Ard Bia Newsletter
New Menu, New Gigs, New Clothes...and Apartments for Rent!
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Ard Bia's Exciting New Spring Menu
Ard Bia has just started serving its exciting new spring menu. And with dishes such as puy lentil salad, rump steak medallions, and creamy fish pie who could resist. To have a look at the full list and prices just click here. And to have a look at the great new wines on offer click here. To make a booking for dinner call 0872368648. We look forward to hearing from you! |
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Ard Bia Petite Hotels Launched
Ard Bia has just launched its latest venture: what will hopefully become a distinct collection of boutique accomodations for weekend getaways or extended vacations. Two properties are currently on offer. The first is a 3 bed apartment in the heart of Berlin city and the second is a small lodging on the shores of Lough Carra, Co. Mayo. Visit the petite hotels website for more details and booking information. These truely are remarkable properties and come equipped with that quintessentially unique Ard Bia sense of style. |
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Star styling comes to Ard Bia
Star Styling is a Berlin based fashion label with a reputation for clothes that embody love and hate,color and sex,consumption and self-awareness,spirit and suspicion. And they're bringing their SS'09 collection to Ard Bia exclusively in Ireland. Expect pure linens, organic and non-organic cottons, short fringes, light and delicate blouses, shorts, dresses, rough and rugged jackets, folkloric textures and accessoires, mystical symbols and graphic patterns made of bright transfer foils and glitter prints. Check out their site here and come see their collection on May 8th and 9th, 12pm-6pm, ony at Ard Bia. |
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Book your event at Ard Bia
Are you planning an event in the coming months? Then why not book our exclusive private dining space. Suitable for large standing groups, buffet dining or a formal a la carte dinner, upstairs at Nimmos is an intimate, cosy, and inspiring place to share a meal with friends. For bookings phone 087 2368648. |
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A Unique Lebanese Dining Experience
This is a dining experience not to be missed this year. Ard Bia, in cooperation with Kamal Mouzawak, will be hosting a very special evening at the restaurant on August 14th at 7.30pm. An evening of delicious Lebonese food and wine.
Kamal Mouzawak is a food and travel writer, and founder of Souk el Tayeb, Lebanon's first farmers market, recently acclaimed by the New York Times as a "gastro-political awakening".
The intention is to take fresh local Irish ingredients and use them to make a delicious Lebanese meal for all in attendance.
Tickets are €65, inclusive of wine, and will be on sale closer to the date. If you want to put your name on the list for tickets (recommended) please call us on 0872368648 to reserve a place! Deposits required. |
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Shake Your Money Maker!
Never the type of people to shy away from a shin dig, the Ard Bia crew have lined u some awesome club nights for the coming weeks. The month of May is being framed by a Mr. Whippy gig on the 2nd and a gay friendly (-er than usual) night on the 30th. We'll also be hosting our usual once a month Friday night specials in April so keep your ears close to the ground and your eyes peeled for that.
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Steiner Kindergarten Classes Are Here
Ard Bia is proud to announce the opening of a Steiner kindergarten upstairs in Ard Bia. Classes take place Wednesdays to Fridays at 10am. The Steiner ethic is to educate the whole child: head, heart and
hands. The curriculum is broad, and balances academic subjects with artistic and practical activities. For further details click here or visit the steiner waldorf website here. |
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Weekday Specials at the Restaurant
We have announced a new weeknight special menu at the restaurant. And its great value for money with 2 courses available for €19 and 3 courses for €24. The menu changes nightly so be sure to pop in to sample it Wednesday to Friday. For bookings, call 091 561114. |
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Breastfeeding Mornings at Ard Bia
Breastfeeding mornings are to be held in the cafe every Wednesday from 12pm - 3pm. New and experienced mothers are encouraged to come and socialise with other mums, providing support and confidence to each other. For those of you with older children, the Steiner childrens classes will be held at 10am on the same day upstairs. For details click here or to visit the Steiner-Waldorf website click here. |
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New Exhibitios at Nimmos
Eimearjean Mc Cormack, Clare Keogh and Gary Coyle are the latest artists who will be exhibiting their work in the restaurant in the coming months.
Eimearjean is first. She's exhibiting until May 20th but her pieces are selling quickly. Come down to the cafe and check out some of this talented artists latest works.
For further details on Eimearjean, visit www.eimearjean.blogspot.com
To check out Clare Keoghs exibition pieces, visit:
www.clarekeoghphotography.com
For information on artist Gary Coyle click here
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Gaby Weiland Returns
Gaby is back to host some more cookery courses. This time she will be demonsrating raw food cooking and vegetarian cooking using organic local produce.
For the dates of Gaby's events, see below, and for full details of these informative courses click here. |
Confirmed performances by Sarah Hurl, a performance/video artist, and Russell Hart/Sven Anderson for a sound based event. |
APPLY WITHIN: EXPERIENCE ESSENTIAL
Apply Within: Experience Essential is a series of semi-improvised temporal interventions executed within the context of an active restaurant. Participating artists will respond to the site in a variety of media throughout the first week of the Galway Arts Festival.
Viewer discretion is advised.
Curated by Jennie Guy
Venue: Ard Bia / Nimmos, Spanish Arch, Long Walk, Galway
Date: 13 – 19 July
Further information please view www.jennieguy.com |
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Volvo Ocean Race Exhibition
An exhibition by Jean Purtill; this work is inspired by the extraordinary challenges and achievements
of the participants in the Volvo Ocean Race. Their unique experiences have been widely communicated through the media of print, radio, e-mails and the internet. Jean wanted to reflect one small portion of these experiences by
incorporating and depicting fragments of their communications in my paintings.
The exhibition will be on display at Nimmos for the duration of the Volvo Ocean Race. |
Event Summary for the coming months at Ard Bia. See you there!
Every Wed-Fri 10.30am Steiner Kindergarten
April 1st 7pm Anthony Tindel. Matching food with Wine €100
April 26th Raw Food Cooking with Gaby Weiland
May 2nd 10pm Mr. Whippy plays contagious tunes til late
May 8/9th 12-6pm Star Styling Berlin Fashion Show Case
May 30th 10pm 'Smells like Queen Spirit' Gay Night
June 27/28th Vegetarian Baking and Cooking with Gaby Weiland
August 14th 7pm Lebanese Food and Wine Dinner €65
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