Restaurant Review: Restaurant Forty One at Residence
The room is grand in the actual sense of the word and what you would expect on the first floor of an eighteenth century townhouse that was lavishly restored some years ago.
Barfly: The Flowing Tide
The Flowing Tide is what is commonly referred to as ‘a storied pub’, one of those ‘remember the time when…’ spots.
Restaurant Review: The Legal Eagle
God is in the details for ventures like this and it is abundantly apparent that a lot of consideration has gone into The Legal Eagle.
Audio Review: The War On Drugs: A Deeper Understanding
A balm for the hurt senses of this fractured age
Barfly: Dicey’s Garden at The Russell Court Hotel
This is the beer-garden as envisaged by Hieronymus Bosch.
Restaurant Review: FX Buckley Crow Street Temple Bar
This is a solid, dependable restaurant which, alongside The Chameleon offers the best argument to spend money dining in Temple Bar.
Restaurant Review: Jolin’s Vietnamese Coffee House
Playing all of the hits from her Saigon repertoire… Jolin herself is a real pistol, animated, engaging and endlessly helpful.
Audio Review: Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie
The record already features on Rolling Stone’s top 50 of 2017. Huh?
Barfly: The Pavilion Bar at Trinity College Dublin
They have tarted the place up recently and it looks good in a functional way.
Audio Review: Harry Styles: Harry Styles
He is Styles and he does styles. Just go about your business. This is beneath your interest.
Barfly: The Horseshoe Bar At The Shelbourne Hotel
The Sam Stephenson designed bar protrudes into the cavity of the red-limned space like a lascivious brassy tongue and I realise that I want a cocktail.
May Audio Reviews: Timbre Timbre, Black Angels, Cat Palace + More!
From dark atmospheric soundscapes to freakish beauty. Even the strings are strung out.
Barfly: John Fallons ‘The Capstan Bar’
I’ve been haunting the shop on and off for about thirteen years and it’s a pleasant place to be.
Nil Points: Karen’s Diner
After a long wait, Karen’s has finally opened its doors on O’Connell Street, and reviewers have been reluctantly dropping in to check it out.
Our August edition #216 is out now and here’s what we’ve got for you…
Wish You Were Here? A summer illustration special in our August edition.
Evergreen Challenge
“Those of us who were open all through lockdown didn’t get any financial support from the government. We didn’t need it then, but we badly need it now.” – Michelle Madden, Evergreen on Wexford Street.
Roadmap: Wings of Change
Anyone associated with the city centre food game will have felt sadness at the announcement of Jo’Burger going into liquidation before Christmas.
Roadmap: Pucker Up – Valentine’s Threefer + The Singles Club
February represents a time to ruminate on failed dry-Januarys or experience the anxiety that comes with Valentine’s Day gifts or lack thereof.
