Everybody loves Pizza. I don’t know anybody who doesn’t. So when I heard that the people behind Crackbird Dublin had opened a new pizza only restaurant called Skinflint I knew that I had to give it a bash for the first ever review here on the site. It’s located in the original CrackBird premises down […]

10 years ago

My good mate Sean had just won a few quid gambling so we decided to splash out and have a Christmas / New Year lunch in one of the posher restaurants in Dublin city center. He suggested The Cliff Town House as he has a strange obsession with shellfish. I’m glad he was paying as […]

10 years ago

I’m really fucking scared doing this review. It’s my favorite restaurant in Dublin but as always I’ll review it only on the experience I have on the day rather than any previous visits. I’m eating out with my cousin Barry who is only in town for the night over from New York and as a […]

10 years ago

Breakfast is a very particular thing. You always wake up hungry and you usually have a craving for something very particular. Breakfast at the weekends is like the holy grail for me. It’s the only time that the phone stops ringing, the emails dry up and I can finally sit down and take a deep […]

10 years ago

Something very rare happened in Dublin this week. Summer arrived on time and for a sustained period of 4 days in a row. Even if this was all we got for the year you get the impression Irish people would be happy out. It’s been a fucking scorcher and the mood of the nation has […]

10 years ago

Marc Atkinson is director of the Dublin theatre company Sugarglass Theatre, a company who in their short existence have performed a mammoth production of Tender Napalm by Philip Ridley, have been nominated for Spirit of the Fringe for All Hell Lay Beneath, designed the Illusion Exhibition at the Science Gallery and performed a production of Beckett short […]

10 years ago

Ingredients 50g Butter 1 White Onion 1 Leek 4 Medium Potatoes 1 Vegetable Stock Cube 500g Frozen Sweetcorn 3 Corn on the Cob The bars and watering holes of Central American are incredible places. Open plan, laidback affairs with doors swung open to the midday sun in the hopes of catching some non-existent breath of […]

10 years ago

It’s hard to find a new brunch spot that’s serving up something different from the usual fry ups, pancakes and eggs benedict, so I was really excited to hear that Staple Foods has a very alternative brunch menu. I had visited before for lunch and had a delicious salad piled high with juicy pulled pork […]

10 years ago

I’ve mentioned Brews We Plate in a couple of posts before. They only started their pop-up events a few months ago, but they’ve already received raving reviews and praise across the board. With years of work in Michelin Star restaurants and front-of-house experience behind them, they are dishing up food that can hold its own […]

10 years ago

Ingredients 4 smoked and peppered mackerel fillets 1 tablespoon of Creme Fraiche 1 tablespoon of Mayo 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper small bunch of chives 1/2 small red onion There’s something about smoked fish that’s just damn amazing, if you have ever been in a smoke-house amongst giant salmon fillets, kippers or mackerel then you’ll know […]

10 years ago

Not sure what to do for the weekend? Well the good news is that there are tonnes of things on this weekend, we picked a few events that we thought sounded new and exciting. We think the outdoor cinema on Saturday is a must visit, read on to learn more… The Big Grill BBQ Festival […]

10 years ago

‘Make and Do’ describes itself as “New Adventures in the World of Art and Technology” with a mission to promote adult game playing in Ireland. In April ‘Make and Do’ presented an epic game of chase through the streets of Dublin as part of the Darklight Festival called ‘Journey to the End of the Night’. For […]

10 years ago