A new cocktail and wine bar is set to open in the basement below Innis & Gunn in Glasgow city centre.

Plans for the venue, which will also offer “charcuterie style food”, were revealed at a meeting of the city’s Licensing Board.

Hospitality entrepreneur Alan Tomkins, whose family own and operates venues such as Ralph & Finns, Vroni’s and Malo, is behind the new project at 24 West Nile Street.

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Licensing solicitor Chloe Crawford told board members: “My client owns a number of premises in Glasgow and is very experienced in the hospitality industry. 

“Essentially what Alan and his team are looking to do here, in the unit below Innis & Gunn on West Nile Street, is a cocktail and wine bar with casual food.”

She added it would be “charcuterie style food” and the operators are “looking to have a number of activities on the premises, inclusive of the occasional live act such as individual musicians”.

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Board members were also told the new bar would create around 15 jobs. They agreed to grant a provisional premises licence to the operators.

When Innis & Gunn received planning permission for its West Nile Street taproom in April 2022, the application revealed the beer company intended to subdivide the basement of the property to provide a separate venue.

It took over the site from Bill’s restaurant which closed at the start of the covid pandemic in March 2020 and didn’t reopen, surrendering the lease.