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In a post-lockdown world, we're all trying to carve out the time to meet the friends we've missed over the past 19 months. Saturday night cocktails, Sunday brunch and mid-week early birds are all great, but there's nothing like a Monday evening to start the week as you mean to go on. Unfortunately, thanks to issues currently hitting the hospitality industry, many of our Monday go-tos aren't currently operating early on in the week, but here are 17 options that will help you eek a little more out of your weekend. 1) Big Fan B ig Fan Bao on Aungier St. is open 7 days a week and is the perfect spot for Monday night cocktails, bao, duck wings, jellyfish salad, corn ribs, and those cheeseburger dumplings. Pro-tip: over-order and bring leftovers home for a very happy Tuesday. 2) Full Moon Thai We loved Full Moon Tha i when we visited , and figure that the Pla Kapong Luy Suan (deep fried whole sea bass with a herb salad and a serious amount of spice) is probably best eaten as early in the week as possible to give your tongue a chance to recover before the weekend. If you're not feeling quite so brave, the menu is extensive and properly Thai with no allowances for an Irish audience, so it's a great choice if you're with a small, adventurous group. 3) Sano Pizza Sano Pizza operates out of two locations - Ranelagh and Exchequer Street - and both open on Monday nights. Apart from the obvious benefits (i.e. getting to eat pizza), it's a great call if the Monday you're eating out on happens to be the Monday before payday, as there is some seriously good value to be had here with a 12" margherita and a glass of house wine coming it at under €14. Impressively Italian. 4) The Chophouse If you're looking for something a little more substantial to kick off your week, The Chophouse on Shelbourne Road is a gastropub with a focus on quality Irish ingredients. The main draw here is the steak, but lots of seafood and classics are on offer alongside an extensive wine list and an even longer list of Irish suppliers. 5) Drury Buildings In a word where you can be anything, why not be the person who spends Monday nights sipping cocktails and eating oysters, gambas, and arancini on a D2 terrace? If you're not organised enough to book a table, Drury Buildings usually has space for walks-in too. 6) Ukiyo Ukiyo is the ideal Monday spot. The restaurant has a great all day small plates menu (lobster sliders, anyone?) and the bar is buzzy and fun. Sadly (or not, depending on the kind of person you are), their karaoke booths are currently out of action but we're told it's likely they'll be back in time for Christmas, and are getting a bit of a facelift. 7) Glas With a vegetarian menu and lots for vegans, Glas on Chatham Street is open 7 nights a week and offers an early bird from 16.30 - 18.00 each day with two courses for €28. Start the week as you mean to go on - with veggies and wine. 8) Sprezzatura Homemade pasta, wines on tap, a sustainable ethos, seriously pocket-friendly, and open seven days a week in both the Camden Street and Rathmines locations; is there anything Sprezzatura doesn't do? Well, coffee, but that's a whole different conversation. Try to book a table, but walks-in are often accommodated when space allows. 9) Happy Endings 99% of diets start on a Monday, and if you're on a fried-chicken-and-poutine-fries-with-a-bucket-of-cocktails diet, you're in luck because Happy Endings on Aston Quay is open on Mondays. 10) Fallon & Byrne's Wine Cellar Fallon & Byrne 's wine cellar has just reopened with the usual cheese, charcuterie and small plates, but now with added pizza and pasta. Their €1 corkage offer on all wines is also back. See you there. 11) Pi Pi 's Neapolitan style pizzas are available seven days a week and they usually have space for walk ins. Try the 'Nduja' with crushed tomato, basil, scamorza, nduja, honey, parmesan and garlic, or the 'Salsiccia', with crushed tomato, basil, piquillo peppers, pickled chillies, Gubbeen chorizo, Toons Bridge Fior di latte and parmesan. 12) Fish Shop, Benburb Street Fish Shop 's Benburb location is an easy spot for a seafood dinner and a glass of wine. The menu is short, simple and changes frequently, but the fish and chips and fish burger are always on. Interesting, natural wine list with one of the city's best selection of sherries, and as of this week Monday night wine club is back, meaning a limited number of bottles at stupidly good prices. 13) 777 If you’re looking for a more lively night out, 777 always comes with a buzz. The 2 margaritas for €16 on Mondays can be dangerous, but there are plenty of tacos, tostadas and tortilla chips to soak them up. 14) M & L Chinese One of the few places in Dublin to get Sichuan food, the dumplings and fried green beans with chilli at M&L have been the start of many new habits forming over the years. Corkage is €5 but go easy on the chilli oil if you're taking something nice. 15) Piglet Piglet ’s supper menu is easy going, with pasta, fish and côte de boeuf for the very hungry. It's a cosy spot for a plate of food and some great wine, and if you find yourself in Temple Bar surrounded by camera bearing tourists and “The Auld Triangle” ringing in your ears, it's a good place to run for cover. Expect to find yourself surrounded by hospitality folk early in the week when their own restaurants are closed. 16) Pichet French style bistro Pichet has been a staple in Dublin for years. It’s always reliable for a good meal with a buzzy atmosphere, and new head chef Harry Quinn (formerly at Clanbrassil House) has introduced new dishes like onion soubise with a soft egg, poached organic chicken, grilled maitake mushrooms and a chicken skin crumb. 17) Ka Shing Ka Shing is a great city spot for dim sum that's open seven days a week, so there's no restriction on your ability to get 15 different types of dumplings, barbecue pork buns and fried turnip cake. The wine's not up to much so perfect if you're trying to stay off the booze after a heavy weekend.

We’ve all noticed it – heavy traffic, bigger queues for your favourite coffee pitstop in town, increased sightings of workwear paired with Asics runners. There’s no way to avoid it any longer … it’s time to return to the office. After a long 18 months, there are mixed feelings about it – nerves, dread, trepidation, a bit of elation to get some headspace from the kids. However there are a host of business owners and hospitality staff delighted with the recent changes after over a year of *just* hanging on. It’s time to give old favourites and some new faces some love and treat yourself to a delicious meal in the process – it’s your civic duty. There are dozens of amazing establishments to visit, but here are some of our favourite city-centre options for under a tenner. 147 Deli, Parnell Street Starting strong with possibly the best sandwiches in all of Dublin - 147 Deli . This is not somewhere to go for a light lunch or when you’re trying to ‘be good’, but life is too short for that kind of thinking anyway. These sambos are full to the brim and you will probably be much the same when you’re leaving, but you’ll be very, very happy. Keep an eye on their Instagram for their weekly specials which are always something, well, special! Lunch sandwiches are all €7.95 and the weekly special can be closer to a tenner but is always worth it. Green Bench Café, Montague Street A favourite of the Harcourt Street corporates (no, we’re not talking about Coppers), Green Bench Café is small but mighty and have operated on a takeaway-only basis for years, long before the pandemic. They have a limited menu of sandwiches, wraps and usually a soup or hotpot for regulars to take with them and enjoy in the Iveagh Gardens. The beef brisket is the priciest at €8. Meltdown, Leeson Street & Montague Street Whoever is running Meltdown 's socials deserves a raise – every time they pop a picture up we immediately start craving melted cheese, it's like magic. These sandwiches are glorious so it’s no surprise that they grew from an initial pop-up in 2018 to having two permanent locations on Leeson Street and Montague Street (which moonlights as Winedown in the evening). You can pick one up with a coffee for €10. Don’t sleep on their hot sauce which they are now bottling and selling nationwide. Dosa Dosa, Grand Canal Street Lower Dosa Dosa started as a food truck in January 2020, possibly the worst timing in history, but they made it work touring around Dublin serving Southern Indian dosas to the masses, and they did so well they're now operating from a permanent container in Grand Canal. We love their Paneer Dosa, which will set you back €10, but have no doubt that everything on this menu is a winner. They only open from Wednesday to Sunday right now but here’s hoping that changes as town gets busier midweek. The Commons Café at MoLI Perfect for the person who’s not quite ready to delve into the outside world, The Commons at MoLI is a little hidden oasis right in the centre of town. Their indoor area is bright and spacious, and they also have a lovely outdoor terrace overlooking their courtyard garden. You could even have a wander around the museum, or if you’re like us, just head straight to the gift shop for a browse. Their toasties range from €8.50 to €9.90 but they also have a hearty bowl of soup with Guinness bread available for €5.50 Honey Truffle, Pearse Street Gone are the days when salads were an afterthought at the side of your plate, a limp piece of lettuce and some flavourless tomato and cucumber (for the most part anyway). Nowadays Dublin has a great selection of eateries offering healthy options that don’t leave you feeling wanting, and Honey Truffle is at the forefront of this, serving varied and nourishing salads at a great price. Top this off with a great coffee and irresistible cake selection and you have a perfect lunch. A medium salad box is €7 with the option to add on extra protein. Tiller + Grain, Frederick Street South Colourful Tiller + Grain is serving hearty salads for a tenner with an option to add on meat or fish at an extra cost, but trust us when we say that the extra is not needed (but happily welcomed if you have cash to spare). There is no scabbiness to be found here, as they pile beautiful beetroot, squash, freekeh, cauliflower and much more into your bowl. The salads are stunning with a distinct whiff of Ottolenghi – no coincidence as owner and chef Clair Dowling worked for the Israeli chef during her time in London and clearly picked up some lessons in flavour from him. While salads are their speciality, they also have sandwiches and beautiful cakes. Tang, Dawson Street & Abbey Street Tang were dishing out one of the best dinner boxes over lockdown, but now we’re ready for the real thing. One of our favourite spots for breakfast, lunch and now dinner, we can't wait to get back for a feast. While the food is phenomenal, these guys are also committed to reducing their environmental impact and using their reach to do good. Recently they were giving out free flatbreads for every email sent to local representatives calling for climate action and they’ve invested in an electric cargo bike to ferry their goods around town. Flatbreads come in at around €7.50. Tir, Baggot Street Upper A new face for many people coming back to the office, Tír Deli only opened in April 2021 but have already made their mark on Baggot Street. They have a simple menu, and they admit themselves that they’re not the cheapest around (ranging from €8-€10) but they're committed to using only the best quality ingredients around, and doing lots of foraging, fermenting and curing in house. They also put crisps in their smoke-roasted beef sandwich which we can really get behind.

We never bought into hot girl summer, but we are 100% here for cool person autumn. If your aesthetic is more ankle boots and cosy scarves than kaftans and flip-flops, we know that you're already looking forward to a switch to golden leaves and heartier autumn menus. Here are five delightfully autumnal dishes that we want to eat this week. 1) Turmeric Spiced Porridge from Kerb Hands up if you love porridge. Our hands are up but you just can't see it because we live inside your computer and our hands are probably holding food anyway, but they're definitely up. One of the best things about autumn is the appearance of porridge everywhere, and this one from Kerb is spiced with turmeric and autumn fruit compote. 2) Dulce de Leche Brownies from Bakeology There are some people who will tell you that caramel is not an autumn food, but those people are mean fools who have never heard of caramel apples so we don't listen to them. These coconut and caramel mini-brownies from Argentinian bakery Bakeology are even better than caramel apples due to the absence of apples and addition of brownies. 3) Wild Irish Reuben from Tír Deli Tír Deli on Baggot Street have added this decidedly Irish take on a classic reuben sandwich to their specials menu to see how customers feel about venison before it gets added to the autumn menu. House-cured venison pastrami with fermented veg, horseradish mayo, and Irish cheese on sourdough from The Old Bakery Store sounds pretty incredible to us. If it sounds good to you too, get in there so we can all have access to it all autumn long. 4) Irish Whiskey Cake from Loretta's If you listen closely, you can hear our little minds explode as we think this one through - an Irish whiskey cake with fermented, pickled and fresh blackberries, served with a turf-smoked ice-cream. Looks amazing, sounds amazing and, as Loretta's themselves describe it "it's almost like being back in your grandmother's sitting room in that horrible couch". Perfection. 5) Guinea Fowl from The Pierhouse Restaurant " ATF, are you really sending us to a seafood restaurant for guinea fowl?" "Yes, loyal reader, we totally are. And you will thank us". "Okay, we trust you. And we love you" "Thanks, reader, we love you too" Sea-facing The Pierhouse in Howth might not be where you would expect to find pan-seared guinea fowl with puy lentils (the King of Lentils), baby carrots, and salsa verde, but it's giving us all the autumn feels.

Dun Laoghaire has always been a bit of an anomaly – by its seaside location you would imagine a town teaming with fresh seafood restaurants and interesting eateries, but it's never really had the pull factor that neighbouring villages of Glasthule and Monkstown have. In recent years, however, there's been real investment in the area, and if you ignore the weirdly deserted shopping centre smack bang in the centre, the area is looking up. There’s a great choice of eateries to try on your next trip – throw in a walk on the pier and a root in one of many charity shops in the area and you have yourself the perfect day out. Coffee Kick off your day at Shoe Lane who are serving up the best coffee in Dun Laoghaire, as well as plenty of pastries and delicious sausage rolls. They've also just announced that they’re starting to accept re-usable cups again – more of this please! Two Beans is another great spot for coffee in the area and they hold sustainability at the centre of their offering, only partnering with roasters who source their coffee directly from farmers and pay them fair and square. So you can feel extra virtuous as you sip your brew. Breakfast You’ll probably spot Strudel Artisan Bakery by the hungry looking queue forming outside from around 8am. One glance at their Instagram will make you understand how they won Bakery of the Year at the Independent Retail Awards, just one year after they opened in 2018. Get there early as they are known to sell out. The newest addition to the area, Portobello native Bibi’s has opened a little outpost right on the seafront. They have tables outside and recently opened indoor dining too, and we can’t wait to see how this place develops over the next few months. It's a perfect place to grab a bite to eat and take a stroll down to the 40 Foot for a dip. You may not come across The Cali Kitchen by chance as it's a little hidden away on the grounds of the Royal Marine hotel, but it's worth a trip for the most Instagrammable brunch around. Lunch Almost time for elevenses and we’re headed to Le Chocolat de Frèd , which is a little bit of France on our own doorstep. As you can deduce from the name, chocolate is their game (it's on tap, literally), but they also have a savoury galette menu for a light lunch. Breakaway Coffee operates from an unassuming little hatch on York Road, but are dishing out lovely coffee and recently started sourcing toasties from Golden Brown which look verrrry gouda (sorry). Cakes are sourced from local favourite Rustic Honey , and it's the perfect spot to visit after a stroll down the West Pier. Dinner While Soup have expanded into Smithfield, their original Dun Laoghaire location will always have our hearts. They're serving up some of the best ramen in Dublin and their specials board is always full of interesting options. If you see prawn laksa, do not miss it, trust us, plus a portion of deep-fried kimchi ‘for the table’, naturally. Oliveto at The Haddington House is home to possibly the nicest beer garden in all of Dublin. They have a full menu indoors, but there is really nothing better than nabbing a precious outdoor table here on a sunny day and wiling away the afternoon munching on pasta, pizza and risotto, and sipping cocktails. The sister restaurant to DeVille’s in Dalkey (which is notoriously difficult to get a booking in), Casper & Giumbini’s is a bigger location which allows us to quench our French onion soup craving on a more regular basis. The menu has something for everyone, so this is the place to book for a family lunch or girls’ night out. You probably recognise Zero Zero from the food market scene over the years, and since they opened their permanent shop a few years ago they've certainly built up a dedicated local following. They have limited indoor seating at the moment but have commandeered a few parking spaces out front to create a relaxed outdoor area. If you're a sushi fan, Michie Sushi is the place to go in Dun Laoghaire. It's a very small shop with only around 20 seats so take this to go and enjoy it in People's Park. Dessert An authentic Chinese restaurant may not seem like the usual place to stop in for dessert (and this one clearly could have gone in the dinner section also), but alongside a broad menu including some dishes showcasing different Chinese regions which are only available through pre-order, Nunki Tea House is serving up some of the most beautiful handmade Japanese cakes and milk tea to finish off your day. Afters Pop into The Lighthouse Bar on your way back to the DART for a drink and you might get swayed by a gig in the Top Deck as they kick off a series of socially distanced shows. This spot is a sister of Eatyard so expect some good bites including Nice Guy burgers if you’re still peckish. Have we missed any of your favourite Dun Laoghaire spots? Let us know by emailing info@allthefood.ie.

