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At the TableNotebook No 44March 2025

The Greenhouse, the old room

Mickael Viljanen's first Dublin home, before Chapter One. Now closed.

Collected by Deborah. Read her editorial perspective

The Greenhouse on Dawson Street has closed. This entry stands as a record of the room, not as a recommendation: there is no table here to book.

The Greenhouse, the old room

Dublin (Chapter One

It mattered because it was Mickael Viljanen's initial Dublin dining room, the address where the cooking that now defines Chapter One was first worked out. The lunch tasting was, for years, the least expensive way to eat food of that seriousness in the city.

If you want that kitchen today, the answer is Chapter One on Parnell Square. Viljanen took the whole idea north with him.

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