News Archive
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Our Latest Great Place to Eat - Basilico Italian Restaurant
26 September 2012
What you get at Paolo Sabatini and Fabiano Mulas’ Basilico Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria is the best of Italian and Irish food delivered with panache and style in their cool restaurant in the old stone building that is also the 16 bedroomed Coach House...
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The Quiet Man Behind Dublin's Favourite Institution
25 September 2012
ONE of Ireland's most successful and longstanding restaurateurs never seeks the limelight for himself. While John O'Sullivan is very well known and respected in the hospitality industry, it is the name of the restaurant that he co-founded in 1992 -- Roly'
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Restaurant Review - Foodworks
25 September 2012
I’m on about service again this week. Maybe I am just having a bad run of it but staff and restaurateurs should remember that a restaurant only gets one chance to make a first impression. Is there anything worse than feeling you are getting the cursor
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Restaurant Review - NSquare
18 September 2012
“Am I in an Italian, Moroccan, Thai or a Steakhouse & Grill”, I asked of the waitress in N Square, a new restaurant under a block of apartments, by the River Lee, just over the bridge from Cork Opera House. Keeping things simple here was certainly not..
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Love Antiques - Adams Blackrock
18 September 2012
From the fictional roguish Lovejoy of the 80’s, to the Antique Roadshow and mahogany tanned ‘Duke’ David Dickinson’s ‘Real Deal’ and Bargain Hunt of today, our TV screens have been lit up with antique finds, from Great Granny’s chest in
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RESTAURANT REVIEW - EASTERN SEABOARD
18 September 2012
I decided on one of those few recent fine days to take a ‘Thelma and Louise’ type spin up the coast to the Eastern Seaboard Restaurant at Drogheda with friend Rena. It seemed the perfect opportunity for a late lunch, or an early evening supper....
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A Touch of Salt
04 September 2012
Lucinda O'Sullivan meets a savvy Cork businesswoman who's proven that she's worth her salt (and pepper)
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Restaurant Review - Farm - Leeson Street
04 September 2012
It’s funny how some niche areas seem to mushroom organically creating a cult zone for dining with a vibe. Generally it revolves around a good pub where ‘the crowd’ likes to hang before moving on to eat.Ranelagh and Cabinteely villages spring to mind,