A first venture for husband-and-wife team Zsolt Lukács and Edel McMahon-Lukács, Darog ('small oak tree') was warmly welcomed when it opened in late 2023 - not least because it is such a fitting successor to Tartare, the former occup ... more...
Well located on Bangor's main street, this inviting bakery, tea rooms/coffee shop, restaurant and delicatessen offers the weary shopper a choice of tasty fare throughout the day, and is an institution in the town.
Famous for its home baking, work star ... more...
On a slip road at the top of the main street, just off the busy thoroughfare, siblings Elaine and JD Spearman's bakery and tea room is a charming old-style place to take a break for a bite to eat and 'freshly ground coffee or a grand cup of tea'.
It h ... more...
This attractive family-run hotel overlooks the village green in the centre of Blarney, beside the castle. It has been in the Forrest family since 1837 but, with the exception of the restaurant, reception area and the very characterful old Johnny's Bar, ... more...
Peter O'Sullivan is currently carrying on the proud tradition of the O'Sullivan family meat business, which dates back to 1958 and continues to make his family recipe for Sneem Black Pudding by hand and sell it direct from the shop and through a few ot ... more...
Belfast’s most famous pub, The Crown Liquor Saloon, was perhaps the greatest of all the Victorian gin palaces which once flourished in Britain’s industrial cities. Although now owned by the National Trust (and run by Nicholson's Pubs, fam ... more...
This boutique coffee roasters was set up here in 2008 by the highly experienced and coffee-educated Australian Brock Lewin who relocated to Co Cork with his wife who is from Fermoy.
Although they now have retail outlets in Galway and Dublin, their unu ... more...
Many of Northern Ireland’s best artisan producers are in Co Down and the lush green grass that grows so well makes it a good dairy area.
The Taylor family, who are Good Food Ireland and Taste of Ulster members, have had a dairy farm here on the ... more...
Anyone who remembers Pat and Aoife O'Malley's luxurious guesthouse and restaurant, Admiralty Lodge, just minutes away from the Spanish Point Links Course will be delighted to find that they're back in style nearby, at this handsome almost-beachside per ... more...
They do quirky traditional very well in County Clare - and nowhere better than at this grey-painted two-storey house in Ennistymon, which has charmed visitors and locals alike since it reopened in May 2018.
Pot Duggan is a venture by publican Trev O&r ... more...
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