BurrenBurrenBurren FoodFoodFood TrailTrail Trail Diners can enjoy chef-proprietor Come and experience the buzz on The Roadside Tavern which Aidan McGrath’s cooking served a Saturday morning in was established in 1865 as a in a relaxed setting in the Ennistymon. At present the pub, then was expanded into bar. Awarded a Michelin Bib market sells a variety of fresh a bakery, now also harbours a Gourmand within six months of organic vegetables and fruit in micro-brewery under its roof. opening, other awards include season, local rare breed pork, Why not sample the taster National Hospitality Awards farmhouse , fresh fish, menu of Burren Microbrewery ‘Best Pub with Food’ 2011 and fresh herbs and seedlings, beers: , a delicious 2012. The food emphasis is on plants, jams, chutneys and colourful lager; Burren Red, a the wild, free-range, seasonal preserves, breads and cakes, spicy, slightly sweet ale which and local, with a modern raw chocolate, gluten free even features a hint of smoke; bistro style. Our Signature baking, handmade soap and Burren Black, a smooth and Dish is Braised Pork Cheek, more, all made lovingly by Wild Honey Inn Ennistymon Farmer’s Market full-bodied stout. At the Burren Brewery at My Kaywa QR-Code wild mushrooms, gnocchi, our local farmers and artisan same time, meet the Master http://www.roadsidetavern.ie smoked bacon velouté. This Tel: 00353 (0) 65 707 4300 food producers. Ennistymon Mobile: 00353 85 760 7037 Brewer, Peter Curtin, and The Roadside Tavern Tel: 00353 (0) 65 707 4084 is a wholesome dish, full Mobile: 00353 (0) 87 681 4947 Farmer’s Market has 00353 86 053 6644 delve a little deeper into the of flavour, prepared using www.wildhoneyinn.com successfully met the criteria www.ennistymonfarmersmarket.com Mobile: 00353 (0) 87 830 0069 history of the brewery and www.roadsidetavern.ie the best of local seasonal Where: Wild Honey Inn, Lisdoonvarna. for the Code of Good Practice Where: Ennistymon, Co. Clare. the brewing process itself. http://kaywa.me/tlBZ9 produce and available from When: Lunch 1pm-3.30pm; Dinner 5pm-9pm. Closed on Tuesdays. for Farmer’s Markets by When: Saturdays 10 am – 2 pm (Easter to Christmas). Where: Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare.

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An afternoon on the free range Chervil Restaurant serves a Linnane’s Lobster Bar overlooks pig farm. Have you ever seen superb fusion of modern Irish the Atlantic Ocean to the back rare breed pigs out in the open and European cuisine. and the rocky hills of the Burren air or experienced what grass Our Signature Dish is warm to the front. During the fed pig meat tastes like? Here’s pave of pigs trotter & local summer months, sit outside your chance to visit a small seaweed, with buttered and enjoy the sea air and traditional farm near the langoustine, garden pea and wonderful view or, in less village of Kilfenora. crisp quail egg. favourable weather, stay See the pigs in action and This is the ultimate humble by the welcoming open fire. afterwards get to taste some “surf ‘n turf” using the best of While our emphasis is on of our delicious meats from local produce. The trotters are seafood, we also serve a the BBQ. If you would like to slow braised overnight and variety of other dishes – meat

bring some local delicatessen then the meat flaked from My Kaywa QR-Code Chervil Restaurant http://www.linnanesbar.com and vegetarian. Fittingly, our Burren Free Range Pork with you on your journey the bone and fat, it is then Linnane’s Lobster Bar signature dish is a Seafood back, then visit our farm at Hotel Doolin seasoned and bound using Platter of Organic Smoked Tel: 00353 65 707 4111 Tel: 00353 (0) 65 708 8931 shop which is stocked local dulisk. The addition Tel: 00353 (0) 65 707 8120 Salmon, Prawns, Crab Meat, Mobile: 00353 (0) 86 881 5974 with our own meats and Mobile: 00353 86 053 4450 of prawns and quail eggs, Mobile: 00353 (0) 87 4188 697 http://kaywa.me/2hicn Crab Claws, Mussels, Clams www.burrenfreerangepork.com www.hoteldoolin.ie www.linnanesbar.com vegetables as well as other sourced in Ireland, bring this & Marie Rose Sauce served

