They take you back to a time, before the smoking ban, when the haze of cigarette fumes hung thick in the air.
This retro photo gallery celebrates all that is best about Scotland’s many fine drinking establishments, from their rich history to the colourful characters running and frequenting them.
The bars pictured include one which starred in a popular TV advert, another which appeared in the classic novel Trainspotting and two which were crowned pub of the year.
How many of these pubs and bars do you recognise, and do these photos bring back any happy memories of drinking there in the 90s?
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17. Pub of the year
Some of his regulars with proprietor Ian Whyte as The Cumberland Bar receives the Evening News Pub of the Year Award 1992 from Hamish Coghill (second right) in April 1993 | TSPL Photo: TSPL
18. New Town
The New Town landlord Raymond Nelson outside his bar in 1997 | EVENING NEWS Photo: Evening News
19. Carter's
Brian Treadgold, manager of Carter's Bar, pictured serving a pint in 1997 | TSPL Photo: TSPL
20. Bar Oz
Assistant manager Steve Newlands pictured inside Bar Oz, on Forrest Road, Edinburgh, in 1997 | TSPL Photo: TSPL