Our favourite Barstar of the Day story revolves around Kyle Jamieson. Richard first met him at Panda & Sons and his ambition was to own his own pub. That dream was fulfilled last year when he opened Nauticus. When Richard arrived in Edinburgh this year he went back to see how things had progressed. He walked into a packed bar that has just this week been recognised by Culture Trip as being amongst the top cocktail bars in the city. Today’s Barstar is Kyle’s assistant manager, Meghan.
When she’s feeling cheap and thirsty, Strongbow Dark Fruits
Name: Meghan Brown
Age: 30
Bar: Nauticus, 142 Duke St, Edinburgh, EH6 8HR.
Background: Born in Lochgelly her parents moved to Burntisland when she was eleven. She went to school in Kirkcaldy and then moved to study journalism at Edinburgh Napier University. While there she worked at what was then the Rutland Hotel, now the Huxley. She’d started waitressing when she was fifteen, but while there she became old enough to move on to bar work. Having graduated she decided to stay in hospitality and took up a series of positions, all with Signature Pubs. In 2015 she left for Australia and worked in Melbourne and visited various places on her return trip. Back in Edinburgh she picked up when she had left off before being invited to take up her present position.
Ambition: To continue working in the industry, combining it with international travel.
Favourite Drink: When she’s feeling cheap and thirsty, Strongbow Dark Fruits or when she’s in a classier mood it has to be a Negroni.
