RETRO DUNDEE

After a wee flurry sampling some of the gastronomic delights from around the eastern side of the globe - it's time to get bac...

I have put up a couple of items on Retro in the past showing the buzz there was at the Haparanda in Arbroath Road - the haven for Dundee...

They seemed to be going a bit canny with the demolition work at Victoria Road when this photo was taken on 19 Feb 1988. Perhaps this was the...

Here is a photo of the Nicoll & Smibert shop in the Nethergate, taken sometime in the late 60's. Big thanks to Peter.

Another bakers in centre of town offering snack/restaurant facilities was Nicoll & Smibert who were in the Nethergate. The top ad i...

The advert is dated 1978 and lists all the Light Bites that were on the go at the time - Reform Street, Overgate, High Street, one in Loc...

In the early 60's, the Milk Marketing Board had a very catchy advertising slogan on the go that went - DRINKA PINTA MILKA DAY. It was us...

An ad from 1984 for the Hot Potato House in the Overgate. Yeah I remember staggering into this place a couple of times at 2 o'clock in t...

Whether you just fancied a cup of tea & a scone or you needed a full meal, The Rusty Kettle at 304 Perth Road would serve it up for you....

Here's a nice piece of artwork depicting the interior details of Cafe Americain, the pub that opened in the early 80's in Union Str...

Once again, Egon Boney is our guide on a jaunt around a few city centre eating places, this time searching for a decent lunchtime meal. His...

A reminder of some of the eating places on the go in 1981 can be found in an overview presented in Cranked Up, with Egon Boney taking us on...

One of the places Dundee mods used to gather at was The Hap cafe in Arbroath Road. This short clip of film below captured some of the orig...

Located at number 83 Arbroath Road in the 60's was The Haparanda Coffee Bar, or "The Hap", as it was known as by the local tee...

At 26 Reform Street there was Andrew G Kidd, the bakers, and connected to it at 26a was the Cairngorm Restaurant. What I can remember abou...

And lastly...a nice moody shot of the Cafe Americain bar area.   Photo by Nicholl Russell Studios.

This image gives you an idea of how spacious the Cafe Americain was, the view being just one corner area of the pub in which their was a g...

Here's Café Americain in Union Street, which opened for business in the early 80's. It was quite a stylish pub with plenty room ...

Visocchi's in Gray Street, Broughty Ferry, was a cafe I went to in the 60's and 70's. These visits took place during the summer...

This shot of the City Square from around 1970 shows The Val d'Or restaurant sitting pretty at it's prime location in the middle of ...