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Bear Market Coffee
Owners Stephen Deasy and Ruth Hussey’s cafe in Blackrock Village is as popular for its gorgeous interiors as it is for the selection of roasted-in-Ireland coffee on offer. The modern, industrial-looking space is a perfect stop for a mid-morning or...
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EAT at Powerscourt
There are a number of casual restaurants and cafés in the Powerscourt Centre, which are perfect for a quick bite when shopping or touring in the city center. Free wifi is an added bonus.
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Fade Street Social
Dylan McGrath, who is one of the country’s best-known chefs, opened this buzzing restaurant, which includes a gastro-pub for tapas, a main dining room and a rooftop cocktail lounge after the success of Rustic Stone. While Rustic Stone uses the...
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Merrion Square Lunchtime Market
Every Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., various local vendors set up booths in Merrion Square to serve lunch. The Georgian park, which is surrounded by various office buildings, takes on a mini food festival vibe with cuisine from...
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Murphy’s Ice Cream
In a country known for its excellent dairy products, a visit to an ice cream shop is a must. This favorite ice creamery serves generous scoops of innovative, Irish-inspired flavors, including Dingle sea salt, caramelized brown bread and Irish coffee,...
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Oliveto At The Kingston Hotel
Getting a table at this Dun Laoghaire hot spot is tricky since it’s become a favored go-to among Dubliners and visitors. They all come for the lively ambience at the outdoor terrace while they savor some of the best pizzas...
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The Dublin Cookie Co.
Travelers with a sweet tooth should be sure to stop by this cookie café for freshly baked treats in a variety of fun flavors, as well as homemade flavored milk.
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The Fumbally
Fumbally is an eclectic hippie café, coffee shop, yoga studio and workshop space. There is a permanent menu, as well as daily specials that change seasonally, and all dishes are made with local, organic ingredients. The drinks offerings are a...
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The Pig’s Ear
Chef Stephen McAllister’s restaurant in the city center is a great place to get acquainted with traditional Irish cooking. In this light-bathed dining room, you can sample expertly prepared dishes with a delightfully rustic quality like crispy pig’s head croquettes...
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Winding Stair
Named after the Yeats poem, this café above the bookstore of the same name and acclaim has been a long-standing Irish favorite. Winding Stair is always buzzing with locals-in-the-know, but there’s still a homey ambience that makes the restaurant feel...
Dublin

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Dublin’s culinary offerings today no longer consist mostly of cabbage and potatoes. In fact, you’ll be hard-pressed to find tasteless boiled food in the Irish capital these days. Seafood is a specialty due to the city’s proximity to the sea. Pubs are home to some of the best dining in Dublin, and there are supposedly 800 in the city center alone (particularly impressive in a population of only 1 million people). They say Guinness tastes the best when consumed in a Dublin pub, and no one seems to argue the point. For an abbreviated list of restaurants, read Top Tables Dublin.
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Beyond…
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Amsterdam
The Dutch capital is sometimes referred to as the Venice of the north thanks to its UNESCO-protected canals and its Master painters (it was home to Rembrandt and Van Gogh). It's the kind of city where you can take in...
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London
London cherishes its duality: it fully embraces history and stiff upper lip traditions alongside the cutting-edge and the new, whether through its clubby residential five star hotels, its dynamic art and architecture or its buzzy theater and restaurant scenes. This...
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Edinburgh
Beneath a dreamlike canopy of Gothic and Georgian steeples, spires, towers and turrets, Edinburgh’s cobblestoned streets wind uphill en route to a magnificent medieval fortress. Long hailed the “Athens of the North,” Scotland’s misty, collegiate capital is a profoundly lettered...