Tag: Galway

Galway’s Best Wine Bars

Galway’s Best Wine Bars

Tartare The most recent (if you could call it that now) of chef JP McMahon’s and co-owner and designer Drigin Gaffey’s EATGalway family, Tartare is an elegant café and wine bar in Galway’s West End. Awarded with a Michelin Bib…

Review: Pálás Restaurant

Review: Pálás Restaurant

Restaurants or cafes that accompany the secondary space of a primary function like a gallery or theatre can frequently be very hit or miss. Bar some notable exceptions, and there certainly are some in Ireland, they are presented often with…

Review: Tartare, Galway

Review: Tartare, Galway

Beckett’s “We are all born mad” in fluorescent neon pink adorns the wall in Tartare, Galway’s newest venture by chef JP McMahon and Drigin Gaffey. Perhaps this is a proclamation from the pair, leaving the perceived safety nest of Massimo…

Food on the Edge 2017: A Reaction

Food on the Edge 2017: A Reaction

Action is the bridge between intentions and reality… Intentions are lovely but actions are stronger – Margot Janse In opening with Dominic MacSorely, CEO of Concern international, this year’s Food on the Edge symposium made a clear statement of the…

Food on the Edge 2017 – Preview

Food on the Edge 2017 – Preview

The run-up to October and the eagerly anticipated return of the annual Food on the Edge symposium is heating up with the recent announcement of this year’s theme; ‘Action: Reaction’ at the official Irish launch held recently on the 19th…

Cong Food Village Festival 2017

Cong Food Village Festival 2017

Cong has long had a history of being synonymous with food and celebration. Ashford Castle, the venue of many a feast and party, stands proud in its manicured gardens surveying the town and it’s neighbouring Lodge. Now, along with the…

Review: Armorica, Galway

Review: Armorica, Galway

As a native I can confidently say that we’ve never been too bestowed with fantastic dining in Oranmore. There have been a plethora of open and shut takeaways and others that indeed have become a mainstay on main street. Plenty…

Food Producer Series – Gannet Fishmongers

Food Producer Series – Gannet Fishmongers

“Do what you do but to its best possibilities” – Stefan Griesbach As for most people who fall in love, for Stefan it too occurred by chance. How to we pinpoint the moment of that kindling fire? Perhaps there isn’t…

Fish Pie

Fish Pie

For a small island nation it really is rather odd that many of us find ourselves in a situation where we should or even feel the need to increase our intake of fish and seafood. Many of us struggle with including…

Food on the Edge 2016

Food on the Edge 2016

Be bold, be brave, be daring, make mistakes, take chances, and show that you really care – Massimo Bottura Food is always evolving and changing; it’s one of the things I love about it. However, if we are to take a…