We tend to dread the end of summer - beach days, iced lattés, all the salads - but then the evening chill creeps in and reminds us that there's lots to love about Autumn. Apples, plums, blackberries, pumpkins, game - prepare to see some serious menu swivels over the coming weeks, and here are some of our favourites on menus right now. Plum And Peach Tart From Urbanity We're not sure whether to eat or frame this tart from Urbanity in Smithfield with ginger & star anise poached plums and peaches, on an almond frangipane tart⁣. Expect lots more Autumn dishes almost too beautiful to eat over the next few months. Apple, Raisin & Cinnamon Malt Dough From Bread 41 Bread 41 are never not on it when it comes to seasonal takes on a staple, and their September bread special is this apple, raisin and cinnamon malt loaf. Lashing of butter, hot coffee, the perfect Autumn breakfast. The New Plum Dessert From Loretta's Loretta's are showcasing the glut of plums available right now with this new plum, almond sponge and white chocolate dessert. We're eyeing up their striploin of beef with hash brown and horseradish for mains. Apple Gelato From Cream Of The Crop Cream Of The Crop in Dublin 8 take unwanted, unloved and imperfect fruits and vegetables to make their delicious gelato, and with their apple pie flavour they're not only using up surplus apples, but planting more trees from the seeds! Daddy's Souped-Up Blackberry Tart We love nothing more than a bit of blackberry picking at this time of year, followed by some rustic crumble making, but Daddy's are making a show of all of us with this blackberry, pistachio, coconut and frangipane tart. Show-offs. Baa Baa's Blackberry, Apple & Thyme Pie Also upping the ante in the blackberry stakes is Baa Baa in Chapelizod, with their blackberry, apple and thyme pie. That pastry... The Pepperpot Bakery's Apple Turnovers Extinguish the memories of supermarket bakery, far from flaky, apple turnovers with a trip to The Pepperpot Bakery in George's Street Arcade. They're inspired by a recent trip to Paris, and best eaten still warm, but we can't see them hanging around long enough to get cold. Pumpkin, Burrata & Prunes From Charlotte Quay Pumpkins are only just starting to make their menu appearances, and Charlotte Quay are setting the bar high with this plate of pumpkin, burrata, prunes, Pedro Ximénez vinegar, pumpkin seeds and extra virgin olive oil. Blackberries & Baked Cream From Clanbrassil House Wild blackberries, baked cream and fennel is the new dessert on the Clanbrassil House block, and as good a reason as any to check out new head chef Jimmy Dobson's cooking.

We all slip up sometimes, eat something we shouldn't, live with diner's regret for days afterwards, and there are few things as tempting as an Egg McMuffin after a heavy night out. But why would we willingly give our money and daily calorie allowance to a global corporation responsible for inflicting so much damage on the world when we could eat one of these infinitely better breakfast sandwiches instead. Bookmark this for your next hangover... Benedict's Egg Shop, George's Street Arcade The Meet Me In The Morning / Loose Canon guys have gone into the egg game with their simple but very effective Benedict's Egg Shop . The 'classic' has softly scrambled eggs, fried onions, melted cheese with chives and breakfast sauce on a brioche bun, and you can add bacon or salmon if you want to take it up a gear. Happy Endings, Aston Quay Flavour overlords Happy Ending 's breakfast sambo comes with scrambled egg, American cheese, spring onion and Maggi mayo on a toasted onion and poppy seed bagel. These are the types of twists we welcome at breakfast time. Tír Deli, Baggot Street Tír Deli 's sausage and egg sandwich comes with a 'seasonal sausage patty', free-range fried egg, cheddar and tír seasonal relish on a pillowy brioche. They had us at seasonal sausage. Brasserie Sixty6, George's Street Brasserie Sixty6 have put a French spin on the humble breakfast sambo with egg omelette (is there another type of omelette?), melted cheese and onion lyonnaise in a soft brioche bun. Do we want to eat it? Bien sûr. Mad Yolks, Glasthule This weekend is Mad Yolks ' last one in the Eagle in Glasthule, meaning it's your last chance for the foreseeable future to get your hands on their classic 'Mad Yolk' with scrambled eggs, fresh chilli, chives, caramelised onion, smoked applewood cheddar, rocket and sriracha mayo on toasted brioche. Or you could upgrade to the 'Bad Yolk' with fried eggs, a black and white pudding patty, streaky bacon and beef tomato. After this weekend they're focusing on finding a permanent home of their own, so hopefully they'll be back slinging eggs before we know it. Is there an amazing breakfast sandwich in Dublin that we don't know about? Let us know by emailing info@allthefood.ie.

Shopping for local and independent produce doesn't necessarily mean a trip into town anymore, with lots of specialist food stores popping up in the suburbs - meaning those more unusual items and ingredients that might typically send you further afield are getting easier to source. With plenty of pots, bottles and jars to marvel at, as well as snacking and sampling to be done on the premises, these friendly Southside indie grocers have become foodie destinations in themselves, and they beat a trip to the supermarket any day. Lahoya Greens Sitting opposite a busy junction in Terenure Village, in a space once occupied by an Eddie Rockets, Lahoya Greens is a welcome new addition to Dublin 6W, with a colourful array of fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers spilling out onto the street. Inside there’s plenty more to browse with everything from artisan condiments to free-from products, many of which are Irish made. Be sure to check out the wine pantry, and their impressive refill tower at the back where you can top up on dried fruit, nuts and grains. There are tasty-looking sandwiches available during the week which we’ll be back to sample, and we’re told a coffee counter is coming soon. Before you leave… Enjoy a scoop of the hot pink, Bubblegum ice-cream. Saltwater Grocery, Terenure Seafood specialist Niall Sabongi’s grocer is a stone’s throw away on the other side of the crossroads and also new to the area. Saltwater Grocery has a buzzy vibe with 3fe coffee and pretty pastries in the window pulling in passers-by. It also packs an awful lot into a small space, with organic wines, cured meats and cheese, but of course the fish counter is the main draw. Sabongi’s seafood BBQ boxes over the summer months were very popular, and the sushi, made fresh in-store, is unmissable. Keep an eye on their Instagram for upcoming in-store events now that restrictions have eased, like oyster & wine pairings. Before you leave… Grab a green matcha latté and pick-up some handmade black sole ravioli with lobster from the ready-meal section. Robbie's Greengrocer & Food Store, Churchtown Tucked away at the far end of a suburban shop-strip, Robbie’s Greengrocers is fairly new to Churchtown having opened over lockdown. Owner Robbie Malone’s flagship premises in Kilmacud has a dedicated following, and his second premises here is already no different. Robbie’s is a good place to source ingredients and seasonings for ethnic cooking, with a chilli pepper selection that’s second to none, and staff happy to indulge you spending ages photographing them. Before you leave… Cute coffee shop The Cosy Bean is next door. Play Russian Roulette with a mixed bag of their mini doughnuts, which come with chocolate, custard, jam or salted caramel fillings. Provider, Harold's Cross Stocking artisan snacks, spreads, sauces and everything in between, it's easy to see why HX locals have whole-heartedly embraced Provider . Their hampers make lovely, thoughtful gifts for food enthusiasts, and they’re well-known for championing up-and-coming foodie brands. The sandwiches here are dreamy too and popular with the lunch crowd, so get in early for the best pick and enjoy it in Harold’s Cross park nearby. Before you leave… Get something sweet for dessert and stock up on your sourdough at The Old Bakery Store on the same stretch of road. This artisan bakery doubles as a gourmet deli with delicious made-to-order baguettes and its cosy, garden terrace is one of the southside’s best-kept secrets. Fresh Avenue, Ballinteer From exotic fruits to fresh olives and ceiling-high shelves, Fresh Avenue is one of those places you could easily lose an hour in. The owners are passionate about getting behind the little guys, preferring to deal directly with producers over large distributors. Community spirit is strong here too - the store was part of a superb Isolation Support initiative over lockdown, supplying meals and groceries to those in need. Before you leave… Get a cup of coffee and a pastry while they ring up your purchases, Did we miss your favourite southside grocer? Let us know by emailing info@allthefood.ie.

September brings a lot of change; adjustments to routines as kids head back to school, the weather changes as we welcome the return of coats with pockets deep enough to hold snacks, and many of us finally have to change out of our leggings-and-hoody uniform as we return to our actual offices. One thing that never changes though is our constant search for the best food in Dublin. Here are the five things we really want to eat this week. 1) Croissant Ice-Cream from Cold Boi We've all seen 'em, the croissants stuffed with everything from sticky toffee pudding to birthday cake. We know them, we love them, we constantly surprise ourselves at just how happy we are to see stuff stuffed into croissants. But Cold Boi have gone full Uno Reverse card on us by stuffing croissants into ice-cream. Let that sink in a mo. Double baked croissant ice-cream with a chocolate espresso ripple and hazelnut praline. It's basically a full continental breakfast in an ice-cream. We're intrigued. It's available this Saturday from their stand in St. Anne's Market, and you're going to have to beat us to it. 2) The Vermouth Menu from Las Tapas de Lola Nobody ever needs an excuse to visit Las Tapas de Lola , but consider this your sign from the universe to get in there ASAP for a long-awaited catch-up with a friend over vermouth and snacks. Inspired by owners Vanessa and Anna's love of a little vermutillo, €45 gets you two glasses of the aperitivo (laced with an anchovy-stuffed olive, natch), and basically all the classic tinned snacks that Spain has to offer; cockles, mussels in escabeche, even more anchovied olives, plus crisps and salsa. Perfect if you're feeling sad about forsaking holidays this year. 3) Rice Kheer Pudding from Doolally Do we go to Indian restaurants for dessert? No. Do we go there for the saag gosht, pilau rice, side of yellow lentils, and an extra naan because we like leftovers? Oh yes. But if anything is going to convince us to forsake our peshwari naan for a dessert, it's going to be this one from Doolally . Spiced rice pudding with rose-scented sago, and a pistachio crumb. Sure, you'll roll out of the restaurant, but you'll be very happy. 4) Anchovy Pizza from Village Pizza Things that do not belong on a pizza: chicken, BBQ sauce, Nutella. Things that do belong on a pizza: anchovies (and also, pineapple. Don't @ us). This bianca pie from Village Pizza has the correct portion of anchovies (i.e. loads), Toons Bridge mozzarella, and gremolata for a citrusy, chili kick. 5) All the Japanese Baking from Gopan E ver feel like your friends are hanging out somewhere without you? Hate to be that person, but they are; they're all on our timeline eating curry bread, shokupan (that amazing chonky Japanese toast bread), and taiyaki (cute fish-shaped waffles filled with a sweet vanilla cream or red bean paste) from Gopan in Bray. The best news is that they deliver to Dublin on Wednesday and Saturdays, but you do need to get your orders in two days in advance through their Instagram page.

Every now and then, a meal pops up on Instagram that makes you think “I could make that”, but you know you’re kidding yourself. We know you’re kidding yourself. Just stop, it’s embarrassing. This week the 5 things we most want to eat in Dublin remind us that, no matter how highly we rate ourselves in the kitchen, we will forever be in awe of chefs but do it so much better than we ever could. 1) The Salt Beef Bagel from Token Sure, you could grab a pack of bagels from Tesco, add Philadelphia and pretend you made a lunch that you’re proud of, but you'd only be fooling yourself. It wouldn't be a patch on this poppy seed number packed with salt beef, pickles, fresh dill and a gribiche sauce from Token . 2) Glazed BBQ Ribs from Bahay Good news Bahay fans, the roving Filipino pop-up will be at Taste of Dublin . Their festival menu includes chicken adobo, BBQ charred tofu, gambas with Zamboanga sauce, and these monster glazed ribs that make our weekend BBQ attempts look like we've handed the charcoal and tongs to a small child with poor fine motor skills. 3) Beef Tartare Taco from Richmond Our usual MO for making tacos is to do it only in the company of very close friends, because we know they’re not going to be pretty, and we don’t even mean the kind of pretty like those girls in 90's films when Freddie Prinze Jr. removed their glasses, messy buns and sexual inhibitions. Then in walk Richmond with this beef tartare taco from the snack menu that makes us never want to attempt them again. 4) Duck Heart Tartine from Volpe Nera Tartine is basically toast. You can do toast. But can you do toast with duck hearts and fermented plum like this one from Volpe Nera ? No? Sucks to be you (and us). 5) Halloumi Burger from Soup Two Soup Two is one of those lockdown openings that has flown frustratingly under the radar. Their specials board is a constant thing of beauty, especially when it comes to this week's halloumi burger with pineapple jam, mint yogurt and fries. They had us at pineapple jam.

If, like us, your love of food doesn’t start and end with what you’re served in restaurants and cafés, your kitchen shelves are probably groaning under the weight of jars, pots and packs of your favourite products, but that doesn’t mean you’re not always on the look-out for your next favourite thing to dip, smear or spill down the front of your t-shirt. Friends don't let friends go without the best condiments, so from now on we're going to be sharing our favourites with you. Here are the foodstuffs that have been sparking joy in our lives lately. Blanco Niño Tortilla Chips We'll admit that up to recently we’d often viewed tortilla chips as a fairly bland vehicle for transporting the much-more-interesting salsa into our mouths, and we were wrong. To be fair, a lifetime of pale, bland (or over-seasoned), greasy, mass-manufactured tortilla chips led to that conclusion, but then we discovered Blanco Niño . Made in Tipperary with corn and other ingredients from heritage producers in Mexico, lightly salted, chili & lime, and ancient grain flavours are available, but chili & lime are our favourite; punchy, spicy, sour, crispy - basically all of our favourite things in one triangle. Free delivery from Blanco Niño but we’re seeing them pop-up in lots of places so you’re likely to find a local stockist here . P.s. If you happen to buy them from Hen’s Teeth , keep an eye out for Rascal Sauces chunky tomato salsa. It’s a Belgian brand and not always on shelves, but it’s one of the nicest we’ve tried. Conbini Condiments We were very excited when Dublin chef Holly Dalton announced that she would be launching a line of Japanese-inspired sauces earlier this year, so we wasted zero time getting our hungry mitts on some. Currently, there are three sauces in the Conbini Condiments range - Onsen Hot Sauce (a fermented chili sauce), Katsu Ketchup (a ketchup/curry sauce hybrid) and, our personal favourite, Sunday Sauce (a sweet, tangy, umami sauce that’s described as being somewhere between Teriyaki and Tonkatsu). We would recommend stocking up on all three and you’ll find no end of uses - add to stir-fries, use as dumpling dipping sauces, dips for chips… we once spiced-up a very bland chicken soup with Sunday Sauce and regret nothing. See their stockist map here . Builín Blasta Smoked Onion Mayo Smoky, tangy, creamy, this smoked onion mayonnaise from Builín Blasta in Galway is one of those jars that won’t last long in the fridge because you’ll find yourself adding it to everything. We’ve put it in burgers, on hot dogs, and even spread it on the outside of cheese sandwiches before toasting them - actual genius move. It's available from their website , along with lots of other sauces and chutneys, but we’ve found it in loads of shops including Fallon and Byrne . Craic Foods Salted Caramel Sauces with Miso Salted caramel is a bit of a Marmite one for some people, as can miso depending on the audience. Unsurprisingly we’re in the “love” camp for both, but when we saw that Craic Foods had created a line of miso-flavoured salted caramel sauces, we were cautious. Salt, caramel, and fermented soybeans? But it works, incredibly well. The result is a complex taste profile that’s initially sweet with a secondary slap of umami, and the range has expanded to include new flavours like miso salted caramel with stout, pistachio kalamansi fruit, tahini, and fennel pollen. We’ve been eating our way through most of them for the past few months and haven’t around a dud yet. Great on yogurt, popcorn, ice-cream, a spoon, a finger… Irish Black Butter Don’t let the name put you off, it’s not some kind of putrefied dairy product that’s been unearthed from a bog somewhere in the midlands. Irish Black Butter is a thick, dark, intensely-flavoured condiment made from bramley apples. Uses are pretty much infinite - we’ve spooned this over porridge, yogurt and ice-cream, spread it onto scones and pancakes, dolloped alongside cheese and roast pork, and smothered it over joints of bacon and ham as a glaze. Stockist information is available here . Do you have a favourite condiment or food product lately? Let us know by emailing info@allthefood.ie.

