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The Two Minute Review: Chongqing Noodles
Where did this new opening come from? A few weeks ago a new noodle restaurant with a permanent queue opened on Capel Street, in the old Soup Dragon site. There's nothing more intriguing than a line for food, and you know we're getting into that line asap. With just 14 seats inside, and one small table outside sitting two-three, they told us we could wait outside for 20-25 minutes until a table came free, but eventually agreed to call us so we could wander Capel Street. Is i
The Best Places To Drink Wine In Dublin
It's not just Dublin cafés on a constant pivot to small plates and wine by night - the wine shops are at it now too. Are we complaining? Definitely not, but it’s ever more important to know who's got the good stuff, who's giving you decent value btg, and who's got the food to go with it. Here’s the latest ATF guide on where to drink great wine in Dublin... City centre and surrounds Bar Pez, Kevin Street A more casual counterpoint to its older sister Fish Shop, Bar Pez joine
The Two Minute Review: Nippon-Kan
Please, not another matcha café That’s not quite the pitch here, even if it is likely to prove part of the draw. A bigger trend in the city that Nippon-Kan is riding is multi-purpose usage – all the better to meet the crippling rent costs that put paid to previous tenant, booze-free bar The Virgin Mary. This new don’t-call-it-a-café from the folks behind Daruma boasts big things to come across the three distinct spaces that make up the site, and a much more sensible plan th
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