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They have a fine eye for a bargain in Verling's. Just about every time you go through the door of the shop, alongside the excellent range of fine wines there are likely to be a couple of new arrivals, snapped up by Jim or Julie, which offer knock-out value. They also run wine appreciation courses, held upstairs, and it's the kind of shop where there is always an opened bottle, waiting to be sampled, a signal of their friendly, down-to-earth, unpretentious approach to the world of wine....

Fish Shop....

The plenitude of traiteurs such as the Queens has become so extensive in recent years that you might think nobody cooks anymoe in this neck of the woods. But when the foods are as good as they can be here, why bother?...

Despite the run-down nature of this area, the fans of Little Italy have been making pilgrimages to stock up with all things Italian - arborio, big bottles of Bove, dried porcini, Lavazza coffee - as the shop has hopped to different locations in and around Smithfield....

Wine Shop. Their annual Wine festival in November is one of the big events of the Dublin wine year, but anyone with even half an interest in the grape should really join the wine club....

A charming neighbourhood shop, of a style now sadly departed from so many neighbourhoods....

Bia Bien Shop is principally a traiteur, offering a fine range of cooked foods for the work-hassled bourgeoisie of south county Dublin, though she also sells the excellent oils of Olvi, Clive McCabe's teas and coffees, Torc truffles and Janet Drew's jams and relishes....

Long the best fruit and vegetable shop in town, Fitzpatric's continues to be an invaluable source for organic and bio-dyn foods, as well as essential wholefoods and whatnots....

Wine Shop....