Deirdre McCafferty’s Cornucopia, on Dublin's Wicklow Street, has been a central part of the fabric of the city for over twenty years and walking into the buzzing little café, it's easy to see why. The entrance walls are adorned with posters advertising everything from yoga to macrobiotic cookery classes and the wooden tables and chairs inside make the decor simple and unfussy. Specialising in vegan, vegetarian and wholefood, it also pays special attention to those with food allergies or intolerances and all ingredients are listed. Menus rotate seasonally and are written to revolve around local, organically grown vegetables and farmhouse cheeses such as Cashel Blue and Gubbeen.

We opted for the fantastic 'Spanokopita' and were not disappointed; garlicky spinach and creamy feta cheese, encased in melting layers of filo pastry served with their, justifiably famous, hazelnut and potato and mixed bean salads...scrumptious! Thier sprouted bean salad with giner and corriander or more exotic carrot, daikon and sesame seed salad in a Japanese-style dressing are just the thing to give your body a boost - these are just two of their famous recipes to be found in their new cookbook Cornucopia at Home.

Also not to be missed is the legendary two cheese Cannelloni with sage cream. Listen to fascinating conversations at neighbouring tables while sipping barley coffee and chomping on rich and unctuous chocolate, nut brownie. To start the day, homemade baked beans and veggie sausages are just part of the hearty breakfast, served every day before twelve. For the virtuous and the indulgent alike, this little gem reflects the dedication of its staff and proprietor to health, fun and a great food ethos.

NEWS:

In October 2009 we opened a new ground floor dinging area and during 2011 we will be opening the first and second floors of our Georgian building - No.20 Wicklow St. These rooms will be open for dining, catering and arts events.

Catering

We are now offering a full catering by collection menu. At cornucopia we have a wide variety of main courses, salads, desserts and soups available for outside catering suitable for all tastes including coeliacs and those on a gluten free diet and/or wheat free diet. We also cater for those on a vegan, yeast free, lactose free, egg free or sugar free diet. We also have a selection of living foods for those on a raw vegan diet. If you are having a party and would just like some finger food and canapés we can organise that too.

Each Christmas we provide a special take-away Christmas menu for the vegetarian family or the vegetarian in your family. Order forms and menus are available in the restaurant or by email from early December.

Please do not hesitate to email for a sample menu or if there is something specific you would like we can arrange a chat with our head chef Tony Keogh.
catering@cornucopia.ie - 087 3588410

Cornucopia recently won Restaurant of the Year 2011 in the Dublin Living Awards, which was voted for by the people of Dublin. Open since 1986, we are a vibrant wholefood vegetarian restaurant that produces fresh, tasty & healthy dishes.

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Cornucopia at Home Cookbook

Cornucopia at Home’ our award winning cookbook was published in 2007. Beautifully illustrated, this 460 page hardback book contains a tempting array of soups, healthy salads, imaginative main courses, breads & moreish desserts.

The cookbook is available from the restaurant, all good bookstores & online from www.amazon.com.
 

Discounts

We offer Specials, Student, O.A.P. & Vegetarian Society discounts between certain hours so please check our website and in house for times & updates.

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