All The Food

- The new Mani is getting close, and she is looking fabulous   - Cantina Latina  opens in The Button Factory in Temple Bar this week. It's from the team behind Flavouritos in Priory Market and they'll be serving "Latin Street Food"   - Niall Sabongi's seafood food truck Salty Buoy is moving into CHQ , serving hake kievs, smoked salmon bagels, and lobster rolls from Monday - Friday at lunchtime   - We've been fielding messages about it for months, but it looks like Daddy's in

- Rosa Madre had The Foo Fighters  in for dinner this week, and the legends surprised the restaurant's team and families with VIP tickets for their gig at The Academy   - There's a new café/restaurant in Mount Merrion where Esther's/Little Mike's used to be. Tábla is "a French bistro born of love for Irish ingredients", from owners Tanguy and Thomas who met working at Piglet. They're only open daytime hours right now but dinner's coming soon   - The Music Café on the quays ha

- It's been a week for The Hoxton, who saw a big protest outside their Exchequer Street hotel earlier this week after the building's leaseholders took neighbours Yamamori Izakaya to court to try to get an injunction against them playing their nightly music . Yamamori hit back , then The Hoxton released a statement attempting to distance themselves from the court action, even though it was the hotel's manager named on the affidavit . Watch this space   - And in news of other h

- What were The Hoxton thinking opening up next door to last night venue Yamamori Izakaya, then seeking a high court injunction  to get them to turn the noise levels down. They say they've had to close 31 rooms, and are looking at losses of €300k by the end of March, and they are currently the subject of many, many  piss takes . Irish artist Maser also shared the story and claimed that the same hotel offered him €10 per painting to be displayed on their walls, saying it would

- The Michelin awards take place in Dublin tomorrow night! Irish Times food critic Corinna Hardgrave made her predictions here , but most other people are keeping schtum as these guys are nothing if unpredictable. We would love to see Comet and Amai by Viktor get the chef's jacket, and if anyone's in line for three our money's on Chapter One or Dede. You can tune in at home here   - Allta soft launched their new cocktail bar this weekend. Our eyes can't look away from the car

- Volumes, the new Tara Street café from Paddy Kirk as As One's Mark Cashen opens this Tuesday, and  the space looks stunning   - The guys behind Mani are opening a new sandwich shop in the space once they make the move across the road. Morso is promising big sandwiches and no shortcuts   - Zaytoon on Camden Street is closing after 26 years ! Very much end of an era stuff   - RIP TGI Fridays   - Marée is still on course for a spring opening, and here's a sneak peek   - The tw

- Langkawi in Dublin 4 has closed after a massive 36 years!   - Vice is the latest addition to Dundrum's growing food scene. They're building their third site  as we type   -  Gerard's Café  is coming to Hatch Street, which might take some of the lunchtime pressure off Tír Deli   - Oliver Dunne has announced that Bon Appetit's Malahide replacement  will be Italian   - Donnybrook Fair have closed their Dundrum location , after a review of "the long term viability of the store"

- It was a week to remember for Kaldero, who were added to the Michelin guide  just six months after the couple behind Bahay took it over, opening Dublin's first fully Filipino restaurant. The Old Spot in Dublin 4 were  also re-added for the first time since 2023, under Head Chef Mark Ahessy   - Scéal are coming back to Dublin 8! They've been revealed as the new owner/operators of what was Little Bird in Portobello, and locals are beside themselves   - The brand new and impro

- Bastible have introduced a new Saturday lunch menu  for €75, with four courses plus extras, and there's a vegetarian option   - New café Baked and Bottled opened in Ashtown this week, with Korean baker Eojin finally having somewhere to showcase her baking skills. Coffee is sadly commercial Italian and not anything worth travelling for (many of you have been asking)   - Bare Bone , a new cocktail bar and meat-focused restaurant, has opened on Wexford Street where Against The

- Happy new year from ATF! We hope you had proper break over Christmas, full of only the best food and drinks, although we'd bet like us you're now more than ready to get back to the regular routine - there's only so long we can go with mince pies and Irish cream coffees as our key macros. Things are still only waking up out there, but here's some bits you may have missed...   - Matsukawa very, very quietly soft launched their new restaurant Yakiniku Matsukawa , above their m

- Scéal are coming back to Dublin! They'll open location number two  at Wilton Park in Dublin 2 next summer   - The guys behind Kicky's, chef Eric Matthews and FOH Richie Barrett are taking over Bang  on Merrion Row (Richie's family's restaurant) in the New Year   - It's been another week of break-ins around the city, with Tribe in Rathgar , Deano's in Walkinstown , Melo in Castleknock   - Bang Bang in Phibsboro is changing ownership ! It's the end of an era, but what a lovel

- We nearly fainted this morning when one of our readers sent us images of fire trucks outside Variety Jones, but thankfully the team said it was a smoke issue and there was no fire. It's been 18 months since the original fire in their new premises  sent them back to the old one while repair works were done, and they're only back in since earlier this year. Of all nights/mornings for it to happen, Saturday/Sunday was the best, as their next sitting isn't until Wednesday   - M

- It was a wild week for robberies, with multiple food trucks  along the M50 targeted in one night, Nan Chinese  getting their windows smashed in, and Mug & Mingle in Baldoyle  also having their windows smashed and their till stolen. There's some pretty clear CCTV of the culprits (the same in several of the incidents) so hopefully they're caught   - Receivers have been appointed to Nolaclan's House in Dublin and Limerick, after what sounds like an annus horribilis for owner A

- Gloria Osteria officially opened on Thursday, and they had an expectedly OTT party  to kick it all off   - Dion in Central Plaza was supposed to open last weekend, but instead cancelled people's bookings  by automated email, leaving them table-less with little explanation. Not a great start, and they're still not open   - The Animal Collective (the guys behind Bonobo and Caribou) have quietly opened their new bar Daphni in Boland's Mills   - Dublin's Comet and Belfast's Bea

- Formerly Smithfield-based Token is reopening in the IFSC  under new Bodytonic management   - Finglas food truck Papi's was set on fire during the week, with the Venezuelan/Portugese owners losing everything. In the end though, people are good    - Oliver's Bread has a new vending machine  in Clonee, Dublin 15. Finally some more good stuff for West Dublin   - The Commons café at the MoLI on Stephen's Green is being handed over to Gather and Gather from Domini and Peaches Kem