Dear lovely people
Never have so many businesses written so many business plans and regretted the time and energy over the last year.
We know that the Level Restrictions will be in place across Scotland from thatdate.
Will hospitality indoors be permitted to trade or will it be outdoors only?
What Level will we be placed in and what will those restrictions look like?
When will we be able to open for dinner service?
When will we be able to sell alcohol?
When will we be able to serve a table or more than 6?
When will we be able to allow more than two households to dine together?
What are the rules around weddings and events?
As I’ve said consistently, we’re very fortunate that we’ve not lost any of our family or friends to Covid. If I had, my views may be very different. Victor and I and our team have followed all the guidelines, to the letter, we’ve been exceptionally cautious and applied best practice, respecting the loss and risk that many of our community have faced. However, the further losses hospitality are facing really begs us to ask the question of who are we now trying to protect?Could this be the last straw for many is tourism, events, hotels, restaurants, bars and nightclubs and the many subsidiary businesses that support them that are currentlyclosed. These further uncertainties could keep them on stop for good.
The next 10 weeks are going to feel longer than the last.
So what are we going to do?
Carina
PS. TELEPHONE LINES OPEN
We listen. Some of you have mentioned that you don’t like ordering online. To support you we’ve decided to open ourtelephone lineonWednesdaysto receive your orders. If you find the online shop challenging please call0131 225 1550Tuesday to Friday between 12 noon and 6pm, option 1.
NEW MENUS AT CONTINI AT HOME
We’ve drafted our new menus and we think you’re going to love them. Yes we’ve kept some favourites so don’t worry.
East coast crab risotto, white onion Veloute, The Scottish Cafe luxury Isle of Mull macaroni & cheese, new season rhubarb and pistachio trifle. Many favourites from each of our three restaurants for you to enjoy.
We’re going to run with menus for the month of March but keep tuned as we’ll be adding specials from time to time based on availability.
MOTHER’S DAY
We are delighted to offer a menu starting at £35 for one.In addition we’ve extended our Mother Day offer to include avegetarian option. We very much hope you enjoy.
Our suppliers aren’t just our food and drink friends. We work with many printers, fabricators, kitchen fitters, packaging and crockery suppliers, our maintenance teams and of course all the amazing florists. Ian and Scott at Wild, like many of our friends in the florist industry have been hit badly with the loss of restaurant, event business and weddings which are key to many of these family firms. We’re delighted to share a little of their floral love and you can order a beautiful spring arrangement to be added to your order. I’ve chosen something that I love. Spring prettiness to make us all feel a little special mummies or not.
Ian hasvery kindly offered a complimentary bouquet as part of a competitionon our Facebook page so make sure youenter here