Opera Sandwich Bar and Coffee House

Opera Sandwich Bar and Coffee House sits on Waterloo Street, in the band of cross-streets that link Glasgow Central Station to the financial district along Bothwell Street. The shop serves the daytime office trade with sandwiches, hot rolls and coffee — the format that dominates this part of the city centre, where weekday lunchtime trade peaks sharply between noon and two o'clock and falls away outside office hours. The wider Waterloo Street area has seen a steady turnover of independent sandwich operators across the years, with the strongest holding sustained custom from the surrounding professional services and finance offices.