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( 01-407 0939;
www.shanahans.ie
;
119 West St Stephen's Green; mains €46-49; from 6pm Sat-Thu, from noon
Fri)
'American-style steakhouse' hardly does justice to this elegant restaurant where JR
Ewing and his cronies would happily have done business. Although the menu features
seafood, this place is all about meat, notably the best cuts of impossibly juicy and tender
Irish Angus beef you'll find anywhere. The mountainous onion rings are the perfect ac-
companiment, while the sommeliers are experts.
CLIFF TOWNHOUSE €€€
IRISH
( 01-638 3939;
www.theclifftownhouse.com
;
22 North St Stephen's Green; mains €19-35; noon-2.30pm &
6-11pm Mon-Sat, noon-4pm & 6-10pm Sun)
Sean Smith's menu is a confident expression of the very
best of Irish cuisine - Warrenpoint fish pie, organic fillet of pork and a loin of venison
share the menu with a masterful fish and chips.
TROCADERO €€€
( 01-677 5545;
www.trocadero.ie
;
3 St Andrew's St; mains €19-31.50; dinner Mon-Sat; all city centre)
As
old school as a Dublin restaurant gets, this art-deco classic has been the social hub of the
city's theatrical world for 50 years, a favourite of thespians and other luminaries. It's more
of a nostalgia trip now, but the food remains uniformly good - a bunch of classics solidly
made - as does the terrific atmosphere.
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