 36)
Top Tip
Top 5 Edinburgh Novels
›
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
(Muriel Spark, 1962) The story of a charismatic teacher in a
1930s Edinburgh girls school.
›
Trainspotting
(Irvine Welsh, 1993) A disturbing and darkly humorous journey through the
junkie underworld of 1990s Edinburgh.
›
Complicity
(Iain Banks, 1993) Gruesome and often hilarious thriller-cum-satire on the greed
and corruption of the Thatcher years.
›
Born Free
(Laura Hird, 1999) A gritty and tragic but heart-warming tale of modern family life
in one of Edinburgh's poorer neighbourhoods.
›
The Falls
by Ian Rankin (2001) A gripping noir-style crime novel that stars hard-drinking de-
tective John Rebus, Edinburgh's answer to Sam Spade.