ur code! Where: Cahirminnaun, Kilfenora, Co. Clare. local artisan products. Where: Doolin, Co. Clare. dish together along with the Where: :New Quay, The Burren. Download the Kaywa QR Code Reader (App Store &Android Market) and scan yo When: Tuesday afternoons 1pm-5pm, excluding 16th, 23rd and 30th When: Wednesday-Sunday, 6.00pm – 9.30pm. with Traditional summer garden peas. When: Summer: restaurant open daily at 12.30pm. July 2013 Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.53.016061,W.9.377281. Winter: restaurant open Friday-Sunday at 12.30pm. Home-made Brown Bread. Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.52.98623, W.9.150317. Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.53.156196,W.9.076048. Centrally located in the Burren Clareville House Kitchen Garden Region, The Roadside Tavern use organic methods in Lisdoonvarna has been in maintaining a garden a central meeting place for where they grow herbs, locals and visitors for well vegetables and soft fruits, over a hundred years. Kieran’s which are used to make Kitchen @ The Roadside the ‘Burren Kitchen Garden’ Tavern offers a great place to range of sweet and savoury eat, drink and relax, with preserves. The produce is traditional music most carefully selected to give evenings, our own micro you seasonal freshness and brewery and of course an nutritional value. award-winning food menu. Kieran’s Kitchen We hope you enjoy the taste! Clareville House

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When: 12pm-4pm; 6pm-9pm. Mid-March to lateDownload October. the Kaywa QR Code Reader (App Store &An When: Contact Deborah Evers to book your walk or workshop. wholegrain mustard, lemon droid Market) and scan your code! Workshop. Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.53.02851, W.9.29082. and cream sauce. Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.53.72244, W.9.102.

Relax and enjoy the tranquil Leen Organics is a small organic atmosphere at Burren Fine Wine market garden growing a wide & Food on Corkscrew Hill Road, range of vegetables and fruit two miles from the village with a small flock of poultry. of Ballyvaughan where wild Experience our holding and see garlic and blue bells grow in what goes into growing your profusion early in the season. food. A tour of the farm will Try the wonderful Salad of explain our workings and give St. Tola ’s served you a chance to sample our with an organic Vegetable produce. Visitors can view the Ratatouille complemented by original farmhouse cottage a drizzle of Cathleen’s Wild which has been restored into Garlic Pesto and perhaps a a self-catering eco cottage on Burren Fine Wine & Food classic Sancerre from the very Leen Organics the farm. You can also find us interesting wine list. Or try in Ennistymon Farmer’s Tel: 00353 (0) 65 707 7046 a glass of the house wine Market on Saturday Mobile: 00353 (0) 87 763 3241 ‘Galway Bay’, made in the Mobile: 00353 (0) 87 645 4120 mornings June to September www.burrenwine.ie www.leenorganics.com south of France by a family and Ennis Farmer’s Market Where: Corkscrew Hill, Ballyvaughan. member. Where: Rathclooney, Crusheen, Co Clare. on Friday mornings from When: May –September 11am –4.30pm. When: Phone Jason to book a visit. Appointment only. Thank you. Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.53.0281, W.9.2922. Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.52.8994410, W.8.8613430. April to Christmas. Wholesome, quality food from Sustenance for the body and local producers. Established in soul. Gregans Castle Hotel has 2003, it is now recognised and received many awards for its enjoyed by locals and visitors food, including 3 rosettes from as a premium food market. the AA for ‘culinary mastery You are guaranteed a selection and excellence’, and the of hot food, in-season fruit National Hospitality Awards & vegetables, cheese, fish, Best Hotel Restaurant 2012. meat, bread, cakes, honey, Delight in the signature dish sweet & savoury preserves, of ‘Pickled Beetroot & St. Tola juices, dairy, confectionery, Goat’s Cheese “Ravioli” with seaweed products and local Burren Smokehouse Trout and Avocado’. This dish takes craft. Saturday mornings Ballyvaughan Gregans Castle Hotel in Ballyvaughan Village is two fantastic ingredients Farmer’s Market from Co. Clare (the cheese vibrant and bustling with Tel: 00353 (0) 65 707 7005 the market in full swing Mobile: 00353 (0) 87 411 5150 and trout!) and pairs them www.ballyvaughanfarmersmarket.ie www.gregans.ie offering an opportunity for with avocado, which goes really well with the pickled locals to shop and meet Where: St John’s Hall, Ballyvaughan Village Where: Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare. When: 6.00 to 9.00pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. while visitors soak up the When: Every Saturday, May – October, from 10.00am to 2.00pm beetroot, to help cut through Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.53.116181, W.9.147105 Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.53.076986, W.9.186287. lively atmosphere. the richness of the cheese.

