Beefeater Grill

Although technically in Uddingston, the Black Bear is more accurately described as being just off Hamilton/​Glasgow Road (where they merge), between Mount Vernon, Baillieston, and Uddingston. In fact, it’s about a 5 minute drive from each.
With a pub, restaurant, and Premier Inn, it’s probably technically a road-​house bar. However, it’s used more as a local pub by… well, the locals.
The restaurant is your typical Beefeater fare, with what they call their «Chargrill Restuarant, with Flaming Good Deals!» — the title pretty much covers it. Cheap steaks, big burgers, everything meaty and chargrillable you can imagine. They also serve a few pasta dishes, risotto, and a few vegetarian dishes. The surroundings are all very well kept, and they’ve gone for a romantic log cabin feel. Being a chain, though, it all still seems just a tad stale.
I do enjoy the pub here. The pub grub is cheap and usually very good (good chips, which are a staple, and an amazing chicken sandwich). My friends and I used to frequent it as our semi-​local, as it had the best pub quiz in a 3-​mile vicinity. It always seemed to be the same teams showing up, though, and eventually they changed MCs, then cancelled it altogether. I guess it wasn’t bringing in enough cash.
Now, it’s a little further than I like to travel for a quick drink with close friends. However it’s a nice enough pub and if you’re traveling through or fancy a decent meal for a reasonable price, that’s reason enough to pay them a visit.