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Cask in Cork has been named as the Bar of the Year at the recent Bar of the Year Awards.
Since opening in February 2017 on MacCurtain Street in Cork city, the venue has proven to be extremely popular due to its original and innovative cocktail menu.
Award-winning cocktail consultant Andy Ferreira has helped to shape the menu and their cocktails are based around ingredients that grow in Ireland.
Elsewhere, The Old Orchard in Dublin won the award for Local Bar of the Year, while Trad Bar of the Year also went to another Galway bar, Lowry’s.
With over 25 categories and awards up for grabs, the winners of all the following categories, chosen by a specially selected panel of judges, were revealed at a gala awards ceremony in the Clayton Hotel, on the Burlington Road in Dublin.
Bar of the Year – Cask, Cork
Local Bar of the Year – The Old Orchard, Dublin
Trad Bar of the Year – Lowry’s Irish Music and Whiskey Bar, Galway
City Bar of the Year – Café en Seine, Dublin
Hotel Bar of the Year – Panorama Bistro & Terrace @ The Montenotte Hotel, Cork
Hotel Bar of the Year (Five-Star Hotels) – The Sidecar Bar @ The Westbury Hotel, Dublin
Tourist Bar of the Year – Durty Nelly’s Bar, Clare
Restaurant Bar of the Year – Wild Honey Inn, Clare
Bar Food of the Year – Blakes Corner Bar, Galway
Gastro Bar of the Year – Knights Bar @ Clontarf Castle, Dublin
Outside Space of the Year – The Central, Meath
Best Designed Bar/Best Inside Space – J.M. Reidy’s, Kerry
Live Entertainment Bar of the Year – The Workmans Club, Dublin
Late Bar/Nightclub of the Year – Opium Club, Dublin
Best Bar to Watch the Match – Buskers On The Ball, Dublin
Cocktail Bar of the Year – Cask, Cork
Craft Bar of the Year – Impala, Cork
Gin Bar of the Year – Russell’s Saloon, Louth
Whiskey Bar of the Year – The Shelbourne Bar, Cork
Best Newcomer – J.M. Reidy’s, Kerry
Innovative Bar of the Year – The Virgin Mary Bar, Dublin
Dog-friendly Bar of the Year – Peadars Bar, Westmeath
Wine Bar of the Year – Piglet Wine Bar, Dublin
People’s Choice Overall – 101, Limerick
People’s Choice Dublin – Igo Inn
People’s Choice Leinster – Left Bank
People’s Choice Munster – 101
People’s Choice Connacht/Ulster – Janey Mac’s
Special Recognition Award – Charlie Chawke Group and Louis Fitzgeralds Group
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