Donnybrook Fair

89 Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4

This urban restaurant, deli and foodstore has everything a food lover will need from all over the country and even further a field. The extensive food-hall is stocked to the rafters with a mixture of fine, artisan and gourmet speciality items and store -cupboard essentials. A dedicated butchery, fish counter and wonderful freshly baked breads, pastries, cakes and take-out hot and cold lunches, and not to mention the wonderful contemporary restaurant upstairs.

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Fallon & Byrne

11- 17 Exchequer Street, Dublin 2.

What did we ever do without Fallon and Byrne?! This wonderful gourmet emporium housed in a magnificently restored building on Exchequer Street is stocked with the choicest selection of artisan products from throughout Ireland and beyond including many Good Food Ireland favourites. With an impressive food hall, a fine wine cellar and a contemporary chic restaurant, it is perhaps the most diverse one-stop-shop and a veritable Mecca for Irish food lovers.

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Gleeson's Artisan Food & Wine Shop

The Manse, Market Square, Roscommon

This fabulous Artisan Food & Wine Shop is the brainchild of husband and wife team Mary and Eamonn Gleeson of Gleeson's Townhouse & Restaurant. They obviously did their homework here as you would never suspect that it is only a recent addition to the Roscommon shopping scene as its selves are stocked with carefully chosen products, a fine selection of wines and freshly baked scones and soda breads in abundance.

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Gleeson's Townhouse & Restaurant

The Manse, Market Square, Roscommon.

Overlooking Roscommon’s historic main square this 19th century townhouse has been lovingly restored by Eamonn and Mary Gleeson. This is an extremely comfortable and welcoming place to stay, and a superb place to eat out. Experience The Manse Restaurant, where you will receive all the old values of guest satisfaction and quality meals, and Gleeson’s Café where you can enjoy delicious range of homemade scones, cakes and breads and favourites such as homemade beef and Guinness Pie for lunch.

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Kate’s Kitchen & Foodhall

3 Castle Street, Sligo Town.

Kate O’Hara has recently taken over this prestigious shop in Sligo town and it remains one of the best gourmet food and wine shop and delicatessen around. The shelves are packed with goodies of all kinds, beautifully presented and laid out in an inspired style.

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La Dolce Vita

6/7 Trimmers Lane, Wexford.

Roberto Pons is suitably modest about his wonderful restaurant La Dolce Vita being known as ‘the best Italian in the country’. Ligurian-born Roberto and his wife Celine has created a little gem nestled in the shadow of Selskar Abbey. Roberto’s infectious personality and award-winning cuisine have been keeping customers happy and of course returning like old friends for some years now and the best news is they are now open in the evening on Fridays and Saturdays.

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Llewellyn’s Orchard Produce

Quickpenny Road, Lusk, Co Dublin.

David Llewellyn starting growing apples in North County Dublin just nine years ago and since then has masterminded a range of juices, cider, cider vinegar, balsamic cider vinegar and Lusca Irish wine. David’s ethos of producing wholesome, simple, natural products and achieving quality by using locally grown fruit carefully has been at the conception of this range.

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Mannings Emporium

Ballylickey, Bantry, Co Cork.

Val Manning has been operating the Good food Ireland principle for years and it’s down in no small way to this man that the first artisans of West Cork found their feet. He supports numerous small producers and cheese makers in this area, here is one of the men, and indeed one of the shops, that help the food revolution happen.

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Urru Culinary Store

The Mill, McSwiney Quay, Bandon, Co Cork.

West Cork was lucky enough to be the first place to be hit by the powerhouse that is Ruth Healy. Her ultimately stylish Urru Culinary Store first opened only few short years ago - and has risen from relatively quiet beginnings to being one of the most talked about shops in the land. Now, with brother Willy, the pair have also opened a sister premises in Mallow. And despite growing the business hugely in a relatively short space of time, standards here are higher than they’ve ever been.

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