Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Glasgow from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Glasgow
Cail Bruich in Hillhead and Unalome by Graeme Cheevers in Anderston/City/Yorkhill are the Michelin-starred modern Scottish restaurants in our guide. Elements in Bearsden and Fallachan Kitchen in Anderston/City/Yorkhill hold Michelin Plates and cook Scottish tasting menus.
Cail Bruich in Hillhead holds a Michelin star in the 2026 guide, three AA Rosettes for 2026, and a La Liste score of 77.5 points from 2025. Chef Lorna McNee cooks a modern Scottish tasting menu, using classical technique on seasonal produce, with sauces a feature of the menu. The list is extensive. Two set menus and a kitchen table sit beside the brigade.
Unalome by Graeme Cheevers in Anderston/City/Yorkhill holds a Michelin star in the 2026 guide and three AA Rosettes for 2026. The kitchen cooks modern Scottish fine dining from local ingredients, with a seven-course tasting menu and an à la carte. Orkney scallops and North Sea cod are among the Scottish produce on the menu. Drinks include craft cocktails and a wine list.
Elements in Bearsden holds a Michelin Plate for 2026, three AA Rosettes for 2026, and a We're Smart World rating of 4 Radishes in 2025. Chef Gary Townsend cooks modern Scottish food built around the four elements, in an intimate room with a chef's counter. The formats are a tasting menu, including a plant-based tasting menu, and à la carte. The wine programme has an extensive list.
Fallachan Kitchen in Anderston/City/Yorkhill is a 12-seat communal chef's table in a railway arch, and it holds a Michelin Plate for 2026. Chef Craig Grozier cooks an innovative Scottish set menu and tasting menu that changes with seasonal produce, including Barra scallop and Borders partridge. The wine programme is sommelier-led, with a wine flight alongside craft cocktails.
Our guide counts two exceptional wine programmes in Glasgow, and Brett in Hillhead holds one: a sommelier-led list with natural wine. Ubiquitous Chip holds a Star Wine List award, and One Devonshire Gardens by Hotel du Vin keeps a 350-bin cellar.
Brett in Hillhead holds an exceptional wine programme: extensive, sommelier-led, and including natural wine. It began as a natural wine bar and now holds a Michelin Plate for 2026, with a Very Good rating from The Good Food Guide in 2025. The cooking is modern Scottish and fire-cooked, served à la carte, as small plates or as a set menu, with counter seats at an open kitchen.
Ubiquitous Chip in Hillhead holds a Star Wine List award, with a White Star for its wine programme, and keeps an extensive list. Open since 1971, it cooks modern Scottish food, including a signature venison haggis, in a jungle-like courtyard atrium. The formats run from à la carte and small plates to a tasting menu.
One Devonshire Gardens by Hotel du Vin in Partick East/Kelvindale holds Michelin Selected status for 2025. It occupies a row of restored Victorian townhouses, with dark-panelled interiors and open fireplaces. The hotel keeps a 350-bin wine cellar and a collection of more than 300 whiskies, with sommelier-guided tastings.
Gloriosa in Anderston/City/Yorkhill serves pan-Mediterranean seasonal sharing plates from chef Rosie Healey, with Scottish produce in the cooking and focaccia on the menu. The wine programme is extensive, and the list is heavy with small growers. In 2026 The Good Food Guide names it Best Local Restaurant, at 125 points and at number 24.
Ox and Finch, Margo, Ka Pao and GaGa each hold a Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2026 and serve small plates. The four restaurants are in Anderston/City/Yorkhill, Hillhead and Victoria Park, and each keeps a wine list.
Ox and Finch in Anderston/City/Yorkhill holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2024, 2025 and 2026. It cooks creative small plates with Mediterranean ingredients and an extensive wine list. The Good Food Guide rated the restaurant Good in 2025. A full refurbishment was completed in early 2025, and the menu follows a sharing-plate format.
Margo in Anderston/City/Yorkhill holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2024, 2025 and 2026. The restaurant serves modern Mediterranean small plates, using Scottish seasonal produce, with grilled larger plates and sharing dishes also on the menu. Drinks include craft cocktails and an extensive wine list.
