What an AMAZING STORE/cafe!!! Very nice offering of a little bit of everything. An extensive salad…read morebar as well as fresh cooked meat, items and sandwich items offering very nicely priced food to eat there or to take home. 995 for any of the large sandwiches in the case, along with a drink and a bag of crisps Hot prepared meals we chose the chicken curry, which was wonderfully spiced and plenty for two ! A great value for wonderful food ! Sorry, no food pictures of the actual grocery store, but it is extensive and should be able to find anything. You need there from fresh meat, paper supplies, packaged food items, and beer wine in the back corner.

Oh this fruit and veg shop is great! Very good selection of seasonal fare, very reasonable prices…read moreand the music that's being played in there is decent. I know that's not normally something that influences your choice of greengrocer but hey, I overheard a discussion about Steve Reich between the owner and one client one day so that's pretty cool. You can also get all sorts of nuts and seeds and a few pre-packed things like asparagus and herbs. Five fat fumbs up!

A gorgeous Autumn day in Dublin, prompted me to hopping on my bike and making the cycle along…read moreGriffith Avenue to the Honest 2 Goodness Indoor Market in Glasnevin. Having read a bit about the market online I brought my shopping bag with me so I could thrown in a few goodies. They had a bike rack inside the market and I was welcomed by Bríd who runs the market. She was so friendlly to me and very informative on all the stalls and products on sale in the market and then let me get on with exploring. The array of stalls is excellent and this market seems to have the right balance between a place to do your shopping and also a place to enjoy an afternoon browsing. I purchased a sholuder of Lamb from a farmer based near Oldcastle in Co. Meath. I bought some fresh veg which were excellent value. I bought some sea bass from a fishmonger from Galway and I bought a tub of the curry Dhanzak Curry sauce which even has the Weight Watchers points marked out for you. Dhanzak is a healthy 2 point. All of the stalls had informative friendly and passionate people working behind them who allowed you to browse without being anyway pushy. After my shopping I then enjoyed some homemade soup with some lovely bread for 2 euro 50 and a gorgeous cup of coffee for 2 euro. Great value, and a huge library of magazines and books to browse as you enjoy your coffee. They also sell cakes, and a main meal and a selection of teas. There was also a charity bookstall and the selected charity this week was Our Ladys Childrens Hospital. All in all a great Saturday afternoon well spent. I would highlly recommend anybody to check this market out. Oh the cycle back through the leave covered Griffith Ave. was gorgeous and reminded me of Boston this time last year. The colours were amazing.

A nice little market buried in a grim industrial estate opposite Glasnevin Cemetary. It's entirely…read moreindoors so it's not reliant on the weather. There are a variety of stalls selling fruit, veg, baked goods (from the fantastic Arun Bakery), wine and meat. There is a cafe, as well as a place serving lovely wood-fired pizza, but not much else in the way of ready-made food. The only thing I will say is that it is quite small. I think a few stalls weren't open when I visited, as it was much smaller than the listing on their website.It's a great place to go if you're in the area, but Temple Bar Market is probably better stocked otherwise.

It's always nice to visit the Farmer Market in Dalkey. You'll not only get fresh organic products…read morefrom local producers, they also have tarot reading, car boot sales and the odd singer/songwriter playing. And they sell the best pesto I ever bought in Ireland. The market also stops over opposite the Porterhouse North in Glasnevin once a month.

If you love food (as I do), then this is the place to visit! The market is in a park giving you…read morethe chance to stock up on some delicacies while breathing in gorgeous fresh air. Wares include fresh breads, cakes, honeys, olives, sausages, curries - the list is endless. The area itself is lovely and whenever I go to the market, I then find myself pricing properties in the area because I want to move here!

This was a cool find! As the name implies, it's an Asian…read moreMarket. It was a nice little market with some cool food items! It reminded me of the shop we have back home. There were plenty of Asian snacks and ramen! They also had a good selection of household items and cookware.

I found this amazing Asian market on my last full day in Dublin. Oh how I wish I'd discovered it on…read moreday one. I was told there are plenty around, but this is the one I went to closest to the Temple Bar area. They had any and everything you'd imagine from snacks and seasonings to meals and plenty of cookware. I like to try a variety of international snacks whenever I travel out of the country, this time was no different. It's become a satiable and exciting experience for me over the years. I hope to return someday and explore this Asian market even more.

