Glasgow’s newest bar pays homage to the city’s creative greats and a bygone era.
Secession at Kelvinbridge is inspired by the historic art movement that swept Europe in the late 19th, early 20th centuries.
Situated within the former Lansdowne Church on Great Western Road, the bar interior evokes the designs and style of associated with the Vienna Secession.
That period saw artists such as Gustav Klimt forge a new decorative approach to painting and interior design.
Inspired
Many coffee house and bar interiors in Vienna as well as other east European cities such as Budapest and Prague were inspired by the Vienna Secession.
Secession's menus have been designed in a continental style providing charcuteries, pates and cheeses with a pickled onion or two included in the platter.
Just across from road from Kelvinbridge Underground, Secession sits in the same building as Websters Theatre.
Inspired by the Vienna Secession art movement, we have worked to create a real European café feel with cocktails, charcuteries and coffee on offer as well as drinks from a discreetly position dual counter bar and we can’t wait to welcome residents and visitors to what we believe is a truly unique venue.
David Robertson
Housed within the former church's beautiful west entrance, the venue offers classic cocktails, a coffee house and a sun-facing beer garden.
Opened for the first time earlier this month, Secession can be enjoyed Wednesday & Thursday 4pm-11pm; Friday & Saturday 12 noon-midnight and Sunday 11am-10pm (closed Monday & Tuesday).
David Robertson, director of the trust runs the church venue and its sister building Cottiers, said: “We are thrilled to unveil Secession, following the reinvention of our existing West End bar, which results in a much more impactful and enjoyable use of that facility as well as being a perfect complement to our adjacent popular theatre.
“Inspired by the Vienna Secession art movement, we have worked to create a real European café feel with cocktails, charcuteries and coffee on offer as well as drinks from a discreetly position dual counter bar and we can’t wait to welcome residents and visitors to what we believe is a truly unique venue.”
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