Food and Drink on the Clydeside could happen this summer after pop-up bar and restaurant gets approval

A pop-up food and drink venue could soon open along the Clyde after council planners gave the project the green light.

Plans to provide shipping containers on the north bank of the river for temporary use as “a pop-up bar and restaurant” were submitted last year.

Planning officials have now approved the scheme which would see the venue formed on a car park next to the Grosvenor Casino.

They have allowed the containers to remain in place for two years before the area would need to be returned to its “predevelopment condition or an upgraded condition” approved by the council.

Submitted by Northfront LLP, the project is described as an “outdoor artisan food and beverage area” which would be accessed by pedestrians via the Clyde Walkway.

“The proposed development utilises refurbished shipping containers, and they will be finished to a high quality of specification, finish and design,” the plans stated.

“The shipping containers will then be used for similar purposes on other sites when the proposed temporary operation comes to an end.”

Permission has been granted for the venue to open from 11am to 10pm seven days a week, but no amplified music will be allowed on the premises.

The application stated the opening hours would prevent “any adverse impact on the surrounding amenity of the area”.

When Northfront appeared at a Glasgow Licensing Board meeting in August last year, the firm revealed plans for a permanent “two-storey riverfront development focusing on artisan food and beverage outlets with complementary retail”.

The temporary space was planned while those plans were developed, and images showed it would include covered seating areas, benches, fire pits, a bar and a kitchen.

A representative for the firm said it would “bring some vibrancy to the riverside”, building “the brand and the presence” before the “more significant offer for a permanently established riverside hospitality space” progressed.