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Previews: Returning stars
By Corinne Furness, published 15 July 2010Belt Up Theatre Has world domination ever been started from the Edinburgh Fringe? If not, then Belt Up are having a good go at it. With a work et...Top 10... Restaurants
By Dan Nicholson-Heap, published 14 July 2010Café Royal19 West Register Street 0131 556 1884 One of the longest-established restaurants in Edinburgh, Café Royal is hidden ...Top 10... Cafés
By Catherine Sylvain, published 14 July 2010Anteaques17 Clerk Street
The man who owns the shop next to Anteaques has never heard of it: it's that much of a secret. Open only on Fridays and week...Top 10... Pubs
By Andy Chadwick, published 14 July 2010Bennets Bar 8 Leven Street
Bennets attracts a rather strange mish-mash of theatregoers and sports fans, situated as it is a stone’s throw away ...Top 10... Fast Bites
By Dan Nicholson-Heap, Ed Ballard, and Susan Robinson, published 14 July 2010Kebab Mahal 7 Nicolson Square
The daddy of them all, the Mahal has been open for thirty years and won best Scottish Takeaway 2009. Aside fr...Top 10... Breakfasts
By Ed Ballard and Craig Wilson, published 14 July 2010Botanic Gardens (Entrances on Inverleith Row and Arboretum Place)
A morning stroll around the Botanic Gardens is the best way to squeeze some pe...Top 10... Drinking and Dancing
By Sam Friedman, Lyle Brennan, and Ed Ballard, published 14 July 2010The Bongo Club37 Holyrood Road
Respected Fringe venue by day, Bongo is best known to Edinburgh residents as the city’s foremost alternative nig...Top 10... Asian Eateries
By Neil Pooran, published 14 July 2010Karen Wong’s Chinese Restaurant 107-109 St Leonards Street 0131 662 0777
The Karen Wong's Chinese Restaurant experience often ends up bein...
'Gleeks' anonymous
By Iman Qureshi, published 13 July 2010The arrival of Glee has been sensational, and has had transatlantic audiences in raptures. Churning out cocktails of chart and show tunes, complete wi...
Going up
By Arianna Reiche, published 12 July 2010Fitzgerald's one thing. Squint your eyes and flap a copy of Gatsby in front of you and it looks a bit like a play. But the utter ambition and militant...
Getting INto The Spirit of The Festival
By Gareth K Vile, published 09 July 2010A partnership between the Edinburgh International Festival and The Skinny, IN explores new ways to engage with the Festival, removing it from the conf...