Ka Pao in Hillhead holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2024, 2025 and 2026, and The Good Food Guide rated it Good in 2025. The kitchen cooks Southeast Asian small plates, using Scottish produce and flavours drawn from Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore. The bar pours craft cocktails. The room is a historic garage basement.
GaGa in Victoria Park holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2024, 2025 and 2026, and The Good Food Guide rated it Good in 2025. It serves Malaysian-inspired fusion small plates, with a wine list and craft cocktails. The restaurant is a joint venture between the team behind the Thornwood Bar and Julie's Kopitiam, in a former butcher's shop.
Our guide counts two Michelin-starred restaurants in Glasgow and two Michelin stars in total. Cail Bruich in Hillhead holds one Michelin star in the 2026 guide, as it did in 2024 and 2025. Unalome by Graeme Cheevers in Anderston/City/Yorkhill likewise holds one Michelin star for 2024, 2025 and 2026. Both are modern Scottish restaurants with a tasting-menu format.
Anderston/City/Yorkhill holds the most venues in our Glasgow guide, with 35. Restaurants there include Unalome by Graeme Cheevers, which holds a Michelin star for 2026, and Bib Gourmand rooms such as Ox and Finch and Margo. The neighbourhood also includes The Ben Nevis, where the drinks focus is whisky, and Michelin Selected hotels including Dakota Glasgow and Kimpton Blythswood Square Hotel & Spa.
Tasting menus in our guide are at Cail Bruich and Ubiquitous Chip in Hillhead, Unalome by Graeme Cheevers and Fallachan Kitchen in Anderston/City/Yorkhill, and Elements in Bearsden. Cail Bruich and Unalome by Graeme Cheevers hold Michelin stars and cook tasting menus. Fallachan Kitchen seats 12 at a communal chef's table. Elements holds a Michelin Plate for 2026 and offers a plant-based tasting menu.
Brett in Hillhead, Ubiquitous Chip in Hillhead and One Devonshire Gardens by Hotel du Vin in Partick East/Kelvindale are the venues with the clearest wine distinctions in our guide. Brett's programme is exceptional, one of two exceptional wine programmes citywide, and it is extensive, sommelier-led and includes natural wine. Ubiquitous Chip holds a Star Wine List award with a White Star. One Devonshire Gardens keeps a 350-bin cellar and more than 300 whiskies, with sommelier-guided tastings.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Cail Bruich holds a Michelin star and a La Liste ranking at 725 Great Western Road in Glasgow's West End, where chef Lorna McNee applies classical technique to Scottish produce without overcomplicating either. Open Tuesday through Saturday for dinner, with lunch service Friday and Saturday, the restaurant operates two set menus and a kitchen table for those who want proximity to the brigade. Price range is ££££.
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Unalome by Graeme Cheevers holds a Michelin star on Kelvingrove Street in Finnieston, Glasgow's most food-forward neighbourhood. The seven-course tasting menu runs £135 per person, with an à la carte at £100 and a set lunch at £55, the latter widely cited as among the more competitive value in the city's fine dining tier. Scottish produce, from Orkney scallops to North Sea cod, anchors the kitchen's approach.
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In the affluent suburb of Bearsden, Elements sits at the serious end of Glasgow's neighbourhood dining scene, earning a Michelin Plate in 2025 for cooking that applies classical technique to Scottish produce with quiet confidence. West Coast langoustines, a considered wine list, and a plant-based tasting menu that draws green-guide recognition make it a destination worth crossing the city for. Rated 4.9 on Google across early reviews.
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A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder two years running, GaGa brings Malaysian-inspired small plates and inventive cocktails to a former butcher's shop on Partick's Dumbarton Road. The joint venture between the team behind the Thornwood Bar and Julie's Kopitiam delivers kaleidoscopic flavour at £££ prices that consistently punch well above their weight. Booking is essential.
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A Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognised basement restaurant on Vinicombe Street, Ka Pao brings Southeast Asian-inspired sharing plates to Glasgow's West End with confident technique and affordable pricing. Bold flavour combinations, an industrial-heritage space, and a menu built around the four axes of hot, sour, salty, and sweet make it one of the area's most consistent casual dining propositions. A second branch operates in Edinburgh's St James Quarter.
