It's been a tough couple of years for the city's hospitality industry as businesses struggle to deal with the lasting impact of covid restrictions as well as the cost of living crisis.
While some have moved on to new ventures, or still have successful sister venues, there's no denying the food and drink scene feels like a very different place without them.
Here is a list of 12 restaurants, bars and cafes that have announced their closures this year.
Puti Vegan Café
In a huge loss for Glasgow’s vegan food scene, Puti Vegan Café announced its closure in March of this year.
The Cambridge Street restaurant was known for its exciting take on Pan-Asian cuisine serving everything from vegan prawn toast to combination build-your-own style munchy boxes.
In a statement, owners said: "With great sadness, Puti will be closing its doors for the foreseeable future.
"From every staff at Puti, we thank you all, our Puti Family for the constant support throughout the years and hopefully we’re able to see as many faces as possible before our door finally closes."
Read more here.
Babos
After two years of serving signature ‘toasties with a twist' from their Pollokshwas Road unit, Babos decided to close for good last month.
Citing ‘rising costs' as the reason for shutting up shop, they have assured fans that they will still be attending food festivals and catering for private events across the country.
Read the full story here.
Absurd Bird
Absurd Bird is one of the most recent city centre restaurants to say farewell this year.
At the start of this month, bosses took to TikTok to share the news saying: “With a heavy heart we have officially closed our doors.
"I would like to apologise to anyone with a booking that we can no longer fulfil, this decision was unfortunately outwith our control.
"Thank you to everyone who has joined us over the last four years for humongous chicken burgers & yummy cocktails, we have loved every minute."
Read more here.
Viva Ristorante
Viva Ristorante was a firm favourite in the city for over 17 years before announcing its shock closure in March.
The family-run Italian spot did not provide a reason for closing at the time, but reminded fans that sister restaurant the Italian Kitchen on Ingram Street is still very much open for business.
Read more here.
Café Cossachok
Thought to be the city’s only Russian-inspired restaurant, bosses of Cafe Cossachok on King Street revealed in March this year that they “didn’t survive covid”.
Owner Julia Atlas said: “As a result of all restrictions, the people who rented our Cossachok for seven years faced a lot of problems running it.
“It was popular for so many years.
“It was an institution, but it’s the right time to say goodbye.”
Read more here.
Caffe Pieno
Caffe Pieno said a heartfelt goodbye to its regulars in April sharing that the cost of living crisis was the reason they had been forced to close.
They said: “We managed to survive during the pandemic and we thought if we could survive that we could survive anything.
"But to now be faced with rising costs at every turn, we have had to make the difficult decision to close the cafe at the end of the month."
Read more here.
Abandon Ship
A vibrant city centre spot that was open for less than a year before sharing news of closure this month.
Bar owners, the MacMerry Group, entered liquidation in June and later shut down the venue completely despite previous assurances that staff jobs would be safe.
Read more here.
La Mediterranea
Located on a busy stretch of Kilmarnock Road, La Mediterranea closed its doors for the last time on May 30.
It seems it’s not the last we’ll see of them, however, as owners said: “We have an exciting new venture coming in the next few months and will be putting all our energy into this.”
Read more here.
Mora Bar and Kitchen
Italian eatery Mora Bar and Kitchen, located in Finnieston, officially closed for good in May with a social media post written by chef Luciano.
The message read: "Dearest customers, family, friends. I’ve been putting this post off as I simply didn’t know how to say this…
"Mora is now closed for good. For both business and personal reasons it’s time to move on.
"For nearly fifteen years it has been my greatest pleasure to work the stoves here in our little abode in Finnieston.”
Read more here.
Three Sisters Bake
This much-loved bakery shop on Great Western Road, run by sisters Linsay, Nichola and Gillian Reith, had its last day of trading in April.
With the shop's lease coming to an end after three years, the siblings decided that they would turn their attention to the thriving wholesale side of the business.
Read the full story here.
Caffe De Sara
This Italian café in the West End shut in June with owner Sara explaining that it was time to “spend some time with my family to recharge the batteries after two very long hard years, for the business.”
Read more here.
Bluebird Café
Although the Bluebird café has been passed onto new management, we’ve included it in our list to mark the end of an era as long-term owners Mirella and Dino Iafrate retired in May.
After 40 years at the Govanhill café, Mirella said: “It feels like it’s time for a little bit of fresh blood for the place and some new ideas.”
Read more here.
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