Meaning “Happy Meeting Place” in Thai, Saba is an award-winning restaurant (Best Service Award, Cocktail Bar of the Year, Most Stylish Restaurant) that's always packed with a fun clientele. Long benches and  enormous picture windows open on a summer's evening, lending an air of downtown NYC. Stand-out dishes for your humble editor include Black Pepper Squid and Yellow Butternut Squash Curry. So popular is Saba that they now have a take-away and food store in Rathmines (see www.sabatogo.com).

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