Thank God for Prohibition! It turned the bog standard cocktail into something pretty special. Well how else were they going to disguise the taste of all that bootleg whiskey? Legs Diamond, Vannie Higgins, Mad Dog Coll – they were all in on the act. Second generation Irishmen passing off hooch as the sacred uisce beatha. At Fade Street Social, we only serve the real stuff. Shaken, stirred, straight up or over ice – have it your way.

Rhubarb Tart Vodka Based Cocktail €11.50 A delicious fusion of VANILLA VODKA, fresh LEMON juice, RHUBARB purée, ROSEMARY SUGAR & rhubarb bitters. Garnished with a sprig of rosemary

Betsy’s Bracer Vodka Based Cocktail €11.00 Pear VODKA, IRISH RASPBERRIES, FRESH LIME & ROSE flavour cordial and APPLE JUICE are muddled together, shaken & strained into a chilled glass. Topped off nicely with our very own RASPBERRY foam

The Bang-Bang Vodka Based Cocktail €11.50 Absolut MANDARIN, APRICOT BRANDY, ELDERFLOWER CORDIAL, LEMON JUICE & sugar shaken until ice cold. Served over crushed ice, it’s like summer in a glass!

Away with the Fairies Vodka Based Cocktail €10.50 VODKA & green APPLE syrup are shaken with CHERRY bitters & then poured into a chilled martini glass. Topped off with a sweet ELDERFLOWER foam.

Goosegog Vodka Based Cocktail €11.00 Absolut VODKA, homemade GOOSEBERRY purée, LEMON JUICE & golden CARAMEL syrup are shaken & served in a long glass over crushed ice & garnished with GOOSEBERRIES

Mairéad Rose Tequila Based Cocktail €11.50 Silver TEQUILA & St. Germain ELDERFLOWER are shaken with ROSE syrup, grenadine & fresh CITRUS JUICES, then strained into a VANILLA SUGAR rimmed martini glass

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FAVOURIT ES Soothe the Beast Gin Based Cocktail €13.50 G’vine GIN & St.Germain ELDERFLOWER liqueur are combined with LAVENDER, egg white & fresh CITRUS JUICES to make a very well balanced cocktail. Served over crushed ice & garnished with a LEMON twist

Strumpet City Whiskey Based Cocktail €13.50 Crested 10 WHISKEY, French TOBACCO liqueur & Peychauds bitters are stirred over ice before being strained into a chilled old fashioned glass & garnished with ORANGE ZEST

Cúchulainns Breath Gin Based Cocktail €13.00 CHILLI

infused GIN & APEROL are shaken with BASIL, LEMON & juice and egg white for a fiery cocktail. Garnished with a BASIL leaf

GRAPEFRUIT

Dolly Fawcett Whiskey Based Cocktail €11.50 A lovely combination of fresh APPLE & IRISH HONEY muddled & then shaken with Jameson, Cointreau & Amaretto for a delicious finish

Black Draft Whiskey Based Cocktail €13.50 Our own GUINNESS syrup is shaken with Black Bush WHISKEY, Creme de cacao & COFFEE. Topped off with a delicious FRANGELICO CREAM

Lugs Brannigan Rum Based Cocktail €12.00 Kraken RUM, Maraschino, Galliano, APRICOT BRANDY, CRANBERRY & juice are shaken together & strained into a chilled glass for a very well balanced & tasty cocktail

LEMON

BIT TERS

A ROMATIC

The Ruggy Up Gin Based Cocktail €11.00 A great bitter drink here with Beefeater GIN, Campari, PASSION FRUIT & juice are shaken & then strained over ice in a chilled old fashioned glass

LEMON

The Lockout Gin Based Cocktail €12.00 Hendricks GIN, green CHARTREUSE, ALMOND syrup, LEMON juice & egg white are shaken until ice cold & strained over ice cubes for a delicious combination of flavour

