McColl's is a reasonably sized corner shop on Dundas Street. Along with a very reasonable selection of magazines (I was pretty impressed with this actually) they also sell all the crisps, nuts and chocolate bars that you could wish for.
It's main raison d'etre, I suppose, is the fact that it's located just by the Queen Street Station. If you don't want to pay station prices for a bit of lunch to eat on the train - then I suggest that you stop off here first.
As well as the aforementioned crisps and confectionery, McColl's also do a "meal deal" which unsurprisingly is remarkably similar to the Boot's incentive of the same name. True, they don't have a huge selection of sandwiches, but they'll almost definitely have something that you fancy eating.
They also claimed to have a selection of fresh fruits to count towards your 5 a day, at a very attractive 49p each. However, when I popped in there this morning the fruit shelves were completely bare. There wasn't even a single sad looking satsuma to tempt me with. Ah well, maybe next time! read more