This Scottish-style pub sells the inevitable phone book’s worth of whiskey varietals in a bar overlooked by the framed countenances of notable Scots. However, Macleod’s trump card might just lay in its adjacent eating room where it does real British fish-and-chips with mushy peas, or – for the ultimate Scottish touch – curry sauce (mains $10 to $16).


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2. Cors & Wegener Building

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5. Portland Building

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6. Commemorative Bell Tower

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7. Bergen Place Park

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8. Ballard Building

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