Clare will host a brand new food and drink festival this September, after being approved funding as part of Fáilte Ireland’s Taste The Island initiative. It comes as The Clare Echo can reveal that the Ennis Street Arts Festival and Ennis Food Festival have been discontinued. Confirming that both festivals have respectively come to an…
Aoibhín Garrihy gives her top 5 Brilliant Weekend Brunches in Clare
The countdown is on, grab your popcorn and take your seats as SkyCourt Shannon Town prepare to welcome Omniplex Shannon! Work is under way for the opening of a state of the art 5 screen Omniplex cinema.
Hiding in the friary car park in Ennis SweetnGreen are a family run healthy cafe and restaurant with a twist. Sweet n Green by day are a healthy cafe offering healthy, tasty breakfast and lunch as well as some delicious deserts, hence the name. Friday and Saturdays however offer a little extra
Located n the busy Market Square of Ennis, LeCroque offers French style sandwiches and Moroccan style cuisine. LeCroque is run by Fatima and John who recently moved to the Market from Parnell street. We arrived at LeCroque around 1pm to have some lunch and were greeted by their friendly staff and showed to our table during a busy lunchtime. LeCroque offer two unique menus as well as some tasty specials. One menu offers LeCroque sandwiches. Croque monsieur sandwiches are a popular french style which translates to mister crunch, LeCroque have several variations of this toasted sandwich. Croque, which means to crunch or bite, also serve a selection of amazing Moroccan dishes, salads, sandwiches and cakes. So whether you are looking a classic Moroccan tagine or just a coffee and bun LeCroque covers everything.
Located just off the Market at Carmody Street, Ennis Tulsi has set the standard for authentic Indian Cuisine. Tulsi is centrally located so it’s easy to park up at the market and walk over. Mohashin and two brothers Mamun and Muhammad own Tulsi restaurant along with their restaurant in Galway. Tulsi offer a terrific dining…
HENRY’S Bistro and Wine Bar opened its doors on Market Street this week with popular businessman Dermot Fetton at the helm. Dermot – well-known for running The Cloister restaurant on Abbey Street for the last six years with wife Noreen – says their new establishment will have a lovely casual bistro feel with a very…
Thankfully the heatwave is still with us, it’s weather that suits an ice cream or two so with that in mind The Clare Echo’s Love Clare columnist Aoibín Garrihy selected her top five places to stop in the county for an ice-cream. To read more from Aoibhín including the must have for new mothers, pick…
Clare’s first Starbucks has opened its doors today (Tuesday). Shannon Free Zone has become home to one of the country’s first drive-thru Starbucks as the US coffee house chain opened the doors of its latest outlet to the public this afternoon. The 204sq metre unit will employ fifteen people. The single storey unit will include…
A heatwave is forecast for this week and with this in mind, Aoibhín Garrihy a columnist with The Clare Echo picked her top five beer gardens in the county, this might just be the week to sample her choices. Pot Duggan’s, Ennistymon One of Clare’s newest additions to the Pub scene is Ennistymon’s Pot Duggan’s and this…
