Happenings, organises cultural events across Dublin City.  One is these fantastic events is their Open Air Cinema Festival which takes place in Fitzwilliam Square. This Thursday, 2nd May we will be taking part providing food courtesy of our most popular traders.  Starting at 7.30pm (check Happenings for updates) the film is predicted to be The Big Lebowski - one of the all time greats (in my opinion!). It was a hugely popular event for the first event which ran on the 19th April showing the classic Some Like it Hot - this Thursday will prove to be just as if not more popular. Taking part you will find Mango Catering who make the juciest, highest quality, tastest burgers available, alongside them will be Little Marrakesh who delight customers with their Moroccan cuisine - full on flavours, good on price. Spitfire Pig Roast will be enjoying their first outdoor event with us this Thursday - Spitfire Pig Roast makes exactly what it says - this is something not to be missed, divine delicious. While The Big Cheese has this utterly unique offering which once tasted people just keep coming back for more. What a taster try reading this without your mouth watering - Alpine melted Raclette cheese served on a bed of baby potatoes garnished with chorizo or bacon, sweet red peppers, spicy gherkins and rocket leaves. Say Fish - who make the very delectable fresh fish in panko breadcrumbs.  Serving hand cut chips with seaweed salt with a choice of sauces including lemon, Cajun mayo, garlic mayo, and homemade tartar it can be the perfect accompaniment to watch a Open Air movie. All in all the movie, atmosphere, venue and delicious food  add the perfect ingredients to make the perfect evening. See you there. Check out our calendar to see what events we are participating in over the summer.    

We are proud to announce that Irish Village Market will be at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre (April 5th-7th, from 12 noon until 8pm) for OFFSET 2013 providing delicious fresh food from a number of our traders on the 6th and 7th. Their official blurb says "OFFSET has become one of the world’s most important creative events, each year hosting 24 of the most inspirational speakers in Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. It returns this year with its strongest line up to date, and will host a weekend of presentations, interviews, panel discussions and debates live on stage, with the very best of Irish and International designers, animators, illustrators, advertisers, artists, photographers and more. They will speak about their work, their ideas and inspirations and give insight into their practices and personal perspectives on their own careers over the course of three inspiring days."   Our official blurb says "As OffSet delegates walk outside we will forgive them for thinking they have been transported to a European Food Market.  The aromatic smells that will fill the air will tempt their taste buds making it futile to try to resist the flavours and tastes brought to you by Irish Village Markets traders. Irish Village Markets is an amalgamation of some of Ireland's finest chefs, growers and producers all under the one umbrella.  Visitors to any of the lunchtime markets enjoy the tastes & quality food made with top quality ingredients and flavours from all over the world in the unique city centre settings. At OffSet delegates will be able to enjoy Indian Street food from Kerala Kitchen, fresh fish and divine chips with homemade sauces from Say Fish, seriously good gourmet burgers from Mango, New York style giros (with an Irish twist) from Grub Hub and authentic Thai Food from Kanum as well as lots, lots more.  You can even relax with a perfect cup of coffee from our ever so Irish Dave owner of "Is Maith Loim Coffee". So while your creative brain takes a break why not get your creative juices flowing (see what we did there! :-) ) People travel from all over the world to come and be a part of OFFSET and we are delighted to be there too! We hope to see you there!  

If you love everything crêpe related, we've got some great news for you! Please give a warm welcome to Delicious Bar who specialise in sweet and savoury crêpes. You can find them every Friday at Grand Canal, so if you want to indulge your sweet tooth or tantalise your taste buds with a savoury option, Delicious Bar have it covered! Drop by to Grand Canal on Fridays and say hello to Ash!