Rose Street
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Rose Street is a street in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a narrow street running parallel between Princes Street and George Street, and was formerly used as a service entrance to the houses on those roads. Today, it contains a large number of bars and public houses.
Rose Street is nicknamed the "Amber Mile" by tourism promoters due to the many bars and public houses along it. This is partly in reference to the Royal Mile, but is misleading since it is neither an English nor a Scottish mile
While some of the traditional pubs here have given way to ones with humorous names such as Dirty Dicks and Filthy McNastys, in keeping with its many Walter Scott references, Rose Street in Edinburgh has a bar called the "Kenilworth", along with one named after Scott's house, the "Abbotsford". Milnes Bar, also has literary connections, with one of its rooms nicknamed the "Little Kremlin", due to the fact that many members of the Scottish Renaissance such as Hugh MacDiarmid would meet there.
Many of Princes Street's main shops have back entrances into Rose Street, including Jenners. It is also a minor shopping street in its own right, with a number of small (mostly chain) businesses on it, such as hairdressers, record shops, shoe shops and novelty shops.
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