L'Ecrivain (, meaning "The Writer") was a

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on Lower Baggot Street in

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, which was awarded one

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from 2003 to 2020. The

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awarded the restaurant the "Red M", indicating "good food at a reasonable price", from 1996 to 1999. The restaurant's proprietor was Irish celebrity chef

Derry Clarke Derry Clarke is an Irish celebrity chef, and was the proprietor of the restaurant L'Ecrivain. He has also been a reality television judge, having acted as a judge alongside Bibi Baskin and Sammy Leslie on the RTÉ One reality television ser ...

, who has appeared on such television programmes as '' The Restaurant'', '' The Afternoon Show'' and '' The Panel'' (in 2008) and has also been a judge on the reality television series ''

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''."Judges"
RTÉ. Accessed 25 April 2009. L'Ecrivain was described as "Dublin's corporate canteen" by the ''

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''. The restaurant was opened in 1989 by Derry Clarke and his wife Sallyann. It closed in March 2021.

Style

L'Ecrivain's specialty was both Irish and

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cuisine.

References

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