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( 01-671 4597;
www.ilbaccarodublin.com
;
Meeting House Sq; mains €14-25; dinner daily, lunch Sat; all
city centre)
Want a free Italian lesson? Drop into this fabulous trattoria and eavesdrop in this
rustic piece of the Old Boot, where the food is exuberantly authentic, and includes
bruschetta, homemade pasta, Italian sausage and the like. The Italian wines are
buonis-
simi
.
TANTE ZOÉ'S €€
( 01-679 4407; 1 Crow St; mains €16-26; Mon-Sat; all city centre)
Get your Mardi Gras on any
night of the week at this old favourite, with its menu of gumbos, jambalayas, bayou
steaks, Cajun-blackened this and Creole-infused that. It ain't subtle and it won't win a lot
of gourmet foodie awards, but the crowd couldn't care less: they come to
laisser rouler les
bons temps
and that's exactly what they get.
CAJUN, CREOLE
CHAMELEON €€
INDONESIAN
( 01-671 0362;
www.chameleonrestaurant.com
; 1 Lower Fownes St; mains €16.50-19.50; dinner Tue-Sun;
all city centre)
Friendly, cute and full of character, Chameleon is draped in exotic fabrics and
serves up perky renditions of Indonesian classics, such as satay, gado gado and nasi
goreng. If you can't decide what dish to have, you can always plump for the
rijsttaffel
, a
selection of several dishes with rice. The top floor has low seating on cushions, which is
perfect for intimate group get-togethers.
MOVIES IN THE SQUARE
Every Saturday night throughout the summer (from June to August), Temple Bar's Meeting House Sq hosts free
screenings of films beginning at 8pm. The movies on offer are usually classics and are often preceded by an Irish
short.
