Variety Jones, Michelin star restaurant in The Liberties, Ireland
Variety Jones is a restaurant on Thomas Street in The Liberties, one of Dublin's oldest inner-city neighborhoods. The dining room is long and narrow, with an open kitchen where food is cooked over a live flame at the center of the space.
Brothers Keelan and Aaron Higgs opened the restaurant in December 2018 on Thomas Street. A Michelin star followed in 2020, bringing wider attention to this corner of The Liberties.
The open fire sits at the heart of the room, and diners are close enough to the kitchen to follow every step of the cooking. This setup makes the meal feel more like a shared event than a conventional dinner service.
The restaurant has a small number of seats and opens on select evenings, so booking well ahead is strongly advisable. Thomas Street is within walking distance of Dublin city center and easy to find on foot.
The name refers to Roger Thomas Clark, a figure linked to an online marketplace that made headlines, with whom Aaron Higgs had a connection before moving into cooking. Most diners have no idea that a story from a very different world is hidden in the name above the door.
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