Square or Lorne sausage is Glasgow's breakfast: a flat, peppery beef sausage sliced from a block and fried, then folded into a floury morning roll. The roll-and-square is the city's daily ritual.
The Lorne or square sausage, a flat slab of seasoned beef sliced from a loaf-shaped block, is a Scottish breakfast staple said to be named after the music-hall comedian Tommy Lorne. Fried and folded into a floury morning roll, the roll-and-square is Glasgow's everyday breakfast, sold in cafes and vans across the city, including the century-old University Cafe on Byres Road.
2 editor picks for Square (Lorne) sausage in Glasgow, ranked by editorial score. All Glasgow signature dishes · Square (Lorne) sausage across every city.
Cafe Gandolfi ★ 4.3
merchant-city · 64 Albion Street, Glasgow G1 1NY
Cafe Gandolfi has anchored Glasgow's Merchant City since 1979, a warm room of hand-carved oak serving Scottish classics like Cullen skink and smoked venison.
University Cafe ★ 4.2
west-end · 87 Byres Road, Glasgow G11 5HN
University Cafe has fed Byres Road since 1918, a fourth-generation family cafe in Glasgow serving cheap fry-ups, fish and chips and its own ice cream.