Last orders sadly

The closure of the Michelin-starred Mews in Baltimore, Co Cork adds it to a lengthening and all-too-frequently extended list of good restaurants that have gone out of business for one reason or another.

Mews is not the only south of Ireland restaurant to go out of business recently. Richy’s, and Deasy’s in Clonakilty have closed, and Arundel’s By the Pier in Ahakista closes this month. Cork City’s Les Gourmandises closed some months ago as did the Ivory Tower.