Image Magazine : Down the Local

Nothing beats your favourite neighbourhood haunt. EMILY HOURICAN gatecrashes two village hotspots to see what all the fuss is about. Valparaiso is discreetly located above Goggins pub in Monkstown, with the entrance tucked away around the side. Whatever it is they’re been doing up there for the last 19 years, it’s clearly working. This place was buzzing on a recent Sunday evening visit. Granted, it was one of these days annexed by Hallmark as a celebration of something that should really be celebrated every day, but still, five...

read more

Sunday Business Post : Deserving Praise

Unimpressed by the previous visits to a local eatery, Katy McGuinness found the revamped Valparaiso had everything she could wish for in a neighbourhood restaurant. What is it that we want from a neighbourhood restaurant ? I surpose it’s obvious: decent food, reasonable prices, relaxed ambience. Somewhere that you’ll be able to get a table at relatively short notice. (That last criterion probably applies to just about every eating establishment in the country thes days, although I did recently try and fail to get a table at Neven...

read more