specialist food drink dublin

A true cornucopia of good things, shoe-horned into the smallest space imaginable, the Ow Valley has made itself an indispensable place for exotica - smoked garlic, real Turkish delight, unusual nuts, wild mushrooms - sold alongside the staples and essentials of everyday cooking....

The great ship Caviston sails ever onwards, its brilliant strengths as reverberant and resplendent as ever. The great fish and shellfish counter is here, with the brothers eager to supply you with not merely the wet fish, but with their own recipes as to how you should cook the fishy dishy of your choice. There is the fine cheese counter, there are great oils and savouries, excellent sarnies for lunch, good cooked meats, in fact just about everything your heart could desire. For special oc...

The city centre shop has been revised recently, and now offers a smattering of deli goods alongside the familiar fruit and veg. Here Today is always a good source for the obscure and the essential, and they usually have a good range of organically grown foods....

Douglas Food Co shop has always been the swishest and most stylish of the Dublin traiteurs, the one whose cooking is the most personal and innovative. Their list of dishes is, happily, not a compendium of everything that can be cooked, but rather a choice selection which plays to their strengths: braised oxtail with spring vegetables; Thai-spiced chicken stir-fry with noodles; boxty; marinated squid Portuguese. They are happy to discuss menu ideas for parties and gatherings, and the shop a...

Wine Shop....

One of the city's most traditional wine merchants, housed for the last few years in the vaults of Harcourt Street railway station. There is a splendid wine museum tucked away in here, amidst a formidable range of wines from all over the world. They also operate a Cellar Plan, which allows you to select wines from their list and pay for them in monthly instalments....