Hold off on calling in a priest or settling down for a séance. When I talk of cursed units, I don't mean that sort of cursed.

Aside from the ones poured from glass bottles behind the bar, no spirits are lurking in these spaces. And though the rapid business turnover rate can be frightening, it's unlikely that any supernatural element is involved.

But I'm sure that you'll all know somewhere that fits the bill. The kind of spot that never quite takes off, regardless of whatever novel new concept moves in to take up the challenge next.

Dining in Glasgow's Southside for this week's restaurant review brought me a few doors down to what I consider to be the perfect example of the phenomenon.

A space that has been chopped and changed so many times over the years, it's no wonder people have started to question whether anyone who sets up shop there is ultimately doomed.

Pictured: G41 operated as a bar at 87 Kilmarnock Road between 2022 and 2024

If you're familiar with the tall, glass-fronted building at 87 Kilmarnock Road, you might recall Agenda 87, The Hickory Smokehouse, Mr Wu's Disco Kitchen, Paddy Losty's Irish Pub, or Sweet Recreation, all of which have come and gone in the past decade.

Though the place was run as Number 87 for a brief stint after the owners of G41 relocated to Bossa in Strathbungo last year, there's been no........

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