- 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 Rialto is...

- 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 has reopened ,...

- 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 hotel's getting...