Restaurants

'Irish 8' on New List

Eight Irish restaurants are featured on '50 Best Discovery', a new global food and drink gude from the team behind The World’s 50 Best Restaurants and The World’s 50 Best Bars guilbaud

. The online resource is a collection of short reviews and information on more than 1,600 bars and restaurants around the world.

The Irish entriess include three restaurants in Dublin: The Greenhouse, Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud and Chapter One. There are two in Belfast: Ox and James St, as well as two in Cork: Ichigo Ichie and Ballymaloe House. Galway has one entry, Aniar.

Ireland, which has never featured on either 50 Best list, has eight restaurants included in the new website.

The line-up was chosen by members of 50 Best’s 1,700-member global voting panel, the Academy, which is made up of industry experts, chefs and food and drink writers

Manifesto among top Euro pizzarias

Manifesto restaurant in Rathmines, owned by Italian chef Lucio Paduano has been ranked 35th in the 50 Top Pizza restauants in Europe in a list compiled by the 50TopPizza online guide.

A team of 150 independent inspectors survey the restaurants with anonymous visits in order to compile the list which is updated every year.

The most popular pizza on their menu is The Mammy, which is made with both Italian and Irish sourced ingredients including tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, aubergines, parma ham, parmesan cheese, basil and fresh buffalo mozzarella.It won a gold medal in 2006 in the World Pizza Competition in Salsomaggoire, Italy,

Camile profit drop

New accounts filed by his Camile Kitchen , the Thai restaurant company headed by Brody Sweeny, show that the business last year recorded profits of €326,715 – a 21pc

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drop on the profits of €414,681 in 2017.

The business has undergone rapid growth in recent years and it today operates 15 Camile restaurants in the capital with another six outside Dublin in Ashbourne, Limerick, Naas, Bishopstown-Cork, Greystones and Navan.

The outlets at Greystones, Navan and Ashbourne have all opened in 2019 along with two more in London at Battersea Park and Islington.

Examiner at PBR Restaurants

The High Court has confirmed the appointment of an examiner to a company that operates a restaurant, several cafes and a gastropub in Dublin.

At the High Court on Wednesday Mr Justice Richard Humphreys said he was satisfied to confirm the appointment of experienced insolvency practitioner Neil Hughes of Baker Tilly Accountants as examiner to PBR Restaurants Ltd with a registered address at Dalkey in Co Dublin.

The firm, which is currently insolvent, employs over 80 full time and part-time staff. Its businesses include 'Kelly and Coopers' gastropub in Blackrock, 'Ouzos' in Dalkey, 'Fish Shack' in Dun Laoghaire's East pier.

It also operates cafes at Malahide, Parliament Street, Dublin 2, and at Sandycove.

There were no objections to the application to have Mr Hughes appointed as the firm's examiner.

Mr Justice Humphreys was told that there has been some interest in the company from potential investors.

Restaurant loses outdoor seats

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Dublin City Council has turned down an application by the owners of Osteria Lucio — a popular Italian restaurant next to the railway bridge on Grand Canal Quay — for retention permission for its outdoor seating structure.

The restaurant is owned by Ross Lewis, who also runs the award-winning Chapter One restaurant on Parnell Square, and Italian chef Luciano Tona.

The application to retain the outdoor seating area was opposed by several local residents who claimed it was an unauthorised development as its licence had expired and that it had taken over a large section of the public footpath.

A spokesperson for Dublin City Council confirmed it had issued an enforcement notice on Osteria Lucio earlier this year over its outdoor seating structure and that “investigations are ongoing”.