Restaurant at V&A Museum reveals list of local suppliers

Range of Courier Country businesses to provide food and drink to Tatha Bar and Restaurant

A new restaurant in V&A Dundee has announced a host of local suppliers ahead of the museum’s official opening next month.

Tatha Bar and Kitchen will be based in the upstairs of the centre and will offer diners balcony views over the River Tay.

Bosses have revealed it will work with local firms, including Dundee’s own 71 Brewing, Fisher and Donaldson, Simon Howie, George Campbell & Sons, Puddledub, Graham’s Dairy, Jannetta’s Ice Cream, Dundee Gin and Mackays Marmalade.

The opening of the V&A on September 15 is expected to attract tens of thousands of people to Dundee and provide a major boost for local businesses.

Duncan Alexander, managing director of 71 Brewing, said winning the contract was a “big deal” for a company that only started trading at the beginning of 2017.

He said: “We are overjoyed to have been chosen. We’ve been talking to the V&A for about eight months and I think they were keen to go with something local but also to make sure it is the right product. We started offering tours of the brewery at the beginning of this year and we are hoping to see an increase in the number of visitors when the museum opens.

“There’s a bit of history behind our company but we are also looking forward. The V&A is at the forefront of the city’s regeneration and we’re an example of that as well.”

Philip Long, director of V&A Dundee, said: The new museum is at the heart of a truly incredible city and we look forward to celebrating the opening.”

Drone footage offering a fresh perspective of the building has also been released to mark one month until its official opening. Architect Kengo Kuma said he designed the building to reconnect the city to the River Tay, its historic trading route and source of economic growth for centuries.