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The Salutation Hotel is a hotel and restaurant in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is a Category B listed building dating to around 1810, with earlier embellishments and later alterations. [1] It is said to be the oldest hotel building in Scotland. [2] It has expanded to occupy three neighbouring tenements, one to the right and two to the ...
Perth Royal Infirmary, Nurses Home With Recreation Room And Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers And Gates 56°23′43″N 3°27′04″W / 56.395302°N 3.451127°W / 56.395302; -3.451127 ( Perth Royal Infirmary, Nurses Home With Recreation Room And Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers And
An oyster bar, also known as an oyster saloon, oyster house or a raw bar service, [1] [2] is a restaurant specializing in serving oysters, or a section of a restaurant which serves oysters buffet-style. Oysters have been consumed since ancient times and were common tavern food in Europe, but the oyster bar as a distinct restaurant began making ...
Oyster Bar in New York City, 2006. This is a list of notable oyster bars. An oyster bar is a restaurant specializing in serving oysters, or a section of a restaurant which serves oysters buffet-style. In France, the oyster bar is known as bar à huîtres. [1]
The name "Perth" derives from a Pictish word for "wood" or "copse", related to the Welsh "perth", meaning "hedge" or "thicket". [10] During much of the later medieval period, it was known colloquially by its Scots-speaking inhabitants as "St John's Toun" or "Saint Johnstoun" because the church at the centre of the parish was dedicated to St John the Baptist. [11]
The name Perth derives from a Pictish word meaning "wood", "copse" or "thicket", which links the town to the Picts or Britons, of whom the Picts may have been a subset.. Perth's original name, and some archaeological evidence, indicate that there must have been a settlement here from earlier times, probably at a point where a river crossing or crossings coincided with a slightly raised natural ...
The company takes its name from Loch Fyne, a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland. The business started life in 1979 as an oyster farm in that loch. It was originally a joint venture by Johnny Noble, the owner of the nearby Ardkinglas Estate, and Andy Lane, a fish farmer and biologist. Initially the business sold their oysters to UK restaurants.
Watergate is a street in the city of Perth, Scotland. Along with Skinnergate, it is one of the oldest streets in the city. [1] It runs for around 0.12 miles (0.19 km) from High Street in the north to South Street in the south. [2] It runs parallel to Tay Street to the east and St John Street to the west.