You may not know everything. You probably don’t know Nicole Kidman’s middle name*, the country that won the Eurovision in 1968, or what county in Munster those Olympic gold medal rowers hail from. That’s okay. Read this and you will know about the most important things - food events happening very soon. *Mary, her middle name is Mary. Rías Baixas Wine Dinner at Circa Hosted by wine writer Leslie Williams, Circa are celebrating the end of summer (and the addition of some new team members; the restaurant equivalent of gold dust), with a specially curated six-course menu matched with Rías Baixas wines from Northern Spain. We’re told it’s going to be a laid-back evening with a menu that includes dishes like swordfish ceviche with chili, ginger and yuzu, croquettas with nduja, and red snapper with brown shrimp and hispi cabbage. Kicking off with pre-dinner drinks and snacks at 18:30 on August 30th, dinner with wine is €90 per person and can be booked by e-mailing info@restaurantcirca.com . Barbecues, Budding Chefs And Lunchbox Inspo At Airfield Estate We love Airfield Estate ’s line-up of demos and workshops that have just gone live on their website. From barbeque sides to Thai and Italian there’s lots there for adults, but also classes focused on younger food fans including a two-day teen baking workshop, a Young Chef workshop, and a three-day camp aimed at preparing college students for life away from home, that covers everything from recipes to knife skills to safe food storage. In early September the family-focus continues with back-to-school midweek dinner demos, and a class that will leave you with lots of ideas for healthy school lunchboxes. Courses need to be booked in advance through their website . Harvest Day at Eatyard If you’re a keen gardener, or looking for a bit of inspiration to finally give it a go, book your place in Eatyard on September 4th and be prepared to be amazed at what venues like The Lighthouse, The Square Ball, Wigwam, The Back Page and The Bernard Shaw have managed to grow in backyards and on rooftops. Various producers and vendors will also be there to talk about their experience and share learnings. There’s a food market with fruit, vegetables and sustainable goods, a flower market, demos, panel discussions, quizzes, competitions and, of course, lots of food and drinks, including a garden to table menu. The event runs from 10am to 4pm and booking details are on the website . Spanish Gastronomy Tasting Menu At Urban Brewing Spain beer brand Estrella Galicia has launched Gastronomy Month for September, and they’re teaming up with Urban Brewing in the IFSC to offer a special tapas plate paired with Estrella Galicia lager for the month. On September 25th, Head Chef Daniel Keane will host a tasting menu using Irish and Spanish ingredients and dishes like Morcilla boxty, confit salt cod with smoked trout roe, Spanish pork, 35-day aged sirloin, and a dessert of coffee Diplomat with salted chocolate soil and milk sorbet. Ideal if you’re missing Spanish beer and Spanish food in actual Spain. Tickets for the five-course tasting menu with beer pairings are priced at €50 per person and can be booked here . Taste of Dublin Running from September 1st - 5th, Taste of Dublin is back in the Iveagh Gardens for 2021. This year's restaurant line-up includes Pickle, Hang Dai, The Salty Buoy, Three Twenty Ice-cream, King Sitric, Naughty Neighbour (a new venture from Daniel Hannigan of Treehouse Treats and ex-Mister S), The Port House and Jackrabbit. The demos line-up is pretty packed and features chefs and producers including Holly Dalton, Eric Matthews, Aoife Noonan, Kevin Thornton, Jordan Bailey and loads more. Info and booking details are on the website .

The weather seem to be changing faster than a Kardashian’s husband, and we’re slowly coming to terms with the fact that the hope we were holding out for a decent summer is slipping through our grubby (but beautifully sanitised) little hands. BUT here are 5 things we want to eat in Dublin this week that will make you feel happy, whatever the weather. 1) Japanese Soufflé Pancakes from Kakilang In case you’ve forgotten, jiggly things are better than non-jiggly things - we refuse to believe that this could even be an argument. For the ultimate in jiggle, we need Kakilang ’s Japanese soufflé pancakes, made with beaten egg whites to create a fluffy texture. While we’re warned that there is a 30 – 45 minute waiting time, we think it would be totally worth it. Available with fruit and cheese foam (relax, it’s a sweet cream cheese foam, with a slightly cheesecakey taste) or bacon and maple syrup. Bring a friend and order both. 2) Deep Fried Croissant from Brasserie Sixty6 Some people may look at a vanilla custard-stuffed croissant that's been deep fried and ask "why?" but we ask "why not?" and also "can we have another one please?" It’s rare that we feature a restaurant in two consecutive 5 Things We Want to Eat This Week but there was no way we were letting this one from Brasserie Sixty6 slip past without letting you know about it. 3) Lamb Kebab from Ananda Ananda in Dundrum has done a bit of Cinderella-esque magic on the humble lamb kebab, elevating it from Ugly Sister to Insta-worthy Princess. This hand-pounded kebab with lamb shank, stuffed sweet pepper, parsnip and apple and raisin slaw is served on a pool of lovage pesto. Bippity-boppity-beautiful. 4) Seafood Udon From Musashi Lightly spiced salmon, tuna, prawns and squid in a 14 hour broth isn't what we thought we'd be craving mid-August but here we are, and we're just going to go with it. Find it at Musashi . 5) Earl Grey and Lemon Scone from Old Street Look outside, it’s cardigan weather. You know what that means - cardigans obviously, but also scones. Fruit, brown, cheese, chocolate; we love them all, and this Earl Grey and candied lemon version from Old Street will definitely ease you gently into the colder days.

Looking for Dublin eating inspiration this week? Here's five things on menus right now that we can't stop thinking about... 1) Suppli al Telefono Cacio e Pepe Just when you couldn't love cacio e pepe any more, Stoneybatter Italian Grano take it, roll it around in breadcrumbs with some rice and deep fry it. 2) Watermelon Pizza From Fade Street Social While calling this 'pizza' is a bit of a stretch, we're still interested in trying these watermelon triangles topped with feta cheese, kalamata olives, herbs and smoked olive oil from Fade Street Social . Before our actual pizza comes. 3) Chicken Fried Rice And A Cocktail Bucket From Happy Endings Happy Endings on Aston Quay have just added two new things to the menu - Gai Yang (Thai) chicken fried rice and a three-litre bucket of Japanese Iced Tea, with vodka, gin, Midori, cucumber, apple & kiwi. What a pairing. 4) Duck Confit Topped Chips From Brasserie Sixty6 Topped chips are everywhere we look right now, but these triple cooked ones from Brasserie Sixty6 with malt vinegar, sticky duck confit, cheddar cheese, chives and spring onion are hovering around the top of our loaded chip list. 5) Amarena Cherry & Almond Frangipane Italian Doughnut From Back To Dine Back To Dine 's menu is now available to eat in San Lorenzo's or as the original take home box, and we'd be tempted to orderly it solely for this Amarena cherry and almond frangipane Italian doughnut filled with Diplomat cream that they give you for the morning after.

After months of guesswork as to where it's going to be and what form it's going to take, Gráinne O'Keeffe has finally revealed the details of her new restaurant Mae . Her first solo venture is going to be located above The French Paradox in Ballsbridge, and will feature a seasonal tasting menu. It has an open kitchen so you can watch your dinner being made, high and low tables, and views out onto Shelbourne Road. There's going to be a set menu (sample below, priced at €55-€60) featuring dishes like bayonne ham and gruyere; brioche, chicken liver and truffle; and rib-eye with morels and tarragon sauce. There will be two tiers of wine pairings, and that side of things is in partnership with The French Paradox . They have a Provintech so expect lots of wines by the glass, as well as an 80-page wine list. Brothers Jacques and Patrick (who took over The French Paradox from their parents last year) will curate the wine list, alongside Mae's manager/sommelier Julien Chaigneau, who has worked for the wine shop/tasting room since 2008. The restaurant, named after Gráinne's grandmother who passed away in 2018, and who she says was "a wonderful cook", will be open for dinner from Tuesday - Saturday with two sittings each night (at 18:00 and 20:30). Mae opens on Thursday 12th August and bookings go live on their website at midday tomorrow.

While the “will they/won’t they” of indoor dining continues to give us vibes that are rapidly becoming less Ross and Rachel, and more Miley and Fidelma, we know that, like us, a lot of you are just keeping your mind off everything by continuing to eat and supporting your favourite restaurants via takeaways, meal kits, and grabbing outdoor tables when you can. Here’s the 5 Things we want to eat in Dublin this week that are available on the go or sitting in the sunshine. 1) Pear, Bacon and Cheddar Danish from The Pepper Pot Bakery We were not expecting The Pepper Pot Café to branch out into nearby George’s Street Arcade with a dedicated bakery counter, but they did, and we were thrilled. Then we spotted that they’ve reimagined their iconic pear, bacon, and cheddar sandwich as a Danish pastry and we were momentarily speechless, but the shock abated and now we're able to tell you about it. Get it at The Pepper Pot Bakery - read more about it in this week's piece on new openings . 2) The Incredible Cluck from Cluck Chicken Cluck , the bright yellow chicken truck in Walkinstown has created something that makes our head (and arteries) say no, but our greedy little hearts say yes. While we never like describing food as “dirty”, fried free-range chicken, truffle mac and cheese with smoked Gubbeen, and parmesan mayo has to be classed as sheer filth in anyone’s book. 3) Prawn Mandu from Jaru Mart Jaru Mart , the online market from Jaru , has meal kits, ready meals, and Asian groceries, and has just added a bunch of new items including these prawn mandu - whole jumbo prawns with pork, ginger, scallion, and cabbage encased in dumpling wrappers. They deliver across Dublin and as far south as Greystones, or you can arrange weekend collection from their kitchen in Nutgrove in Dublin 14. 4) Hibiscus And Vanilla Choux Bun From Drury Buildings We told you recently that choux buns are having a moment , and it’s not ending any time soon. Seeing even more of them pop up all over the city makes us very happy, and Drury Buildings ’ version with hibiscus, vanilla, and raspberry is a summery take that we want in on before it's too late. 5) Chicken-Stuffed Croissant from The Alex The Alex hotel on Fenian Street in D2 has launched The Secret Garden , their outdoor dining area, and the latest addition to their brunch menu has us thinking it won’t be a secret for long. Their Southern-fried chicken stuffed croissant comes with pickled red cabbage, lettuce, roasted garlic mayo and house-cut chips. How could you not...

We're moving to a new model that's going to give more back to you... All The Food launched in 2018 as a way to deliver honest, uncompromised content to those in Dublin who love eating out. We were tired of the hyperbole, untrustworthiness, and advertorial disguised as editorial on other websites, and it was built to fill a gap that we wanted filled ourselves. Where were people getting restaurant information and recommendations outside of weekly newspaper columns? Why wasn't there a central site with content that could be trusted, and no ulterior motives lurking beneath it all? For the past three and a half years it's been self-funded, with the bare minimum of advertising that we can stomach showing to you, but we don't want to do it anymore, and attempts by advertisers and agencies in the past year to manipulate our editorial content by dangling future ad spend sealed the deal. What's the point? You don't want to see ads or sponcon interrupting our feeds and articles (or be inadvertently reading dishonest editorial), and we don't want our writers to be salespeople. We want them doing what they do best - eating all over Dublin and giving you honest and transparent reviews and information about where's worth your time and money. We've also never wanted to fill our feeds with #gifted #pressdrop #invite tagged images of food or stays, and we know you don't want that either because you've told us. How can you trust our recommendations in the same way if we haven't had the potential sting of handing over our own cash or card? So today we're launching ATF Insiders. Readers who subscribe for €4 a month will be entered into monthly giveaways; have access to our writers' bank of knowledge via an ATF answers email address; be added to our close friends list on Instagram and an exclusive mailing list for the first look at new content and tip offs about the most sought after tables and events in town; and be invited to ATF events once things get back to semi-normal. We have new writers waiting in the wings raring to get eating and writing (and we're always interested to hear from more), but we want a practical way to pay them for their time and efforts (and food), that doesn't involve spending time chasing or creating ad content, or allowing brands to pay enough money to infiltrate our feeds. ATF Insiders is our guarantee to you. No ads, anywhere. No sponcon. No gifted. No invite. No bots paid to like and engage with our content. No bought followers. No clickbait, time-wasting articles based on a single Instagram post with no additional information, because the more clicks, the more we can charge advertisers. Just the content we believe is most useful to you when navigating your way around the city's (and more of the country's) food scene. We don't want to block content from anyone. It's been a rough year for a lot of us and funds might be tight, but we're offering added benefits to encourage you to support our platform. Here's what's on offer for ATF insiders: Monthly Giveaways You guys definitely enjoyed our 10 days of giveaways to mark hitting 30k Instagram followers. Each month we're contacted by food, drink and hospitality companies trying to reach you through our platform by sending us stuff in the hope that we'll post about it. From now on we'll be offering the ones we rate the opportunity to be part of our "monthly 9 giveaways" for our subscribers, as well as vouchers and experiences from places featured on our feeds. The first month's line up includes a table to the opening night of Gráinne O'Keeffe's new restaurant 'Mae', a €200 tab for Hawker, dinnerwith wine pairings at The Winding Stair/Legal Eagle pop up and loads more - see July's line up here . You won't have to do anything to enter. Everyone on the insiders' list goes in the hat and winners will be selected at random. ATF Answers Each month we spend a considerable amount of time answering your emails, Instagram DMs and Twitter messages asking for recommendations for your Dad's birthday, your anniversary meal, the family occasion with one vegan, one gluten free and one fussy eater. We love talking to you guys and sharing what we know, but as the site grows bigger it's taking up an unsustainable amount of time. Going forward ATF Insiders will have access to an ATF answers email where you can throw your questions at us and we'll get back to you within the day (unless someone's in hospital or has no phone reception). ATF'S Close Friends ATF Insiders will be added to our close friends list on Instagram for previews of new content, the first chance to sign up for experiences like Sprezzatura's pasta club or new restaurant openings, and tip offs about the most coveted tables and events in the city going live. We'll also send mail shots for anything unmissable to an exclusive ATF Insiders mailing list. ATF Events Once covid-related drama dies down we're planning events. Need more foodie friends? Want to go out to eat with more people like you? Just want to meet new people? We plan on taking over private rooms and spaces in some of the city's best restaurants to give you a taste of what they do. ATF will not be trying to make money off these events, but aiming to deliver you brilliant value menus in the city's best places to eat. Still Not Convinced? You've heard all of the comparisons about monthly content subscriptions being the price of a coffee or a newspaper. It feels like we're all starting to realise that nothing comes for free, we all pay for our content in some way, whether that's through targeted ads, the cookies that haunt you for weeks afterwards, the interruptions to what you're reading, the information they're collecting about you, or just having to watch boring content you're not interested in to get to the good stuff. We want to make it more straightforward, more believable, less manipulated, and life's too short to eat shit food. Join ATF Insiders here (you will need to create an account and be logged into the website first). Everyone who subscribes by midnight this Saturday 17th will be entered into July's monthly 9 giveaway. Winners will be picked on Sunday 18th July 2021.

