Our Story
The idea for Connolly’s Kitchen began when
Dublin native Paul and his American wife Wendy were returning from a night in
the pub and he lamented, “I want to go to a chipper, a real chipper with proper
chips, not fries.”
All she could do was look at him nonplussed
and shrug. “I’m sorry, dear. I guess if that’s what you want, you’ll have to
start it yourself.”
She had been the lucky recipient of his
cooking since he arrived and knew that his homemade beef stew was too good to
be kept at home, and that Irish sausages were worth foreswearing her vegetarian
ways.
Stew without soda bread is waste of good
broth, and hand-made scones are a world apart from the production versions
found elsewhere, and a menu was soon forming.
We use Real ingredients for our fresh and
handmade dishes, according to Irish tradition.
Look around the walls of Connolly’s kitchen,
and you’ll see photos taken by Wendy on the trip she met Paul, including the
place they met!
Welcome to our kitchen.
Made
the Irish way Once a part of religious observance on
Fridays, a trip to “The Chipper” remains as a delightful part of Irish custom.
It might mean a night off from the kitchen, a snack on the way home from the
pub, or a “can’t miss” part of a tour. Wrapped in paper and stuffed in a brown
bag, filling the car with a wonderful aroma on a cold rainy drive, you better believe
that not all the chips make it home. Irish fish and chips are different than what
you might expect. Fish is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
Chips are definitely NOT fries, they’re light brown on the outside and fluffy on the inside,
never hard or greasy. You’ll find no corned beef on our menu, as
the world is smaller now, and we can offer the real Irish rasher (bacon) my
ancestors tried to substitute with corned beef when they settled in to the big
city. Now, we’ll try not to wince if you put tartar
sauce on your fish, or catsup on your chips, or (gasp) sugar instead of milk in
your tea, but try a bite or two our way, a sprinkling of tangy-sweet malt
vinegar and salt. Send your taste buds on a holiday abroad!
(We're not affilitated with Mr. Fish & Chips. We're all-new owners!)