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Dublin city’s oldest restaurant?

Posted in Dublin History, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 9, 2010| 147 Comments »

Combining my love of making lists and anecdotal Dublin history, I’ve been trying to work out what the oldest restaurant in Dublin City is. The following rules apply:

1) It has to be an actual restaurant, not a pub that serves food.
2) Restaurants within hotels don’t count.
3) It has to be in the same premises. (We’ve made one exception with The Unicorn seeing as it only moved around the corner and remained within the same family.)

+ Beaufield Mews, Stillorgan. (Estd. 1950). CLOSED 2019

+ The Unicorn, 12B Merrion Court (Originally established in 1938 at 11 Merrion Row, it moved to Merrion Court in the early 1960s.) CLOSED 2017

+ The Trocadero, 4 St. Andrew’s Street (Estd.1956)

+ Nico’s, 53 Dame Street (Estd.1964) – CLOSED 2018

+ The Lord Edward restaurant, 23 Christchurch Place (Estd. 1967) –  CLOSED 2015

+ The Gigs Place, South Richmond Street (Estd. 1970) – CLOSED 2012

+ Captain America’s, 44 Grafton Street (Estd.1971)

+ Flanagan’s, 61 Upper O’Connell Street (Estd. 1980)

+ The Lobster Pot, 9 Ballsbridge Terrace (Estd. 1980)

+ Kingsland, 15 Dame Street (Estd. c. 1980) – CLOSED 2011

+ The Bad Ass Cafe, 9-10 Crown Alley (Estd. 1983)

+ Independent Pizza Company, 28 Drumcondra Rd Lower, Drumcondra (Estd. 1984)

+ Cornucopia, 19 Wicklow Street (Estd. 1986)

+ Da Vincenzo’s, 133 Upper Leeson Street (Estd. 1988) – CLOSED c. 2012

+ The Elephant and Castle, 18 Temple Bar (Estd. 1989)

Jammets Restaurant, Estd. 1901 on Andrews St moved to Nassau St. in 1927 and closed in 1967.

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