“This could become Dublin’s Spanish quarter,” said my fashionista friend to owners Anna Cabrera and Vanessa Murphy as we arrived at their new Spanish bodega, La Gordita (the little fat one). Ten years ago, the duo, who are partners in business and in life, opened Las Tapas de Lola on Wexford Street, which went on to be one of Dublin’s busiest and buzziest spots.
‘You need to take four tables out of here,” said a couple to the manager, having stood, waiting for their coats, for some 10 minutes to depart the new Flâneur in Rathmines. We almost applauded as they said it, as our own experience was already becoming the most farcical, uncomfortable one I’d had in a while.
Rising prices across the board have been a big problem for all of us, with dire warnings for the past few months about the cost-of-living increases by way of energy bills, not to mention food prices shooting up. It’s been straight back to the Irish Mammy mantras, the butt of every Irish comedian’s jokes ‘Turn off that immersion!’ ‘Switch off those damn lights!’ ‘No, you can’t ring your friend in Florida!’
STUNNING supermodel Sophie Anderton turned heads at the opening of a new cocktail bar in Dublin when she turned up with her rarely-seen husband Count Kazimierz Balinski-Jundzill.
The man behind one of Kilkenny s top restaurants has today been named the Best Chef in Ireland! Garrett Byrne of Campagne restaurant was given the title by Geor.