The Irish Stew

The Irish Stew

The 100 Best Restaurants '25 Mixtape

Out-takes from our 100 Best Restaurants research

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John and Sally McKenna
Mar 24, 2025
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Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.

Just like Ernest Hemingway’s old quote about the ways of bankruptcy, that’s the way in which the annual Sunday Times 100 Best Restaurants in Ireland gets written. 

The measured canter of reviewing through the year breaks into a frantic gallop at the arrival of January and February, and on to the breathless finish line o…

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