John Sheedy’s cooking has been From Boat to Table. awarded two Rosettes from AA If it is shellfish you are looking for the last 11 years. Sheedy’s for then we at Burren Seafoods is also recommended by have it at its best. We stock Bridgestone Guide of Ireland, lobsters, brown crab, velvet Good Food Guide, Good Hotel crab, spider crab and shrimp Guide, Fodors and Michelin. all of which are caught John’s signature dish forms directly from our own boat. part of his tasting menu: Our native oysters, giygas Rack of Burren Lamb with woysters, mussels, clams and Mount Callan cheese crust periwinkles are all locally on Newquay spinach. John sourced. We also have a wide sources as many ingredients

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Where: Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare. Vegetables and herbs are r code! Where: New Quay, Burren, Co. Clare. Download the Kaywa QR Code Reader (App Store &Android Market) and scan you When: April to October. Restaurant opens at 6.30pm; freshest. grown in the hotel’s own When: Available all year round. We are just a phone call away if our last orders 8.30pm. door is not open. Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.53.02771, W.9.28909. potager garden. Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.53.156196, W.9.076048. L’Arco is an authentic Join Aidan & Mary for a special Italian restaurant in the heart events blend of North Clare history and of Ballyvaughan. All dishes are modern fine dining cuisine. The house which dates back prepared by Italian chefs using Make the most of your visit to the Burren & Cliffs of Moher Geopark by to 1860, re-opened as a pub the finest quality ingredients, taking in one of the many special food events that are organised by sourced locally wherever in 1995. Lovingly restored, members of Burren Ecotourism on a weekly basis throughout the possible. Everything is the building retains its local year – what about a summer solstice twilight supper, a cosy evening prepared from scratch - bread character and has become a of cheese, wine and story-telling, a kayaking picnic, a vegetarian & starters, pasta & pizza right cosy, candlelit haven for lovers through to dessert. Winner harvest banquet. . . see www.burrenecotourism.com for details. of fine food and wine. Unique of ‘Best Casual Dining in Co. evenings of light Clare” Award (R.A.I.) and entertainment include local “Best Ethnic Restaurant” Gold Festivals seanchaí, impromptu seisiúns Kilshanny House Medal (Hotel & Catering L’Arco Italian Restaurant and supper theatre. Savour Bar & Restaurant Taking part in a festival is a great way to experience the spirit and our mouth watering signa- Review) Awards in 2012. Tel: 00353 (0) 65 7071660 culture of the Burren and there is a wide variety to choose from – for ture dish ‘Trosc Blásta’…. Try our signature dish, the Tel: 00353 (0) 65 708 3900 www.kilshannyhouse.ie example, the Burren Slow Food Festival and Burren in Bloom Festival Roast Cod, Scallop Mousse, Crostini St. Tola starter, a www.burrenrestaurant.com in May, the Burren Rocks Festival in June and the Burren Winterage bacon, buttered greens, Where: Kilshanny Village, Co. Clare. delicious bruschetta with Where: Off Main Street, Ballyvaughan Village. When: Ring Mary for reservations on +353 65 7071660. When: 5.30pm to 9pm, Check website for off season opening hours. Festival (including Food Fayre) in October. Visit our website for current Clareville House mustard and carmelised red onion and Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.52.981850, W.9.298270. St. Tola Goat’s Cheese. Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.53.11543, W.9.14872. information on festivals and events www.burrenecotourism.com. dill beurre blanc.