Into the West Rum Based Cocktail €11.00 COCONUT RUM,

Havanna especial, SUGAR & COCONUT SYRUP, NOILLY dry vermouth, fresh LIME juice & fresh CORIANDER are muddled together before being shaken & served over crushed ice. Garnished with COCONUT shavings & a CORIANDER LEAF PRAT

Donnybrook Fray Gin Based Cocktail €12.50 & GRAPEFRUIT peel are muddled together with ROSEMARY syrup and then shaken withTanqueray GIN, Luxardo, Gin barrel aged bitters, fresh LEMON & CRANBERRY juice. All strained over ice into a CAMPARI rinsed glass for extra flavour & garnished with ORANGE ZEST

CLOVES

Slippery Slope Gin Based Cocktail €11.00 Beefeater GIN, SLOE GIN, LEMON juice & ALMOND syrup are shaken with egg white & strained into a chilled martini glass & garnished with GRAPEFRUIT ZEST

The Big Fella Whiskey Based Cocktail €11.50 One for the sour lovers, here. Telling Small Batch WHISKEY is shaken with fresh LEMON & LIME juice beautifully balanced with a zesty rich MARMALADE, poured into a POITIN rinsed glass.

Knee Trembler Vodka Based Cocktail €12.00 Absolut VODKA, STRAWBERRY liqueur, LIME juice & VANILLA syrup are shaken before being strained into a tall glass & topped off with PROSECCO

Hotsy Totsy Vodka Based Cocktail €12.00 HONEY VODKA, CITRON VODKA, PASSION FRUIT PURÉE,

sugar syrup & are built in a tall glass & topped off with GINGER BEER with a PASSION FRUIT garnish for a well balanced long drink

GRAPEFRUIT BITTERS

Elderfizz Sparkling Wine Based Cocktail €11.50 A tall glass of St.Germain ELDERFLOWER LIQUEUR & LEMON JUICE are topped off with PROSECCO & finished with a sweet ELDERFLOWER FOAM

Mojito Royale Rum Based Cocktail €12.50 Havana club RUM gets mixed on crushed ice with fresh MINT, LIME juice & topped up with PROSECCO

Monto Vodka Based Cocktail €11.00 Fresh PEAR is muddled with APPLE & LEMON juice and sugar before being shaken with PEAR VODKA & MIDORI MELON liqueur for a really fun & tasty drink

Marrowbone Monroe Cachaça Based Cocktail €11.00 Fresh BLUEBERRIES are muddled with LAVENDER SYRUP before being shaken with CACHAÇA, Creme de Myrtille & LIME juice. Strained into a chilled glass over crushed ice

The Mushatt Sparkling Wine Based Cocktail €10.50 A delicious after dinner drink with PROSECCO, AMARETTO & CHERRY BITTERS with a CHERRY GARNISH

cock ails PREMIUM SPIRITS (add €2.00) Amaretto Sour €10.00 Whiskey Sour €10.00 Pisco Sour€10.00 Classic Mojito €11.50 (Flavoured add 0,50c) Spiced Mojito €11.50 Cosmopolitan €11.50 Caipirinha €11.00 (Flavoured add 0,50c) Caipiroska €10.50 (Flavoured add 0,50c) Bellini €11.50 Brandy Alexander €11.00 Cuba Libre €9.50 Daiquiri €10.50 (Flavoured add 0,50c) Espresso Martini €12.00 Gin Martini €13.00 Vodka Martini €13.00 Long Island Iced Tea €13.00 Mai Tai €12.00 Manhattan €13.00 Margarita €11.50 Moscow Mule €11.00 Negroni €12.00 Old Fashioned €13.00 Seabreeze €10.00 Tom Collins €10.00 Singapore Sling €12.50 Black Russian €11.50 White Russian €11.50 Sex on the Beach €11.00 Bloody Mary €12.00 Tequila Sunrise €11.00 Harvey Wallbanger €11.00 Dark and Stormy €11.00 Zombie €12.50

was brash, bold, loud and dirty. While their blood brothers in New York profited from prohibition and thirsty yanks, our men back home were making their own unwritten laws right here on the streets of Dublin. It was beers for the working men, toss schools for the corner boys and pints of cheap Red Biddy for the rest.

