Dining Out
The 12 meals of Christmas: John Coffey of Thyme in Athlone is the best Irish chef you’ve never heard of
In this series, we are sharing some of our most loved and best-read restaurant reviews of 2023. At this midlands restaurant, the chef-patron is cooking up sublime dishes with the best of Irish produce
Are you acquainted with anyone from Athlone? You might want to give them a bell to check that they’re okay, because if our fellow diners at Thyme are anything to go by, their stress levels appear to be high.
The reason is the ongoing work on the revamp of the town’s streetscape, which will undoubtedly be lovely when it’s done, but which appears to be causing some spiking blood pressure levels.
“So sorry we’re late, ...
