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All The Food
- 6 days ago
- 4 min
The News You Might Have Missed This Week
- Benjamin's Hot Chicken are leaving The Vintage Inn after 18 months. They say they'll be popping up elsewhere soon, and the pub...
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Ronan Doyle
- Apr 16
- 3 min
The Two Minute Review: Una
What should we know about Una? The lack of an artisan neighbourhood bakery in Ranelagh has always seemed a big gap in the market -...
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Maggie Fagan
- Apr 16
- 2 min
5 things we want to eat in Dublin this week
Pig's head pudding, a gigantic plate of French toast, and a beaut of a crab flatbread are the dishes that have us debating our next...
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All The Food
- Apr 16
- 5 min
ATF Insiders - April's Monthly 9 Giveaways
It's April, which means nine brand new giveaways for our biggest supporters, and this month we've got a very big tab at the buzziest new...
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All The Food
- Apr 14
- 5 min
The News You Might Have Missed This Week
- It was revealed this week that Hilan Chinese and Korean BBQ on Capel Street was closed down by the HSE at the end of March. The...
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All The Food
- Apr 7
- 4 min
The News You Might Have Missed This Week
- After the failure of its various basement restaurants, what started as a very promising venue (particularly for its first floor...
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Ronan Doyle
- Apr 3
- 2 min
The Two Minute Review: Carved
What should we know about Carved? With a second spot about to open in Ballsbridge and a third reputedly in the works, Carved have built...
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Maggie Fagan
- Apr 3
- 2 min
The Two Minute Review: The Goodies
What should we know about The Goodies in NCAD? The Goodies is the flagship café of the ever-so-hip NCAD, led by Siobhan Byrne. University...
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Ronan Doyle
- Apr 3
- 4 min
Seven New Openings In Dublin And Two More Coming Soon
It might be just anecdotal evidence, but this is only our second new openings update of 2024 – by this point last year, we’d run four...
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Maggie Fagan
- Apr 3
- 2 min
5 things we want to eat in Dublin this week
A Carlingford oyster topped with jalapeño and elderflower, a wagyu smash burger lunch club, and a very pretty plate of Aran Island crab -...
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All The Food
- Mar 24
- 4 min
The news you might have missed this week
- The new Xi'an restaurant from the same owners as Little Dumpling and Nan Chinese, Biang Biang, has opened on Little Mary Street, and...
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Maggie Fagan
- Mar 20
- 2 min
5 things we want to eat in Dublin this week
A cracker of a pastry from Ranelagh's newest bakery, a bánh mì bursting with beef cheek, and a poached pear dessert from Keelan Higgs...
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Ronan Doyle
- Mar 20
- 2 min
The Two Minute Review: Georgian Delight
What should we know about Georgian Delight? Even the savviest of this city’s food lovers might not have ventured into Moore Street Mall,...
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All The Food
- Mar 16
- 5 min
ATF Insiders - March's Monthly 9 Giveaways
March's giveaways are live, and with Easter around the corner we had to go hard on chocolate - and only the best will do. There's also...
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All The Food
- Mar 10
- 4 min
The News You Might Have Missed This Week
- The Irish Indo got a first look at The Leinster Hotel, due to open in five days. The rooftop restaurant is under the name of one of the...
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Maggie Fagan
- Mar 5
- 3 min
Where to eat in March
Spring has sprung (mother effing finally) and we are beyond over the misery that was winter (including last week's springtime snow). With...
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Maggie Fagan
- Mar 5
- 2 min
5 things we want to eat in Dublin this week
A power house collab, iconic Italian pasta in the form of a croissant, and a cosy fish stew for this freaky weather we're having. Here's...
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Ronan Doyle
- Mar 5
- 4 min
The Best Spring Dishes In Dublin Right Now
Landing us with a sudden flurry of snow on the first day of Spring might be the most Irish thing ever, but for all the lingering winter...
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All The Food
- Mar 3
- 4 min
The News You Might Have Missed This Week
- Afro-Caribbean restaurant Bless Up in Tallaght are closing, after just six months of trading. African cooking in Dublin/Ireland is few...
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All The Food
- Feb 25
- 4 min
The News You Might Have Missed This Week
- Stop the world, we want to get off. Pints have surpassed €10 in Temple Bar. The Merchant's Arch are now charging €10.45 for a pint of...
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Maggie Fagan
- Feb 20
- 2 min
5 things we want to eat in Dublin this week
The pizza slice that says it's spring, a zingy crudo by the sea, and Bib Gourmand bites are some of the dishes that stopped our scroll...
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Lisa Cope
- Feb 20
- 2 min
The Two Minute Review: Benjamin's Hot Chicken
What should we know about Benjamin's Hot Chicken? Benjamin's Hot Chicken took flight in lockdown when chef Ben Lowney found himself out...
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All The Food
- Feb 18
- 4 min
The News You Might Have Missed This Week
- Another week, another round of closures, and none has shocked the masses as much as Manifesto in Rathmines. While the restaurant was...
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All The Food
- Feb 15
- 5 min
ATF Insiders - February's Monthly 9 Giveaways
February's giveaways are now open for business, and between Michelin-anointed restaurant experiences, nights out with all the cocktails,...
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All The Food
- Feb 11
- 4 min
The News You Might Have Missed This Week
- Strap yourself in. There's a new Boeuf in town. The two most irritating restaurateurs in Dublin went on a research trip to London,...
