Expect 50+ of the best Brazilian businesses based in the country. Looking for some fun Sunday plans to replace the scaries on the couch while you rewatch your favourite sitcom for the seventh time? Smock Alley will play host to Ireland’s first Brazil showcase this weekend, featuring Brazilian food and drink vendors, beauty and fashion […]

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Wood-fired sambos for the win. Goats Gruff is a haven for two of the best cheese delicacies on offer – toasties and pizza. They ranked 14th on our list of the best pizza spots in Dublin a few months back, and they are consistently doing great things out of their food truck in Strawberry Hall. The […]

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Another blow for Dublin’s plant-based dining scene. Over the past year or so, we’ve seen a number of closures for vegan restaurants in Dublin. From Vegan Sandwich Co’s shock closure in October 2022 to Bear Lemon dropping the shutters permanently in April of this year, the plant-based scene has taken hit after hit and the […]

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Sommeliers and splash seekers, your time has come. It’s the time of year every wine enthusiast and everyone who pretends to be a wine enthusiast in their Hinge interests section looks forward to. Beaujolais Nouveau will soon be upon us, a celebration of the popular red wine made from Gamay grapes in the Beaujolais region […]

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The award-winning Australian chef will take up temporary residence at Mamó in January of next year. January’s not usually a month you find yourself organising meals out for, but you may want to make an exception as Tom Foster will be heading up Mamó’s kitchen at the start of next year. At just 29, Tom’s […]

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The Palestinian-owned family business has been fundraising and spreading awareness in the wake of the conflict in Gaza. Rathmines restaurant Shaku Maku have alleged an “orchestrated attack” on their business after a series of negative one-star reviews were lodged on Google. This alleged online attack came just a couple of hours after the company unveiled […]

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The multi award-winning market houses 23 stalls, where vendors sell free range pork, fish, baked goods and organic vegetables. Vendors at Honest2Goodness Market in Glasnevin have been given two months notice until they’ll no longer be able to trade there, the Independent has reported. Opened in 2009 the natural food market is well attended every […]

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50,000 people attended the event last year. The stretch between mid-November and December 25th in Dublin always sees families travelling in their droves to Dublin Zoo and Malahide Castle to enjoy festive lighting displays and rightly so – both offer awe-inspiring sensory experiences that never fail to get even the Grinch-iest attendees in the mood […]

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All the latest hospitality news. No week in Dublin is complete without a steady stream of new places opening, and this week was no different. We saw the opening of a new café, from the creative minds of one of Dublin’s most upmarket restaurants, the launch of a high anticipated space from industry experts, as […]

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For all your flattie-with-a-view needs. Life in the post-pandemic age has largely returned to normal, but one very welcome overhang besides increased hand-washing remains – the Irish affection for the coffee-and-a-walk combo. Many of us have favourite trails to tread, brew in hand but if you’re looking for a new starting point for your weekend […]

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A cheat sheet to the best Asian cuisine in the county. Asian is a much loved cuisine in this country, and Ireland is absolutely full of restaurants producing some incredible food from the continent. Paying each of these outstanding spots their due were the Asian Restaurant Awards, which took place on Tuesday November 7th at […]

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“We thought they might think we were nuts, but they said yes”. For generations, weddings in Ireland have largely followed the same format. A church, followed by a hotel that needs to be a minimum of a 40 minute drive away. Third cousins you’ve forgotten the name of, work colleagues and primary school friends coming […]

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