A short walk from the castle walls, this residential quarter hides Kilkenny's best patisserie and the city's only on-site coffee roastery.
Cakeface on Irishtown is Kilkenny's premier French-trained patisserie, run by Laura and Rory Gannon and housing the city's only dedicated coffee roastery.
Signature: French-trained pastries, Sourdough baguette sandwiches
Order: The changing daily pastry selection; a gourmet sandwich on sourdough baguette with locally sourced fillings.
Tip: Monday through Saturday 09:00-17:00, Sunday 10:00-16:00. The roastery produces beans for the cafes and for retail.
Cakeface on Irishtown is Laura and Rory Gannon's patisserie cafe, French and London pastry training applied to a room housing Kilkenny's only coffee roastery.
Signature drink: In-house roasted espresso
Cakeface on Irishtown is Laura and Rory Gannon's patisserie, French and London pastry training returned to Kilkenny, plus the city's only coffee roastery.
Worth the queue: Daily-changing pastry selection baked by Laura and Rory Gannon
Cakeface Roastery is Kilkenny's only in-house roastery, with Laura and Rory Gannon sourcing from small producers and roasting at their Irishtown patisserie.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Various origins
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Cakeface Cookery School at 16 Irishtown is Kilkenny's best-known cooking school, run by Laura and Rory Gannon whose training at The Savoy and Cafe Royal in London informs every class. The state-of-the-art teaching kitchen offers adult individual pastry and patisserie classes, private cookery events, kids birthday packages, and popular Junior Camps, all hands-on and delivered in the same building as the patisserie and in-house roastery.
Cakeface on Irishtown brings French pastry training to Kilkenny brunch, with daily-changing bakes by Laura and Rory Gannon and single-origin filter coffee.