St Louis students running food miles campaign

Students from St Louis Secondary School in Dundalk have launched a new campaign encouraging people to reduce their food miles.

The students from the school insist that transporting food around the world is damaging to the environment and say that if everyone tries to reduce their food miles then it will help your carbon footprint.

The campaign is largely being run through social media channels, with their Facebook page giving tips on what products are in season, as well as helpful recipes to help you reduce your food miles.

The school entered the One Good Idea Project from the SEAI under the tutelage of Ms Selena Reynolds and as part of the project have been encouraging people to buy fresh and buy local.

You can find out more about the campaign here.

New café opens in Park Street

A new café opened its doors in Park Street today.

Located at 60 Park Street, The Blackforest Café will be selling tea, coffee, tasty treats and a wide range of food, ranging from light bites to main courses.

The new venture replaces The Morning Star, which closed its door last Saturday after three years in business.

Best of luck to the new venture from Talk of the Town.

Fitzpatrick’s launch their own brand draught lager

Fitzpatrick’s bar staff David Lennon and Colm Fegan with the new Fitzer’s Own Brew Lager

A popular local pub and restaurant have started to sell their own beer.

Fitzer’s Own Brew Lager recently went on sale in Fitzpatrick’s Bar and Restaurant at Rockmarshall.

A draught pint is €4.50 and samples are available for anyone who wishes to try it. Why not check it out next time you visit?

River Café open new terraced seating area at the Marshes

Paul McLoughlin of the River Café in the new terraced seating area outside the Marshes Shopping Centre

The River Café in the Marshes Shopping Centre have opened up a new terraced seating area outside the centre at the Ramparts Road entrance.

The seating will allow customers to enjoy their food and drink outside the centre as they watch the world go by.

This is the first outdoor seating made available in the centre since the closure of O’Brien Sandwich Bar a number of years back.

Here’s hoping the good weather returns soon so we can all avail of the new facility!

BBQ in Eden tomorrow

 

Plenty of people will be heading out for tomorrow night’s Champion’s League final but local disco bar Eden will be offering something different for the game as they will be hosting a BBQ for it on their rooftop beer garden.

An excellent deal is going as well, whereby you can get a beer and burger or hot dog for just €6. This is the first in a number of summer BBQs that Eden has lined up.

Tayto Bars in Dundalk

Thanks to Bronagh Murphy for letting us know that the Applegreen service stations on the M1 motorway currently have a large stock of Tayto chocolate bars in stock.

There has been a big demand for them in the area since they were launched recently but up until now they have been hard for people to come by.

Picture source: Bronagh Murphy (Twitter)

A taste of Carlingford

This year’s Taste of Carlingford Festival is scheduled for Saturday May 11th and Sunday May 12th.

A two day celebration of fine food and local produce, all the restaurants, bars and café’s will provide visitors to the village a taste of the wonderful range of cuisine on offer, in a veritable market place of little tents and stalls. Artisan food suppliers will provide further treats and colour.

The festival tent will be open offering wine, delicious strawberries and the mouth watering Carlingford Oysters. This will be an unparalleled weekend of fun, food and entertainment for all visitors.

There will also be street entertainment on both days including music, facepainting heritage walks, children’s cookery school demonstrations, crab fishing, kayaking and more.

For further details see www.carlingford.ie