Not a lot of people know this, but An Port Mor is named after Portmor House in Blackwatertown, Co Armagh, which is proprietor-chef Frankie Mallon’s home town – a pleasingly familiar place to us, from researching our Taste of the Waterways G ... more...
Sad as Dubliners were to see the 2012 closure of one of the city’s most iconic businesses, the Dublin Woollen Mills (where James Joyce, no less, once worked), it is cheering to see Elaine Murphy and the team from the equally iconic Winding Stair ... more...
On the edge of the town and set well back from the road, this is a hotel with a difference: how many hotels have a welcoming array of exotic animals like Jacobs sheep and alpacas grazing in grassy enclosures? Beside them, a well laid out (and well li ... more...
Gina Murphy's welcoming wine bar and restaurant is easily recognised by its bright turquoise facade. Its location very close to St Stephen's Green has attracted a lot of customers and they've also built up a clientèle of regulars who enjoy the f ... more...
Behind a traditional shop front, this former pub and undertakers in the heart of Callan town is now a thriving coffee shop/café and cultural hub run by sisters Eatoin and Aoife Holohan. With the original counter still in the old front bar, two s ... more...
Founded in 2015 by Donegal native Chris Healy, Goose & Gander was originally located in the small village of Carrigart but has since found a busier home on the Main Street in the centre of the small town of Downings. Located in the former Tramore I ... more...
Set in the premises formerly occupied by the legendary Gaby’s seafood restaurant, Chef John O’Leary brought experience from some of Ireland's top kitchens - including Adare Manor, Pichet and the nearby Killarney Park Hotel - when he an ... more...
In common ownership with The Front Door and The Dail Bar, this large traditional pub in Galway shares many of the characteristics that spell success for its city sisters, but is at the heart of the western suburbs, catering mainly for a local trad ... more...
Situated beside the main entrance to Glenroyal Hotel but independently operated, Shoda Market Café was opened in 2016 by two Shannon Hotel Management graduates, Ted Robinson and Daniel McLoughlin, and is proving a great addition to Maynooth hosp ... more...
Husband and wife team Damian and Florence Cusack have been operating this speciality bakery and café since 2006 - and while it is Florence, who looks after front of house, who is French and her Irish husband Damian who looks after production, it ... more...