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Irish Times
08-08-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
Coke Lane Pizza at The Circular takeaway review: Don't tell the Neapolitans, but even the pineapple works
What's on offer? Dave Holmes founded Coke Lane Pizza in 2017 after leaving his career path in forensic science. While studying for a master's in forensic science at King's College London , he became fixated on Neapolitan-style pizza after eating at Franco Manca in Brixton. Returning to Ireland , he saved €8,000, bought a van, oven and mixer, and launched Coke Lane as a pop-up at Frank Ryan's in Smithfield, Dublin 7 . In 2019, following a successful run at Lucky's Pub on Meath Street, Coke Lane moved into The Circular in Rialto, Dublin 8. It now operates from three locations: Lucky's, The Circular, and Priory Market in Tallaght . Coke Lane specialises in Neapolitan-style pizza with 48-72-hour-fermented high-hydration dough. The dough is made with a blend of Caputo flour and UK-based Wildfarmed flour, wood-fired at 450–500 degrees. All pizzas use crushed Italian plum tomatoes and toppings include locally sourced ingredients such as free-range chicken from Manor Farm. For the ham hock, they buy free-range hams from Niall O'Gorman Meats, cook them with botanicals, and pull the meat apart before finishing in honey and mustard. What did we order? Margherita, Ryan's, Locard and Magnum Pi. With Coke Lane known for toppings that might give Italians palpitations, I chose a mix and used the Margherita to benchmark the base and technique. READ MORE How was the service? Order at the counter inside The Circular, take a seat and wait for the buzzer. Was the food nice? The Margherita was benchmark. It had a good balance between tomato, cheese and basil, and the crust was blistered and elastic, showing that they know how to handle dough. The Ryan's, a Margherita with roast chicken thighs, smoked bacon, rocket, Caesar drizzle and Parmesan, was extremely good. It's a combination you wouldn't expect to work, but the Caesar dressing pulls it all together, and it ends up the favourite. Coke Lane Pizza The Locard, a Margherita with goat's cheese, butternut squash, rocket and Irish honey, is more muted than expected. The goat's cheese, which should add depth, is too mild to leave an impression. A stronger goat's cheese would work better. The Magnum Pi, a pizza I would generally never order, is a Margherita with wood-fired ham hock and Teeling Whiskey flambéed pineapple pieces. It's a restrained take on ham and pineapple. The flambéed pineapple avoids the tinned-sweet cliche, while the ham hock is shredded and delicious. You can't taste the whiskey, but there's balance between sweet and savoury. Coke Lane Pizza What about the packaging? Mostly cardboard packaging which is compostable. What did it cost? €54.20 for dinner for four people: Margherita, €12.70; Ryan's, €13.90; Locard, €13.70; and Magnum Pi, €13.90. Where does it deliver? Eat-in, takeaway and delivery Thursday-Sunday within 2km. Open Friday-Saturday, 4pm-10.30pm, Sunday-Thursday, 4pm-10pm. Would I order it again? Yes, this is very good pizza and the creative approach works.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dates, locations for MN Food Truck Festival 2025 in the Twin Cities confirmed
The dates and locations for Food Truck Festival's three events in the Twin Cities this summer have been confirmed. The organization will hold three festivals in total: one in June and two in August, with each featuring 45-50 food trucks, live music, dog adoptions, games and entertainment, and a beer station. This year's series includes a new location in Minneapolis, at Father Hennepin Bluff Park. It replaces St. Paul, which hosted a two-day event last summer. Here are the dates and locations (all events run 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and are free to attend): June 21 – Hopkins Food Truck Festival, downtown Hopkins August 2 – Minneapolis Food Truck Festival, Father Bluff Hennepin Park August 16 – Anoka Food Truck Festival, downtown Anoka New additions to the lineup this year include Minnesota State Fair favorite Pronto Pups, along with Wood Fired Pizza, Puffy Taco's, Thai Pad Kapew, Butcher and the Bartender, and Hepp's Salts. We can't wait to kick off this summer's festivals – especially at our newest location in the city where it all began – Minneapolis," said Jess Fast, co-organizer of the MN Food Truck Festival. "There's something incredibly special about returning to our roots and we're proud to bring the energy back to a community that's been with us from the start."
