Restaurant review: 12 Tables, Douglas, Cork

12 tables restaurant is a homely and unpretentious slice of Brooklyn in Cork city, says Joe McNamee.

What happens to rock stars when they eventually tire of turning it up ‘one louder’, all the way to 11, and wish to exit stage left?

Those who get the Spinal Tap reference will recall fictional lead guitarist Nigel Tufnell’s aspirations to be a hat salesman, a wonderfully sly dig recalling dullards of the British rock aristocracy and their fish farms, but, truth be told, all rock stars seem to want to do is open restaurants.