Dublin's first example of a European indoor food market - or, arguably, first in the almost a decade since the Epicurian Food Hall was converted to a giant Dealz - is somewhat strangely located in an industrial estate in Tallaght village, a reasonable distance away from the high frequency bus routes and tram line that serve the Tallaght area. But it's worth the walk.
This is because it is co-sited with, and run by, Priory Brewing who were already there. A social enterprise, Priory has been around for a few years, but I believe did go in to a hiatus for a period before returning recently.
In the corner of the market that is beside the brewery, Priory have their bar. The offering here is four bright tanks of their four main beers - a pale, an IPA, a session IPA and a lager, albeit the lager was sold out when I visited - as well as keg offerings of the rest of their lineup (on the day of my visit, this was a weiss, a double IPA, a red, a sour, a stout and possibly more) and some other Irish independent guest beers.
There's also a cocktail bar, a significant source of the long queues that were at the bar at times while I was there - they were not a permanent fixture, as the number of staff behind the bar would increase to reduce the queues when needed.
I'd had lunch just before getting on the bus to head out here, so I didn't actually try any of the food options. The longest queues, by far, were at the ice cream vendor - but it was mid 20 degrees outside, so this is understandable; but plenty of the others seemed fairly busy too.
I'll head back though, and try get some food on that visit. Now to lobby the NTA for more buses...
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