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Beloved Dublin café forced to close by government

Beloved Dublin café forced to close by government

The owner has said the way his staff are being treated is a ‘disgrace’. The beloved Silk Road Café in Dublin has been forced to close by the government. Based in the Chester Beatty Library at Dublin Castle, the café was set to mark 25 years in operation this July. However, owner Abraham Phelan has […]

2 months ago

One of Dublin’s most popular cafés is changing ownership

One of Dublin’s most popular cafés is changing ownership

The coffee shop will close temporarily from next week before reopening in early January. Bang Bang, the hugely popular independent café in the Dublin neighbourhood of Phibsborough, has announced it is changing ownership. Named after the famous Dublin street character, whose real name was Thomas Dudley, the coffee shop was opened in late 2015 by […]

7 months ago

Popular Dublin restaurant to close after over a decade of business

Popular Dublin restaurant to close after over a decade of business

It’s the end of an era… A popular Dublin restaurant is set to close its doors. Cleaver East in Temple Bar will be closing its doors to the public after a decade of serving up some fine Asian fusion dishes. The restaurant opened in 2013 and since then, head chef Oliver Dunne has been putting […]

1 year ago

Popular Dublin city restaurant damaged by fire over Bank Holiday weekend

Popular Dublin city restaurant damaged by fire over Bank Holiday weekend

The Dublin Fire Brigade and Gardaí have issued statements about the fire. Popular Dublin city centre restaurant Alfie’s, located on 10 South William Street, was damaged by a fire that broke out over the Bank Holiday weekend. In a statement on Twitter on Tuesday morning (3 June), the Dublin Fire Brigade posted an image of […]

1 year ago

Couple left ‘gobsmacked’ and ‘in tears’ after kind gesture by restaurant

Couple left ‘gobsmacked’ and ‘in tears’ after kind gesture by restaurant

Dawn and Paul have been together for decades. A couple who went out for dinner to celebrate their 50 years together were left “gobsmacked” and “in tears” upon receiving the bill from the restaurant. Dawn and Paul Molineux, from Southport in Liverpool, met when they were just teenagers on a blind date. At the end […]

3 years ago

A crypto-themed restaurant is no longer accepting cryptocurrency as payment

A crypto-themed restaurant is no longer accepting cryptocurrency as payment

The restaurant had claimed to be the first to accept Ethereum and ApeCoin. A crypto-themed restaurant has reportedly had to stop accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment following a devastating period for the crypto market. Bored & Hungry opened in Long Beach, California, earlier this year and proudly boasted that it would be the […]

4 years ago