Avoca

Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green


This top-floor cafe, part of the marvellous Avoca group, is very popular with discerning shoppers who enjoy a gourmet lunch: how about a Toonsbridge halloumi salad with kale, sweet potato, baba ganoush and dukkah, or falafel with bulgar pilaf, caramelised onion hummus, beetroot tzatziki and pitta? There's also a takeaway salad bar and hot-food counter in the basement.


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Nearby Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green attractions

1. Molly Malone Statue

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2. Irish Whiskey Museum

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3. Provost's House

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This five-bay, two-storey Palladian house was built in 1759 for the then-provost (president) of Trinity College, Francis Andrews. It has served as the…

4. Edmund Burke Statue

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This bronze statue of Anglo-Irish statesman and orator Edmund Burke (1729–97) was the work of sculptor John Henry Foley and erected in 1868. Burke…

5. Front Gate

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The main entrance to Trinity College was built in the 1870s to replace the 1759 original and was completely refurbished in 2014.

6. Oliver Goldsmith Statue

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Imposing statue of Anglo-Irish novelist and playwright Oliver Goldsmith (1728–74), who wrote The Vicar of Wakefield.

8. Examination Hall

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Trinity College's main exam hall was designed by William Chambers in 1785.