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Maggie Fagan
- Feb 7
- 2 min
The Two Minute Review: Rustic Honey
What should we know about Rustic Honey? Deep within the concrete jungle of Cherrywood business park is a little sanctum in the form of...
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Maggie Fagan
- Feb 7
- 2 min
5 things we want to eat in Dublin this week
Vietnam meets Trinidad, straight-up nostalgia in dessert form, and a cruffin from cupid are some of the things we most want to eat in...
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Ronan Doyle
- Feb 7
- 5 min
Dublin's recently closed restaurants
One of our favourite beats to cover about town is new openings, with the variety we see always giving an interesting insight into the...
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Lisa Cope
- Feb 5
- 2 min
Dublin's D'Olier Street is one of five new Michelin stars for Ireland
Dublin has a new Michelin-starred restaurant, as D'Olier Street joins Variety Jones, Bastible and Glover's Alley in the acclaimed club...
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All The Food
- Feb 4
- 4 min
The News You Might Have Missed This Week
- It's almost Michelin day - tomorrow from 6pm we'll find out if Ireland's getting any new stars, or losing any. Watch the ceremony live...
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All The Food
- Jan 28
- 3 min
The News You Might Have Missed This Week
- Bookings have been suspended at Luna on Drury Street and the site is shut. No word yet on whether it's temporary or permanent - We're...
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Ronan Doyle
- Jan 24
- 2 min
The Two Minute Review: Tacos Lupillo
What should we know about Tacos Lupillo? Just a month on from opening, Tacos Lupillo has built a strong following off the back of...
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Maggie Fagan
- Jan 24
- 2 min
5 things we want to eat in Dublin this week
The crisp and toastie pairing that Irish dreams are made of, the seasonal special highlighting some of our best food producers, and the...
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All The Food
- Jan 21
- 4 min
The News You Might Have Missed This Week
- Michie Sushi in Ranelagh has closed after a mammoth 17 years. Dun Laoghaire and Sandyford are operating as usual - Both Peperina...
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All The Food
- Jan 16
- 5 min
ATF Insiders - January's Monthly 9 Giveaways
Our first 9 Giveaways of 2024 have arrived, and it's a restaurant bonanza! Five star dining, a Middle Eastern supper club for four, all...
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All The Food
- Jan 14
- 3 min
The News You Might Have Missed This Week
- The news is out. Cúán Greene is opening a restaurant and guest house in Laois, with the millionaire brothers behind Stripe backing him....
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Lisa Cope
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Six new year's food resolutions you might actually keep
You won't find any dry January or Veganuary resolutions around here - we only tend to go in for behaviour improvements we have a hope of...
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Ronan Doyle
- Jan 9
- 6 min
Twelve new openings in Dublin and one coming soon
For all the grim news of closures that’s kicked off the year, it’s a crowded slate in our first new openings report of 2024, with a whole...
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Maggie Fagan
- Jan 9
- 2 min
5 things we want to eat in Dublin this week
We're back with at least one veggie dish (for the month that's in it), a main course inspired by a cocktail, and a wintery cruffin, as...
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Maggie Fagan
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Where to eat in January
Oh lads. The blessed month of January is upon us. If like us you overindulged, spent too much and drank all the booze, we got you....
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All The Food
- Jan 7
- 3 min
The News You Might Have Missed This Week
- Oh dear. Those rumoured 2024 closures are coming hard and fast, and we have a bad feeling this is just the beginning... - Storyboard in...
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All The Food
- Dec 17, 2023
- 2 min
The News You Might Have Missed This Week
- Reservations for Allta's new docklands site have gone live from January - April. There's no menu online yet or an indication of the...
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All The Food
- Dec 16, 2023
- 5 min
ATF Insiders - December's Monthly 9 Giveaways
ATF Insider's last 9 Giveaways of 2023 are here! We've got a food and culture filled hotel stay in Dublin, vouchers to try the city's...
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Maggie Fagan
- Dec 12, 2023
- 2 min
The Two Minute Review: Fusco's Cafe
What should we know about Fusco's Cafe? Fusco's has been around for donkey's years - it celebrates its 60th anniversary next July - and...
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Maggie Fagan
- Dec 12, 2023
- 2 min
5 things we want to eat in Dublin this week
An old school sherry, a once a year truffle brie, and a Greek classic are all calling our names this week... 1) Sherry Trifle, The Pig's...
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Lisa Cope
- Dec 12, 2023
- 3 min
The Two Minute Review: Just Chubby's
What should we know about Just Chubby's? Just Chubby's taco truck was a long held dream of 147 Deli's flavour master Barry Stephens, and...
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All The Food
- Dec 10, 2023
- 2 min
The News You Might Have Missed This Week
- After one of the quickest fit outs, paint jobs and crew ups we've ever seen, Mani has opened on Drury Street, serving carbonara pizza,...
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Maggie Fagan
- Nov 29, 2023
- 1 min
5 things we want to eat in Dublin this week
The fanciest brunch in the city, an injectable cruffin, and a crab sambo in the form of a homage are among the 5 things that have caught...
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Ronan Doyle
- Nov 29, 2023
- 5 min
Seven New Openings In Dublin And Five More Coming Soon
From bougie bars to a Ballsbridge steakhouse, a beloved Italian restaurant's new daytime deli to a curious Korean sandwich could-be...
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All The Food
- Nov 26, 2023
- 4 min
The News You Might Have Missed This Week
- In one of the worst weeks this city has ever seen, two hospitality workers were held up as heroes for stepping into a very dangerous...
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