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SPONSORED: Award-winning Kilkenny restaurant gives diners pizza mind with innovative new collection service

By Kilkenny Now 8th April 2020 0

An innovative Kilkenny restaurant is providing a bespoke new pizza and wine collection service in a safe environment starting this weekend. Barrow’s Keep in Thomastown has just launched a delicious pizza menu which, together with its award-winning wine offering, allows couple to create their own romantic restaurant setting from the comfort of their own homes. […]

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MORGAN VANDERKAMER: ‘Covid-19 has made us realise how much we enjoy having our hands full’

By Kilkenny Now 24th March 2020 0

Each day we open our doors to our guests, smiling we welcome them into our restaurant, our second homes: sometimes what feels like our first home. There are countless times when you feel like you just turned out the lights and you are turning the music back on for another round of hospitality. For many […]

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IN VINO VERITAS: All in a label’s work (Part II) – Morgan Vanderkamer

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2020 0

As you peruse a wine list you may find yourself flicking through an endless sea of pages and wines you don’t recognize. As you scan through some of the figures beside certain wines it may leave you begging the question: who would pay such a price for a bottle of wine? In the same breath, […]

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Barrow’s Keep on winning! Full list of Kilkenny winners from 2020 Leinster Restaurant Awards

By Kilkenny Now 28th February 2020 0

Barrow’s Keep was the big winner at the Leinster Restaurant Awards this week, but 13 other leading Kilkenny eateries and bars were also honoured for their fine fare and excellent service. Barrow’s Keep, which moved to Thomastown late last year, was named Best Newcomer in the province at the gala event in the Knightsbridge Hotel. […]

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Fare play! Kilkenny fine diner sweeps the boards at Leinster Restuarant Awards

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2020 0

Kilkenny fine diner Barrow’s Keep swept the boards at the Leinster Restaurant Awards last night. The multi-award winning resturant, which moved to Thomastown late last year, was named Best Newcomer in the province at the gala event in the Knightsbridge Hotel. Morgan Vanderkamer was named Best Restaurant Manager, while the Barrow’s Keep stellar cellar also […]

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SPONSORED: Award-winning Kilkenny restaurant is looking for new staff

By Kilkenny Now 24th February 2020 0

A critically-acclaimed county Kilkenny restaurant is looking for talented new staff to add to its award-winning team. Barrow’s Keep has been going from strength-to-strength since it moved to Thomastown late last year. Now owners Stephen McArdle and Morgan VanderKamer are looking to fill a number of key positions at the restautant. If you are looking […]

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IN VINO VERITAS: All in a label’s work (Part 1) – by Morgan Vanderkamer

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2020 0

A few years back wine on tap made its debut on the market. I admit I was hesitant at the time, but recently I made the move to actually implementing it. From the beginning I was concerned with not engaging in the romance of opening a bottle, pulling the cork and placing the bottle on […]

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SPONSORED: Barrow’s Keep has a new home – but its incredible food and wine hasn’t changed

By Kilkenny Now 26th January 2020 Post a comment

Stephen McArdle has worked in top restaurants in Dublin, Belfast and London. But now he has made his home in Kilkenny and found the ideal place to cook the food he loves: locally sourced and with a strong identity. That place is Thomastown, where Stephen and his partner Morgan VanderKamer recently moved their renowned Barrow’s […]

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VINO VERITAS: Aligoté: the humble sibling of renowned Chardonnay leading a wine revolution

By Kilkenny Now 10th December 2019 0

Just last week I tasted a wine that was an affirmation of everything that led me on the path of a sommelier. Wine has, and will continue to be, an exploration for me; of countries, styles, identities and innovation. If you think about the endless possibilities out there when it comes to wine grapes, you […]

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Award-winning restaurant opens its doors in Thomastown

By Kilkenny Now 18th October 2019 0

By SHANE DORAN ONE of Kilkenny’s finest restaurants, the award-winning Barrow’s Keep, opens the doors of its new venture in Thomastown to the public this evening. Owners Morgan VanderKamer and Stephen McArdle (pictured below) have spent the past few weeks setting up shop at the beautiful stone building at the end of Marsh’s Street, previously […]