Half the city was clothed with the cast offs of the other half. Eight to a bed, overcoats for blankets, no wonder life was lived in the streets. The marauding Animal Gangs took the names of their home turf: Ash Street, Stafford Street, Gardiner Street, all brawling just for the hell of it… and for some kind of escape from the grinding poverty in those festering tenements.

These guys lived and died by that mafia rule

‘omertha’

– keeping it schtum no matter what.

The only cop who could handle them was Jim ‘Lugs’ Brannigan. Lugs was blessed with an impressive pair of cauliflower ears and a tidy left hook from his amateur boxing days. He put manners on even the toughest brawlers. From the scuffles at Harold’s Cross Greyhound track to the Battle of Baldoyle, Lugs really was the stuff of urban legends.

The street corners heaved with every specimen of humanity. The landlords looking for next week’s rent, the shellshocked soldiers trapped in some kind of living hell, screaming as imaginary bombs whizzed above their heads. The organ grinders and penny hustlers – you could even hire a child to beg for you! Johnny Forty Coats, Hairy Lemon, Mary Wallpaper, Jembo No Toes, all part of Inner City urban folklore. Then there was Bang Bang who kept his own version of law and order on the streets. Riding the trollies from Parnell Street to the Quays he’d jump on board, shooting passers by with a church key. ‘Bang, Bang! You’re shot. If yeh don’t die, I’m not playin’.’

And what about the Grand Dames of the infamous Monto Red Light District? Becky Cooper, Polly Butler and May Oblong had things pretty much sewn up there. Tyrone Street, Foley Street, Beaver Street and Faithful Place were home to nearly 1,600 ‘poor unfortunate girls’. All classes of customers were catered for - gentlemen, lords, soldiers from the Royal Barracks. Rumour even has it that King Edward VII lost his innocence in this heartland of whores and despotic madams. They used to roar out the windows at the street kids below, lowering cans filled with money down on strings to get cigarettes, matches or gargle from the pub.

HARRY

MUSHATT the man with all the cures, dispensed lotions and tonics from his tenement chemist’s shop on Francis Street, in the heart of the Liberties. Hippo Wine and Squills for coughs, Mushatt’s Foot Paste; people came from all over the city for his legendary hangover cure – Black Draft. So let’s raise a glass to the people who made Dublin what it is. The profiteers, the Robin Hoods, the chancers, the hard grafters, the beasts, the savages and the saviours. Let’s celebrate the magnificent stories and the grim reality and add our own little bit of history to the mix, right here in Fade Street Social.

Here’s a wee song that Jembo No Toes used to sing:

“I don’t want to go to the trenches no more, Where the alley man’s guns shatter and roar. Omy ome, Take me home over the sea, Back to the Liberties.”

BEER CIDER and

Cheaper than a meal, beer was the working man’s breakfast, lunch and dinner – no wonder they used to call it ‘liquid food’. It was bit like an old Ford motor, you could have any colour as long as it was black! Shebeens were rife in the tenements too. Every third or fourth house had a bit of turf placed in the window – a nod and a wink to a thirsty man. At Fade Street Social there’s more than a pint of plain choose from. Pull up a stool and we’ll pour you a cold one.

beer beer



Glass



Pint

Bulmers

€3.20

€6.10

Becks Vier

€3.10

€6.00

Hoegaarden

€3.20

€6.40

Guinness

€3.00

€5.90

5 Lamps Red Ale

€3.10

€6.20

Stella Artois

€3.30

€6.20

Clonmel

€3.10

€6.00

Porter CIDER CIDER

Leffe Blonde (350ml)



