The Pieman on Crown Alley in Temple Bar, Dublin, a counter-style pie shop running a daily rotating Irish pie menu, the city's reference for a steak and stout pie.
Tip: Six pies daily; the steak and stout sells out by 14:00. Eat in or take away in a paper bag.
Address: 14a Crown Alley, Dublin 2
Klaw on Crown Alley in Temple Bar, Niall Sabongi's seafood counter pulling Carlingford oysters and warm Lambay-crab and lobster rolls, the city's seafood street pick.
Try: Lobster roll and oysters
Tip: Counter sits fifteen; the lobster roll is EUR 18 at lunch. Walk-in only.
Bunsen on Wexford Street in Dublin 2, the chef-built five-shop Dublin burger chain doing one menu only: beef, cheese, fries, milkshakes, the city's burger reference.
Try: Cheeseburger
Tip: One menu, no specials; the smallest tables turn fastest. Late till midnight at Wexford Street.
Leo Burdock on Werburgh Street in Dublin 8, the city's longest-running chipper since 1913, beer-battered cod and chips wrapped in greaseproof paper to take away.
Try: Cod and chips
Tip: No seating; eat on the Christ Church steps. Closes 21:00 weekdays, 22:00 Friday.
Eatyard on South Richmond Street in Dublin 2, an open-air street food yard behind the Bernard Shaw pub, rotating vendors including Happy Endings and La Cocina.
Try: Rotating street food vendors
Tip: Five vendors at a time on weekend rotation; arrive 17:00 Friday to get a picnic table before the post-work crowd.
Klaw on Crown Alley in Temple Bar, Niall Sabongi's seafood counter pulling Carlingford oysters and warm Lambay-crab and lobster rolls, the city's seafood street pick.
Try: Lobster roll and oysters
Tip: Counter sits fifteen; the lobster roll is EUR 18 at lunch. Walk-in only.
Honest to Goodness in George's Street Arcade in Dublin 2, the Glasnevin market kitchen's city counter, the pulled-pork sandwich Dublin queued for at festivals first.
Try: Pulled pork sandwich
Tip: Three-stool counter inside the Arcade; the pulled pork sells out by 14:30 weekdays. The breakfast sandwich runs until 11:00.
Happy Endings at Eatyard on South Richmond Street, the smash burger that built Eatyard's weekend queue, a Dublin reference for a beef double in three minutes.
Try: Smash burger
Tip: Double smash burger at EUR 11; chilli cheese fries to share. Friday and Saturday lines from 18:30.
