A famous Finnieston food spot is back, taking Glaswegians on a nostalgia trip.
Iconic Argyle Street eatery Murphy's Pakora Bar used to be a regular haven for beer-soaked revellers on a Saturday night.
And as Glasgow Live revealed recently, more than two decades after closing its doors, seemingly for the very last time, Murphy's is back.
25-year-old Nitesh Majhu is the man behind the much-welcomed move, after his parents Sanjay and Jiggy Majhu ran the famous late night Finnieston pakora bar from 1996 to 1999.
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Now, as we recently reported, their son Nitesh will be taking the reigns on Argyle Street, satisfying a long-held ambition to run his own place.
With the new Murphy's welcoming in customers for the very first time today (Friday), we popped by for a first-look at the spectacular Argyle Street food spot, and to find out what Glaswegians can expect from the pakora bar's return.
For a sneak peek, check out our gallery below.
When asked what diners will get to enjoy, Nitesh told Glasgow Live: "It's a late-night pakora bar. We won't be open until 4pm every day and on the weekends we'll be open until 1am in the morning and we'll be serving food until late as well.
"The idea we have is you can come for dinner and get a full dinner. We're only doing six curries, most of it is pakoras and really nice small plates, really refined small plates. We've got rices, breads, poppadoms and stuff."
The young restaurant owner also shared what it means to bring back the family restaurant, and his memories of his parents running Murphy's back in the 90s.
The original Murphy's Pakora Bar was located at 1287-1289 Argyle Street on the Finnieston strip. Now, it will pop up just a couple of doors down at number 1293 at the former Spice Of Life, a move which provides a further family link with the past - Nitesh worked his first ever shift as a waiter in the restaurant at just seven years old.
Nitesh said: "It's not the original Murphy's Pakora Bar unit, but the one next door. The unit we've got used to be Spice Of Life.
"Spice of Life was my mum and dad's first restaurant. That's where my dad started as a waiter. He was then a manager, then a franchiser. Then he bought The Ashoka Group.
"It's quite fitting that my dad then offered this to me as my first restaurant. I've always wanted to open my first restaurant and in a sense his first restaurant is my first restaurant, just 30 years later.
"It's the perfect place for me, my family know it so well. I grew up there. I had my first ever shift as a waiter there when I was just seven years old! I chucked on a full suit and tie and everything and one of the managers, bless him, had to walk about with me the whole night making sure I wasn't doing anything daft, polishing cutlery and all the rest of it!"
To see our recent interview with Nitesh in full, click on the link below:
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Murphy's Pakora Bar is located at 1293 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8TL.
To find out more and to make a booking, you can visit their website here.
