History

25 years of growth and wholefoods (1986 – 2011)

Cornucopia Wholefood and Vegetarian Restaurant was originally established on Dublin’s lively Wicklow Street in the ground floor and basement of no 19 by Neil McCafferty (1952-1993) and Deirdre McCafferty, who is still the proprietor of the restaurant.

We opened in January 1986 and we celebrated our 25th birthday in January 2011.

For the first seven years we were a busy wholefood shop combined with a popular small cafe.

In 1988 we received the Walker’s award for Ireland’s Best Vegetarian Restaurant.

In 1993 we became a 48 seat self service restaurant and our wholefood shop – Harvest Wholefoods – moved around the corner where it traded successfully for a number of years.

For the next fifteen years we continued to produce delicious vegetarian food on a daily basis, and achieved great popularity with locals and tourists alike. We received many positive reviews and we have been included in the Bridgestone Guides 100 Best Irish Restaurants continuously since 1986.

In 2008 and we published our award winning cookbook Cornucopia At Home.

In 2009 our cookbook won the inaugural award for Food Book of the Year at the Listowel Food Writers week.

In 2009 we extended the restaurant from no 19 into and including the building next door at no 20 Wicklow Street. We now have 88 seats in spacious artistically decorated surroundings.

In 2011 we won the accolade of the Dublin Living Awards Restaurant Of The Year as voted by the people of Dublin.

In 2012 we plan to open further seating and a further service area on the first floor of our new building, with a function room on the second floor for events, parties , talks, healers and therapists.

Strength to strength!