Food trucks are fast becoming our favourite new openings in the city. Anyone who's anyone is serving their food on wheels, and the best thing about them is, they get around. Here are 7 new ones we think you should check out this summer. El Milagro, Malahide Marina Julian Trejo Pascual is originally from Mexico city but has been in Europe for the past 10 years. He recently moved to Dublin with his Scottish girlfriend (thanks Brexit) and set up his taco truck, El Milagro (meaning 'the miracle' - no pressure), after a varied career in kitchens and in journalism. They've just moved into Malahide Marina and are already looking at expanding to other sites. They source their products from Mexicans living in Ireland, including handmade tacos from Balam, dried chillies, cactus pads and green tomatoes from Picado, and they've found a "lovely Mexican lady" to make their pan dulce pastries. Meat is slow cooked, sauces are homemade, and after trying it at the weekend expect to find us there ALL the time. This is proper Mexico city stuff, the genuine article, and finally Dublin has somewhere for handmade tacos! Los Chicanos Tacos More tacos! Scott Holder's Los Chicanos Taco truck has been four years in the making. He'd worked alongside Mexican chefs in New York, San Diego and San Fransisco and developed a deep love of the bold flavours and techniques in their cooking. With restaurants like London's Arbutus and Sydney's Momofuku Seiobo on his CV, he decided he wanted to bring Mexican food with an LA feel to Dublin, so flew to LA to find a food truck. He eventually found it, bought it, drove it to the port in Compton, and then it got lost in the US for 18 months... sounds like a movie plot. He finally got it to Dublin and has spent two years converting it from a tool truck to a state of the art kitchen. Before coming home he travelled extensively through Mexico, visiting chilli farms, cheese makers, chocolate factories and coffee plantations in Mexico city, Oaxaca, Veracruz and Guadalajara, meeting producers and local families, and learning about their techniques and culture. He says the philosophy of Los Chicanos is "be good, do good" - read more about it here . The opening menu features lamb barbacoa tacos with tomatillo mint sauce, and baja fish negra with avocado and white cabbage, and you'll find them at Elliott's cash and carry just off Camden Street from Thursday - Sunday. Excited much? Bunga Bunga, Malahide Marina Back in Malahide, Bunga Bunga 's fresh pasta truck has also moved into The View at the marina, with handmade pasta from Grano in Stoneybatter and their own sauces. They're currently doing a cacio e pepe, a sweet pomodoro (vegan) and their signature 'Bunga Bunga' with smoked Calabrian meats and nduja. It's been set up by two friends with a "deep love for pasta" who wanted to bring something different to the food scene - and fresh pasta served out of a vintage Renault Estafette by the sea will do the job. They're currently serving Friday - Sunday but hope to expand into more days soon. Arty Baker, Sandycove More pop up than food truck, but we couldn't tell you what's new in food and leave out the Arty Baker. Romain Tessier grew up in the Loire Valley in France and trained as a professional baker from the age of 16. At 23 he moved to London and ended up as the head baker at The Savoy Hotel, then was poached by Hotel Café Royal (both 5 star hotels). During his time there he entered The Great British Bake Off: The Professionals, reaching the semi-final, and that led to him being brought to Kuwait to develop a bakery concept. Luckily for us his girlfriend found a good job in Ireland so they moved again, and after not being able to find a job he really wanted, he started the Arty Baker in Sandycove Store and Yard. He says he loved to express himself through his baking and "spread joy" through his pastries, like his Wexford stawberry cheesecake bun, Tiramisu croissant bun, and chorizo, jalapeno and cheddar rolls. He's also a fan of breaking rules and big colours. The Arty Baker is open in Sandycove Store and Yard from Tuesday - Sunday, 09:00 until they sell out, and they're planning more locations coming soon. Ciao Cannoli The guys behind Catch Events have done another pivot into cannoli making, and the visitors to Dinetown in Dublin 8 are loving it. You can choose between a regular or chocolate cannolo shell, filled with things like Nutella, pistachio and espresso martini. They fill them to order (the only way to achieve the maximum crunch to cream ratio), and are already working on new flavours for Autumn, including Baileys, peanut butter, and an orange whiskey sour. They're also looking at finding a permanent city centre premises with a roof - news on that when we have it. Find Ciao Canoli at Dinetown from Thursday - Sunday. Hanger, Dinetown, Dublin 8 Also just launched in Dinetown is Hanger , a food truck specialising in Irish beef cooked over Irish timber, from chef Gavin McDonagh and the guys behind Bow Lane Social. The opening menu features a hanger steak kebab on boxty bread with black garlic aioli, pickled veg and hot sauce, and a giant yorkshire pudding filled with beef dripping chips, brisket gravy and cheese - the Instagrammers are going to have a field day. Open from Thursday - Sunday. I Scream Donut, Inchicore Over in Goldenbridge Industrial Estate in Inchicore, three friends who work together in the tech sector have opened a food truck serving hot donuts filled with ice-cream. I Scream is based on a concept they'd seen in LA, and after a few months testing donuts and gelato they settled on combinations like the 'Irish Classic' with vanilla gelato, sprinkles, strawberry sauce and a flake, and the 'Kinder Bueno' topped with chocolate chunks, chocolate sauce and whipped cream. You can also customise your own, and they do milkshakes, hot chocolate and ice-cream bowls if donuts don't float your boat. Currently open seven days a week. Check them out on Instagram here .

You step outside in July, an umbrella under your arm, and then it hits you. Literally. Heat. It’s momentarily warm. You don’t entirely know how to process this sensation. Then your brain springs in to action and you realise that this will probably last all of five minutes so you’re going to have to be super-fast and make the most of it. May we suggest a cold drink? Because nothing feels more like summer than sipping on an icy beverage as you stroll through town dodging the showers. From boba tea to cereal-laced coffee, here’s our pick of the best iced drinks in Dublin right now. Bubble Tea from Ea-Tea Bubble Tea Shop There are two types of people in this world; those who love bubble tea, and those who have yet to find the right bubble tea for them. Admittedly, the world of boba can be a bit daunting for rookies, but a dedicated shop like Ea-Tea on Parnell Street will make it really easy. We’d suggest starting out easy with a fruit or brown sugar milk tea with tapioca boba, but as you get more adventurous, you can progress to strawberry cheesecake, rose, or Milo. Mango Cloud Yogurt Tea from Nunki Teahouse If you find yourself hungry or thirsty in Dún Laoghaire, Nunki Teahouse is always a good call. For some serious refreshment, they have a range of cold fruit teas including pineapple, orange, watermelon, and a totally tropical mango cloud yogurt tea. Crunchie Latte from Michael’s Sutton You wouldn’t go to Michael’s for a salad, so there’s no point pretending that your summer coffee order is going to be a black Americano. Espresso, honeycomb syrup and whipped cream dusted with chocolate make for a pretty lethal liquid refreshment, but what else would you expect from the experts in being good to yourself. Kombucha from Aventura Iced coffees, with or without shots of salted caramel or dark chocolate, are available from Aventura in Portmarnock Station and Paddy’s Hill, but if you need to up your vitamin intake, grab a Kombucha and maybe a cruffin. For balance. Espresso Tonic from Vice Coffee When the espresso tonic trend hit Ireland in 2019, it did a rare thing and managed to unite coffee aficionados and gin lovers who each had a love/hate relationship with the drink. If you missed your chance to try it for yourself, our sage advice would be to ensure that you start with a really good coffee base, so head to Vice Coffee on Abbey Street and alongside Baste on Clanbrassil Street. Or forego the tonic and go straight for an icy cold cold brew. Salted Caramel Iced Latte from Bibi’s When is a milkshake not a milkshake? When it’s a salted caramel iced latte. Plus, nobody is going to judge you for a 9am latte. Get them at Bibi’s in Dún Laoghaire. Iced Matcha from Cabana Café Iced coffees, frappes, and matcha served within walking distance of the sea are always going to be a good idea. Cabana Café also has lots of Brazilian snacks like coxinha, cheese bread and stick crepes, and once the temperature hits 30° we’re sure that Balbriggan will look exactly like Brazil. Iced Coffee from Fallon and Byrne A take-away iced mocha with cream from Fallon and Byrne is never a bad idea. If the weather’s lousy, the caffeine and sugar kick will help you get back to your car in record time. If the weather’s nice, sipping your coffee/dessert while sitting on one of the outdoor benches and doing some serious people-watching on Exchequer Street is a very good use of your time. Iced Chai Latte from As One As One on City Quay has a pretty extensive range of iced coffees including Americanos, lattés and mochas, but they also do iced chocolates and iced chais that sound like they’re sailing pretty close to milkshake territory, which can only be a plus. Iced Chai from Brother Hubbard There’s no shortage of iced coffee and chocolate bevvies from Brother Hubbard , but look extra cool while staying cold with this homemade iced chai that’s dusted with spiced raspberry powder. Cereal Iced Coffees from Laine My Love Too busy to have cereal AND coffee in the morning? Laine My Love on Talbot Street have solved that problem by combining icy cold cereal milks like Coco Pops with coffee. The result is indulgent, and while probably not something you’re going to have every day, is very enjoyable when you need something sweet with a caffeine kick. Maple Iced Coffee from Honey Truffle It’s finally happened, someone has figured out a way for us to drink maple syrup without looking like an unsupervised toddler. Honey Truffle on Pearse Street have created this magical combo of coffee, Village Dairy Milk, and a touch of maple for that natural Canadian sweetness. Iced Everything from Two Pups Two Pups on Francis Street have pretty much all bases covered when it comes to the cold drinks we want in our lives. Homemade rose geranium kombucha, ginger beer, iced Vietnamese latte, iced chai, Aussie iced chocolate - there’s enough there to keep you refreshed for a week. Did we miss your favourite iced drink in Dublin? Let us know by emailing info@allthefood.ie. Looking for something a little stronger? Our guide to where to buy cocktails is here .

Indoor dining, Delta, 18-34 year olds being forced to get over their fear of phone calls to contact a pharmacy - it’s only week one but July has already given us a lot to unpack. Speaking of packed, here are five things that are brimming over with flavour that we want to eat in Dublin this week. 1) Poutine From The Bar With No Name We've always thought that poutine - chips with cheese and gravy - sounds like more of an Irish creation than a Canadian one, given their similarities to something eaten out of a cardboard box in most cities across the island on a typical Saturday night. The Bar with No Name , on Fade Street, have given their version a very sophisticated make-over, with crispy fried beef, fresh cut fries, cheese curds and pepper sauce and we're kind of hoping it sets off a poutine craze across the city. 2) Gooseberry Galette From Scéal Bakery Stop reading and head over to Scéal Bakery’s Insta because this gooseberry galette with thyme and a ginger crème chantilly is only available for click and collect tomorrow (Thursday), from the Fumbally Stables. Seriously, stop reading. Get your card out. Order before everyone else does. 3) Softshell Crab from Hawker To aid your future dinner decisions, we checked out Hawker recently and told you how much we loved it. Then this softshell crab with lemongrass mayo appeared on our timeline and we think that "love" may not be a strong enough word to express how much we need it. 4) The Supreme Cheese from Love Supreme We’ve long loved Love Supreme for their sausage rolls and cakes, so were excited to see they’ve launched a range of sandwiches, available through the hatch. They’re not joking when they say this one is supremely cheesy - it’s packed with Gubbeen, Dubliner cheddar and Bechamel. It’s basically a fondue between two pieces of toasted Firehouse buttermilk white bread, with a side of Piccalilli to cut through all that gooey cheesy goodness. Hard approve. 5) Truffle Arancini from Paulie's Does anyone else sit in Paulie's and immediately get an urge to talk like a TV Mafia Don? Just us? If you're gonna shudduppa yo face, you may as well fill it with something delicious like these truffle arancini. Capiche?

We've been waiting impatiently for the return of Niall Davidson's Allta, and now we know where to find them for the next couple of months. They're popping up in Slane Castle with " Allta Summer House ", in a field on the banks of the river Boyne from next Saturday, 26th June. They're calling it "a convivial dining experience cooked over fire", allowing you to "reconnect with those you have missed over dinner, drinks and music", and they'll be celebrating the Boyne Valley's producers, farmers, fishermen and foragers. Their set menu, costing €95, will be available from Thursday - Sunday. Tables are for four, five or six people, and they've even organised a "VIP taxi service" which will work out at €20-30 a head for transportation there and back to Dublin, depending on how many of you there are and where you're coming from. There's also accommodation on site at Rock Farm, and additional rooms will be available in the castle from early July if you feel like going all out. The menu is still TBC but here's the sample they've released (vegetarian option available on request). Allta Summer House Summer broth Cromane oyster, damson, sorrel ice Raw dexter, buckwheat miso, smoked yolk Lobster, crème fraîche, green strawberry Jersey halloumi, aubergine, broad beans Squid, ink, romesco Bán goats cheese, black garlic flatbread Whole roast turbot, gooseberry Tamworth pork, fermented pepper Hispi, hazelnut, apple ice wine Potato, bay leaf Brioche feuilletée, goat’s milk ice, whipped honey, strawberry Tickets for Allta's summer house in Slane go on sale at midday today. Book here .

When we told you in April that Filipino food was coming to Dublin in the form of Bahay , from former Clanbrassil House chef Richie Castillo, it was the most excited we've seen you lot in ages. Safe to say we all like something new and fresh that we can't find on every corner, and it seems that loads of Dubliners have either been to the Philippines or had the food and couldn't wait to get their hands on it again. So today we can exclusively give you all the details about their launch and how to be the first to try it. Bahay will launch at Roe and Co's D-8TE event in their cocktail village in Dublin 8 on Thursday 8th of July, running until Sunday 11th, then again from Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th, and if the opening menu (below) isn't enough to get you interested then you need to get your eyes tested. The set menu will cost €40, and there's an option to do a cocktail pairing for €30 when you're there, which has been created with the chefs. They'll also have beer, Guinness, spirits and other mixed drinks for sale. Currently Spitalfields are in residency, with Pickle next, and later in the summer will see Nightmarket , Matsu Ramen and Lil' Portie take over the cocktail village kitchen. This is what those of you who get a booking tomorrow have to look forward to. Bahay Opening Menu Snacks Lumpia - Spring roll filled with ground pork, carrot, cabbage, and onion Inihaw na Manok - Grilled chicken thighs marinated in banana ketchup, vinegar, garlic Pandesal - yeasty bread roll served with whipped chicken fat annatto butter Small plate Sisig - Diced grilled pork belly, pigs ear, soy, vinegar, calamansi, onion Main Beef short rib Kare Kare - Braised short rib in a peanut sauce, green beans, bok choy, shrimp paste Sinangag - Garlic rice Atchara - pickled veg-carrot, daikon, peppers, green papaya Dessert Tibok-Tibox with Latik - Calamansi coconut custard with caramelised coconut milk curds Bookings for Bahay's first pop up go live on Roe & Co's website at 09:00 tomorrow for tables of two, four or six, so pick a date and time now and have your fingers flexed at 08:59 in the morning, because this one is going to book out. For more previews of what's coming follow them on Instagram here .

