Cafe restaurants in Ireland
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Emma's Cafe & Deli
Laid-back and bursting with good food, Emma's is a popular local haunt, serving an interesting range of ciabatta, panini, salads and cakes. There are books and games for children and plenty of tempting deli options for picnics.
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Kissin Crust
Very popular with local people, this friendly coffee shop is stacked with home-baked apple pie, lemon meringue pie, quiches and scones, and serves up a lunch menu of homemade soup, freshly made sandwiches and a hot dish of the day.
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Pantry
With a Euro-sleek look, this bakery/deli/cafe is filled with surprises and fresh treasures. The scones are plainly the best in Clare and pretty much everything else you order from the seemingly simple menu will have you saying, 'That's the best…I ever had'.
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Bourke's the Galley
The sign at this sparkling cafe across from the church reads: Be warm, be welcome, be at home. Of course, home never had such cupcakes. Attached to a deli, Bourke's offers rich coffees, alluring baked goods and fresh light meals you can enjoy on a small terrace.
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Café 55
Tucked beneath 55 Degrees North, this licensed cafe serves good coffee plus breakfast rolls and pancakes (10am to 11.30am) on an outdoor terrace; it also has daily lunch specials such as fish pie, and an evening menu in summer.
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Andersons
Located in the Highlanes Gallery, this split-level cafe serves a stylish range of bruschetta, bagels and gourmet sandwiches, including open prawn or smoked salmon on multigrain. It also offers baguettes with French brie, as well as cheese, seafood and Mediterranean platters and a great Moroccan salad.
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Café Krem
A friendly, community atmosphere and the best coffee in town make Café Krem stand out from the crowd. There's also wicked hot chocolate, tasty soups, sandwiches, pasta and panini, and a couple of big, soft sofas to sink into.
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Two Dames
Organic porridge, granola with organic yoghurt and 'CYO' (create your own) sandwiches are just a few of the reasons locals squeeze into this hole-in-the-wall cafe. The owners have great personalities and you feel like a regular from the time you enter. Breakfast is served until noon.
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Good Room Cafe
Inventive soups, salads, sandwiches, baked goods and homemade jams at this (very) good room are more contemporary than you'd expect from the cutesy thatched-cottage location. Arrive early before their famous scones sell out.
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Bake House
Don't miss the hot pies (served with salad) at this busy spot.
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Chopin's Cafe
Irish-as-it-gets specialities at this cute little red box of a cafe include bacon and cabbage with white sauce and baked cod with tartare sauce, plus homemade beef burgers laced with onions, while international options range from frittatas to lasagnes.
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Stone House Cafe
This little building on the river was once the gate lodge to the private mansion Frybrook House. The cafe serves a selection of soups, sandwiches, panini and cakes, which you can enjoy as the water rushes by.
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Denny Lane Cafe
Entered via a narrow lane, this modern cafe is great for snacks like loaded potato skins or warm brie salad, as well as more filling meals such as pan-friend sirloin steaks.
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Harts
Always busy, this classic city-centre caff surprises with creative takes on standards. Ciabatta sandwiches, fine baked goods, local cheese plates and homemade preserves set the tone.
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Roark's Kitchen
This cute little chalk-built tearoom on the quayside at Ballintoy serves teas, coffees, ice cream, home-baked apple tart and lunch dishes such as Irish stew or chicken and ham pie.
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Theresa's Tearoom
The cosy village tearoom beside the bridge offers tea and cakes, sandwiches and salads, and hot lunch dishes such as fish and chips, grilled chicken and vegetable tortilla wraps.
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Red Berry Coffee House
A chilled-out fairtrade coffee shop that serves big breakfasts (including a stack of pancakes with bacon and maple syrup) till 11.30am, and deli sandwiches and salads thereafter.
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Café Papa
This deli-cum-cafe serves good coffee, cakes, home-baked bread and gourmet sandwiches. It also does bistro dinners on Friday and Saturday evenings when you can bring your own wine.
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Cucina
Laid-back jazz sets the mood at this modern little cafe. Healthy bruschetta, salads and soups, and not-so-healthy but very delicious cup cakes are served in a simple setting.
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Agape
Just off Market Sq, this trendy little cafe has a fine range of homemade food. There's a full coffee bar and a menu of salads, soups, sandwiches and tasty hot specials.
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Puccino's
This tiny nook on the main drag has a full coffee bar and blends up fresh fruit smoothies and juices that may help digest that lump of black pudding from breakfast.
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Lazy Bean Cafe
Busy, breezy little cafe dishing out tasty sandwiches, salads, soups and wraps.
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Courtyard Coffee House
This cafe serves tasty homemade soups and light lunches as well as coffee and cakes, and has a second branch inside Carrickfergus Castle.
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Copper Kettle
This rustic tearoom serves breakfast fry-ups till 11.30am, and has daily lunch specials as well as good tea, coffee, cakes and scones.
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Rebecca's Place
A traditional cafe with pine tables and chairs, Rebecca's is set in a craft shop and serves good sandwiches, salads and pastries.
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