Tastemaker

Tastemaker: Restaurateur Bobby Lawn on the wisdom of Michael Jordan, and pausing to smell the roses

Anthony Bourdain and Lauryn Hill would join Jordan at Lawn’s dream dinner party

Bobby Lawn: “I’m definitely an extrovert. I could do with getting back in my box sometimes.” Picture: Fergal Phillips

Born in Buffalo in upstate New York and bred in Donegal, Bobby Lawn started working in restaurants to pay his way through college. After years spent studying and travelling, the self-confessed food fanatic went into hospitality full-time, working in venues including Osteria Lucia, Café en Seine, Etto and The Old Spot.

He opened Vice Pizza and Wings on Merrion Square in Dublin with Cian Gavin, his business partner and long-time friend, in late 2022. The ...