Entrecôte Dublin has confirmed it is not associated with the French originals
A new Dublin restaurant, which opened last week, has been forced to clarify it is not affiliated with any of the internationally known French Entrecôte group of restaurants.
Ahead of its launch last week, a press release described Entrecôte Dublin as part of the “beloved French institution”, with locations in Paris, London, New York, and more.
The statement led to widespread confusion, with numerous media reports – including in the Irish Independent – that Dublin was getting an official branch of the famous chain.
However, the international chain later denied it had any link to the new Dublin restaurant.
It has since emerged that Entrecôte Dublin is merely “inspired” by the French-dining experience in the original restaurants such as Le Relais de Venise: Son Entrecôte.
Paul McGlade, who is behind the Dublin project, has now provided a statement clarifying the situation.
“Entrecôte Dublin is a new independent restaurant offering a French-inspired dining experience, no bookings, high-quality steak, unlimited fries and so on,” he said.
“Entrecôte Dublin is not associated with similar L’Entrecôte / Entrecôte restaurants around the world.
“There are many separate operators inspired by a similar concept, which originated in France.
“We would like to clarify that while we were keen to convey the influence of the well-known concept on the offering, Entrecôte Dublin is an independent business and looks forward to continuing to provide this concept to Dublin diners,” he added.
Entrecôte Dublin has confirmed it is not associated with the French originals
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Entrecôte Dublin will serve steaks, sourced from Tipperary, with the restaurant’s own version of the classic French sauce and hand-cut Irish fries, operating on a walk-in-only basis.
The PR firm handling the opening of the Dublin restaurant has since released a statement noting it had “terminated its relationship with Entrecôte Dublin effective immediately”.
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