A perfect piece of FranceEATING OUT: Close your eyes in Waterford’s L’Atmosphere and it’s not too hard to imagine you’re sitting in a sun-soaked Languedoc…Sat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
A classic corkerEAT OUT : A smart way to test a restaurant is to try its version of a foodie classic – and in Isaac’s, the beetroot and goat…Sat Mar 24 2012 - 00:00
Take offIN THE 1960s when airline travel was still chic people used to go to Dublin airport (or Collinstown as it was called) just to…Sat Feb 25 2012 - 00:00
A proper kind of homecomingLike puppies, local restaurants are not just for Christmas, and Donelli’s has a seasonal menu with plenty of comfortSat Dec 10 2011 - 00:00
Local pride on the plateEAT OUT: How do you keep a south Dublin stalwart fresh after years of solid service? With a little local pride and a healthy…Sat Oct 29 2011 - 01:00
The city where the wild things areIT STARTED last week with curious footpath fruit on Dublin’s Heytesbury StreetTue Sept 27 2011 - 01:00
At long last, a table at NomaEATING OUT: Can any dinner be worth more than €350? Noma makes the case with an offering that is not a meal – it’s a manifesto…Sat Sept 10 2011 - 01:00
Hogwarts graduate casts a spellEATING OUT: Galway has some excellent restaurants, so newcomer Aniar has a lot to live up to – and it doesSat Sept 03 2011 - 01:00
Irish food: A Joly additionI’ve always liked the café at the National Library in Kildare StreetSat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
Neighbourhood nook with a cosy fair dealHAPPY NEIGHBOURHOODS are all the same, as Tolstoy the town planner might have writtenSat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
Flynn family favouritesTHE LAST TIME I met Paul Flynn I made him drop his glasses in alarmSat Jun 25 2011 - 01:00
Pub food with an Iberian twistTapas to get out of the grave for? That might be an exaggeration, but the Gravedigger’s pub is serving a great take on the Spanish…Sat Jun 18 2011 - 01:00
Never mind the view, look at the valueEATING OUT: Eden is offering a two-course lunch – starter and dessert – for a recession-busting €10Sat May 21 2011 - 01:00
FrontlinesThe Flat Lake Literary Festival in Clones, Co Monaghan is early this year; they’re hoping for exam weather between June 3rd and…Sat Apr 30 2011 - 01:00
Where did all the chefs go?While many restaurants struggle in a tough business environment, those that are still trading have to deal with an acute shortage…Mon Apr 25 2011 - 01:00
London on a plateIT’S EASY TO eat bad food and pay a lot of money for it in London so it’s important to plan aheadSat Apr 23 2011 - 01:00
In search of a fresh city centre catchEATING OUT: The Pembroke gets a new lease of life as Matt the Thresher seafood bar and grill – but there’s plenty more work …Sat Apr 16 2011 - 01:00
Sushi that's well worth the waitEATING OUT: Sushi cravings are satisfied at this top-notch hideaway, but the setting could be nicerSat Apr 02 2011 - 01:00
Is it time to put a stop to drinking on trains?Despite the presence of private security, antisocial behaviour on trains is still rifeSat Mar 26 2011 - 00:00
Ireland's best bar food?AS IF GALWAY wasn’t awash with enough students, the Dublin train has brought a fresh consignment, tanked up on cans and ready…Sat Mar 19 2011 - 00:00
Irish food, French style - and a reader competitionThe dollop of green food colouring approach to St Patrick’s Day cooking is fairly commonSat Mar 12 2011 - 00:00
Pop goes the birdieDublin’s newest pop-up restaurant serves several varieties of fried chicken, with some tasty sides and dipsSat Mar 12 2011 - 00:00
The pub and the pancakeEATING OUT: Smashing pub grub and some simple French fanciesSat Mar 05 2011 - 00:00
Student chef cooking up a stormDaniel Skukalek has been poring over the Noma cookbook since he got his hands on it a while agoSat Mar 05 2011 - 00:00
Just like Mammy madeIn hindsight the ominous signs were clear: a fur of dust on the clever “g” logo, the freezing, empty downstairs and the oil-filled…Sat Feb 19 2011 - 00:00
‘The calmest half hour of my year’Most days look better through the steam of a good cup of tea and a quirky tea room has just popped up in the pock-marked dereliction…Sat Feb 19 2011 - 00:00
Relax, bring the family and eat wellRestaurants that welcome children, without dumbing down the food, are rare but Moloughney's gets it just rightSat Feb 19 2011 - 00:00
Seoul foodEATING OUT: There’s a sense of adventure on the strip of foreign restaurants that make up Dublin’s Parnell StreetSat Jan 29 2011 - 00:00
HSE warns Dublin restaurant on serving burgers cooked rareA DUBLIN restaurant has been told by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to stop serving burgers cooked rare and medium-rare or…Tue Jan 18 2011 - 00:00
Guilbaud-backed brasserie to reopenA DUBLIN brasserie backed by Ireland’s only Michelin two-starred restaurateur Patrick Guilbaud has closedSat Jan 15 2011 - 00:00
Food on the hoofIT DOESN’T TAKE much to lure me off the streets into the warmth of a venueSat Dec 11 2010 - 00:00
Making an ethnic buzzEATING OUT: Kinara and Kajjal, two popular Pakistani restaurants on Dublin’s northside, have a new sister restaurant open in…Sat Nov 20 2010 - 00:00
Unlock the door againEATING OUT: One of the loveliest dining rooms in the capital has now got a fresh sense of identitySat Nov 13 2010 - 00:00
Retro-bistro serves up nostalgiaLET’S START WITH the good stuff. It’s a creamy crème brûlée under a glassy lid of burnt sugar, big enough for twoSat Oct 30 2010 - 01:00
Worth missing a train forEATING OUT: The countryside air seems to be doing Conrad Gallagher’s cooking a power of goodSat Oct 16 2010 - 01:00
Could try harderTHE SMELL OF diesel and beef fat wafts around the dark empty streets, where waiting burger stands sit in separate puddles of …Sat Oct 09 2010 - 01:00
Great grazingTHERE IS A sizzle of steak, Jamie Oliver’s courgette fritters have been fried, and the men are making the most of a boys’ night…Sat Sept 25 2010 - 01:00
Boutique hotelThere’s a dramatic name change along Stephen’s Green in Dublin, where celebrity chef Richard Corrigan has left the building at…Sat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
It's a steakout, royshHAVE YOU HEARD the one about the vegan property developer? Nope, me neitherSat Aug 07 2010 - 01:00
Bang to rightsEATING OUT Bang Café is under new management. Can a Dragon bring it back to its glory days?Sat Jul 17 2010 - 01:00
A New Toy StoryYou want to buy them tasteful, eco-friendly wooden jigaws. They want BratzSat Dec 05 2009 - 00:00
A family businessAs retailers seem to be clearing out the shop, painting the windows white and putting up the to-let sign in depressing numbers…Sat Mar 14 2009 - 00:00
How good intentions may have negative resultsThe recent Charities Bill makes it a criminal offence to sell a Mass card that is not authorised by a Catholic bishopSat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
Master the artAlex Meehan puts the high attrition rate among January gym-joiners down to one factor: boredomSat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
Brendan's VoyageINTERVIEW: He seems to have been on our TV screens for ever, but that's because Brendan Courtney is a self-starter who is not…Sat Nov 22 2008 - 00:00
Helping us to love librariesA league table of library membership nationwide shows a dramatic divideTue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Crunching the languageIt's hard sometimes to find words to make sense of a crisis as serious and complex as the current banking meltdownTue Sept 30 2008 - 01:00
