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Arán Artisan Bakery & Bistro

Bart Pawlukojc and his wife Nicole Server-Pawlukojc brought a wealth of experience at top restaurants in Europe and beyond when they settled in Kilkenny and opened this superb artisan bakery and daytime restaurant in 2019 - and it shows in the stylishly simple interior as well as their delicious food. Worth a detour: Arán is simply special.
Seats 36. Open Tue-Fri 7am-4pm, Sat-Sun 8am-4pm. Closed Mon. A la carte. Wines (natural) about €6.50 per glass. No reservations. Special dietary requirements catered for, please call ahead. Parties/private catering. Wheelchair accessible. Dog friendly. Parking nearby. Visa, MasterCard. abbreviations

Bart Pawlukojc and his wife Nicole Server-Pawlukojc brought a wealth of experience at top restaurants in Europe and beyond when they settled in Kilkenny and opened this superb bakery and daytime restaurant in 2019 - and it shows in the stylishly simple interior as well as their delicious food.


Arán - meaning bread in Irish - is all about simple and good. Their breads are made with just four ingredients - flour, salt, water and natural leaven or a fresh yeast culture - and stone-baked in their special bread oven. And, unusually, they use locally grown stoneground flour, which is milled by the seventh generation of the Mosse family at The Little Mill on the River Nore, at nearby Bennettsbridge.


They're open from an early hour for customers popping in to collect a favourite such as a crusty sourdough loaf (made with Kilkenny Heritage Grains, a blend of Olands and Purple Wheat Wholemeal) a spelt sourdough (made with Heritage Spelt), a classic brown Irish soda bread, a cinnamon roll or a tasty scone, the range is a lovely mix of Polish and Irish baking traditions.


And then there's the all-day brunch, which changes depending on seasonal availability but will always showcase local produce from Kilkenny and nearby counties.


The menu leads off with the Arán Breakfast Platter... featuring Ballon Farms Egg Sunny Side Up, Sourdough Toast, Jam, Baba Ghanoush, Knockanore Cheddar Cheese, John Joe’s Rashers, Dizzy Goat farm's Wild Pig Sausage & Goat’s Cheese, Hash Brown and Sautéed Mushrooms, it's definftely not your average Irish breakfast  - and all for a mere €12. Vegetarian and vegan options are available and this is just the start  of a menu that mainly offers imaginative variations of many of the most popular breakfast and brunch dishes, along with stalwarts such as soup of the day (with a choice of soda bread or sourdough, €6), and all with a very local tone.


There are irresistible cakes and pastries too, of course, for dessert or a between-meals treat, and natural wines (including bubbly) available to give your meal a lift.


Most certainly worth a detour, Arán is simply special.

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Last Updated: 18-09-2020
Author: Georgina Campbell

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