Catherine Cleary, Irish Times Critic, hangs up her fork, July 2020

Lovely farewell mention from Catherine to Lola in her final piece as she retires as Irish Time Critic

Fun to see that Catherine noted how we left our terrace set through lockdown. We coudn't bring oursleves to board up Lola, we just felt it was the wrong message to send.

"When the restaurant world went dark earlier this year, I thought a lot about the places that sat behind those shutters. There were the stages set for action like Las Tapas de Lola in my 2km zone, still resolutely set for service with polished glasses and cutlery as streets fell silent and shrank into themselves."

For the full farewell article, click here