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Found: US food store in Glasgow!
« on: August 14, 2007, 03:01:33 PM »
Hey, I'm new to this site and haven't seen anyone from Glasgow yet, but it's good to pass this on: there's an American/Mexican/Spanish food shop on Great Western Road called Lupe Pinto's, between St. George station and Kelvinbridge station. It's got a bright red front, hard to miss! They've got all kinds of yummy goodies like maple syrup from Vermont and Hershey's chocolate syrup, and REAL Mexican stuff, not El Paso yuck (which I will use in a pinch if I have to, by the way).  ;)

This is just going out there, in case some other homesick Americano in my area is longing for the tastes of distant shores. There's another American at work, and she was taking flak for having a PBJ at our lunch table. Our colleagues stared at us in befuddlement after me telling her about this store lead to us declaiming the joys of American food for about 15 minutes!


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Re: Found: US food store in Glasgow!
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2007, 03:10:08 PM »
They have a website to order online also :)

http://lupepintos.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1


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Re: Found: US food store in Glasgow!
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2007, 03:48:23 PM »
I have been there, but do they carry cream of wheat???


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Re: Found: US food store in Glasgow!
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2007, 06:30:29 PM »
I have been there, but do they carry cream of wheat???

Didn't see any on their site but these guys do CoW -

http://www.obcusa.co.uk/shop/home.php

But over £7 for a 28 oz box! WOW!

so do these guys    http://www.skyco.uk.com/products.asp?cat=9

I just discover an unopen box that expired Feb 2006. Looks ok, smells ok, mmmm

 Is it still edible????
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Re: Found: US food store in Glasgow!
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2007, 08:10:25 PM »
Never mind, I am off to the states in a few weeks...


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« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2007, 08:59:27 PM »
Never mind, I am off to the states in a few weeks...

Ha ha, rub it in! I didn't realise you could order on line as well from Lupe Pinto's. I'll have to check out the sources for Cream of Wheat.

Thanks, guys!  :D


Re: Found: US food store in Glasgow!
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2007, 09:54:51 PM »
How's the parking round there?

It's a 'mare round the Embra shop, but our nearest one will soon be the Glasgow location.


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Re: Found: US food store in Glasgow!
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2014, 04:21:08 PM »
I just adore Lupe's!!!!! I count on him to get Old Bay & Cajun & Creole seasonings, Jiffy corn muffin mix and all the Mexican goodies I need to make the best enchiladas in Glasgow!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not to mention all my other fav Tex-Mex recipes!!!!

O and Pumpkin....he has loads of Libbys!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: Found: US food store in Glasgow!
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2014, 09:19:15 AM »
Thank you for that! I'm excited to check this out!   
Another question about American food in Glasgow.  I was on the train and talking to a girl whom told me about an "American themed Bar" that served corn dogs!  but now I can not remember the name of the place she told me.  I didn't think I needed a corn dog until she tempted me with one, now I'm dying to find the place!


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Re: Found: US food store in Glasgow!
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2014, 10:59:20 AM »
No idea where that might be, though if I hear of it, I'll let you know.

One word of warning, though-- don't get your hopes up!

A lot of times, you'll go to an 'American style' restaurant, and see something on the menu, and get all excited about it...

...and then, when it arrives, you realise the people responsible have never actually set foot in the U.S., and have no idea what the thing you're craving is actually supposed to taste like.  

I was in Oban a few weeks ago.  I went to a steakhouse and, against my better judgement, let my husband talk me into splitting an order of Buffalo wings.  

I was prepared for them to be rather soggy/rubbery (baked in the sauce, not fried and then sauced).  I was NOT prepared for the sauce in question-- and I swear I am not making this up-- to taste almost exactly like baked bean sauce.  And not even good, American-style baked beans, but the nasty, tomato-y UK ones.

Hope is a beautiful and precious thing.  Try not to waste it on whateverthehell they think a corndog is.


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Re: Found: US food store in Glasgow!
« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2014, 06:54:09 PM »
Thank you for that! I'm excited to check this out!  
Another question about American food in Glasgow.  I was on the train and talking to a girl whom told me about an "American themed Bar" that served corn dogs!  but now I can not remember the name of the place she told me.  I didn't think I needed a corn dog until she tempted me with one, now I'm dying to find the place!

Pretty sure Al's Diner does corn dogs... although it's not a bar. 
They have a FB page, which I think has their menu on it.  I've never been, but many of my Scottish friends (who have no idea about proper American food) rave about it.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Als-Diner/215341435232241
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Re: Found: US food store in Glasgow!
« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2014, 06:56:29 PM »
and all the Mexican goodies I need to make the best enchiladas in Glasgow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 ;) ;) ;)  ;) Pretty sure *I* make the best enchiladas in Glasgow!  ;) ;) ;)


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Re: Found: US food store in Glasgow!
« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2015, 11:35:07 AM »
Is that a challenge? :grins:
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