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Organisation: Chop House

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Review: Restaurant Chestnut, Ballydehob

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Review: Restaurant Chestnut, Ballydehob

Ideally, any newly-opened restaurant should hit its marks from day one; surely it shortchanges customers to do otherwise? That said, I have always thought it only fair to allow a grace period for ‘bedding in’ before reviewing any new arrival. So why, oh why, am I reviewing Restaurant Chestnut on its opening night? asks Joe McNamee.

Taste of Michelin success is just reward for hard working businesses

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Taste of Michelin success is just reward for hard working businesses
More Irish than the Irish themselves: Pubs up for top award

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More Irish than the Irish themselves: Pubs up for top award
The Mark Hix recipe for food business success

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The Mark Hix recipe for food business success
Hale and hearty at L Mulligan Grocer

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Hale and hearty at L Mulligan Grocer
Hopping and chopping at The Chop House

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Hopping and chopping at The Chop House
Cork: It’s time to eat and drink for Ireland
Cork: It’s time to eat and drink for Ireland

Jola Wojtowitz outside her (now closed) restaurant in Lower O’Connell Street in Kinsale.

Sun, 04 Nov, 2012

Triumph of tradition

THERE is something defiant about a restaurant that, in our pestered, politically-correct times, is called a chop house.

Sat, 06 Aug, 2011

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