Where to eat in Dublin

Restaurants, cafés and street food in Dublin, Ireland that locals actually go to — plus the local names for the chains you already know.

Leo Burdock — Fish & chips, Christchurch (1). Order the Fresh cod + chips. Dublin's original chipper since 1913 — the wall of famous customers says it all.
Davy Byrnes — Pub, Duke Street (2). Order the Gorgonzola sandwich + glass of burgundy. The "moral pub" of Ulysses — have Bloom's gorgonzola and burgundy.
The Fumbally — Café, The Liberties (1). Order the Fumbally eggs. Slow-food café that anchors the Liberties.
Gallagher's Boxty House — Irish, Temple Bar (2). Order the Gaelic boxty. Keeping the boxty tradition alive amid the Temple Bar noise.
The Brazen Head — Pub food, Merchant's Quay (2). Order the Beef & Guinness stew. Ireland's oldest pub (1198) — stew, stout, sessions.
Bewley's — Grand café, Grafton Street (2). Order the Full Irish + barmbrack. The 1927 café with Harry Clarke windows — a Dublin living room.
Chapter One — Modern Irish, Parnell Square (4). Order the Tasting menu. Two-star cooking above the Writers Museum — Dublin's big-occasion table.
147 Deli — Sandwiches, Parnell Street (1). Order the Reuben. The sandwich counter Dubliners argue is the country's best.
The Winding Stair — Modern Irish, Ha'penny Bridge / Ormond Quay (3). Order the Smoked coley + soda bread. Bookshop-turned-restaurant over the Liffey; Irish produce, honest cooking.