While a lot of restaurants are planning for reopening and meal kits are winding down, some have no outdoor space to work with, and others want to make up for the loss of capacity by keeping a certain number of meal kits going. Whether you've been unable to get a booking, can't face the crowds or don't want to book a babysitter, here's who's continuing with meal kits for June (or just very good takeaway)... (s) - Special Occasion (c) - Casual (v) / (vg) Vegetarian/Vegan (d) / (D) - Limited Dublin delivery / Dublinwide Delivery (n) - Nationwide Delivery (w) - Work involved (f) - Family Friendly (1) - Meals for one 1) Clanbrassil House (s) (v) (w) (1) Clanbrassil House head chef Gráinne O'Keefe announced she was moving on at the start of April, and we don't know who's taking over from her yet, but a brand new menu is due to start soon, which will continue to be available for collection on Fridays and Saturdays. Once it's live you'll be able to order here . 2) Bastible (s) (v) (w) (1) Bastible 's meal kits are available for collection Thursday - Saturday from 1600 - 19:00, and the five course menu (plus bread and snacks) will definitely be worthy of your next special occasion. May's menu included new season asparagus with curd cheese, Salter's farm pork belly with sweet onions and mead, and brown butter and plum frangipane with honey cream. No word on June's menu's yet but it should be announced this week. Order here . 3) Boco (c) (v) (vg) (d) (w) (f) Boco are the latest pizza restaurant to join the bake at home brigade. Bases come half-baked to be finished in the oven at home, with crushed tomato sauce, Fior di Latte cheese and the toppings for whichever ones you pick, as well as that all important woodfired garlic mayo. Delivery is available within 10km of the restaurant in Dublin 1 from Friday - Sunday and they get cheaper the more you order. Kits keep for three days and can be ordered on their website . They do their usual menu for takeaway too. 4) Asador/Prado (c) (d) (w) (f) Sister restaurants Asador and Prado have six at home meal boxes available, with four designed for the barbecue. They've covered a lot of bases from a healthy Mediterranean box with piri piri chicken and halloumi sticks, to ultimate BBQ boxes. Available for collection or delivery Thursday - Sunday and they cover most of Dublin. Check out their boxes here . 5) Bia Rebel, Belfast (c) (v) (n) (w) (f) (1) Belfast ramen mecca Bia Rebel have launched at home kits for nationwide delivery (ROI and UK) and this is one we can't wait to get our hands on. There's a vegetarian (£16) or a pork option (£20), each serving two people, and it comes with handmade noodles, miso broth and toppings. Delivery to the ROI is £6.50 and you can order here . 6) Grano, Stoneybatter (c) (v) (w) (f) (1) Grano is keeping their collection menu going until they can reopen for indoor dining, with homemade pastas, sauces, cured meats and tiramisu for dessert. The OGs are still there, like the cacio e pepe and the amatriciana with black pig guanciale, but they're also doing weekly specials, like fresh egg pasta with truffle and a creamy sauce with salsiccia and parmesan. Collection is available Friday and Saturday from 13:00 - 18:30, and you can place an order here . 7) The Shelbourne, St. Stephen's Green (s) (v) (d) (w) (1) The Shelbourne are keeping a few at home options going for June, including afternoon tea, beef wellington with all the sides, and excellent cocktails for €20 a bottle plus garnishes (two serves). Available for collection or delivery within 10km of the hotel (€10). See all the details here . 8) Craft, Harold's Cross (s) (v) (w) (1) Craft 's set menu is available for collection on Friday and Saturday nights and will continue until mid-June before they shut for renovations (including an expanded outdoor area). It's €35 for one and €70 for two and there's a choice of main courses including a vegetarian option. Order here . 9) Mister S, Camden Street (c) (D) (w) (f) (1) Mister S are taking a break but will be back from the week of the 7th June with their heat at home options available for collection or delivery, with a three-course meal for two costing €49. There's also a ready to eat menu for collection only, from an à la carte menu. Order here . 10) Little Forest (c) (v) (vg) (f) (1) The pizza master is back, and the reviews are better than ever. After parting ways with Pi last year, Reggie White has taken over the pizza oven at Little Forest in Blackrock, the third opening from John and Sandy Wyer, along with former 2IC Shane Windrum. The critics love it, the collection spots sell out every week, and they're mixing up the menu regularly - although we're still not over the fact that we missed the one with roast cauliflower, Taleggio, grapes and brown butter. Praying for a comeback. Orders go live every Monday at 10:00 for that week and you can book a collection slot (if you're fast) here . 11) Michie Sushi (c) (v) (vg) (d) (f) (1) Michie services most of South Dublin for crispy salmon temaki, tuna maki and fire dragon rolls, alongside katsu currys, yaki soba and seaweed salads. Collection is available from their three branches in Ranelagh, Dun Laoghaire and Sandyford, with delivery charges ffrom €2.50 - €3.50. See their menu and order here . 12) Kakilang, Dublin 1 (c) (d) (f) (1) Bubble tea and fried chicken house Kakilang had barely gotten off the ground before the lockdowns began, but buoyed by the response of their customers they've stayed open for takeaway throughout, and have started offering a delivery services to different parts of Dublin each day (you can check their weekly schedule on Instagram). Taiwanese chicken steak, chicken wings with Korean and Japanese sauces, and takoyaki (octopus balls) are the savoury options, with filled croissants, cheesecake and crêpe cakes for dessert. There are 25 different types of bubble tea, all customisable with fruit, tapioca and jelly toppings, and they do excellent value meal deals. 13) Michael's, Mount Merrion & Sutton (s) (w) (f) (1) Michael's is planning to take on the day reservations for their few outdoor tables, but they're keeping the ready to eat meals and meal kits going from Michael's in Mount Merrion and Sutton. Collection slots for hot food will be available on their website . 14) The Dough Bros, Galway (c) (n) (w) (f) Galway pizzeria The Dough Bros send their DIY pizza kits nationwide, containing 3 wood-fired pizza bases, roasted garlic dips and toppings of your choice. The kit is €35 and delivery is €3.50. Order here . 15) The Legal Eagle, Dublin 1 (s) (v) (D) (w) (1) The Legal Eagle / Winding Stair is now available in the comfort of your own home, complete with treacle brown bread, bacon and cheese crisps, and bread and butter pudding with whiskey caramel sauce (epic is the word). For mains there's a choice of Châteaubriand, olive-fed pork belly, fish or vegetarian options, and the Toonsbridge goat's curd panna cotta with fresh figs, onion marmalade and hazelnuts is worth an order alone. Currently available Friday and Saturday and they're planning on keeping them going for June. Order here . 16) Uno Mas, Dublin 2 (s) (v) (D) (w) (1) Uno Mas ’ gildas, tortilla and flan de queso are on every Dublin food to-do list, and now you can have them delivered to your door – you can even buy the perfect tortilla making pan to make sure it’s just right. They don’t always feature in each week’s set menu (available for one or two people), but can be added on – and you really should add them on. Other optional extras include cured meats, tinned fish and olive oil, as well as sherry, wine and cocktails, so enough to set you up for a very nice weekend. They're keeping going until the end of June and are available for collection and delivery from Thursday - Saturday, costing €32 for one or €62 for two. Order here . 17) Etto, Dublin 2 (s) (v) (w) (1) Etto's meal kits will be going until at least the end of June, with a set menu for two people costing €60. It includes olives, almonds, cured meats and sourdough, then a weekly changing starter, main and dessert. The food comes cold with minimal assembly at home, and collections are available from Thursday - Sunday. Menus and how to order should go live on their website soon . 18) Tang, Dublin 1 & 2 (s) (vg) (D) (w) (f) (1) We love Tang ’s healthy, Middle-Eastern vibe (and their nut butter, never forget the nut butter), and their dinner box for two is excellent value at €45. You get four nibbles, a main with three sides, and a dessert, and this week features lovely things like McNally Farm Crown Prince Pumpkin hummus, Sean Ring’s organic roast chicken with cardamom and caramelised onion, and a chocolate torte with sweet tahini. Deliveries Friday and Saturday. Order here . 19) Juniors, Dublin 4 (s) (v) (1) Junior's is changing from doing dinners for collection to a finish at home meal kit, available for collection. We're waiting on more details but once it's live you'll be able to order here . 20) Pickle, Dublin 2 (s) (v) (vg) (d) (f) (1) Pickle are doing takeaway from their Camden Street restaurant until they can reopen, including their kid goat mince curry, venison keema samosas, and takda dahl. It's available for collection or delivery and you'll need to book a slot on their website here . 21) Margadh, Howth (c) (v) (w) (f) (1) Mamó in Howth have stopped their supper club menu so they can have a rest before looking towards reopening, but you can still get heat at home mains from the same kitchen team from their upmarket food shop Margadh a few doors down. 22) The Cake Café, Dublin 2 (s) (v) (D) (f) For some serious escapism, The Cake Café will deliver afternoon tea to your door, with prosecco cocktails as an optional add on. It costs €49.80 for two and includes mini sandwiches, cakes, scones and teas, and they deliver anywhere in Dublin for €10. Order here . 23) Bujo, Sandymount (c) (v) (vg) (n) (w) (f) We have a lot of love for Bujo ’s perfectly crafted burgers, and this is another one for the nationwide delivery list. Their masterpiece kit comes with everything you need to make four doubles and four singles, so you just need to round up some friends and family (if allowed), or commit to multiple days of eating burgers, which won’t be an issue. Kits are €40 and can be ordered here . Delivery is every Friday, with the cut off the day before at 12pm. 24) Mulberry Garden, Donnybrook (s) (v) (D) (w) Mulberry Garden in Donnybrook are continuing a limited amount of dinner boxes for June. A three-course menu for two for €65 from Thursday - Sunday, with a weekly changing menu focusing on seasonal Irish produce. Collection only. Get involved here . 25) Uno Pizza, Rathmines (c) (v) (n) (w) (f) Uno Pizza ’s at home kits are probably the closest you’re going to get to wood-fired pizza made fresh at home. The clever frying pan/oven method produces a surprisingly good result, and they provide everything you need for a margarita or diavola. You can also add on prosecco, wine or beer. Order here . 26) Dax, Dublin 2 (s) (1) If you've got something to celebrate, upmarket Dax is keeping their Friday and Saturday night dinners going. It's one of the pricier options in the city right now at €48 per person for three courses, but yellowfin tuna, smoked Challans duck and Dublin Bay prawn ravioli don't come cheap. See the menu here . 27) China Sichuan, Sandyford (s) (v) (vg) (w) (f) (1) China Sichuan in Sandyford have started doing cook-at-home kits alongside their regular takeaway menu. Options include black pepper merlot beef and dan dan noodles, and they cost €22.50 and feed two. Or you can just save yourself the work and order some "Man & Wife" spicy beef slices and soft-shell crab to go. Reserve a collection spot via their website . 28) Bistro One, Foxrock (c) (v) (f) (1) Bistro One is open for collections on Friday and Saturday nights from 17:00 - 20:00, serving loads of their classics like brisket lasagne, smokies and roast duck. Order on their website . 29) Woodruff, Stepaside (s) (v) (1) Woodruff in Stepaside will be continuing their takeaway from an á la carte menu from Thursday - Saturday night for collection only. The menu might include charred line caught winter mackerel with beetroot kimchi, and white choocolate, clementine, lavender and pistachio mille feuille, and comes out at around €40 a head for snacks, three courses and sides, but you can order as much or as little as you want. There's also a pop up wine shop and Bar 1661 cocktails to take home. See the menu and book on their website . 30) Street By Sunil, Clonskeagh (c) (v) (vg) (f) (1) Pickle 's Sunil Ghai opened the more casual Street By Sunil in Clonskeagh a few months ago, and the critics have already been describing it as "sublime" and "beautiful food". The curries, kebab boxes and 36-hour black dahl are available for takeaway from Wednesday - Monday, with orders by phone or via their website . 31) Richmond, Portobello (s) (1) Richmond have a weekly changing call and collect menu, with starters, mains, sides, desserts and wine, so a one-stop shop. They're operating from 17:00 - 21:00 Thursday and Friday, and from 14:00 - 21:00 on Saturday. Call them on 01 4788783 to order, and you can see the current menu on their website . 32) The Fumbally, Dublin 8 (c) (v) (vg) (w) (f) (1) The Fumbally 's Wednesday and Friday dinners are the calm we need in our lives right now. On Wednesday you'll get a main and a dessert for €18 (last week was tinga tacos and chocolate chilli brownies), and Friday is lasagne night (€13.50). Orders via their website , where you can also add on jars of Fumbally ferments, Harry's nutbutter and natural wines. 33) 3 Leaves, Blackrock (s) (v) (vg) (f) (1) 3 Leaves is doing takeaway from 12:00 - 15:00 Wednesday - Friday for their "taster thali", and 12:30 - 17:00 Saturday and Sunday for Indian street food and their special chicken biriyani. They're hoping to be open for dinner soon. 34) Gaillot et Gray, Dublin 8 (c) (v) (f) (1) Bread and pizza mecca Gaillot et Gray is open for collections from 08:00 - 21:00 Wednesday - Saturday, with pizzas from 16:00, including their new special with roast aubergine, garlic, semi sun-dried tomato, caramelised red onion and Toulouse sausage. Call them on 01 4547781 to order. 35) Kinara Group (c) (v) (vg) (f) (1) Kinara in Clontarf and Ranelagh, as well as Kajal in Malahide, are continuing with their limited takeout menu with 15% off menu prices, available Thursday - Sunday from 17:00 - 21:00. They're doing starters like Aloo Tiki and Behari Kebab (marinated beef tenderloin cooked over charcoal), and mains like Jalfrezi Jhinga and Bhuna Gosht. Orders can be made via whatsapp - full details here . 36) Nunki Tea House, Dun Laoghaire (s) (v) (vg) (d) (f) (1) Regional Chinese specialists Nunki Tea House in Dun Laoghaire are open for delivery or collection with a huge menu including specialties that need to be pre-booked 24 hours in advance. You can choose from stewed pork ribs with pickled cabbage; prawns with crab sticks, black fungi and wolfberries, or Nunki's special deep-fried milk custard. See the menu and how to order here . 37) Hang Dai Chinese, Dublin 2 (s) (v) (vg) (d) (f) (1) Modern Camden Street Chinese Hang Dai have a takeaway and delivery menu featuring favourites like their sesame prawn sourdough toast with yuzu mayo and mapo tofu with minced pork, along with their take on classic takeaway dishes like crispy, sticky sweet and sour pork with roasted pineapple and Kentucky fried kung pao chicken with peanuts and chilli. They're also doing a Hang Dai box set with a selection of dishes serving 2-3 people. To order call them on 01 5458888 or head to Deliveroo . 38) Nightmarket, Ranelagh (s) (v) (vg) (d) (f) (1) Thai restaurant Nightmarket is offering collection and delivery within a 7.5km radius of their Ranelagh restaurant. It's the same extensive (often spicy) menu and is availale from Wednesday - Sunday for the moment. See their menu and order here . 39) Riba, Stillorgan (c) (v) (d) (f) (1) Stillorgan restaurant Riba a re doing family style mains, grazing platters and an à la carte menu for delivery and collection. Spicy chicken wings, whole black sole and hand-rolled pappardelle with Italian sausage ragu and buffalo mozzarella are all on the menu, as well as trays of tiramisu and cannoli, and they're offering their wine list at wine shop prices. Open Wednesday - Sunday - see the menu and order here . 40) Cirillo's, Dublin 2 (c) (v) (vg) (d) (f) (1) Good news for Cirillo's fans (which seems to be all of you), their pizzas (and truffle aioli) are available for delivery or collection from the restaurant. We very much recommend the Calabra with tomato sauce, mozzarella, nduja, Young Buck blue cheese & basil, or you can't go wrong with their classic Margherita, and truffle aioli is non-negotiable. See their menu and how to order here . 41) One Society, Dublin 1 (c) (v) (vg) (d) (f) (1) One Society are doing pizzas and pastas for collection and delivery from Wednesday - Sunday. Pizzas include the 'Sizzling Garlic Prawn' with Toonsbridge mozzarella, parma ham and fresh chilli, and 'The Farmers Wife' with Toonsbridge mozzarella, red onion, parmesan and slow cooked pulled brisket from the owner's sister’s farm, and pastas are the usual suspects like arrabbiata and spaghetti bolognese. See the menu and order on their website . 42) Lobstar, Monkstown (s) (f) (1) Lobstar are doing pretty much their full menu for collection from Tuesday - Sunday, and yes there's lobster - whole with garlic ginger butter and fries, and lobster rolls. There's also oysters, seafood linguine and steak, and you can see the menu and number to call here . 43) Ananda (s) (v) (vg) (f) (1) Longtime ATF favourite Ananda have a dine at home menu featuring popular dishes like their Old Delhi chaat platter, Goan seafood curry and gulab jamun (warm, caramelised milk dumplings). There's also an early bird for €26, a tasting menu for €70 for two, and a children's menu. See all the details here . 44) Gursha, Phibsborough (c) (v) (vg) (d) (f) (1) Ethiopian Gursha and doing collection or local delivery from their Phibsborough base, comprising of five mixed dishes or six vegan ones for €21. Extra injera (a spongy teff based pancake to mop everything up) is €3. Order and choose from the menu here . 45) Potager, Skerries (s) (v) (1) Potager are open for a grab and go lunch from Wednesday - Saturday, and their store has meals to heat at home, like confit duck leg and roasted carrots with a lovage crumb. Order in advance here . 46) Back 2 Dine (s) (D) (w) Back to Dine is back for June with a collaboration with Frenchette restaurant in New York. See the menu and book here . 47) The Butcher Grill (s) (c) (D) (n) (w) (f) (1) The Butcher Grill in Ranelagh have quite a few options for food at home - a weekly three course set menu, a steak box, a hot food menu collected ready to eat, and a Sunday roast (also ready to eat). Delivery is available in Dublin south inside the M50, or collections can be made from the restaurant, and as of late April they're offering nationwide delivery for €9! See all of their menus and order here . 48) The Vintage Kitchen (c) (f) The Vintage Kitchen are doing takeaway 'Guerilla Dining' for the summer with pork shoulder burgers, crispy chicken and cod in pancakes. Collection only - see the menu here .

