The canonical version and where to order it.
A yeasted, syrupy enriched bun coated in a sticky lemon and sultana glaze, the Bewley's Cafe Grafton Street signature pastry since 1927. Best with a Bewley's coffee.
Ernest Bewley introduced the sticky bun to the Bewley's Oriental Cafe menu at Grafton Street in 1927; the recipe came from the Bewley family bakery and was based on an English Chelsea bun with the Irish addition of a lemon syrup glaze and sultanas. The bun became the city's signature pastry across the twentieth century, a Sunday-morning Grafton Street ritual. Bewley's still bakes the same recipe in its restored Grafton Street cafe.
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Bewley's Cafe on Grafton Street in Dublin, the Ernest Bewley grand cafe since 1927, restored across three floors, the city's heritage tea-room and lunch room.
OrderThe Bewley's house blend coffee and a sticky bun; an afternoon cream tea upstairs.
TipThree floors; the first floor is the historic Harry Clarke window room. The basement Theatre cafe runs lunchtime plays.
Bewley's sticky bun makes more sense with someone from Dublin explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
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