Cornucopia

Specialties

Cornucopia is a casual dining wholefood vegetarian restaurant producing fresh, tasty & healthy dishes. Our delicious and varied menu caters for a variety of tastes and diets– vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, sugar free, coeliac & raw/​living; or simply for anyone seeking quality home produced and well crafted food. Our soups, salads, main courses, breads & desserts are made in-​house by our skilled chefs. Cornucopias renowned vegetarian breakfasts are served from 8.30am — 12 noon. We offer freshly pressed juices & beverages ranging from wheatgrass to delicious organic wines & Fairtrade coffees. Thursday — Saturday we have live music from 7.30pm — 9.30pm. Our award winning cookbook ‘Cornucopia at Home’ is beautifully illustrated and contains an array of recipes and stories. We have a full catering by collection service and have recently opened a new stunning first floor Georgian dining room for further dining, reservations & events.

History

Established in 1986.

Cornucopia began life as a wholefood shop in 1986 on Wicklow Street. It is the brain child of Deirdre McCafferty who spent time living and working in Hippocrates Health Institute in Boston. Her passion for health, well being and vegetarianism pushed her to bravely open Cornucopia in Ireland last recession. It has come a long way since the 80’s and is now one of Dublin’s busiest and well known restaurants. We are luckily still thriving in this recession and have plans to expand further into the first and second floors of no.20 Wicklow Street.

Meet the Business Owner

Deirdre M.

Business Owner

Deirdre McCafferty is our owner and proprietor. She established Cornucopia on Wicklow Street with her late husband Neil in 1986 and has had a hands on involvement in Cornucopia since the day it started. Prior to starting in Cornucopia she graduated from TCD in 1975 with a degree in Sociology, achieved a Master’s in US Women’s History in 1979 from Goddard College Vermont in the USA. While living in the USA she worked for two years as Fitness Director for the Women’s Athletic Club in the Boston YWCA and for two years in the Hippocrates Health Institute in Boston, Ma. (now located in South Florida) as their Director Of Education. She has a keen interest in nutrition, vegetarianism and veganism, fitness and health, living –foods, environmental issues, Compassion in World Farming and ethical businesses.