Food & Wine
The Secret Restaurateur: When will the government wake up to the crisis facing restaurants?
The new year is seeing no let-up in the number of restaurants closing their doors, and behind each and every one is a story of individual heartbreak
The funny thing about a new year is that it invariably begins with many of the same old worries of one just gone. This time last year I wrote about what seemed to be a steady trickle of restaurant closures, but what started as a trickle in January 2023 seems to have become a flood in January 2024.
I spent some time in Cork over Christmas, and I was stunned by the number of restaurant closures that were announced while I was there. Nash 19, which had been open for 32 years, suddenly used social media to announce that it was closing due to rising costs.
