It doesn’t seem that a day goes past at the moment without a new restaurant, cafe or bar opening in Dublin. While the recovery may be taking a little longer to filter into the rest of the country, there is no doubt things are booming between the two Dublin canals. As always we want to keep […]

10 years ago

Ingredients Guinness Sausages (or a nice chunky alternative) Potatoes Baby carrots Red onion Rosemary Thyme Eggs Rocket We all love a good brunch, but rather than heading out and spending a fortune this week, I thought I’d come up with a recipe that would be super easy to cook in the comfort of your own […]

10 years ago

Weekend mornings should be a time for indulgent breakfasts or brunches, which is exactly what you’ll find in this bacon-centric list.  We thought we’d gather up some of the very best recipes that utilise the versatile foodstuff, from our own recipe section and from bloggers around the world, and share them with you for some inspiration.  Enjoy! 1. The Ultimate […]

10 years ago

You know what’s great? Brunch. But, you know what’s even better? Free brunch.  The kind folk at Trinity City Hotel have given us an amazing prize to give away… Renowned for their brilliant Jazz Brunch weekends – you can enjoy classic brunch dishes with a modern Irish twist, healthy smoothies, eggs any way you like them and delicious cocktails!  Trinity City […]

10 years ago

With the General Election fast approaching, we feel that there are still some issues of national importance that need to be addressed. We have taken it upon ourselves to give the following 12 election issues a platform on which to stand.  1. The Intoxicating Hollandaise Act 2017 The fundamental law stating that brunch, and consequently brunch menus, […]

10 years ago

Want to go for brunch but not sure if you should? If you want a mouthwatering meal that still manages to be healthy, you should head to The Lo-cal Kitchen today. Here’s why. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Lo-cal Kitchen™ (@thelo_calkitchen) on Dec 19, 2015 at 6:41am PST As the name […]

10 years ago

You know your mum is cooler than all the other mums.  She knows songs the other mams don’t know, she drinks in craft beer pubs, she wears things that strike the right balance between cutting-edge and not embarrassing the bejaysus out of you. So surely she deserves something better than a scented candle, right? Have […]

10 years ago

We had an absolutely deadly night at the Morrison last night at The Lovin Dublin Awards in Association with Estrella Damm…  Not only did we have a full house AND the cream of the Dublin food, hospitality and drinks industry in attendance, but we were also able to give out some richly deserved awards to the very best that our city […]

10 years ago

Er Buchetto in Ranelagh – or the ‘purple Italian place’ as it’s widely known – is easily one of the unsung heroes of the Dublin café scene. Top-notch coffee, sound staff, the best panini in the entire city and an absolutely gorgeous location – one they surely won’t mind us calling ‘shabby chic’ – it’s a […]

10 years ago

Well isn’t this just lovely? The Back Page, one of our favourite pubs in Dublin, is hosting their annual Italia ’90 Day this Sunday. As part of all the festivities, the lads have decided to honour the late great Bill O’Herlihy with a giant mural on the gable end of the pub. The artwork is a […]

10 years ago

When you eat out as much as I do you tend to get a little blasé about new places opening in the city. They’re a dime to a dozen these days and, while some are genuinely exciting, so many others are average cookie-cutter versions of other places anyway. It’s only a couple of times a year that […]

10 years ago

They argue in Southern Italy about cannoli in the same way we do here in Ireland about the perfect pint of Guinness. The perfect product is always being sought after, and with the difference in quality vacillating wildly between outlets selling them, they occupy the exact same cultural position as our own creamy pints. The dessert – tubes […]

10 years ago