Clive Ramsay

26-28 Henderson Street, Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire FK9 4HR

Tel: 01786 831616 Shop: 01786 833903

e-mail: jonnymitvhell@aol.com
website: www.cliveramsay.com

Bridge of Allan sits just off the M9 motorway connecting Central Scotland with Inverness and the north. So if you're travelling along it, why not make a detour into the affluent and historic town of Bridge of Allan? There you will find one of the best delicatessens and restaurants in the country - Clive Ramsay. It was founded in 1984 by Clive and his wife Violet, and since that time has earned an enviable reputation throughout central Scotland as a first class restaurant and purveyor of fine foods.

In fact, over the years it has won many awards, including the BBC Good Food Shop of the Year Award in 1991 and the McClennan Scottish Cheese Award three times running. This is all down to Clive's specialist knowledge and love of good food and fresh produce. He scours not just Great Britain, but the world in search of new products and lines that will enhance his reputation even further, and entice customers into his shop.

The lines carried by the shop are extensive. Clive sells the Best of Taste Company's range of hand-made coulis dessert sauces, for instance, which use natural ingredients throughout. The flavours range from apricot, damson with sloe gin and Raspberry to black cherry with kirsch, wild blueberry and strawberry. Each one is delicious and wholesome. He also stocks Innocent Smoothies, a range of drinks made from 100 per cent fresh juice. Choose from such flavours as strawberries and raspberries, blackberries and blueberries, oranges, bananas and pineapples and mangoes and passion fruit. They are delicious and refreshing, with each smoothie containing over three quarters of a pound of fruit.

Or how about Clive Ramsay's range of Bar B Bar barbecue sauces? Or the Tipsage Farm of Tunbridge Wells Gin Collection? Or even the full range of Blinding's cooking sauces? All are here, and a whole lot more besides. And the delicatessen has recently expanded its services by opening a café next door, where the food is all freshly made using the finest local produce wherever possible, and often using some of the products found in the shop. The Café is licensed and open seven days a week from 8am until late. A breakfast menu is served until 11.30am after which an extensive main menu is available. This offers mouthwatering choices such as Pot Roast Highland Beef with Oriental Glaze or Ricotta Ravioli, as well as a large selection of fish dishes which include Prawn Tagliatelli or Chargrilled Swordfish with Pecorino Sauce.