Dunne & Crescenzi

Specialties

Dunne & Crescenzi specialise in bringing authentic and traditional Italian cooking to the Irish people. Providing breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner, in addition to serving award-​winning coffee all day, D&C is the favoured haunt of professionals, students, persons of leisure and everyone in between.

History

Established in 1999.

In 1999, Dunne and Crescenzi South Frederick Street opened for business. Located in an old locksmith’s building, it was run by Stefano in the kitchen and Eileen on the floor. Wines decorated the walls, while plates of salumi, bruschetta and cheeses were served from the bar. They introduced the concept of wine by the glass, which snowballed into becoming common practice in almost every winebar, Italian or otherwise, that has opened since. Opening in November, the pair caught the Christmas rush — everyone was talking about the new place in town. Originally, the patrons came to the counter to collect their order, but soon this changed into serving at tables. With business booming, when the building two doors down became available, Eileen and Stefano realised that more expansion was required; and so the location was duly secured. Not long afterwards, the middle premises was snapped up, which brings us to the the establishment we see today: 3 rooms with shelves stocked high with wine, pasta

Meet the Business Owner

Eileen Dunne and Stefano Crescenzi C.

Business Owner

There are 2 owners of the Dunne and Crescenzi collection — husband and wife duo Stefano and Eileen, whose dream was to bring traditional, quality Italian cuisine to Ireland in order to dispel the burgeoning stereotypes brought about by cheap convenience foods, mass produced for the home market with little resemblance to their original counterparts; they are aided by David Izzo, who joined them to help spread the word about the quality and tastes available from his mother country.