Eat and Drink

The Book Festival is all about feeding the mind and imagination but sometimes there is nothing better than just feeding the body! This year we have a wide range of food and drink to do just that. Bring some friends, relax and unwind. Come join us in the gardens (just off the West End of Princes Street). We're open daily from 9.30am until late, from 9 to 25 August 2008. FREE entry to Charlotte Square Gardens. Please pop in!

Beetroot Blue Café Bar
in the London Review of Books Signing Tent
Daily 9.30am - late
Fairtrade coffee, teas, whisky, wines and beer plus a range of light snacks, sandwiches and fresh salads.

Beetroot Blue Café Bar
in the Highland Park Spiegeltent
Daily 11.30am - 6.00pm
Homemade soups, sandwiches, fresh salads and Fairtrade coffee and teas plus great beer, Stella Bella wine and plenty of Highland Park Whisky. Also free live music most lunchtimes.

Fenton Barns in The City
in The Bookshop
Daily 9.30am - 9.15pm
The cafe at East Lothian's Fenton Barns Farm Shop is now in the heart of Edinburgh. Wholesome snacks, tempting homemade pastries, mouth-watering cakes and tarts, as well as Fairtrade organic coffees from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, speciality teas and award-winning soft drinks.

Di Rollo of Musselburgh Ice Cream Trike
Daily 11.00am - 6.00pm
Locally made ice creams in a lip-smacking variety of flavours.

The Spiegelbar
in the Highland Park Spiegeltent
Evenings from 9.00pm
A full and fabulous bar in our atmospheric 1930s travelling ballroom with free live music every night from Sunday 10 August. You can find out the line-up of bands from the Information Desk in the Entrance Tent.

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