Where to eat and drink in Dublin this summer
- Ronan Doyle
- 2 hours ago
- 4 min read
From a glut of homegrown seasonal ingredients to the best gelato for keeping the next heatwave at bay; suntrap seats to seaside strolls; summer spritzes to beers and birria; here's all the best things to have on your eating and drinking to-do list for summer 2026 in Dublin...
For your best shot at getting into what’s still the hottest space in town:
Chubby’s, Clontarf
Advance plans at Barry and Jen Stephens’ instantly-iconic space in Clontarf have gotten a little less hard to procure than they were on launch last year, but it’s still a fool’s errand to imagine you’ll ever get in on the kind of whim these stretched-out summer nights inspire in all of us. Good news then that the taco truck that started it all has been resurrected out front for all your last-minute walk-in needs, with a selection of beer taps and a fallback heater setup there to stretch the night right out to the bitter end – if the food lasts that long. They’re flaring it up from 5pm on Fridays and 1pm on Saturdays and Sundays all summer long.
