End of an era as regulars bid goodbye to Crawford Gallery Café

Bittersweet reunion for friends as beloved café shuts up shop

 The Crawford Gallery in Cork City is closing this weekend. Pictures: Larry Cummins

It was a bittersweet reunion for one group of life-long friends as their favourite dining venue prepares to take last orders on Saturday after nearly 40 years serving the city.

As they reminisced over another excellent meal at the renowned Crawford Gallery Café in Cork city's historic Crawford Art Gallery on Friday, the former nursing colleagues who trained in the same class in the former North Infirmary Hospital more years ago than any of them were prepared to admit, did admit that it will be very hard to find a replacement venue for their catch-ups.