Lucinda O’Sullivan goes on a food safari around Dublin’s newest casual dining spots and finds dumplings, spice bags and more
With plenty of interesting new establishments opening around Dublin, our critic decided to take a tour of the town
From left: Prawn dumplings; and duck dumplings in Sichuan chilli broth from CN Dumpling. Photo: Lucinda O’Sullivan
Despite the spate of recent restaurant closures, it hasn’t stopped eager restaurateurs from planting their flags. Indeed, with so many hip new casual dining spots opening in Dublin, I decided to do a safari of openers to see what they had to offer.
Montague Street, linking Camden and Harcourt Streets, with its graffiti-embellished walls became a must-visit location when the adventurous Vanessa Murphy and Anna Cabrera of Las Tapas de Lola opened their brilliant bodega, La Gordita, some 12 months ago. “This could become a hot restaurant quarter in Dublin”, said my friend ‘the fashionista’ when we visited. She was right — where the brave may go, others soon follow.
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