Barfly: The Open Gate Brewery
I like the feeling that potentially calamitous choices are just maddeningly out of reach. What if I were to pull that lever? Would a tsunami of Hop House 13 roar…
Barfly: Darkey Kelly’s
Darkey Kelly’s positions itself as the ideal destination for holidaymakers looking to sample the traditional Dublin pub experience
Barfly: The Chancery Inn
The first time I set foot in the Chancery Inn was, like many others, at 7am on a Saturday morning.
Barfly: Lundy Foot’s
This would be a first - an initially sober experience of the shop formerly known as The Czech Inn, formerly known as Isolde’s Tower.
Barfly: The Terrace at the Irish Film Institute
"I’ve found over the years that this space can repay the patient tippler with singular pleasures."
Barfly: Kiely’s of Donnybrook
Sure, isn’t former England rugby coach Stuart Lancaster sitting at the bar?
Barfly: Gold Bar at Hang Dai
Despite the name, this is the least precious cocktail bar you’ve never been to.
Barfly: The Fourth Corner
Each drink is named after the pubs that used to occupy the Four Corners of Hell in The Liberties, the junction from where the pub gets its name.
Barfly: Lucky’s
With the opening of Lucky’s we (you know who you are) now have an unassailable triumvirate of fuck-off places in which to wet our whistles.
Barfly: Izakaya Sake Bar Yamamori
An immersive introduction to the noble rice wine that remains little understood to most westerners.
Barfly: Ruin
Brainchild of the same stable that brought us Camden Exchange, Ruin draws both its inspiration and moniker from the “Ruin Bars” of Budapest.
Barfly: The Pavilion Bar at Trinity College Dublin
They have tarted the place up recently and it looks good in a functional way.
Barfly: Street 66
Street 66 is divided into two distinct areas; a wholly unremarkable, leather booth lined hindquarters functioning as a “Disco Lounge” and a more laid back “Dive Bar” up at the…
Barfly: Last Orders – Jack Nealon’s
With only a few weeks left before the doors finally close, it seems like the most pertinent move would be to drop in for a quiet one, two or three…
Barfly: Humphrey’s – Drinking On Cloud Eight
Situated next door to the considerably more popular Smyth’s; Humphrey’s, for better or for worse, seems set to forever be discussed through the lens of what it is not.