A busy city pub serving up serious grub

East Side Tavern, 104-105 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2. Tel:: 01-6789529. Web: eastsidetavern.ie. Chef: Niall O’Sullivan.

East Side Tavern on Lower Leeson Street in Dublin 2: get ready to experience the food of a chef at the top of his game. Picture: Feargal Ward
East Side Tavern on Lower Leeson Street in Dublin 2: get ready to experience the food of a chef at the top of his game. Picture: Feargal Ward

When was the last time you paid a fiver for something in a Dublin restaurant? And I don’t mean for a pot of coffee, or a bottle of water, or a soft drink. I mean something – anything – to eat that isn’t a side order.

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