Inside the child-free café charging €15 a coffee but allowing dogs
A Tipperary coffee shop with a 'no children' policy is charging €15 for a single cup of coffee. The Old Barracks Coffee Roastery in Birdhill is part of a portfolio of hospitality businesses operated by Dubliner and father of two Alan Andrews, who told The Sunday Times Ireland that he was soon to open a second no-children café, in Limerick.
Andrews said his speciality coffee pricing and shop policies had raised eyebrows and even ire from some customers, especially parents arriving with children and hoping for a bending of the rules. The Old Barracks Roastery is, however, a dog-friendly cafe.
'The roastery is a destination for adults — and for dogs — and I'm unapologetic about it,' he said. 'I don't understand it when people
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