Emily Mullen

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  • 12 dishes that we need to try in Dublin this year

    12 dishes that we need to try in Dublin this year

    On our travels, we have seen umpteen photos of delicious-looking food items that have been posted from food businesses across Dublin. We have pulled 12 of our favourites together into a concise list of Dublin-based food porn that should get everyone’s stomachs a-rumbling. With the freedom weekend behind us, there has never been a better […]

    4 years ago

  • “Today is a good day” Almost all covid restrictions to ease

    “Today is a good day” Almost all covid restrictions to ease

    Speaking outside government buildings An Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirmed the news that almost all covid restrictions will be eased from tomorrow.  On January 21, An Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirmed the news that almost all covid restrictions would be removed from 6am on Saturday, January 22nd. Announcing the news from government buildings the Taoiseach described today […]

    4 years ago

  • 6 places you should *try* getting a booking for in 2022

    6 places you should *try* getting a booking for in 2022

    The Dublin food scene has rarely looked so healthy, food-fans are practically spoilt for choice when it comes to dining out in town at the moment. Choosing where to eat in Dublin can sometimes be a little daunting, it’s also pretty dependent on who you plan on sharing a meal with. We’ve put together a […]

    4 years ago

  • REVIEW: Griolladh Thomas Street’s latest opener

    REVIEW: Griolladh Thomas Street’s latest opener

    We went along to the recently opened Griolladh on Thomas Street, so recently opened in fact that it’s not even officially opened (at the time of writing it’s being “soft launched”). It’s the Griolladh-ers first brick and mortar spot after months of food truck expansions and endless toasties being slung outside of gaps in vehicles. […]

    4 years ago

  • 005 The L list – 5 things we’re Lovin in Dublin this week

    005 The L list – 5 things we’re Lovin in Dublin this week

    There’s not a hell of a lot to be lovin in Dublin at the moment, with the 8pm curfew and everyone and their mother seemingly isolating at the minute. With our resident-funny maker Fiona away, I’ve stepped into the breach and tried to find five things to be cheerful about in Dublin this week. 5. […]

    4 years ago

  • 30 of the Lovin Dublin team’s favourite meals from 2021

    30 of the Lovin Dublin team’s favourite meals from 2021

    2021 has been a year for hospitality to say the very least. We have taken some time to highlight some of our favourite meals that have gone down the red lane in this turbulent year. It hasn’t all been bad, this funny little year we call 2021. Where food is concerned, it’s actually been pretty […]

    4 years ago

  • 004 The L list – 5 things we’re Lovin in Dublin this week

    004 The L list – 5 things we’re Lovin in Dublin this week

    There’s not a lot to be Lovin in Dublin at the moment, what with the 8pm curfew and the risk of catching omicron if you crack a window. With our resident L list creator and humour-maker extraordinaire Fiona away, I’ve happily stepped into the breach and have collected my top five things in Dublin this week: […]

    4 years ago

  • 10 restaurants, cafes and bars we said goodbye to in 2021

    10 restaurants, cafes and bars we said goodbye to in 2021

    2021 was a year unlike any other in living memory, for the hospitality industry it was a year of lockdowns, closures, and lite reopenings. Some of the city’s best-beloved businesses put up the “closed” sign for the final time and shut their doors for good. Here’s a list of some of the businesses that didn’t […]

    4 years ago

  • The top 10 new Dublin food spots that opened in 2021

    The top 10 new Dublin food spots that opened in 2021

    2021 has undoubtedly been a year like no other for hospitality, businesses have battled through a year of closures, lockdowns, and restrictions (and are continuing to do so). Launching a business is never easy, but launching a hospitality business during one of the most difficult periods for the industry has to be commended. We have […]

    4 years ago

  • Taoiseach confirms 8pm curfew for bars and restaurants from Sunday

    Taoiseach confirms 8pm curfew for bars and restaurants from Sunday

    Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed an 8pm curfew on the hospitality sector will be imposed from Sunday, December 19. The Cabinet met today to discuss the National Public Health Emergency Team’s recommendations for a 5pm curfew in an effort to reduce the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Ministers agreed upon a 8pm […]

    5 years ago

  • REVIEW: Ebb & Flo Camden Street’s Nordic cafe

    REVIEW: Ebb & Flo Camden Street’s Nordic cafe

    We caught the rising tide and went along to Ebb & Flo on Camden Street, to check out a cafe that’s badly needed along that strip of town. Why make a reservation? It’s a cafe that defies its location, Ebb & Flo is a calming and relaxing cafe. The staff are bang on, the menu […]

    5 years ago

  • Top Christmas sandwiches to have this weekend if you still aren’t feeling festive

    Top Christmas sandwiches to have this weekend if you still aren’t feeling festive

    Deck the halls with buckets of brie, we have collected the top sandwiches on sale in Dublin right now which will make you feel some festive tingles. Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without at one point in the lead up to December 25, questioning whether you feel “Christmassy” or not. It’s practically a right of passage […]

    5 years ago

  • The best Dublin food merch to buy right now

    The best Dublin food merch to buy right now

    There’s always one To know them is to love them, the food fan in your life. We’ve collected some of the best food merch to buy for the biggest food stans, those folks that deserve to be decked out in the finest of food apparel. These are some seriously feel good gifts, as they support […]

    5 years ago

  • Everything we know about Glovebox Dublin’s slickest new opener

    Everything we know about Glovebox Dublin’s slickest new opener

    Dublin foodies will have probably already had their eye on the spot in the Trinity Car Park for a while now. In a city as big as Dublin there will always be openers, but few have the same knack for cracking them as the team at Allta do. Following on from the success of the […]

    5 years ago

  • 5 ways to support your local hospitality business in the wake of new restrictions

    5 ways to support your local hospitality business in the wake of new restrictions

    The restrictions that kicked into place on December 7th, have created more headaches for Irish businesses already struggling through one of the most challenges periods for the industry in living memory.  As employees, owners and managers, grapple with this raft of new restrictions in what should be their busiest period, we have collected some actionable […]

    5 years ago

  • 5 markets happening in Dublin this weekend to get your Christmas bits in

    5 markets happening in Dublin this weekend to get your Christmas bits in

    Five spots to hit up this weekend before the Christmas panic well and truly hits 5. Nollaig Market Following on from the success of the Samhain market last month, the team on Meath Street have unveiled a new market called the Nollaig Market. There will be vintage clothes from the 70s to early 2000s, […]

    5 years ago