I just heard today that the award winning, much complimented, and one of the my favourite restaurants in Glasgow, No. 16 has closed.

From The Herald "Expect a flurry of restaurant closures in the new year. Fewer people are eating out in the recession, and restaurateurs daren't put up their prices even though their costs have risen alarmingly. Cream, butter, bread, meat, eggs ... all ingredient costs have shot up and a weak pound against the Euro has produced steep hikes in restaurants' wine bills. To add to these woes, our cavalier banks, having encouraged us all to get up to the eyeballs in debt, are reining in their lending to make their own books balance. Once the Christmas flurry is over, many restaurateurs will wake up to stuttering cash flow and heavy pressure from the bank manager."

It wasn't ridicuously expensive, and the food was gorgeous. Everyone I recommended it to went and loved it as well and whenever we went it was packed. Perhaps their downfall was not subscribing to the 5pm pre-theatre culture, where 2 courses must cost £15 or less and come with a free glass of wine. Not that I am knocking that. The only way I can regularly indulge in my joy of eating out is by using these deals, but it is true that what you save in price, you sacrifice in quality. Surely there is room for both? I guess not.

Anyway, we loved you, and hope you can return to make our mouths happy again one day.