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Margo is at 68 Miller Street in Glasgow city centre. The current list runs from small plates and seafood through grilled larger plates, sharing dishes, sides, desserts and a kids’ menu, and reservations are offered for groups of up to 20.
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A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder since at least 2024, Ox and Finch on Sauchiehall Street has anchored Finnieston's dining scene for over a decade with a sharing-plate format built around Mediterranean ingredients and seasonal restraint. Following a full refurbishment completed in early 2025, it returns with a refreshed menu that keeps the same group-grazing logic that first caught Glasgow's attention in 2014. At the ££ price tier, it sits in a different competitive bracket from the city's ££££ fine-dining rooms, and consistently delivers more culinary ambition per pound than its price point implies.
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Sebb's occupies a vaulted red-brick basement beneath Margo on Miller Street, part of the Glasgow group behind Ox and Finch and Ka Pao. The menu draws freely across Turkish, Brazilian, South Asian, and Caribbean traditions, producing dishes built on generosity and clear technique. The cocktail list, anchored by signatures like a miso and malt Old Fashioned, is worth lingering over.
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Backed by the team behind Cail Bruich, The Clarence on Hyndland Road brings serious culinary credentials to the neighbourhood dining format. Seasonal Scottish produce drives the menu, with a charcoal grill at the centre and an extensive cocktail list anchoring the bar. The set menu and sharing plates offer the clearest value, while attentive service keeps the tone relaxed without losing focus.
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On Argyle Street in Kelvingrove, Gloriosa has built a following on Mediterranean-influenced sharing plates that lean on Scottish produce and confident, direct cooking. Royal blue drapes, abstract paintings, and a wine list heavy with small growers set the tone: this is a neighbourhood restaurant that takes its food seriously without the ceremony. Chef Rosie Healey's kitchen produces dishes that critics have called 'fabulous.'
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On Great Western Road, Brett has evolved from a natural wine bar into one of Glasgow's most considered neighbourhood restaurants, earning a Michelin Plate in 2024. Around 15 fire-cooked dishes draw from Scotland's larder with real technical ambition, while counter seating, raw-linen napkins, and an infectious kitchen energy keep things grounded in the neighbourhood. The two-course lunch at £32 makes the cooking accessible; three courses with drinks can comfortably reach £100.
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The kitchen works with seasonal Scottish produce and a modern British framework, with set lunches and an evening carte priced at the accessible ££ tier.
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A Michelin Plate-recognised stalwart of Finnieston's dining scene, The Gannet has built its reputation on seasonally driven Modern British cooking, Scottish regional sourcing, and a commitment to zero waste. The à la carte and fixed-price lunch formats sit inside a modish, informal room on Argyle Street. Note that the restaurant is closing permanently at the end of service on 31 December 2025.
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At the Finnieston end of Argyle Street, Porter & Rye has built its reputation around a dry-ageing cabinet that holds beef for up to 160 days and a kitchen that treats the process with corresponding seriousness. The room is small and mezzanined, the welcome informal, and the Sunday roast with bone-marrow jus has become something of a local institution. A reliable anchor in Glasgow's most food-dense neighbourhood.
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On Victoria Road in Glasgow's Southside, Big Counter runs a short, daily-changing menu of ten savoury and three sweet dishes from an open pass where chefs and diners share the same space. The format is closer to an informal supper club than a restaurant: ingredient-led, pot-luck in the clearest sense, and paired with natural-leaning wines and quirky beers.
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Open since 1979 and housed at 64 Albion St in Glasgow's Merchant City, Café Gandolfi is one of the city's oldest family-owned restaurants. Tim Stead's hand-carved furniture and stained glass set the scene for gutsy Scottish cooking that runs from exemplary Cullen skink to haggis with pickled walnut ketchup, alongside Mediterranean forays and a compact wine list mostly available by the glass.
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On Dumbarton Road in Glasgow's West End, Eighty Eight operates from a compact open kitchen where small plates travel confidently between the Mediterranean and further afield. The room is tight, the atmosphere convivial, and the prices sit well below what the ambition on the plate might suggest. The adjoining 86 Cocktail Bar extends the evening without requiring a change of address.
