Bewley’s faces another legal fight over lease allegations

DUBLIN’s most famous cafe is facing a legal battle for survival for the second time in two years.

Bewley’s Cafe, which has operated for seven decades on Grafton Street, hasbecome part of the fabric of the capital city’s cultural and political history.

The oriental cafe, famed as a meeting place for poets and writers, shut down for a time in 2004 after the original operators initially pulled out, saying the business was no longer viable. The Irish Government, the city’s council, the State’s heritage body and campaigners all became embroiled in the row over its future.