Experience the Taste of the Have a sundae any day at Burren Smoked Irish Organic PLANNING YOUR TRIP Café Linnalla. Enjoy fresh fruit Salmon and learn how and cocktails and ice cream sundaes why we oak smoke our Irish Burren Ecotourism’s objective is to enable our guests to experience at Café Linnalla, located on the Salmon, Trout and Mackerel. an array of natural and cultural resources safe in the knowledge that spectacular Finnavarra View our demo kiln with a these resources are being cared for. You will find a selection of holiday Peninsula. Traditionally a patented smoking method and ideas and packages, accommodation options and special offers on our dairy farm since the mid educational DVD in English, website, all provided by businesses that are committed to responsible 1800s, Brid & Roger Fahy French, German, Italian and and sustainable travel. We hope you have a memorable trip. started making ice cream in Spanish. We source 100% Irish 2006 using the from raw materials and showcase their shorthorn cows which other Clare & Irish produced are native to the Burren. Burren Smokehouse artisan foods in our Gourmet Made on-site using fresh Shop. Enjoy the signature Café Linnalla cream and wonderful Experience dish Burren Smokehouse The Burren fruits and nuts, as many Tel: 00353 (0) 7074432 Hot Smoked Irish Salmon on Tel: 00353 (0) 65 707 8167 as possible sourced in the Mobile:00353 (0) 87 822 4173 colcannon in our pub The Naturally Yours Mobile: 00353 (0) 87 785 7569 surrounding Burren region, www.burrensmokehouse.ie www.linnalla.ie Roadside Tavern accompa- Linnalla is a truly beautiful Where: Kincora Road, Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare. nied by the Burren Brewery Where: New Quay, Burren, Co Clare. artisan ice cream, free from When: March-December, 9am-5pm daily; January-mid-March, When: Cafe open from 11am-7pm daily. 10am – 4pm daily. Stout, Ale or Lager. Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.53.1498179, W.9.1185210. artificial colouring, flavours, Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.53.0281, W.9.2922. Mail-order available. www.burrenecotourism.com gluten, egg or preservatives. An Fulacht Fia is a family run Fabiola, who trained in France restaurant in the heart of the and who has extensive The fertile valleys of the Burren have long been known for their quality Burren, situated on the coast experience in fine-dining food produce, particularly for the production of beef and lamb thanks road between Fanore and the restaurants, set up a unique to a unique and ancient system of farming. In recent years, this food un-spoilt coastal village of patisserie in “Doolin Craft tradition has expanded through the emergence of many award-winning Ballyvaughan. Our reasonably Gallery” just outside Doolin. chef-led restaurants and high quality artisan food producers, as well as priced menu, extensive wine A wide range of sumptuous an increase in practising market list and our first class service fresh pastries and breads are gardeners and growers. will make your visit one to available to take away. Better remember. Our Head Chef still, why not ‘eat-in’ and relax We invite you to join us and get involved in our Burren food story. We are Irmantas has hand-crafted in the atmospheric room-café passionate about our food, growing and producing it locally for you to our signature dish: Tender and appreciate the stunning enjoy. The Burren Food Trail is more than a listing of quality food fillet of Spring Burren Lamb, floral garden outside. establishments in the area – it aims to uncover for you the path that your food takes from field to plate. You can decide for yourself how to accompanied by a medley of An Fulacht Fia Authentic French pastries Fabiola’s Patisserie & Café follow the trail – stop at every point or