*Updated 15th June 2021* After a few false starts we're holding off getting too excited about the prospect of light at the end of the tunnel, but the signs are good, and like well-behaved children we're going to be allowed to eat outdoors again from Monday 7th June. So have you booked somewhere? Are you going to race back out there or take it in baby steps? Do we even remember how to be social? Do we want to be after a very slow year of staying close to home? In our recent poll, 66% of you said you've yet to book a table anywhere, but 76% of those said it's because they just haven't gotten around to it yet. So let's make things a bit easier for you. Here's where you can book for outdoor dining next month (availability permitting), and we've also added places at the end who will have outdoor seating from the 7th of June but are walk up only. Expect to pay a deposit, and for the love of God do not book multiple tables on the same night or just not show up . Unless you want bad karma for life, and no one needs that... Soup Ramen, Dun Laoghaire / Soup Two, Smithfield Soup in Dun Laoghaire and Smithfield, with their special ramen, deep-fried kimchi and super cute cocktails have outdoor dining in both locations. Book on their website . Nanetti's, Dawson Street Nanetti's , the new modern Italian on Dawson Street from the guys behind Cirillo's , bravely opened their doors in December for a three week run before shutting down again, but now they're back with a terrace, a very good value four course menu for €35, and a lot of nice wine. Table bookings are for two hours and they're covered with an awning. Book here . Hen's Teeth, Dublin 8 Hen's Teeth are back with late night action on Friday and Saturday nights, and once their snazzy new outdoor area is complete you'll be able to book for dinner on Wednesday and Thursday nights too. Their ever changing menu is without doubt one of the most innovative and interesting in the city, and most importantly it delivers on every dish. Walk ups only for lunch. Book for dinner here . Sprezzatura, Dublin 8 Sprezzatura have done an amazing job of turning an alleyway beside the restaurant into "Piazza Sprezzatura", with more surprises to be revealed over the summer. Their new menu still offers great value, and while they've been inundated with bookings you might get lucky with a midweek table or a cancellation. Try your luck here . Grapevine, Dalkey Grapevine in Dalkey are open for outdoor dining and wine-ing from Wednesday - Sunday, 12:00 - 22:00. They've an all day menu and shelves packed with wine. Book here . Monty's, Temple Bar Monty's are serving excellent value Nepalese tiffin boxes in Meeting House square, with a choice of vegetarian or meat options, along with their famous Momos (Nepalese dumplings), with sittings for 90 minutes. See the menu here and book here . M&L Chinese, Dublin 1 Sichuan spot and dumpling house M&L Chinese have created a lovely, umbrella-covered set up outside the restaurant, so no longer must we go without their deep-fried seabass and stir-fried green beans. Book via their website . As One, City Quay Health food focused As One have sunshine filled seating for breakfast, brunch and lunch on the quays. Book a table on their website . Winedown, Leeson Street Seasonal Irish small plates, croquettes and a nice wine list at toastie shop Meltdown's night time wine bar Winedown . Book a table here . Hang Dai/Hawker, Camden Street Hang Dai have launched an outdoor space out the front called ‘Hawker’. There's high tables on the footpath and (permission allowing) they'll have plastic stools and steel tabletops over beer crates in the parking spaces. They've taken out the window and are serving Chinese street food like BBQ beef skewers, pork dumplings and deep-fried ice-cream, as well as Tsingtao and Zombie cocktails. You can grab and go or tables are first come first served, but if it's full you can put your name down and they'll call you when they've space. Hang Dai 's rooftop 'Gold Bar' terrace will also be open and is taking bookings from Tuesday 8th June, but no surprise they're already jam-packed with barely any weekend availability - there's always the hope of a cancellation though. Both areas will be open Tuesday - Thursday from 17:00 and Friday - Sunday from 13:00. You can't book the terrace online but you can call them on 015458888 or email eat@hangdaichinese.com . Dillinger's, Ranelagh Dillinger's has a very appealing looking set up at the front and side of the restaurant. It's covered but they're saying bookings are weather dependent, so presumably if it's bucketing down you might have to reschedule your nacho and rib eating to another day. They're opening Wednesday - Sunday and you can look for tables here . The Butcher Grill, Ranelagh The Butcher Grill will also have high tables out front so you can watch all of Ranelagh go by while enjoying your Côte de boeuf. They'll be open Thursday - Sunday and you can check for tables here . Asador, Ballsbridge Asador 's impressive (covered and heated) terrace reopens on Wednesday 9th June and they're taking bookings from Wednesday - Sunday each week for smoked beef tartare, fillet steak and fire-roasted lobster. Look for a table here . Eatokyo, Temple Bar Eatokyo has secured some space at the side for outdoor dining and reopens on Monday 7th June. They'll be serving sushi, tempura and katsu curries seven days a week from 11:00 - 22:00. You can send a booking request through their website or call them on 015348576. Old Street, Malahide Old Street in Malahide open their outdoor bookings for June tomorrow morning (Wednesday 2nd) at 09:00, with tables available Wednesday to Saturday from 17:00 - 21:00, and Sunday from 13:00 - 18:00. They're only taking bookings by phone on 018455614, and tables are very limited so it'll be fastest fingers first. Big Fan, Aungier Street We're pretty excited about Big Fan 's plans for outdoor dining on Aungier Street. They're taking out the window at the front and building something akin to a big porch with a new wall further back, complete with big fans above. Their reopening menu is in development but expect bao, jiaozi and lots of other outrageously delicious plates of food. Book here . Oliveto, Haddington House The beautiful garden terrace at Haddington House reopens on Monday 7th June serving equally beautiful-looking food from Oliveto . Now all you'll need is the sun. Book here . Cirillo's, Dublin 2 Cirillo's is back slinging pizzas and pasta to a few outdoor tables from Monday 7th June. Currently there seems to be a decent amount of availability, but don't expect to last long now that we've told you all about it. Look for tables here . Junior's, Dublin 4 The terrace at Junior's in Beggar's Bush reopens on Thursday 10th June, and will be serving dinner from Thursday - Saturday. No word on the menu yet but chef Fiachra Kenny's been showing off dishes on the 'gram like monkfish bouillabaisse and sweet cured pork chops with succotash and pressed potato. No online booking (arrgghh) but you can send a request through their website . Urban Brewing, Custom House Quay Urban Brewing was basically built for a pandemic, with tonnes of outdoor seating outside the CHQ building. The menu in the Hop Garden Terrace is built around tapas and larger plates (raciones), and the sun trap bar will be taking walk-ins for drinks and/or snacks. There's currently a decent amount of availability midweek. Book here . Bobby's, Baggot Street Bobby's is back with outdoor dining in their courtyard from Wednesday 9th June, and a simple menu focusing on cheese, charcuterie and toasties, which means more time to look at the wine list. Look for tables here . Rascal's Brewing, Inchicore Rascal's pizzeria and tap room reopens seven days a week from Monday 7th June, with waterproof shelters, heaters, nice lighting, bike racks, and all the pizza and beer. Look for tables here . Volpe Nera, Blackrock Volpe Nera very quietly opened their online reservations book last week for the minimum of outdoor tables they'll have and already bookings for June are scarce, but if you're happy with 21:30 on a Wednesday get on it. They may have more tables coming on board this week so keep your eyes peeled. Book here . Canteen, Marlin Hotel, Dublin 2 Canteen at the Marlin Hotel behind St. Stephen's Green is another place where reservations have opened very quietly, probably due to the fact that only Wednesday and Thursday evenings are currently open to non-residents, with Friday and Saturday saved for guests of the hotel. It was rising up the hottest restaurants in Dublin list pre-pandemic so expect it to be very busy once word gets out (i.e. now). Look for a table here . Drury Buildings, Drury Street T he gorgeous garden in Drury Buildings is reopening for brunch/lunch and dinner from their Josper charcoal oven seven days a week from June, but currently the first available tables aren't until the middle of the month - and no surprises that weekend brunch went like a flash. The balcony tables overlooking the garden will be the ones to nab if you're very, very lucky. Look for a table here . Las Tapas De Lola, Wexford Street Las Tapas de Lola reopen in June but are currently booked out for the entire month - and with only four tables on their outdoor terrace it didn't take long. However you can add your name to a waitlist for cancellations, or book ahead for July or August. Email book@lastapasdelola.com for enquiries. Rosa Madre, Temple Bar Italian seafood and Champagne den Rosa Madre reopen their atmospheric terrace on Tuesday 8th June, and will be open for dinner from Tuesday - Saturday. It's covered and heated so no dramas with the Irish summer, and reservations have opened very quietly so you still have a chance of getting in if you're quick. Look for a table here . Alma, Portobello The seats outside Alma are some of the loveliest in Portobello, and an iced dulce de leche latté in the sunshine while you wait for brunch is as perfect a post-covid situation as we can imagine. Tables are only available for 50 minutes so not one for slow eaters, but the service is lovely and efficient so hopefully it won't cause problems. Check for tables here . Circa, Terenure Circa reopen their outdoor area at the back of the restaurant on Wednesday 9th June for brunch, lunch and dinner. No word on a menu yet but keep an eye on their website and check for free tables here . Gaillot et Gray, Clanbrassil Street French pizzeria and natural wine hang out Gaillot et Gray will reopen for lunch (mainly sandwiches on their own bread) and dinner (pizza) on their terrace out the back. You can book by calling them on 014547781 or they'll be taking walk ins if they have space. Bay/Fish and Meat Bone Clontarf sister restaurants Bay and Fish and Meat Bone (formerly Fishbone) reopen on Monday 7th with outdoor dining at both venues. You can't book online but they're taking bookings over the phone and by email. Check out Bay here and Fish and Meat Bone here . 777 While we were scratching our heads wondering where on earth 777 were going to find the space for outdoor seating, they were busy converting a car park out the back into their "777 afuera" (meaning 'outside'), complete with a margarita-serving airstream. One look at it and it's not surprising that tables in June are already like hen's teeth. Have a look through what's left or get booking for July here . Bresson Bresson 's lovely outdoor courtyard reopens on Tuesday 8th June for dinner Tuesday - Sunday and lunch Thursday - Sunday. New head chef Peter Byrne (ex-Hugo's) has been shaking up the menu so we're not sure what to expect, but we've been told the Coquilles St-Jacques is staying, which is a relief. Check their website for availability. Shouk Our love for Shouk runs deep. The food, the staff, the prices, the food. They were lucky to already have an outdoor space pre-pandemic but they've since extended it further into their Drumcondra yard, which means you can have all the arayes, mezze and shawarma without any indoor-related risks. At the moment they have a waiting list that you can join by emailing hello@shouk.ie (until there are more clarification on outdoor restrictions), and online bookings will open in a few weeks, once the wait-listers have been sorted out. Mamó Mamó hope to have around 14 seats on their covered terrace outside the restaurant, serving cod chips, fresh seafood and eight rosés by the glass, seven days a week. Bookings are due to open next week so keep an eye on their Instagram for details of when they go live. Charlotte Quay Coppinger Row's sister restaurant Charlotte Quay reopens on Monday 7th June, with ample outdoor space overlooking Grand Canal Dock that gets the sun all evening. They haven't released their new menu yet but we're expecting more Mediterranean small plates like crab & crayfish croquettes, tuna crudo and gambas pil pil, with a cold glass of wine. You can book a table on OpenTable or email info@charlottequay.ie . Mr Fox Mr Fox has made clever use of available space by installing some tables outside their front door at the base of the steps down into the restaurant. Spaces are naturally limited, and they'll be opening Tuesday - Saturday for dinner only. Book on their website . L'Gueuleton L'Gueuleton on Fade Street have a considerable outside space, prime for people watching, small plate eating and Champagne drinking. Bookings are open on their website . Daphne's, Rialto Daphne's reopens on Wednesday 9th June serving pizza and pasta on their terrace, and brunch on the weekend. Email info@daphnes.ie or call 015521708 to book. The Winding Stair The Winding Stair is back with 'pop up' terrace dining from Friday 11th, adjacent to where their pizza place The Yarn was pre-lockdown. The menu is a mix of the best dishes from The Legal Eagle and The Winding Stair, like roasted bone marrow with braised oxtail and gaelic escargots with garlic butter, and Pat Mac’s smoked lamb breast with potato pavé, pea & wild garlic ketchup, Jerusalem artichoke purée and pickled tongue. Book on their website . Brother Hubbard North Brother Hubbard have lovely terraces at their Capel Street and Harrington Street locations, with plenty of space for social distancing. They're reopening for brunch and lunch in both sites, with dinner in Brother Hubbard North, which is taking reservations here . Brother Hubbard South is staying walk-in only. Saba's Secret Garden, Baggot Street Saba 's secret garden out the back of their Baggot Street location has canopies and heaters, holiday style lighting and art by Subset. It's open seven days a week serving food all day, including black pepper squid, Thai beef salad and Pad Thai. There's also a pretty extensive cocktail menu. There's currently no availability for any Thursday, Friday or Saturday in June, but you can look for a table here . Piglet Piglet reopens on Monday 7th June and will be open seven days a week, but early availability is already limited. It's worth getting your booking in early if you'd like good wine, small plates and prime people watching on Cow's Lane in your future. Book online . Coppinger Row Mediterranean-inspired Coppinger Row off South William Street reopens on Monday 7th June and will open seven days a week. There's an awning in case typical June weather takes hold. Book via their website . Casper & Giumbini's, Dun Laoghaire Dun Laoghaire bistro Casper & Giumbini's will open seven days a week from Monday 7th June for coffee, lunch and dinner. Book through their website or email info@casperandgiumbinis.ie. 31 Lennox, Portobello 31 Lennox in Portobello are promising lunch, brunch, coffee, pints and cocktails when they reopen for outdoor dining on Monday 7th June. We'll take one of each. Book here . Lenehan's, Rathmines Lenehan's in Rathmines is reopening, with three outdoor terraces - all of which are covered and heated. They open Monday 7th June but thereafter will open Tuesday - Sunday for lunch and dinner. Book on their website . Lucky's, Dublin 8 The yard at Lucky's on Meath Street reopens on Monday 7th June, with drinks, chats and pizza from Coke Lane. They'll be open seven days a week and you can make a booking enquiry through their website . Ukiyo, Dublin 2 Ukiyo will be reopening their lovely white picket-fenced area on Dame Court on the 7th of June, and tables are booking up quickly. They'll be open for lunch and dinner seven days a week, and you can book here . Riba, Stillogan Riba reopen their outdoor, covered and heated terrace on Wednesday 9th June. The menu has a Mediterranean spin with loads of local and Irish produce. Book for dinner here . Glas, Dublin 2 Vegetarian and vegan Glas have a very Parisian vibe going on outside their Chatham Street restaurant. The three tables are covered with an awning so you and your sweetcorn & jalapeno fritters will even be covered in case of rain (just maybe not the sideways type). Suesey Street Suesey Street 's terrace is one of the best in the city and has a retractable roof for that inconsistent Irish weather. They're open for lunch and dinner seven days a week and tables have unsurprisingly been going very fast. Book on their website . The Champagne Terrace At The Shelbourne The Terrace in The Shelbourne Hotel is turning its focus to all things Champagne this summer with flights, 'pinktails', and a food menu designed to match. There's oysters, a seafood tower, and a pâtisserie selection, and if you feel like splashing the cash you can spend up to €500 on a bottle. Book through The Shelbourne . Angelina's Angelina's outdoor tables are the ultimate in goals on a sunny day in Dublin 4. They're open seven days a week for lunch and dinner with brunch at weekends. Book on their website or by emailing book@angelinas.ie . Fade Street Social Fade Street Social is reopening with their wood-fired menu and cocktails. Dishes include crispy confit duck leg, lamb calzone and pork rillette lollipops, and you can book a table here . Walk Up's Only - L oose Canon - Wine, small plates, toasties and all the happy vibes on South William Street - Le Perroquet - The French bistro experience on Leeson Street - The Green Hen - Lunch, dinner and bar bites at the Exchequer Street bistro Loose Canon / Le Perroquet / The Green Hen - Baste / Sharkbait Shelbys / Big Blue Bus, Clanbrassil Street - Walk ups only for smoked meat, seafood and pizza at the outdoor food yard until further notice - Two Pups, Dublin 8 - Sheltered tables at the front and in their courtyard - The Well, St Stephen's Green - terrace open seven days a week for food and drinks Baste BBQ, Two Pups, The Well - Póg, Howth - Three outdoor tables for breakfast bowls, sandwiches, cakes and coffee - Zaytoon, Parliament Street and Swords - Outcover tables covered by an awning - The Orange Goat, Ballsbridge - Picnic benches in plastic pods Póg, The Orange Goat, Zaytoon - Urbanity, Smithfield - Dining for 30 with parasols and gazebo - The Commons at Moli , Dublin 2 - sandwiches, cake and coffee, plus weather-permitting barbecues on Saturdays - One Society , Dublin 1 - Brunch, pizza and pasta on a lovely covered and heated outdoor terrace Urbanity, The Commons at Moli, One Society

