Somewhere to soak up the last of those long summer evenings. Open air food market Cowtown launched over the summer to Dublin 7 locals, the ideal place to stop by for casual drinks and some tasty grub. Cowtown is based at the top of Prussia Street, and is fittingly named, given the old cattle market […]

2 years ago

Europe’s biggest BBQ & Food Festival is back with a bang for four-days of fun, smoke and grease between 17th–20th of August Fanning the flames in the leafy environs of Herbert Park this week will be a festival dedicated to the ancient art of cooking over the fire. This year the organisers (the people that […]

2 years ago

For those who want to skip dinner entirely and go straight to dessert. While we have been mourning the loss of froyo, not just in Dundrum, but across Dublin as a whole, a new dessert bar has slipped in beside the old Mooch premises in Dundrum Town Centre. Meet Smooch. View this post on […]

2 years ago

Tatts and coffee – sounds like the ideal afternoon to us. Heartbreak Social Club, based on Drury Street, have been teasing the arrival of a coffee machine to their premises for a few months now, and their new coffee shop had their official launch over the weekend. The tattoo parlour has been open since 2018, […]

2 years ago

Big news for the sourdough-loving parish. Anyone who’s spent a Thursday lunchtime or Saturday morning in a queue spanning the length of Fumbally Lane will know the joy a pastry from Scéal Bakery brings. Masters of their craft, Scéal are known for their immaculately laminated croissants and buns, inventive seasonal specials and clever incorporation of […]

2 years ago

“We’re devastated that someone would do this”. The team at Stillgarden Distillery in Inchicore were distraught on Friday morning (11th) to discover a fire had ripped through their community garden, a source of respite and tranquility for many in the local area. It’s believed that someone set fire to the garden’s bug hotel, causing a […]

2 years ago

As a city we’ve come a long way when it comes to catering for Coeliacs Ireland experiences one of the highest rates of Coeliac disease in the world- with an estimated 1 in every 100 members of the population impacted. An estimated 50,000 people in Ireland have Coeliac disease with a further 400,000 suffering from […]

2 years ago

With another three businesses issued improvement orders and prohibition orders. Ten Enforcement Orders were served on food businesses across Ireland during the month of July, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has reported. The orders were issued by Environmental Health Officers in the Health Service Executive (HSE) and officers of the FSAI. In Dublin, […]

3 years ago

Sea-swimming (also known as… swimming) has grown significantly in popularity over the past few  years in Ireland. Sure, you always had the odd few diehard ladies lobbing themselves into the Forty Foot come rain, wind or snow without so much as flinching, but now that Penneys and Dunnes have gotten their hands on the Dryrobe […]

3 years ago

“We hope this isn’t forever, just for now.” As covid and the pandemic begin to feel like a distant memory to us, many Dublin cafés and restaurants that opened amid lockdowns and restrictions have decided to close, the most recent of which is Chroí Coffee in Kilternan. The outdoor coffee hatch based beside De La […]

3 years ago

The shop has been frequented and loved by north Dubliners for generations. Described as a hub for the local community and a well-known meeting place, K&A Stores on Seville Place in the north inner city closed its doors for the final time this Bank Holiday Monday (7th). The old school corner shop stocked groceries and […]

3 years ago

When one door closes, another one opens. Pala Pizza in Foxrock has now closed ahead of the opening of new bistro, Brighton Road. The pizza-by-the-slice spot caught the love and appreciation of the D18 postcode and beyond, rising quickly up the pizza fame ladder and even securing a place on our list of Dublin’s top […]

3 years ago