Kevin Burke, the former Head Chef of Michelin-starred The Ninth London, and more recently Allta in Dublin, will next month take over the reins of the contemporary wine bar and restaurant located off South Frederick Street in Dublin city centre.
The restaurant will be known as Library St., a nod to the name originally intended for the 18th century street leading as it did towards the university’s now world-famous library. Library St. will be a very Irish affair with a high degree of focus on impeccably sourced seasonal food from all over Ireland.
The sharing menu will encourage an inclusive dining experience so guests can try more than one dish at a time. Interesting wines will be served by the glass and bottle, supporting sustainable producers and smaller growers where possible.
Giving a flavour of the menu at Library St., Kevin says:
“We will encourage the sharing of classic dishes done simply using great produce sourced from all over our beautiful island. We have ambitious standards: from freshly baked baguettes to crispy chicken wings stuffed with scallop & tarragon mayo, whole baked bass with fennel & mussels to lamb marinated in yoghurt, honey and rosemary.”
Library St. will open in early November and is part of the hospitality group that also includes its neighbour, Trinity Townhouse hotel, Sheen Falls Lodge in Kerry, and Castlemartyr Resort in Cork.
About Kevin Burke
A native of Dublin, Kevin studied Culinary Arts at the Dublin Institute of Technology. On graduation, he was offered a position at the renowned Michelin-starred Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud working with head chefs, Guillaume Lebrun and Kieran Glennon. It was here Kevin developed a passion for French cooking and an appreciation of the importance of high-quality produce. He next went to work in London where he took on the position of sous chef at Jason Atherton’s Michelin-starred Pollen Street Social.
In 2015, he joined Jun Tanaka’s newly opened restaurant, The Ninth, as Head Chef. Within the first year they gained a Michelin star. Kevin returned to Dublin in 2019 to work alongside Niall Davidson and Hugh Higgins in Allta.
