Barfly: Once Upon a Vine
"The Irish Guild of Sommeliers has thrown open its doors to wine aficionados of all backgrounds."
Barfly: Irish Food and Drink Month
We perish the thought of the month when there isn’t food and drink but Great Irish Beverages have proclaimed October to be a standout.
Barfly: Titanic Don’t Panic
“Whiskey has played an important part in the history of our city but there hasn’t been a working distillery here since the 1930s.” - Peter Lavery, Titanic Distillers.
Barfly: Amaro Del Capo
We recently had the pleasure of sitting down for a meal in Hen’s Teeth in the company of some of the Italian team behind Cafe Vergnano and talk turned to…
Barfly: Cocktail-a-Hoop
BAR 1661, the Dublin 7 bar-that-could has been nominated for the Best International Bar Team in the European category of Tales of the Cocktail.
Barfly: UnderDog Anchors
The OG’s themselves will be doing what they’ve done so well since opening in 2017 downstairs in Brogans, sourcing and tapping the best beer available in the country and adding…
Barfly: Flora Adora
Flora Adora was launched in the gardens of Stauntons on the Green during a sunny interlude in April. The banquet, overseen by Rob Kenny and his own adoras, had a…
Barfly: Straight from The Vine
Combining 27 years of experience in the trade, Antonia Dominguez and Lynda Coogan bring their W-game to their podcast, Wine: The Long & The Short of It.
Barfly: Pressure Drop
We may no longer have Toots Hibbert in our presence on this planet but the pun merchants at the Rascals Brewery have devised a means of honouring him whilst supping…
Designing for Dining
Last month, as part of Irish Design Week, we hosted a panel on Designing for Dining. In the beautiful bar, bistro and bureau Note, we discussed how design can supplement,…
Barfly: A Wine Idea
Dublin based oenologist and Viticulturist Sevgi Tüzel-Conghaile has just expanded her horizons with the launch of her new online shop.
Death of The Early House?
The Chancery is currently shuttered and we’re not sure if the new buyers will have an appetite for utilising the historic licence. And now The Windjammer may well go the…
Barfly: The Landmark
The Landmark is still some way from graduating from signpost to destination.
Barfly: Churchtown Stores
The back wall is appointed with floor-to-ceiling shelving densely packed with enough bougie knick-knacks to give Marie Kondo a conniption.
Barfly: The Big Romance
Dublin originals doing supremely cool shit with the minimum of fuss.
Barfly: Rody Bolands Rathmines
Considering its history of transience, perhaps it is somewhat fitting that Bolands feels like it’s from somewhere else entirely.