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. […]
Kilkenny is now the proud home to Ireland’s Pub of the Year and Ireland’s best Tourist Pub. In a great night for the Kilkenny hospitality sector Paris Texas was named as Ireland’s Pub of the Year 2019. Paris Texas on Kilkenny’s on Kilkenny’s High Street also picked up the award for best Innovative Pub of the […]
By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY has proven itself to be one of Ireland’s leading food destinations yet again, as three local restaurants picked up best in Leinster awards while one was named Ireland’s best. Zuni Restaurant on Kilkenny’s Patrick Street was named Ireland’s best Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year, at the YES Chef Magazine Ireland […]
By COLIN BARTLEY A HUGELY popular Kilkenny bar which hits all the right notes has been named the best in the region. Matt the Millers on John’s Street has just been announced as the Best Music Pub in the South East by organisers of the Irish Pub Awards. The bar on the River Nore becomes […]
DONT let the possibility of a few showers dampen your spirits this weekend! The summer is whizzing by and before you know it schools will be back, and companies will be booking Christmas parties!! For now, ignore all that and grab your sunnies and soak up the rays in Kilkenny’s beautiful beer gardens, that is […]
LET’S face it: you’ve been dreaming about it all week long, but now the Bank Holiday weekend is finally here! And so far the omens look good: the sun has come out to play at the right time – and Kilkenny are into the All-Ireland final! What could possibly go …. Anyway, before we go […]
THE forecast this weekend is promising, if you ignore this evening of course! We have been promised heat tomorrow and Sunday, so leave your coat at home and hit the town! Kilkenny is promising its usual musical talents this weekend, so get out and soak it up because the summer is whizzing by! If you […]
KILKENNY restaurants and gastro-bars served up a treat in the regional round of the Irish ‘food Oscars’. Some of the city and county’s best loved eateries and establishments – as well as some exciting new ventures – received some well deserved recognition at the Leinster Regional Final of Irish Restaurant Awards. Fine dining establishment Campagne […]