New restaurant opening for the team behind Ka Pao and Ox and Finch

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In September, Margo - a new restaurant from the renowned Scottish restaurant group Scoop (Ox and Finch, Ka Pao) - will open in Glasgow, bringing a new drinking and dining spot to the city centre.

The kitchen will be headed up by Glasgow native Robin Aitken, who first joined Scoop as a chef at Ox and Finch back in 2014. After a period of travelling and working abroad, Robin returned to Scoop as part of the senior team leading Ka Pao Glasgow to its first Michelin Bib Gourmand, and Ox and Finch retaining its Bib Gourmand for the 10th year.

Robin will lead the kitchen in delivering a menu of snacks and small plates and sharing dishes that highlight curated seasonal produce sourced from the finest growers and makers. The menu will evolve regularly while retaining a flavour-led approach with a focus on Scottish seafood, meat butchered in-house, and bread and pasta made from scratch.

Heading up front of house is Paige Wilson, who has led Scoop through milestones including the opening of Ka Pao Glasgow in 2019 and the restaurant’s receipt of its first Michelin Bib Gourmand, as well as the launch of Ka Pao’s second location in Edinburgh. Under Paige’s leadership, the front of house will extend to guests at Margo the same relaxed, friendly and informed service for which the group has become known.

Ox and Finch Glasgow — Ox and Finch, Glasgow

Managing Director of Scoop Restaurants Group, Jonathan MacDonald said: “Margo will be an evolution of our first restaurant, Ox and Finch, which has just celebrated its 10th birthday. Both restaurants share the same ethos of being relaxed, accessible and fun, alongside a focus on quality. Whilst retaining lots of the features that have made Ox and Finch so popular for the last decade, Margo will be bigger and bolder. We’ll be pushing things further in the kitchen, baking our own bread, making fresh pasta and also doing some in-house butchery. There’ll also be a larger, more adventurous wine list, which the team have been sourcing from a range of great suppliers. We’re very excited to be able to share what we’ve been working on with Glasgow, and we’ve also got some exciting plans coming up for Ox and Finch later in the year."

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