All The Food

- It's been an awful week of break ins for hospitality businesses in Dublin. Elliot's in Phibsborough had their front door smashed in and their till taken; Fion Eile had their alarm wires cut and their light box pulled off; Lulu's on Aungier Street had their door kicked in with their float, tips, an iPhone and laptop taken; Copper and Straw on Aston Quay had one of their large windows smashed in; and Olivier's Bread had their North Park vending machine smashed in

* See this month's ATF Insider prize winners here!*

* See this month's ATF Insider prize winners here!*

- Irish Times restaurant critic Corinna Hardgrave sadly passed last week after a battle with cancer. Her funeral in Templeogue on Saturday was standing room only, with no dry eyes left by the end, and you can read a lovely obituary of her here. If you have any spare cash this month you might make a donation in her name to Breast Cancer Ireland - New opening Banba took a lot of people by surprise this week, but we're told head chef Ross Bryans has been working on it for the

- Irish farmers showed up outside Sole on Friday afternoon to protest the restaurant's use of non free-range, Dutch chicken in their €35 chicken supreme. Here's hoping owner Larry Murrin finally gets the boot from his chairman position at Bord Bia - City centre wine bar Piglet is closing after 11 years in Temple Bar. They didn't give details about what led to the decision, but owner Thibaut Harang has been spending a lot of time in his partner's bakery, Baked & Bottled in A

- In case you miss this week's cheese gate, here's a recap. We went to the new Sano Pasta and were taken aback to find a €1 charge on the bill for grated cheese on our pasta. We published our review on Tuesday and much conversation was had on the topic, then on Thursday the Irish Independent published Katy McGuinness' review with similar gripes to ours, but she was charged €1.50 per plate for grated cheese! A reader then contacted us saying she'd visited and was charged 50c.

- Hey Annie, the third opening from the Mister S/Featherblade guys is taking shape on Suffolk Street! - Malahide's Town Yard is gearing up for its Blackrock opening - Chef Adrian has risen from the dead once again... - Corinna Hardgrave asks the question we've been asking for years this week in the Irish Times - how can Howth's Mamó not have a Michelin star? - Harry's Nutbutter have won €50,000 to produce a TV ad and a national campaign! - Nevin Maguire's MacNean Ho

- ATF Insiders had a preview of Fuoco in Ranelagh tonight and it was goooood. That room! Those skewers! Some easy pre-opening tweaks to be made but we think this one is gona fly. Take our advice and book in asap before it gets even harder to get a table - Sano's new pasta place totally caught us on the hop this week. With freshly made pasta from €9 - €15 a plate we're praying to all the Gods that this isn't a let down - Malahide's please all bistro Town Yard is filling th

- Glovers Alley by Adam Nevin opens this Friday, with ATF Insiders getting a preview on Friday night. The Irish Times published a first look here too - Goats Gruff have lost their two year battle with Fingal County Council to keep their coffee, sandwich and pizza truck alive in the Strawberry Beds. We have no words... - Hanoi Hanoi, the rarely spoken about Vietnamese on Capel Street, has closed after 11 years - Couple Katie and David Bradshaw handed over the reins of Fr

- Vegan and vegetarian Belfast restaurant Jumon has opened its first pop up Dublin location on South William Street in the old Mercado 52 site (which we hear is plagued with problems). They're initially open until early 2027 and opening weekend reports sound promising - Bread 41 are coming back to Blackrock! And the Northside screams on... - Sushi & Go have opened their third location in Dundrum TC - the Sushisa/Zakura guys are not hanging around with this brand - Tacos

- The brothers behind Coppinger and Row Wines are opening a new all-day restaurant, Onóra, in new aparthotel The July on Capel Street this October. They're promising Irish produce “through a European lens" so we're expecting similar food to their other restaurants - Goat's Gruff have opened their much anticipated restaurant in Castleknock, and the snippets of menu and plates we've seen so far look even more exciting than we were expecting - Fade Street Social have launched a

Scallop tartare; barbecued tomatillos; peach on pizza - you don't even need to go outside to tell you what season it is, the plates this week are screaming it... 1) Scallop tartare, Mister S Mister S are sporadic Instagrammers, but their announcements are always worth waiting for. They're seeing summer out in lip-smacking style with this scallop tartare with charred piquillo pepper, shallot and cucumber brunoise (tiny dice), tarragon, smoked Chardonnay vinaigrette and grated

- Damange control was enacted this week after last week's PR disaster for the group behind China Hunan, China Song and Little Canton (among others). The group released an "open letter" from their staff on social media which was later deleted from Instagram (you can still find it on Facebook here), and director Ian Keegan went on RTE Radio to defend the housing situation and say the group would no longer be renting transitional housing for new recruits. He said that staff memb

- A PR nightmare today for the owners of China Hunan, Hakkahan and Little Canton, who've been discovered housing 34 staff members in a four bedroom house in Killiney, suffering from damp and mould. The owners are blaming "a perfect storm" and an inability to find other accommodation, but this one is going to be hard to recover from - The opening of new café Supp in Finglas has been delayed due to a €2000 chair mistake among others - Do you stalk fishmonger Sebastian Skill

- Lulu's, a new Italian wine bar from the former restaurant director of Allta has opened on Aungier Street. There's wine, "foldies" and "sexy tunes" apparently -Those crazy cats over at the unfortunately named "Foxy Lounge" have rebranded as "Foxy Bistro" under apparent "new ownership", but would a new owner keep that terrible name? Our money's on the Insta-drama loving couple in question splitting and one of them taking it forward - we'll have our eyes peeled for more - Afte