Came here hopping to get some ingredients with a mate, and didn't find all we needed…read more Not a larger selection as promised, but overall a great place to buy some good food. All the vendors are super friendly and love to make conversation! Great way to spend a morning! The ambiance is very quaint and friendly! Overall a great atmosphere and way to buy. Will come here for certain vegetables and lunch when I'm in the city

Thank you for the recommendation, Fodor's! (yes, I bought their travel guide like a true tourist.)…read more My friends and I wanted to try some Ireland oysters because we heard they were supposedly super fresh. We were running out of time on our hunt to find them when I realized, 'I've got my trusty guidebook!!' And that's how we ended up here. It was 12 Euros for 6 oysters and a glass of wine. Since there were four of us, the lady was nice enough to give us 4 cups of wine (yes, plastic cups - it's a farmer's market, what do you expect!) They even threw in an extra oyster! SO FRESH! SO BIG! (cue that's-what-she-said joke). Compared to NYC oysters, these babies looked like they were on steroids! They also have this dipping sauce (had onions and was really vinegar-y, but good. But if you don't like the sour, you should just take the oyster straight.) Didn't eat anything else from other stands because we just had lunch. However, I believe they had shish kebabs, crepes, and bread. Oh and FYI - Sheridans Cheesemongers was there (saw this place on Anthony Bourdain when he went to Dublin so thought this might be worth mentioning). Definitely check out this farmer's market!

Every morning on the way to work I was distracted by signs advertising the market in Glasnevin…read moretaking place each Saturday and Sunday. It sounded great-on from 10-5pm on Saturday, 11-5pm on Sunday; food/fashions/knick knacks.... Unfortunately the reality was not quite as I had envisaged. My first reactions were-"where is it?", followed by "is THIS it?!?". A couple of lonely stalls placed in an industrial park car park looking forlorn. So few people were around that I could barely pluck up the courage to check them out. The advertisements also mentioned a covered section....this was basically a few small shops (discount clothing, coffee etc) in a small mall. Special mention to "TK Micks" for the amusing name though! I was mildly excited by the discovery of Henshaws butchers because they put together two of my favourite words-"discount + meat"....but it's basically just a little meat shop/Portakabin. Advantage? It's across the road from Glasnevin Lidl which is a nice one. If you want to do your shopping there, the market might be worth a look. They may also get some more stalls-I notice they are advertising for more stall holders on the website. Right now, it's not worth going out of your way!

I have been to the "Glasnevin Market " on quiet a few occasions and i would have to say I find it…read morequiet pleasurable.. Maybe Grainne you just caught it on a bad day.. I have purchased quiet a few items from "TK Micks"(Tracksuits, Runners,T-Shirts) and he is quiet a charming man, so helpful. I have also got my house blinds supplied & fitted by a lovely man from one of the stalls outside, and would have to say I couldn't be happier with the end result..( I also noticed the was a man beside him that supplied and fitted radiator covers & I think he also fitted wardrobes and kitchens) On the way in to the market there are 3 or 4 stalls right at the front that do a wide range of things...fresh fruit and veg...household items(toiletries, detergent, cleaning stuff) & there was a lot of children's toys and household gadgets on another!!! Fresh homemade cakes, handmade glass, second hand books and DVDs, Cd's... There is also a large stall that sells Make Up, Gift sets, and a mix of beauty products... I cant think off hand what else is there, Oh Fresh Flower's a mini market( milk, crisps biscuits, tin foil, candles garden stuff, household..) & I'm sure there's a man that sells Boxing, Tennis, and more sports stuff.. So I would say there is a WIDE variety of stalls, and I would have to say the stall holders are ever so nice.. There is also a lovely cafe that has delicious scones, and hot and cold food.. I would say its well worth a look...