With Father’s Day hurtling towards us on June 20th, there’s no shortage of food-based gifts and experiences for the Dad in your life this year. While booking an outdoor table , buying a voucher from his favourite restaurant, or ordering an at-home food kit are all excellent options, here’s our choice of the best gifts for Father’s Day, that he might even share with you if you're in the right place at the right time. Tickets To A D-8TE Pop-Up D-8TE , the food pop-up at Roe & Co’s outdoor cocktail village launched last weekend, and the plates of food from the first collab with Spitalfields made us think these will be some of the hottest seats in town this summer. Open evenings from Thursday to Sunday, the Spitalfields menu runs until June 20th then Pickle take over for the next two weeks, with Bahay, Nightmarket, Matsu Ramen and Lil Portie coming after that. An ideal one for Mums to book for Dad "from the kids" when you’re both in need of a night out. Tickets are €40 with an optional cocktail pairing, and all info is on their website . Whiskey Cocktails From Craft Cocktails Say it with cocktails. Literally. Your love for him is printed right there on the bottle. While the deadline for Craft Cocktails' bottled cocktails with personalised labels has passed, they have a special Father’s Day set of three whiskey-based cocktails, a 100ml bottle of Bulleit Bourbon, and two Bulleit-branded whiskey glasses in a presentation box (€50). At this stage, delivery by the big day can’t be guaranteed, but if you’re not seeing the big man until after (or he's a patient soul), nationwide delivery is available via their website . It can also be collected from Bar 1661 right up to Father’s Day. Cloud Picker's 'Dad's Coffee' Gift Pack Is he even your dad if you don’t buy him mugs for every gift-giving occasion? Up the style stakes while simultaneously allowing him to broadcast his love of decent coffee with the Best Dad Pack from Cloud Picker on Pearse Street - a 250g box of their Sumatran Dad Coffee, a Cloud Picker mug, cap, and tote. There will be no doubting his favourite beverage, and child, after this. It's priced at €54.95 but there are also other combos available on their website . All the Nice Things From Hen’s Teeth Store Ordering online from Hen’s Teeth Store will never disappoint. Delivering nationwide, your items come beautifully packaged so every order feels like a hamper. They have a dedicated Father’s Day gift guide on their website and we want everything on it for ourselves. Lots to choose from here like Harry‘s Nut Butter extra hot, Baste’s Crowd Pleeza BBQ rub, Craft Cocktails, Hen’s Teeth’s own brown sauce, plus loads of books, prints, and extras to make sure Dad feels really appreciated. Everything is on the website , or they're now open until 22.30 every Friday and Saturday night for all those late-night gift dashes. A Wine Tasting Experience from Ely There’s lots to choose from on Ely’s new at home website for Father’s Day. The charcuterie, chocolate and wine hamper features some of our favourite Irish products like Wooded Pig charcuterie, Hassetts crackers, Bean & Goose chocolate, plus Ely’s own chutney, and there’s a lot packed in there starting from €60 to feed two as a meal or four for grazing. Alternatively opt for a voucher for one of their upcoming summer wine tasting events to explore alternative Spanish wines, Piedmont varieties, or the best summer reds. Priced from €90, your dad will receive three bottles of wine and the link to the live zoom tasting sessions that are taking place throughout June and July. Book here . Everything from Little Italy If your Dad’s holiday plans have been grounded this year and the closest he’s going to get to The Rialto is, well, Rialto, a selection of the best Italian products from Little Italy might help him feel like he’s in holiday mode. Oils, vinegars, pastas, coffee, cheese, wine, lovely things in jars - they have a pretty epic selection available from the North King Street shop. Nationwide delivery is also available via their website , but it can take up to five days so you’ll need to be super quick. Olive Oil Selection From Sarah And Olive Dads have long amazed us for their abilities to appreciate the simple things in life - a decent cup of tea, a well-made sandwich, a jumper to keep him at just the right temperature. If yours craves simplicity but has an eye for quality, he's likely to love the olive oil selection from Sarah and Olive . There's a special gifting section on the website, and nationwide delivery is available for €10. Check them out here . Online Cookery Class From Sprig Cookery School Interactive online cookery classes from Sprig Cookery School started in May with the first five events selling out, but you’ll have time to catch the last three (Dessert Masterclass with Aoife Noonan, Irish Contemporary Cooking with Grainne O’Keeffe, and Caribbean Cooking with Nick Reynolds of Lil Portie) if you want a Dad in your life with some serious cooking skills, and who wouldn’t want that? View dates and book online here .

There are times in your life that define how you eat. Students living on beans and own-brand “bread” to save money for socialising; years spent working abroad while picking up a lifelong appetite for gildas and sherry; new parents unconsciously switching to a diet of foods that can be eaten with one-hand while they coo and rock a restless infant. Not only does what we eat shape our lives, but how we eat it plays a part too, and we seriously hope that the way we’ve eaten in the past 15 months does not form a large part of this tapestry. Sure, we’ve cooked and ordered in and have eaten many, many , lovely meals, but how we’ve eaten them hasn’t always been joyful - click and collect pasta served in a plastic tray and eaten quickly in the car before it goes cold and unyielding is a memory that many of us would like to repress. The good news is that there’s an end in sight. With outdoor dining drawing us back and a return to indoor service imminent, we’re so happy to see food being served on humble plates yet again and, best of all, you don’t even have to be the one who washes them afterwards. This is what we want to leave the house for this week. 1) Beetroot Risotto from Nannetti’s The second opening from the gang behind Cirillo’s , Nannetti’s had to battle through a few false starts but are now open on Dawson Street complete with outdoor seating at the front. At €35 for four courses, the terrace menu is fantastic value and this beetroot risotto with Young Buck cheese and almonds looks incredible. 2) Spiced Lamb Flatbread from As One Thanks to the large area outside their quay-side doors, As One is pretty much designed for outdoor dining so we’re really looking forward to seeing what they’re serving this summer, hopefully doused in sunshine. If this spiced lamb shoulder with preserved lemon hummus, pickled red onion, raita, salad and harissa on a homemade flatbread is anything to go by, we’re going to be spending a lot of time watching the world go by on City Quay. 3) Mackerel Taco From The Green Hen We’ve seen lots of fish tacos over the past few years, but this one hits different thanks to fillets of Dalkey Island mackerel. The Green Hen ’s outdoor terrace on Exchequer Street is open seven nights a week for walk-ins only, so plan your return to crockery civilisation accordingly. 4) Pappardelle with Fennell Sausage Ragu from Sprezzatura We’ve missed Sprezzatura . Big plates of excellent pasta at very reasonable prices meant it was one of our go-tos in town and we know you felt the same because you spent the last few months telling us. So nobody was surprised when online booking for their outdoor area opened and tables got snapped up immediately. Thankfully there’s always a good chance of getting a walk-in table if you’re happy to wait a while, and who wouldn’t wait if the reward was this plate of homemade pappardelle with a ragu of Jane Russell fennel sausage. The outdoor area is also exceptionally cute, so expect to see a lot of it all over Instagram. Get down there if you can and avoid the FOMO. 5) Soy Cucumber from Volpe Nera While at-home kits and take away has served us well, nothing compares to being handed a menu and finding a side dish that adds so much more to the meal than anything we can make ourselves. From Volpe Nera , this new side of lightly spiced, soy-marinated cucumber with endive and onion ash is the bright food on white plates that makes us feel like we’re finally getting a bit of colour back into our lives.

