All The Food

- 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

- The Instagram page for Host's new restaurant Okela has gone live! And excitement is at World Cup final levels. In Basque it means "meat" or "beef" and we're expecting big things. HUGE - Asian-inspired, Belfast-based restaurant Jumon is opening location number two in Dublin, on South William Street where Mercado 52 used to be. The menu looks like all kinds of delish so we're excited for this one - Lala Burger has opened in Kimmage - Very sad news in Dublin 8 that The W

- Cúán Greene's new guesthouse and restaurant Ómós opened this week, with a flurry of breathless press and influencer posts after the great and good were invited to a preview lunch in Abbeyleix. Rooms start at €450 a night going up to €820, and dinner will set you back €175pp so you're looking at a minimum €1k spend per night if you're planning a trip. Most declared it as a press event, but it was disappointing to see mainstream publication The Gloss sharing their visit as "a

- A restaurant bombshell dropped this week with the news that Allta is closing at the end of the year. Chef Niall Davidson is putting on a brave face, but they've long been plagued with question marks over whether their out of the way location would work, as well as a few too many accusations of poor customer service in their online reviews - Chef Mark Moriarty's new restaurant and private dining space "Studio" opens at Wilton Park in August. They'll be doing private events

- It was a banger of a week for Parrilla in Ranelagh who woke up on Wednesday to the news they'd been added to the Michelin Guide. They were called "Lively, loud and simply wonderful fun", with inspectors praising the "lightning-fast transport to Mexico". The Station House in Meath were also added to the guide - Little Canton opened this week on Stephen Street where Nan Chinese used to be. Their free food for the first 50 people through the door had the desired effect of cr

- Big Michelin news this week, as it was officially confirmed that former Morrison Room head chef Adam Nevin is taking over Glovers Alley from departed chef Andy McFadden. We're expecting a full room refurb to go with the new incoming menu this September - Mani's new sibling Morso opened this week, and saw Banco-level demand and queues. With Bitta Banging's Tom Murray in the kitchen with owner Ciaran McGonagle we were dying to try these, and were not let down. Read our two mi

- There was a big set back for Karl Whelan's Marée this week, who announced that their opening has been put back from July to some time in Autumn. After only releasing bookings the week before, the team then had the laborious task of contacting everyone who'd booked in telling them the situation, and offering them first dibs on new bookings. Here's hoping there are no more hiccups ahead - Bujo opens in Central Plaza this Thursday and they've given us a sneak peek here - G

- Finally the details on Grano's new bakery Banco came out this week, and just take a look at this beautiful video. It opens on Tuesday! - Mr Fox has a new head chef, formerly the head chef at sister restaurant D'Olier Street, and this could be just the reinvention the restaurant needs. Now if only they'll look at refurbishing that room - What is going on in Clontarf!? Jack's, a new wine bar, has just opened serving natural wine, spritzes and snacks. What a time to be a r