The Dublin food coop is a market hall which sells lots of organic food - local and imported. They…read moreare open on Thursdays (afternoons until late) and Saturdays during the day. Thursdays they have a limited selection with their organic/fairtrade/eco products and one supplier of fruits/vegetables, Saturday is the full show. First, this is a real coop with the whole community concept and you are encouraged to join as a member if you come regularly. Until recently they had a guest fee/suggested donation for visiting on Saturdays but this is gone so you are now free to check it out and see if you like it. Memberships gives you a 5% discount which might only be worth it if you shop there a lot, but even if not it might give you a warm and fuzzy feeling inside. While the coop is somewhat like a farmers market, it's kind of different because it has lots of different areas. It's definitely not as posh as the Temple Bar Farmers Market, so if you're looking for something like that - you're wrong here - this is much more down to earth (although Natasha's living foods also has a stand there) First there is the coop-run fairtrade/eco/organic store, which is a bit like a big health food store. Some of the "staple" products (like different beans, sugar, etc.) are packed by the coop itself and seem very competitively priced, others you can find cheaper in other places around town. The selection is great though, there's some things I haven't found somewhere else around town (like these German soy-based meat substitutes).They also do refills for some of the eco washing up/laundry liquids. Then there is the organic fruit/vegetable/eggs sellers - I think there's four or five competing ones there. They mostly have similar produce though and more than I'd like is imported - I couldn't find any Irish apples there, while they seem to have them at the Temple Bar Market. Also although there are all these producers together you might not get as lovely mushrooms or might be missing some not-so-common fruits/vegetables. They do their best, and all the guys are very lovely, but if like me you're looking for something very specific you might still have to hit both F&B and the Temple Bar Market to try to find it. If you hit these two first, you might be lucky here though. Then there's a few other sellers, two guys sell bread, one is German and sells nice German breads, the other I haven't tried. And then there's the milk/cheese stand from Moonshine, one of the main reasons I'm coming here. They have the non-homogenised (but pasteurised) Moonshine Milk, which is my new favourite as it tastes much better than the usual one to me. And it's not expensive for organic milk, 2.35 for 2 litres of the tastiest milk you'll get. Their cheese is also delicious. If you're hungry right there, there's also a cafe and a few sellers of snacks - two Indian foodstands, and a few other sellers of organic soups/pasties/muffins/other snacks. What I tried there was tasty, but nothing to write home about - I wouldn't say it's worth going there just for that. One thing you won't find in this huge markethall is meat - it's fully vegetarian. I must say I didn't really notice though until I read it on their website that this is part of the concept. I'd personally like a closer place to pick up a good selection of organic meat too, but it's only a small downside for me.

A favourite place of mine to do some vegetable and whole goods shopping on a Saturday (indeed I am…read moreeven a member of the co-op) and then sit down to one of the best kept secrets in Dublin; the cafe's Amazing Eggs with a latte. No really, that's what they're called, and they seriously are amazing, soft silky eggs with a little fried garlic and some cheese chucked in, on top of a slice of toasted brioche (from the German baker who sells his bread there) topped with fresh tomato and basil. Heavenly. All the ingredients they use in the cafe are from the market and you really can taste the difference. Just remember to tidy up after yourself, it's a co-op after all. ;)

I'm a bit torn-Lolly and Cooks make lovely cupcakes, but overall I think Buns win my award for…read morefavourite cupcakes in Ireland! You can order big orders from the website or catch them at various farmers markets around Dublin-have spotted them at Ranelagh on Saturdays and Sundays (on from 10-6pm) and also at Howth Farmer's Market on Sundays. They seem to also sell their cupcakes to the Nutz stall in the Ilac centre. Paula and her husband are soooo friendly and usually have a few samples on offer. This is dangerous-you WILL want to buy everything you taste. Multiple varieties are on offer, all beautifully decorated. I can't decide which is my favourite. There's a vanilla one decorated with a flake and sugar strands which I could swear tastes like a 99 ice-cream. Banana bread one is sweetly delicious and decorated with a banana chip, there's a divine carrot cake version, orange and poppyseed, lemon, vanilla chocolate, double chocolate, red velvet, Oreos....the list goes on. I'm usually to be found staring at the stand knowing I want one of each, but fighting the urge because it could seem greedy. And I can only invent a starving family of 10 a few times before it begins to seem a bit unlikely! Luckily, they offer mini versions too for €1.50 so you can sample them all. I have been reliably informed that they remove the calories from these during baking...and also that calories don't count on a Sunday. Enjoy!

After a beer-filled weekend, we were looking for a wine bar and Pintxos did not disappoint. Nice…read morefine in Temple Bar, especially if you like Spanish wine and a break from the loud crowds.

Don't know what Cormac M is talking about, one of my fav restaurants, always great service, good…read morefood and lovely relaxed atmosphere, its possible he got them on a bad night but reading some of his other reviews I think he's just hard to please, so don't let one 2 star review stop you from enjoying a great night out.