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The legendary Scottish pizza chain that is finally expanding to Edinburgh

The NYC-inspired slices at Sear’s Pizza were an immediate hit when it opened in Glasgow last year

Amy Houghton
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Amy Houghton
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Sear's Pizza Edinburgh frontage
Photograph: Sear’s Pizza
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Glasgow and its people have brought countless good things to the world. The Scottish city has given us Billy Connolly, waterproof clothing, anti-septic, Primal Scream and IVF, to name but a few. Now, another Glasgow creation is being gifted to the wider Scottish population. We’re talking about Sear’s Pizza. 

Sear’s opened in Glasgow’s West End last September and saw immediate success, with queues out the door almost daily – even Hollywood star James McAvoy is a fan. Now, it has opened a second outpost on Edinburgh’s Marchmont Road. 

Inspired by the famous pizza of New York, Sear’s serves up thin, hand-tossed slices with toppings like vodka sauce, buffalo chicken, mushrooms and truffle oil and salami and gorgonzola. Its new Edinburgh pizzeria has all that plus a few extra offerings including buffalo ranch tenders and truffle parmesan fries. 

Local magazine The Skinny was one of the first to try the new joint. It reported that the margherita is ‘an extremely solid slice of pizza – plenty of cheese, and a tangy, almost jammy tomato sauce that is worryingly moreish’ and that overall, the place is ‘a great pitstop; a place to spend 10 minutes having an on-the-run lunch and living out your NYC fantasy’. 

The Sear’s interiors are designed to transport you to an ’80s or ’90s NYC pizza joint. When its first restaurant opened last year, founder Paul Beveridge said: ‘I was lucky to visit New York as a kid in the ’80s and ’90s, and I remember being blown away by the hand painted signage and aesthetic of the bodegas and pizza shops. This was when NYC art and club culture was at its peak with Madonna, Keith Haring, Rocksteady Crew, Paris is Burning, The Ramones etc, so I’ve tried to incorporate that imagery into our shop interior.’

The crisp slices start from just £2 each, or you can get a whole 18-inch pizza pie from £15. Sear’s Marchmont Road is open seven days a week from 12pm-9pm and you can check out its full menu here. Here’s hoping the rest of the UK gets a slice of Sear’s soon, too. 

Explore Time Out’s pick of the best restaurants in Glasgow here and all of our favourite restaurants in Edinburgh here

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