else dip in and out along the way, seasonal vegetables, and other desserts show Tel: 00353 (0)65 707 7300 according to your taste, interest and location. baby spinach fondue & the owner’s dedication to Mobile: 00353 (0) 86 660 2582 www.anfulachtfia.ie creating homemade delica- e: [email protected] roast garlic butter. The members of the Burren Food Trail are bound by their cies, locally sourced where This dish celebrates some of Where: An Fulacht Fia, Coast Road, Ballyvaughan, Co Clare. Where: Ballyvoe, Doolin, Co. Clare commitment to building a sustainable future for the region. Each of the the wonderful tastes When: Weekends only in Winter, daily in Summer. possible. Fabiola’s attention When: Summer (April-Sept): Thursday to Monday; Winter (Oct-March): Saturday & Sunday featured restaurants offers a Burren Food Trail Signature Dish to savour. A la carte served from 5.30pm-9.00pm. Sunday lunch from 1pm. to detail and passion comes available in the Burren. Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.53.372244 , W.9.10264. Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N. 53.02489314, W.-9.36365604 Each member has achieved recognised quality awards and standards, through in every bite! and has also signed up to the Burren Food Trail . Siobhan Ni Ghairbhith and her Cassidy’s in Carron, established Customer Promise: you will find staff who are knowledgeable about team at St. Tola make award in 1830, is located in the old the regional food story, menus which state the source of local produce, winning and critically acclaimed Police Barracks and is the oldest information on local food events and markets as well as a commitment to maximise the use of local ingredients in all prepared food. artisan cheese. and only Pub & Restaurant in The selection ranges from the Burren Uplands. As we THE BURREN FOOD TRAIL is a joint initiative of the Burren & Cliffs of young fresh crottin through to are situated in an area that is Moher Geopark and the Burren Ecotourism Network. Both organisations historically so dependent on are committed to the promotion of responsible tourism that conserves mature year old Gouda. All St. the environment and improves the well being of local people. They work Tola cheeses are handmade the Goat, we continue with together to promote The Burren & Cliffs of Moher Geopark as a leading and matured to suit customers’ tradition in presenting a local sustainable visitor destination, celebrated for high standards in visitor experience, conservation and learning. individual requirements. favourite as our signature Visitors will be shown around dish: ¼ point of locally-reared our beautiful organic farm, Cassidy’s Pub & Restaurant goat meat on a soft bap,

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St. Tola Organic Goat Farm learn about organic farming patty encrusted in seasoned paper on recycled Printed breadcrumbs and sesame practices. Tours include a Tel: 00353 (0) 65 708 9109 www.burren.ie www.burrenecotourism.com history and a simple Mobile: 00353 (0) 87 241 4099 seeds. This is accompanied Tel: 00353 (0) 65 683 6633 demonstration of www.cassidyspub.com http://kaywa.me/kQ9GX by a seasonal green salad www.st-tola.ie as well as with local wild herbs, relish r code! Where: Maurice’s Mills Ennistymon, Co Clare. a full tasting of all St. Tola Where: Carron, The Burren, Co. Clare Download the Kaywa QR Code Reader (App Store &Android Market) and scan you and chips. When: Mondays and Thursdays. Tour times 2.00pm and 3.00pm. Open When: 11.00am to 9 pm Monday to Saturday and Easter to end of October. Closed on Bank Holiday Mondays. cheeses. 11am to 8pm on Sundays (Easter Saturday 2013 to October 1st) Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.52.90155106 ,W.9.17675972. Getting there: GPS CO-ORDINATES: N.53.0207, W.9.0435