Edinburgh's newest bakery and café is set to open its doors at the end of the week in a 'futuristic' complex on the outskirts of the city centre.
Patina, which will eventually operate as a restaurant, bar and bakery, is starting off with the latter for their opening on Friday, October 7, at a brand new building in Edinburgh Park.
The team have recently posted pictures on their social media channels of the impressive interior of the building, with swish décor and a huge marble bar that will eventually serve cocktails and other alcoholic drinks.
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To begin with, though, the store will operate as a bakery and café when it opens on Friday, selling baked pastries, snacks and their signature blend of coffee. Staff have been busy preparing for the big day since the project was announced at the start of September, hoping to adopt a modern take on fine dining.
On Monday, along with a picture of delicious-looking pastries, they posted on Instagram: "Opening this Friday. There is definitely going to be hiccups! But we are going to make some baked goods, some coffee and have a laugh. Come down and see what we are about. 8am-4.30pm."
In August, they teased the opening of the restaurant, bar and café by posting a teaser image of the interior, saying that they had been working for over a year to perfect the venue and prepare to blow customers away.
They said: "The lights are finally on. It’s taken ages and it has been a year of building and designing without having an clue what the place would look like. When the doors are finally open we will be programming film and music events and I really wanted the restaurant to reflect film in the interior.
"A lot of the design influences have come from film. The grandeur of the back bar was inspired by the intense scale of the film Dune. The colours came from futuristic scenes from Blade Runner and the surrealism of Lynch.
"It’s not really important where the influences come from and sometimes you rationalise things afterwards. In the moment you’re just having fun making something new and collaborative. At the end of the day the only thing that matters is people having a wicked time in your bar. The rest really isn’t important."
Patina is located at 1 New Park Square and is also powered solely by renewable energy. To check out their latest posts and for more information, you can follow them on Instagram here.
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