Cafe restaurants in Ireland
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An Chistin
Attached to the Oideas Gael cultural centre, this cafe/restaurant serves up surprisingly gourmet fare to a soundtrack of mellow jazz.
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Halpin's Bridge Cafe
An award-winning cafe serving delicious salads, homemade wraps, soups and an ever-changing special of the day. Eat in or take away.
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Cafe Blueberry
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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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Wooden Spoon
In a narrow passage just up from the waterfront, this cafe and bakery offers up Med-flavoured fair so flavourful that on balmy days you might think you're near the Riviera. Local chef-done-good Laura Kilkenny also has trad faves such as fresh soda bread, all made with local ingredients and mostly sourced locally.
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Toffee & Thyme
A stylish cafe with good dishes created from regional produce. There are many daily specials, from sandwiches and salads to savoury soups and hot meals.
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Thyme & Co
Thyme is a welcoming cafe with the distinction of a menu that is chock-a-block with homemade dishes prepared using local produce as much as possible – lush salads, shepherd's pie, salmon and egg crumble. Great homebaked scones and excellent coffee, too.
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Strand Restaurant & Bakery
The Strand has been around since 1930, and dishes up great homemade ice cream and cakes, as well as serving all-day breakfast (£2 to £5), lunch and dinner in its traditional, seaside, chips-with-everything restaurant.
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Stockwell Artisan Foods Café
The exposed red-brick walls and wooden furniture add to the warmth of this place serving healthy, wholesome wraps, salads, soups and hot dishes. Pick up goodies to go at Stockwell's deli, which has a cramped cafe.
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Sheila's Coffee and Cream
Attached to the heritage centre, this little cafe is a local favourite and serves a good selection of hot dishes such as fish cakes and lasagne as well as a luscious collection of desserts.
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An Tromán
Crammed with gourmet goodies, this fabulous deli is perfect for picking up the makings of a picnic. If it's not picnic weather, you can order daily specials like a bowl of soup and tuna and sweet corn sandwich, or chicken and mushroom pie and a meringue nest with fruit and fresh cream.
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Ruby's Coffee & Sandwich Bar
Tucked upstairs in Eason's bookshop is this comfy nook furnished with sofas and armchairs, offering breakfast bagels and croissants, sandwiches and salads, soups and baked potatoes. Free newspapers, too.
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McMahons Cafe Bar
A hip establishment that could hold its own in Dublin, by day McMahons is a funky cafe whipping up squeezed-on-the-spot juices and fresh-filled bagels. At night, its cavernous tiered bar puts on regular live bands, cutting-edge DJs, steaming pizzas and a wicked cocktail list.
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McGuires Coffee Shop
If a walk on the hill has worked up an appetite, this cafe-souvenir shop at the base can restore you with snacks like apple and cinnamon pancakes or waffles with toffee sauce.
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Lir Café
Food is limited to cakes, biscuits and the real treat, handmade chocolates, including Bailey's truffles. Great coffee, hip atmosphere.
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Kilkenny Design Centre Cafe
Upstairs from the craft shops, this arty, organic- oriented cafe is one of the best places in town for home-baked breads and scones, salads in a vast variety, sandwiches made with local salmon, numerous hot specials, and sumptuous desserts. It's cafeteria style so you can ponder your choices in detail.
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Hunter's Bakery & Oven Door Café
If you fancy a quick snack, this homey bakery has a comfy cafeteria at the back, serving good coffee, cakes and light meals. It's a local institution, patronised by a broad cross-section of the community, with a pleasantly old-fashioned feel.
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Grape & Grain
In addition to coffee and cake, perennial cafe fare at this stylish, burgundy- and green-coloured place includes big salads served with garlic bread and sandwiches with salad, nachos and dip.
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Goat Street Cafe
With its own photographic gallery, polished hardwood surfaces and sophisticated furnishings, this is one of Dingle's most popular cafes for international fare – from lamb tajines to Thai green curries, ginger stir-fries and Mediterranean casseroles.
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Footlights Bar & Bistro
This stylish little place is a chilled-out haven of coffee- and cream-coloured sofas and chairs in the theatre lobby, with a familiar menu of comfort food such as beef burgers, chicken Caesar salad and duck spring rolls.
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Food Heaven
One of several fine choices in the Market St area, this small cafe/deli lives up to its ethereal name with creative and fresh fare. Sandwiches come on renowned brown bread, while soups and salads change daily. Hot specials are just that. Be ready to queue at lunch.
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Doolin Cafe
The cottage is small, but the flavours are big at this much-loved bistro. Salads, soups and sandwiches are the deal at lunch, while at night there's a range of meats and seafood with fusion preparations.
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Chapter One
Heaving at lunchtime when locals descend to dine on the huge range of filled bagels, soups, nachos and specials such as quesadillas, this friendly, informal place is one of the town's most popular cafes.
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Café Mocha
All manner of juices, coffee drinks, teas and, yes, hot chocolates are served at this kid-friendly cafe. There are a few sandwiches and tarts but the real food joy centres on a long dessert list. Look for the narrow entrance to stairs on the main shopping drag.
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Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre Cafe
On the lower level of the Brú na Bóinne visitor centre, this surprisingly good cafe's extensive vegetarian options include nut and lentil loaf, and eggplant and zucchini cake, plus plenty of other treats like salmon and leek tart and beef lasagne.
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