The temperature briefly went over 15° in Dublin this week and you know what that means; every man in the city brought out The Shorts and managed to look like the love-child of Paul Mescal and Steve Irwin, people in SoCoDo were forced to ask themselves “do I actually need a Dryrobe in this heat?”, and ice-cream has started appearing e’rywhere. Woohoo! Ice-cream is up there on the ATF list of all-time favourite things for three reasons: It tastes great It melts so no matter how full you are, it manages to fit in the little gaps in your stomach Eating ice-cream during the day is not having dessert. Fact. Eat a piece of cake in your car at noon and people comment, eat an ice-cream and you’ll be commended for your ability to keep cool Here are the ice-creams, and plant-based ice-cream alternatives, that you need in your life this summer. No Messin' Bakery's Ice-Bergers It's beginning to feel like ice-cream sandwiches might overtake actual sandwiches in Dublin, and we're not complaining. No Messin 's Ice Berger promises creamy ice-cream surrounded by rye cookies with Valhrona chocolate and sea salt, and as with everything they make, you know they're going to smash it. There's going to be limited availability at Proper Order Coffee each weekend during the summer, and expect demand to be very high so go early. Brasserie Sixty6's Sea Salt, Honey & Caramel Soft Serve Brasserie Sixty6 on South Great George's Street have just opened a café at the front, complete with a street-facing hatch and a soft serve machine. While they hit the ground running with affogato, they've upped the ante even further with the appearance of this sea salt and honey caramel number. Cloud Picker's Soft Serve In A Cup Cloud Picker on Pearse Street has the cutest cups of soft-serve with regularly changing toppings, like praline crumb, caramelised white chocolate, and butterscotch sauce, or honeycomb with dark chocolate. Can we have them all? Nutbutter's Vegan Soft Serve Nutbutter in Grand Canal Dock have just launched a plant-based soft-serve ice-cream alternative with toppings like cocoa nibs, homemade chocolate sauce, and the one that's intriguing us - coconut bacon. Herbstreet's Brunch Ball 2021 is feeling a little like the summers of our youth, mainly because nobody is going abroad. Double-down on the retro feelings with the Brunch Ball from Herbstreet in Grand Canal Dock - strawberry and vanilla ice-cream rolled in cake crumb and sprinkles. Burr's Ice-Bergers Sticking with the retro theme, Ice-Bergers are everywhere right now but they’ve had a 2021 upgrade. Burr describe what they do, making plant-based ice-cream sandwiches, as not an ice-cream alternative but “an ice-cream improvement”. Big words. Big flavours also with mocha cholate fudge and roasted hazelnut, chocolate shortbread and ginger crunch, mint, and malt vanilla. Find them at Hensteeth Store in Dublin 8, MVP on Upper Cranbrassil St., and popping-up in places like Bushy Park Market . If anyone fancies replicating a Mint Feast, call us. Chimac's Ice-Cream Sammies If you’ve been reading All The Food for a while, you’ll know that we’re big fans of Chimac ’s Ice-Cream Sammies. The great news is it’s even easier to get your hands on one of these massive desserts because they’re now also stocked at Lotts and Co. and Lennox Street Grocer . The malted cornflake and chocolate chip has long been our favourite (and we usually have one stashed in the back of the freezer for hot day snack emergencies), but keep an eye out for occasional specials. Leamhain's Ice-Cream Sandwiches Another non-dairy option is from Leamhain , and it’s also gluten, palm-oil and nut-free for a very inclusive ice-cream-esque experience. Tubs and sandwiches (like chocolate and butterscotch blondie) are stocked in a number of Dublin outlets including Small Changes in Inchicore, Kerb in Foxrock, Cornucopia on Wicklow Street, Green Beard Juicery in Ranelagh and Donnybrook, and Marlowe & Co. on the South Circular Road. The Soft Ralph If you’ve been traumatised by recent rumours of a Flake-shortage , you should get ahead of the crowd and take every opportunity to eat Flakes in ice-cream before those pesky children take them all. You know what else children shouldn’t have? Booze. Show them who’s boss by combining the two. Makers of The White Ralph have launched The Soft Ralph incorporating their liquor to create an ice-cream that’s 7% ABV, and you'll find it at Eatyard . Veginity's Plant-Based Desserts Vegan restaurant Veginity on Dorset Street Upper has created a range of frozen plant-based desserts with flavours like Oreo, berry cheesecake, and Malteser, plus there are mocha ice-cream sandwiches available too. Who knew vegans were going to get so good at ice-cream. Cremeria Constantini’s Ice-Cream Counter One of our favourite secret spots in Dublin is Sorrento’s fish and chips in Stoneybatter. Apart from the obvious, they also sell great sourdough, and they have another secret weapon - Cremeria Constantini , an ice-cream and sorbet counter that wouldn’t be out of place in Milan. Cream of the Crop's Gelato Ice-cream is important. Zero waste is important. Taste is important. Thankfully, Giselle Makinde from Cream of the Crop has been able to combine all three by using surplus ingredients that would otherwise end up in landfill to make seriously tasty gelato and sorbet. Expect to see this one cropping up everywhere thanks to their super cute ice-cream bike, with stockists including The Old Bakery Store in Terenure, Fresh Avenue in Ballinteer, Small Changes in Inchicore, and soon Aldi, or you can buy straight from the source at their shop in Dublin 8. Betty's Soft Serve Peaches and Domini Kemp's latest venture is an ice-cream bar in Arnott's, just by the Liffey Street entrance. Betty's Milk Bar has soft-serve dairy and vegan ice-cream in cups or cones and lots of toppings and sauces. We're taking this as a sign that Henry Street will be fully open soon and we'll need somewhere to cool down both ourselves and our debit cards. Bao Bun's Ice-Cream Bao Bao has exploded in Dublin and you can pretty much find them for breakfast, lunch, dinner... and now dessert. Aungier Street (where else?) newbie Bao Bun has an ice-cream sandwich on the menu, with a bao that's deep fried and rolled in sugar and cinnamon. Lunch and dessert in one. Three Twenty Ice-Cream Lab's Everything One of our go-tos for great ice-cream in town, Three Twenty turned two this week which is weird because it feel like it's been part of Drury Street since the beginning of time. Liquid nitrogen is used to create a super-smooth ice-cream and, if that's not enough magic for you, torched meringue or brûléed sugar creates really unique desserts on the go. As One's Housemade Ice-Cream As One make their sea salt and vanilla ice-cream in house, topping it with chocolate soil, honey drizzle and mint, before sending you on your merry way down the quays. Sunshine optional. And this week only... Urbanity's Wibbly Wobbly Wonder In what may prove to be one of our favourite collabs of the year (a tough competition), Urbanity in Smithfield have teamed-up with Wine Mason to create the meal of our dreams this Friday only - a chicken katsu sandwich, a bottle of Pet Nat, and the most evocative of all ice-creams; the Wibbly Wobbly Wonder, all for €22. This grown-up version with yuzu jelly, vanilla ice-cream, and chocolate biscuit dipped in white and ruby chocolate looks IN-CRED-IBLE, and you can pre-order this feast here . Have we missed any of your favourite ice-creams? 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From salads to street food, summery ice-pops to retro biscuits, there's a lot that's been catching our eye since yesterday, but these are the 5 things we most want to eat in Dublin this week. 1) Blackcurrant Teacakes From The Cupcake Bloke The Cupcake Bloke has just launched a retro biscuit bar from the bakery in Rialto. The opening menu includes his famous mikados, as well as millionaire bourbons with caramel and caramelised white chocolate and purple snacks, but we have our eyes firmly set on these teacakes filled with vanilla marshmallow, blackcurrant jam and an oat biscuit, covered in dark chocolate. Order for collection here . 2) Takoyaki From Kakilang Kakilang , the fried chicken and bubble tea shop on the quays has set up stalls in Merrion Square Park (Thursday 11:00 - 14:00) and St. Anne’s Park (Saturday 11:00 - 16:00) and their Takoyaki is going with them. The little battered balls are filled with cabbage, octopus and scallions and we'll be making a beeline for them the next time we're passing. 3) Chocolate & Cranberry Cookies From Two Boys Brew Two Boys Brew in Phibsboro have just added these monster cookies to their range, with ruby chocolate, white chocolate and cranberries. They say they're obsessed with them, and we think we will be too. 4) The Greek Salad From Yeeros Summer! You're here! And with it comes the inability to eat anything hot outside and the ability to turn anything in the fridge into a "salad". If the mood strikes and the fridge is empty Yeeros are making this legit Greek one with tomato, cucumber, peppers, olives, feta and capers, and you might as well add on some dolmades and dips while you're there. So cooling... 5) Mixed Berry Cheesecake Ice Pop From Kahuna Pops You'll find photographer Lili Forberg's Kahuna Pops stall at Bushy Park Market every Saturday and we're loving the look of their new mixed berry cheesecake. Be warned though - your chances of getting one gradually decline as the temperature rises.

We all know that salad and sunshine go together like… well, tasty cold food and hot weather. We’re officially at that time in the year where eating salad for at least one meal a day stops being an unchecked item on your to-do list, and turns into an activity to plan your day, and Insta stories, around. In an attempt to appease the Weather Gods, here’s our favourite spots to eat salad in Dublin. Tiller + Grain After over a year of limited social contact and severely curtailed travel, we’re all feeling the need for some sun on our faces and a serious injection of vitamins. While we may or may not get away on holidays this year, at least we can order sunshine in a bowl from Tiller + Grain , and be instantly transported to Greece, Spain or Morocco through their vivid salads, which are really in a league of their own. Shouk When in doubt, add cheese. Shouk in Drumcondra is one of our go-tos for excellent salads, like Morroccan carrot, aubergine and red pepper, and fried cauliflower, but their whopper 'Shouk Salad' will show you the light. Rocket, cucumber, cherry tomato, mushrooms, red onion, scallions, radish, olives, parsley, fried pita bites, and sumac za’atar olive oil dressing under a mountain of Turkish cheese equals good salad times. Nutbutter Picture a small child who has just discovered a forgotten pack of Smarties and has managed to snaffle them all before the box can be prized out of their clammy little hands; that’s how excited we were to have Nutbutter back at the end of 2020, after a short hiatus to move to different premises in Grand Canal Dock. While we’re going to have to wait a while to be able to sit in the restaurant and enjoy their décor, their salads are always beautiful, healthy, and basically a hug for your insides. Kale + Coco We’ve long loved Kale + Coco in Stoneybatter for their fresh and vibrant salads, but their ability to come up with punny names gives us additional joy. Their menu currently boasts the You Guac My World (lettuce, quinoa, spicy roasted veg, black beans, corn salsa, guacamole, tortilla chips with a spicy cashew and lime dressing) and the Miso Hungry (miso-roasted aubergine, black rice, spinach, sweet potato, broccoli, pomegranate, and a tahini, lemon and garlic dressing). Tang Tang is really good at adding vegetables to dressings and making it all look and taste incredibly beautiful, and the good news is that both of their locations - Abbey Street and Dawson Street - are now open. The salad selection changes daily but always comes with their amazing hummus. Little Bird Little Bird , the vegetarian café and yoga studio on the South Circular Road, creates seriously beautiful salad plates and salad-based specials, that frequently make us think our Instagram timeline has been infiltrated by rainbows. Like this recent special of roasted beetroot, pearl barley, feta, toasted walnuts and mixed leaves with a raspberry vinaigrette. Magnificent. Laine My Love If you’re a regular at Laine My Love , and you totally should be, you'll know that it's important to get there for a salad box before they run low on hummus. We’re so looking to sitting in one of their window seats eating salad from an actual plate, looking out at the equally colourful Talbot Street, but until then we'll settle for a street bench. As One After over a year of pretty much constant anxiety and pastries, now is probably a good time to get a little more health-conscious. As One on City Quay has a menu focused on gut-health as a way of improving overall wellness and their menu has lots of great salad options designed to make your body very grateful to you. Toonsbridge Dairy Are you going to be able to go to Toonsbridge Dairy and come out with just enough from the deli counter to make yourself lunch? No. Are you going to be able to resist the cannoli? Also no. That’s okay, a salad and a dessert is the best mid-week summer lunch option ever. You deserve it. Honey Truffle Kitchen Some cafés do one thing really well, and then others seems to just turn out magic dish after magic dish. Honey Truffle Kitchen is the latter. Back in normal times, the queue at lunch was out the door with hungry students and local office workers happily waiting for sweet and savoury bakes, sandwiches, and especially salads. The selection constantly changes but is always fresh and interesting. Press Café You’ll find Press Café at the National Print Museum on Haddington Road and we hope that their suntrap courtyard will be put to good use this summer. Lots of salads and salad-based specials are available, including a breakfast salad of poached egg, grilled chorizo, tomato, avocado, and rocket with sourdough. Ideal Monday-morning option when you’ve overdone it at the weekend. Póg Would any list about Dublin salads be complete without including Póg ? Sure, we’d probably all prefer to be eating a stack of pancakes but we can’t do that every day so branch out and opt for a salad with halloumi, chicken or eggs, or opt for the pad thai salad when you feel like something a bit more exotic. What are your favourite places for a salad in Dublin? Let us know by emailing info@allthefood.ie

Picnic season is approaching but picnic weather definitely is not. Don’t worry, when the time comes to get your legs and blankets out, we’ll keep you updated with all the top picnic kits and bits you’ll need, but until then we’d recommend that you keep moving when eating outside before the wind/rain/hail ruin your food, and therefore your entire day. While there’s no shortage of fantastic cafés open in Dublin where you can grab a sandwich or a pastry, here’s 10 places where you’ll find something a little different to accompany you on your walk through town, or when you just need to keep moving. 1) Mister Magpie, Leeson St. Lower A well-known fact is that any food served on a stick is instantly more delicious than its stick-free counterparts. Ice-cream, olives, cocktail sausages, we could go on... Mister Magpie on Leeson Street Lower make stick crepes in-house (a Brazilian favourite), and they’re stuffed with sweet fillings like Nutella, or savoury with cheese and ham or caramelised onion. 2) Kakilang, Bachelors Walk We love the Asian street food scene where often restaurants and vendors do only one or two dishes, but do them exceptionally well. Dublin has seen big growth in this over the last few years and Kakilang was a very welcome addition when it opened just as the world went crazy in 2020. As well as serving bubble tea they have a menu of mille crepe cakes, pastries and Taiwanese fried chicken, best eaten fresh from a brown paper bag. 3) 777, Great George’s Street In our dream world, Dublin would be awash with amazing Mexican food, but until we become the rulers of the planet (hopefully only a matter of time) we’re very grateful for 777 ’s hatch which has been slinging out tacos, Mexican hot dogs, and, mostly importantly in our opinion, empanadas, along with beers and cocktails. Open Thursday 17:00 - late and Friday/Saturday 13:00 - late. 4) Toca Tapioca House, Fleet Street Showing our age here but if the word “tapioca” makes you think of something your mother served out of a tin as dessert in the 80s, you too probably need some tapioca conversion therapy. While not widely eaten in Ireland, tapioca has lots of uses and newly opened Toca , Dublin’s first tapiocaria (apparently, it’s a thing), is using the starch in sweet and savoury wraps, cakes, and tapioca dice; a tapioca-based cheese snack on a stick (and you know how we feel about food on sticks). 5) Big Fan Bao, Aungier St. If you’re walking around Aungier Street and suddenly become hyper aware of the fact that you’re bao-less, you can order take-away at Big Fan Bao . Bao, dumplings, rice bowls, wonton crackers, Taiwanese chicken - all delicious, all easy to eat on the go. 6) All Hail The Box, Dawson Street Too busy to make decisions? All Hail the Box has one thing on the menu - the box - and it’s a perfect walk and dine lunch when you’re so important you couldn’t possibly sit down, but also so hungry that eating jerk chicken, rice, beans and corn on the go doesn’t faze you in the slightest. 7) Hong Kong Bakery, Eden Quay We challenge you to go to Hong Kong Bakery and just get one thing. It’s not possible, so just make peace with that fact and prepare to spend your day powering through a haul of char sui buns, char sui so (roast pork puffs), Cantonese egg tarts and cheesy sausage buns. 8) Dash Burger, Kevin Street Lower Are burgers the original street food in Ireland? Possibly, but in a city awash with large chains, it can be too tempting to grab a quick bite in one of the global behemoths when you’re on the go. Instead, stroll down to Dash Burger on Kevin Street Lower and you’ll be rewarded with a burger with complex layers of taste thanks to the charring and caramelisation of the smash cooking technique. 9) Oh! My Street Food, Westmoreland Street Sushi, Donburi bowls and noodles all feature on the menu of Oh! My Street Food , but for something a little different, and more portable, opt for the xi’an burger (a homemade Chinese bun packed with pork or beef, spices, spring onion and coriander) or jianbing (a popular Chinese street food crepe stuffed with everything from kimchi to hot dogs). There’s also bubble tea. 10) Asia Market, Drury Street When we get to Asia Market our brain is usually on a one-track mission to get to the gochujang and frozen dumplings, but step inside the door, take a moment to breathe, and you'll be rewarded with char siu pork buns and other assorted dim sum served in a cute little boat dish so you can dine on the move. What are your favourite places for a bite on the go around town? Let us know by emailing info@allthefood.ie

New parents are very, very tired. Even the ones in the baby bubble have points in the day when the fifth coffee isn't working, and the only things to do is bunker down, stock the fridge and eat all the food to cope with all the sleep deprivation. Here's 5 things to send tired parents that are infinitely better than flowers and baby clothes... 1) Camerino's Cake Club Sugar = energy = the difference between being able to carry on a conversation with another adult or falling asleep into your lunch. Much loved Dublin bakery Camerino recently started a cake and cookie club, where they'll deliver a box of 12 cakes (€50) or 12 cookies (€35) to your house as a one off or a monthly membership, and you can add a wooden gift box for €30. They're also freezable if for whatever reason they can't get through them in a few days (they will). See the details here . 2) A Box Of Nice Things From Craic Foods We discovered Craic Foods a few months ago thanks to a recommendation, and they sell all manner of things to add excitement to your kitchen. From bacon ketchup to savoury chorizo jam, Irish black butter to freeze dried fruit for when you haven't been to the shop in a week, a few carefully chosen items could jazz up the most basic of kitchen staples. There's also a whole section dedicated to jars of salted caramel - we recommend the tahini and miso ones, but you know they're all good. Check them out here . 3) A Fresh Fruit And Vegetable Delivery When you're low on energy and covered in baby vomit it's tempting to sit and eat junk food all day, but we all know you'll feel better if you can sandwich some nutrition in between all the cake and chocolate, so make it easy for them by having a beautiful box of fruits and vegetables delivered (if exhaustion is at an all time high they can juice them). We're loving Harvest Day 's predominantly Irish and organic boxes, priced at either €25 or €40 and delivered nationwide Thursdays and Fridays. You can see exactly what farm each item was grown on, and they're guaranteeing a fair price paid to their farmers - no 39c bags of onions around these parts. Check them out here . 4) Something Beautiful For Their Kitchen From Araucaria Ceramics We're big time crushing on everything from Araucaria Ceramics lately, and dreaming of kitchen shelves styled to showcase their sugar bowls, milk pourers and plates. New parents tend to drink a lot of coffee, so why not give them something beautiful to look at through those half-closed eyes. Potter Daniel Woodsmith releases new stock into his online shop every few weeks, so keep an eye on it here or sign up for updates. 5) Ice-Cream From Cream Of The Crop Gelato You know what tired people need in the freezer? Ice-cream. You know what's better than ice-cream? Cream Of The Crop 's gelato. Chef Giselle Makinde uses surplus and imperfect ingredients like over-ripe bananas, cantaloupe and sheep's milk yoghurt to make delicious, feel-good flavours, and they deliver free anywhere in Dublin on orders over €24. They also deliver to Kildare, Wicklow and Meath on Saturdays. Check out this week's flavours here .