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A corner deli-café-restaurant on Park Road where Scottish seasonal produce meets Italian regional tradition, Eusebi Deli runs from morning coffee and sourdough pizza to downstairs plates of crab ravioli and pan-roasted cod. The wine list opens at £23 and leans Italian, with aperitivi and spritzes alongside. It occupies a specific niche in Glasgow's mid-market dining scene: relaxed, ingredient-led, and genuinely dual-nationality in its cooking.
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Fallachan Kitchen occupies a single railway arch near Kelvingrove, where a communal table seats a small group around an open kitchen. Chef Craig Grozier holds a Michelin Plate (2024 and 2025) and rotates the menu around Scottish seasonal produce, Barra scallop, Borders partridge, matched with a wine flight. The format is intimate and deliberate, and the price is set accordingly.
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A basement seafood restaurant on West George Street that has held its position in Glasgow's dining scene for more than two decades. Gamba's menu moves between Scottish lobster thermidor and whole blackened bream with teriyaki prawns, underpinned by a wine list sourced through Corney & Barrow with bottles from £27. The crab and ginger soup with prawn dumplings has been on the menu since the beginning and remains the signature.
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Opposite Glasgow's Theatre Royal on Cowcaddens Road, Kelp earns its reputation through a focused commitment to sustainable Scottish seafood, Cumbrae oysters, Shetland mussels, and Hebridean coley treated with broad coastal influences that recall Atlantic-facing kitchens from Cornwall to the Basque Country. The room is pared-back, the outdoor terrace surprisingly secluded, and the wines well-matched to the menu's emphasis.
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Mono occupies a singular position in Glasgow's independent scene: a vegan café, record store, live music venue, and gallery rolled into one address on King Street. The kitchen draws inspiration from cuisines across the world, and the beer selection runs deep. Walk-ins are generally manageable, making it one of the Merchant City's more accessible creative spaces.
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citizenM Glasgow sits on Renfrew Street in the heart of the city, operating within the brand's signature format of compact, design-forward rooms paired with a generously scaled communal lobby bar. The model prioritises social space over room square footage, positioning it as a mid-market option for design-conscious travellers who want central access without the traditional hotel overhead.
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Dakota Glasgow holds Michelin Selected status in the 2025 guide, placing it among a small tier of Glasgow hotels recognised for consistent quality. Positioned on West Regent Street in the city centre, the property operates in a design-led, atmosphere-forward register that sits apart from both the branded international chains and the older grand-hotel tier. It is the kind of address that rewards guests who treat a hotel as a destination in itself.
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House of Gods Glasgow occupies a striking address on Glassford Street in the Merchant City, where Glasgow's independent hospitality scene has concentrated over the past decade. A 2025 Michelin Selected property, it sits in a tier of design-led boutique hotels that trade on atmosphere and neighbourhood access rather than corporate scale. For visitors who want to be inside the city rather than adjacent to it, the address is the argument.
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Set within a Georgian townhouse on one of Glasgow's most composed civic squares, Kimpton Blythswood Square occupies a building with genuine architectural standing in the city's West End. The hotel combines a spa, bar, and dining operation under a single address that positions it firmly in Glasgow's upper accommodation tier, where design continuity and anticipatory service matter as much as room count.
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One Devonshire Gardens by Hotel du Vin occupies a row of restored Victorian townhouses in Glasgow's West End, where dark-panelled interiors and open fireplaces set a tone that most contemporary hotels in the city cannot replicate. The address sits within the Hotel du Vin group's UK portfolio, placing it in a recognisable tier of character-property conversions that prize architectural heritage over brand uniformity.
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Carlton George Hotel occupies a Georgian-fronted building on West George Street, positioning it inside Glasgow city centre's small tier of independently styled hotels. The address places guests within walking distance of George Square, the Style Mile shopping corridor, and the Merchant City dining quarter, making it a practical base for both business and leisure visits to Scotland's largest city.
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Set within a handsome Victorian terrace on Grosvenor Terrace in Glasgow's West End, the Glasgow Grosvenor Hotel occupies a stretch of the city's most architecturally coherent residential streetscape. The address places guests within easy reach of Byres Road's independent dining scene and the Botanic Gardens, making it a practical base for those who prefer neighbourhood character over city-centre density.
