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The Exchequer Wine Bar, D6, is open for al fresco bookings for customers to enjoy a unique dining experience with safety at the forefront. The Exchequer Wine Bar in Ranelagh recently launched their revamped, Spanish...
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Balfes launches delicious new brunch and cocktail menus in the chic all-day bistro. An exciting selection of creative new additions await your discovery, offering a wealth of tempting ways to celebrate and catch-up with...
Anyone now entering the Drury Buildings parking will be greeted by the words “I love you so much” written in pink over a black background. The phrase is both the tagline of the recently...
Dublin is plentiful when it comes to good-looking new hotels but the feeling can often be their bars and restaurants are there to serve the incoming one-visit tourist, with locals often choosing to find...
Wine bars are having a moment in Dublin and you know it’s more than just a phase when new doors begin to open outside the city centre. Last December, Clanbrassil Street welcomed The Wine...
As Generation Sensible comes of age, their preferences drive innovation and set trends. Being a drinker or an absteiner are seen, as many other concepts, no longer as black and white binaries and, in the...
After much trouble in Haiti and the increasing likeliness of more warfare in Europe, Napolean decided to sell Louisiana (New France) to the United States in the Lousiana Purchase of 1803. A massive coup...
The term ‘Speakeasy‘ became synonymous with the prohibition era in the United States during the 1920’s & 30’s when the government signed into law, legislation banning the production and sale of alcohol throughout the...
101 Limerick, Southern Comfort’s People’s Choice for Ireland’s Bar of the Year 2019 has something to shout about with the opening of their 7th themed bar within the collective. The Boardroom at 101 Limerick...
This year’s Christmas lights raised more than a few eyebrows when the ‘Nollaig Shona Duit’ sign was replaced with ‘Welcome To The Grafton Quarter’ leaving some that outraged they are even putting pressure on...
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At the Enzo Coccia Pizza Consulting school, small groups of amateur or professional trainees are taught skills including the art of dough making, topping management and controlling a pizza in and out of an...
Anyone who has had the opportunity to eat out in Dublin pubs over the last couple of years will see just how much the quality of food on offer has grown. There are now...
Stepping through the doors of J.T Pim’s via the Dame Court entrance on a bright and breezy Saturday afternoon armed with mighty appetites after a morning of retail therapy, we were ever so ready...
The worst thing about bars is that so many of them look the same. We understand they have a solitary primary function, but do they all have to look as if an interior design...
Congratulations to The Dáil Bar and its upstairs venue The Liquor Lounge, which scooped not one but three cocktail awards this week, including Best Cocktail Experience in the World! The accolades include ‘Best Cocktail...
Congratulations to the team in Blake’s Corner Bar, having just been awarded ‘Best Bar Food in Ireland’ at the prestigious ‘Bar of the Year Awards’ for 2019. Left to right is; Gary Tyson, Ulick...
“I’d like to introduce you to the hardest-workin’ band in the world. On bass, Derek “Meatman” Scully. On piano, Steven “Soul Surgeon” Clifford. Dean “Mr Nipple” Fay on sax. Joey “The Lips” Fagan on...
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You are in the capital of Scotland, home of the brave and many festivals, and you’re wondering whether you will find a pub that suits your ever-changing moods. Fear not – Edinburgh has achieved...
Miss Pin Up Ireland 2018 Ruby Noir hands out song lists to a modest but lively crowd made up of returning Wednesday night ‘Guilty Pleasures’ karaoke regulars. A compulsory shot may be taken pre...
The more the merrier, but also the harder it is to find a venue for your party, specially this time of the year: September is the month with the most birthdays and right after...