Our Latest Great Place to Eat - Fallon & Byrne
Friday 05 August 2011
It takes real guts and endeavour to set up a business the size and proportion of Fallon & Byrne. Paul Byrne and his wife, the former journalist Fiona McHugh, took an enormous leap of faith when, in 2006, they took over the massive old Art Deco style Telephone Exchange building in Exchequer Street and opened a vast New York style food emporium with a deli on the ground floor, a restaurant on the first floor, and a casual eatery cum wine cellar ‘The Lower Depths’ in the basement.Fallon & Byrne took off from the beginning but obviously their range of stock has increased greatly in the five years. It is now undoubtedly the place to go if you want that little bit of something unusual. The racks in the centre of the food hall are chocabloc with labels and names from all over the world standing shoulder to shoulder with Irish artisan products. Caiscina Belvedere Italian organic rice products stand beside Vertmont North American and Canadian specialty rice, whilst Edmond Fallot extra fine French gherkins and moutardes blend happily with the nearby Llewellyns Irish Balsamic cider vinegar - which is sitting alongside Verjus du Perigord - foods from all over the globe blend happily.
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ENJOY
LUCINDA