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Hotel Indigo Glasgow by IHG occupies a prime position on Waterloo Street in Glasgow's commercial core, placing guests within walking distance of the city's key cultural and dining districts. The property sits in the Hotel Indigo network's design-led tier, where neighbourhood character informs the physical identity of each outpost. For travellers seeking a city base with personality beyond the standard corporate formula, it merits consideration alongside Glasgow's broader boutique hotel offer.
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Malmaison Glasgow occupies a converted Victorian building on West George Street, placing it within walking distance of the Merchant City, George Square, and the main retail corridor. The property sits in the mid-to-upper tier of Glasgow's city-centre hotel market, offering a distinctively moody, design-led aesthetic that differentiates it from the international chain properties nearby.
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The address puts it within Glasgow's most concentrated stretch of independent hospitality, and the 2025 ranking confirms it as a reference point for serious cocktail programming in the city.
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Ashton Lane is Glasgow's most concentrated stretch of West End drinking culture, and number 39 sits at the heart of it. A fixture on the cobbled lane that connects Byres Road regulars with visiting students and academics from the nearby university, it functions as a genuine neighbourhood gathering point rather than a destination venue. Expect the kind of unpretentious atmosphere that Glaswegians tend to prefer.
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Glasgow’s West End has a drinking culture built on student energy, neighbourhood regulars, and destination cocktail rooms. beGIN sits on Grosvenor Terrace as a stylish gin bar, better understood through the city’s appetite for spirit-led menus than through a generic pub lens. Expect the editorial pull to be the gin focus, not celebrity-chef theatre or award choreography.
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A neighbourhood address on Queen Margaret Drive in Glasgow's West End, 182 sits within a stretch defined by independent character and a loyal local crowd. The area places it alongside some of the city's more interesting drinking and eating options, from the Byres Road corridor down through Kelvinbridge. Details on format and current programming are best confirmed directly before visiting.
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Hillhead Bookclub occupies a converted cinema on Vinicombe Street in Glasgow's West End, operating in the same neighbourhood as independent bookshops, student cafés, and the Kelvingrove art scene. Against the city's more formal bar offers, it positions as a relaxed, multi-room space where cocktails and table games share the floor equally. It draws a cross-section of the West End's academic and creative communities most evenings of the week.
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The Horseshoe Bar on Drury Street is one of Glasgow's most enduring city-centre pubs, known for its Victorian horseshoe-shaped bar counter, long-poured pints, and a democratic atmosphere that has made it a fixture of Scottish pub culture for well over a century. It sits at the affordable end of the city's drinking spectrum, drawing a cross-section of locals, workers, and curious visitors alike.
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Nice N Sleazy on Sauchiehall Street occupies a particular corner of Glasgow's live music and bar scene that most city-centre venues don't attempt: loud, unpolished, and operating on its own terms. The venue sits at the grittier end of the West End corridor, drawing a crowd that runs from students to seasoned regulars who have been coming since the street's earlier, rougher incarnation.
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A converted Victorian church on Byres Road, Òran Mór is one of Glasgow's most architecturally striking venues, housing a bar, restaurant, and celebrated lunchtime theatre programme. The A-listed building's painted ceiling murals and stained-glass interior set a tone that few city spaces match. It sits at the cultural heart of the West End, drawing a crowd that spans students, academics, and out-of-town visitors alike.
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One of Glasgow's most storied drinking and gathering spaces, Sloans at 108 Argyle St occupies a Victorian building that has anchored the Merchant City fringe for well over a century. The atmosphere is lived-in rather than curated, drawing a cross-section of the city that few newer venues manage. Planning a visit requires little advance effort, but understanding what the space does, and when, rewards the prepared traveller.
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A Finnieston institution on Argyle Street, The Ben Nevis draws a loyal crowd of regulars who return for its serious whisky selection, no-frills pub character, and the kind of easy sociability that Glasgow does better than most cities. The bar sits at the heart of one of the city's most changed neighbourhoods, holding its ground as a working pub while the street around it filled with restaurants and cocktail bars.
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A Sauchiehall Street institution, The Variety Bar sits inside Glasgow's long tradition of the serious neighbourhood pub, a place where the drink comes first and the room does the talking. Its address at 401 Sauchiehall St places it on one of the city's most storied drinking corridors, where Victorian tile and worn timber still set the tone. For those who treat the pub as a social art form, this is a reference point.
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