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The Red Bank
SEAFOOD The hugely popular Red Bank
restaurant has been winning friends, influencing people, and garner-
ing awards for nearly 20 years. A bank in a former life, the restaurant
uses the old vault as its wine cellar. The mood here is charmingly old-
fashioned and classy. Your waiter takes your order in the cozy lounge,
where you wait with a drink until your meal is ready and you're
brought to your table. Chef Terry McCoy is an exuberant and
inspired chef, who gets his exceptional fresh seafood from local waters.
His Paddy Attley is a platter of three fish of the day landed in the Sker-
ries Harbor, each served in a uniquely enhancing sauce. McCoy is at
his best with timeless icons such as scallops in a sauce of butter, cream,
and white wine, or a truly divine lobster thermidor. A dinner here is
a both a spectacle and a feast. Service is correct and respectfully old-
school, highlighted when the dessert trolley is wheeled in, laden with
a mouthwatering selection of confections.
7 Church St., Skerries, County Dublin.
&
01/849-1005.
www.redbank.ie. Reserva-
tions required. Dinner main courses
€
16-
€
30 ($20-$36); fixed-price dinners
€
48 ($54-$57). AE, DC, MC, V. Mon-Sat 7-9:30pm; Sun 12:30-4pm. Subur-
ban rail. Bus: 33.
INEXPENSIVE
Dee Gee's Wine and Steak Bar
INTERNATIONAL Facing
Howth Harbour and Dublin Bay, this informal seaside spot oppo-
site the DART station is ideal for a cup of coffee, a snack, or a full
meal. A self-service snackery by day and a more formal, table-serv-
ice restaurant at night, it offers indoor and outdoor seating. Dinner
entrees range from steaks and burgers to shrimp scampi and veg-
etable lasagna. At lunchtime, soups, salads, and sandwiches are fea-
tured. Sit, relax, and watch all the activities of Howth from a
front-row seat.
Harbour Rd., Howth, County Dublin.
&
01/839-2641.
Dinner main courses
€
6-
€
45-
€
10 ($7.20-$12). MC, V. Year-round daily 7am-6pm. DART: Howth. Bus: 31.
3 County Wicklow
County Wicklow extends from Bray, 19km (12 miles) S of Dublin, to Arklow, 64km
(40 miles) S of Dublin
The borders of County Wicklow, nicknamed the “Garden of Ire-
land,” start just a dozen or so miles south of downtown Dublin.
Within this county, you'll find some of Ireland's best rural scenery.
If you're based in Dublin, you can easily spend a day or afternoon
in Wicklow and return to the city for dinner and the theater, but
