The Calton Celtic pub that locals quietly prefer to the more famous Gallowgate institutions, on matchday integrity grounds.
pub The Celtic Bar is the Calton-side green-and-white room that holds its part of the Old Firm geography with the kind of unselfconscious local commitment that the more famous institutions occasionally lose. The screens are well-distributed around a deep, narrow room, the audio is properly routed for Celtic coverage, and the matchday tradition, songs, scarves, the long pre-match build-up, is held by a regular base rather than performed for visitors.
The beer programme is honest Scottish work, with Tennent's, Belhaven and a small rotating craft line; the food is pre-match pub fare. The pub functions as a useful counterweight to the more touristically known Celtic institutions further along Gallowgate, with a tempo that suits a regular's matchday rather than a visiting derby pilgrimage. It ranks seventh on that integrity.
For the full ranking, see our editorial round-up of the 10 best sports bars in Glasgow, the broader Glasgow sports bars guide, and our category index of sports bars worldwide.
