Café real treasure

WHEN is a café not a café?

When it’s Café Hans. This busy Tipperary treasure is the kind of place that greets you with a basket of hot bread, serves up jugs of water with ice and lemon without you having to request it, and cooks — rather than reheats — fresh food to order.

Sure, there are paper napkins, it doesn’t take bookings, and it closes at 5pm. But for all intents and purposes, this is a casual cafe with the panache of a proper restaurant.