The latest positive local news from New Town & West End: food and drink, nightlife, people, arts, sport and business stories from La Vida Edinburgh.
Edinburgh hospitality group Montpeliers is bringing Ricks back to Frederick Street on 31 October, with its restaurant, bar and ten bedrooms returning after a refurbishment by Malcolm Duffin Design.
Understory has opened in vaults beneath the Rutland building, pairing the easy feel of a dive bar with nostalgic, technique-led cocktails and serving until 3am at weekends.
One Spa, Edinburgh's only Five Bubble Luxury spa, has added a reformer Pilates studio, a mud bothy, a poolside sauna and new Skin Rocks facials as part of a £700,000 investment.
Independent cheese shop The Big Cheese has opened at 27 Broughton Street, with over 50 varieties from Scotland, the UK and Europe and around half found nowhere else in the city.
Encore Bars has opened The Lyon Public House on George Street, turning a century-old auction room into a pub with live bands, duelling pianos, an in-house bakery and a 3am pie window.
Edinburgh's Filmhouse marked a year since reopening with 70mm screenings and member-voted classics, and now hosts the second Jali Film Weekender celebrating African cinema.
Founded by school friends Christie Aitchison and Pete Burt, Edinburgh's Universal Language designs fan clothing celebrating Scottish football culture and has sold 5,000 products since launching.
Edinburgh charity Love Music brings its choirs back to the Usher Hall for a final 2026 concert with Scots singer Robyn Stapleton, with free tickets for anyone who cannot afford to pay.
Scotland's largest public Diwali celebration returns on Sunday 15 November with a parade through the New Town and performances at the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens.
Former Skyscanner finance professional Kara Myles has retrained in South Africa and opened Body Stress Release Edinburgh at Mulberry House on Manor Place, a short walk from Haymarket.
Around 20 Edinburgh College of Art fashion students will spend a year learning from luxury retailers at Multrees Walk, creating a Spring/Summer 2027 collection from concept to manufacture.
A 19th-century William Playfair cottage in Royal Terrace Gardens has reopened as an intimate seasonal restaurant, with guests walking through a working kitchen garden on their way in.
Edinburgh food hall Bonnie & Wild, home to 14 independent Scottish kitchens and retailers, has become the first food hall in the world to be certified as a B Corp.
Thirty-one years after its first night in a Grassmarket pub basement, The Stand Comedy Club has a newly expanded board and its first joint chairs as founder Tommy Sheppard steps back.
The Edinburgh Food and Drink Academy has appointed chef Aisha Elshani as head teacher, following a relaunch that brought new professional courses, comedy cook-offs and garden-to-kitchen events.
Family-run Charlie Miller Hairdressing has marked 60 years since Charlie and Janet Miller opened their first salon on Prestonfield Avenue, growing to three city centre salons and a training academy.
Beaverbrooks Edinburgh, the jeweller's first store dedicated to its own Beaverbrooks collections, has marked five years in St James Quarter with a birthday weekend for customers.