Cafe restaurants in Dublin
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Cake Café
Dublin's best-kept pastry secret is this great little cafe on a tiny lane parallel to Camden St. The easiest way in is through Daintree stationery shop; through the back is the self-contained yard, which in good weather is the best spot to enjoy a coffee and a homemade cake.
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Avoca
The waiters are easy on the eye for a reason: the upstairs cafe of the city's best designer crafts store has long been the favourite spot of the Ladies Who Lunch. Designer bags can get very heavy, so there's nothing better to restore flagging energy than the simple, rustic delights on offer: organic shepherd's pie, roast lamb with couscous, or sumptuous salads from the Avoca kitchen. There's also a takeaway salad bar and hot-food counter in the basement.
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Panem
Pasta, focaccia and salads are the standard fare at this diminutive quay-side cafe, but the specialities are wickedly sweet and savoury pastries, which are all made on-site. The croissants and brioche – filled with Belgian chocolate, almond cream or hazelnut amaretti – are the perfect snack for a holiday stroll along the Liffey Boardwalk. Lunchtimes are chaotic.
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Cobalt Café & Gallery
A splendid little cafe just opposite the James Joyce Cultural Centre, the Cobalt occupies the ground floor of an elegant Georgian building and serves honest-to-goodness sandwiches stuffed with lots of lovely fillings. The big fireplace is the spot to warm those winter toes.
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Simon's Place
Simon hasn't had to change the menu of doorstep sandwiches and wholesome vegetarian soups since he first opened shop two decades ago – and why should he? His grub is as heartening and legendary as he is. It's a great place to sip a coffee and watch life go by in the old-fashioned arcade. Downstairs is dingy and appropriately popular with Goths and other types with an aversion to sunlight.
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Honest to Goodness
Wholesome sandwiches (made with freshly baked bread), tasty soups and a near-legendary Sloppy Joe, all made on the premises using ingredients sourced from local producers, have earned this lovely spot in the George's St Arcade a bevy of loyal fans who want to keep it all to themselves. No place this good can stay secret for long.
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Queen of Tart
Diet dodgers rejoice, for this doughty little cafe is to cakes what Willie Wonka was to chocolate, and you'll think you're in a dream when you see the displays of tarts, meringues, crumbles, cookies and brownies, never mind taste them. There are also great brekkies – such as potato-and-chive cake with mushroom and egg, plus the coffee is splendid and the service sweet. This is a treasure so popular that they opened a bigger version around the corner on Cow's Lane
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Pepperpot
Everything is baked and made daily at the lovely cafe on the 1st-floor balcony of the Powerscourt Townhouse. The salads with homemade brown bread are delicious but the real treat is the soup of the day (€4.50) – the ideal liquid lunch.
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