Bulmers Original €6.50 Pt Btl 4.5% Cider – Ireland

Bulmers Pear €6.50 Pt Btl 4.5% Cider – Ireland

Bulmers Light €6.00 Long Neck 4.5% Cider – Ireland

Bulmers Berry €6.50 Pt Btl 4.5% Cider – Ireland

alcoholic beer

Becks non alcoholic €4.60 Germany

Erdinger Non Alcoholic €5.00 Weissbier – Germany

€5.80

beer Estrella Inedit €16.90

(Serves 2)

4.8% Pilsner – Catalunya

Estrella Damm Daura €6.20 Coeliac Friendly 5.4% Pale Lager – Catalunya

Corona €6.00 4.5% – Mexico

Peroni €6.00 4.5% – Italy

Tiger Beer €6.00

4.8% Lager – Singapore

Coors Light €6.00 4.3% Lager – USA

Budvar €6.50

5% Beer – Czech

Staropramen €6.50 5% Pilsner – Czech

Spaten €6.50

5.2% Beer – Germany

Fruh Pilsner €6.50 4.8% Beer – Germany

Paulaner €6.50

5.5% Weissbier – Germany

Erdinger Hefe €6.50

5.3% Weissbier – Germany

O’Hara’s Irish Stout €6.50 4.3% Dry Stout – Ireland

beer O’Hara’s Irish Pale Ale €6.60 5.2% Irish Ale – Ireland

O’Hara’s Irish Red €6.50 4.3% Irish Ale – Ireland

Porterhouse Hop Head €6.50 5% Irish Pale Ale - Dublin

Galway Hooker €6.80 4.3% Pale Ale – Ireland

Trouble Brewing €6.50 4.3% Gold Ale – Ireland

Lagunitas €6.50

6.2% India Pale Ale - USA

Sierra Nevada €6.50 Seasonal Beer USA

Sierra Nevada Torpedo €6.90 7.2% India Pale Ale – USA

Anchor Steam €6.30 4.9% - USA

Raging Bitch €7.90

8.3% Belgian IPA – USA

William Joker €6.50

5.0% - India Pale Ale - Scotland

Duvel €6.30

8.5% Ale – Belgium

Chimay Red €6.80 7% Ale – Belgium

beer John Hollows Ginger Beer €6.50 4.0% – England

Floris Strawberry €5.80 3.6% – Belgium

wines sparkling Glass / Bottle

Biancavigna Prosecco Frizzante NV

Bollinger Special Cuvée NV

Veneto, Italy Brilliant straw-yellow with a fruity scent of apple and white fruit. €9.50 / €36

Champagne, France A full bodied champagne of great class € – / € 85

Moet Chandon NV Champagne Lété Vautrain Brut NV Champagne, France Balanced, crisp and refreshing with a mouth-wateringly delectable finish €15 / € 70

Champagne, France Elegant golden straw yellow with amber highlights revealing bright yellow-fleshed fruits notes €- / € 85

Moet Chandon Rose Imperial NV Champagne, France A soft rose touched by raspberry flavours €- / € 75

red

Glass / Carafe / Bottle

Cardal Red

Little Rascal Shiraz 2013

Tejo, Portugal A youthful, fresh and well balanced wine, showing generous fruit. €6.00 / 14.50 / 25

Goulburn Valley, Australia Deliciously spicy, with red fruit and vanilla and a tangy finish €9 /21 / 36

Allozo Ladero Tempranillo Reserva 2009

Montelciego Rioja N/V

La Mancha, Spain Full-bodied with aromas of sweet, ripe, red fruit and a long finish. € 7.50 / 17.50 / 30

Côtes du Rhône ‘Les Vignes Paralleles’ 2012 Rhone Valley, France Ripe and textured, revealing flavours of black fruit, tobacco and chocolate. €7.50 / 17.50 / 32

Marble Leaf Pinot Noir 2013 Marlborough, New Zealand Good balance of sweet fruit and savoury characters €11.75 / 29 / 49

Rioja, Spain A smooth and elegantly balanced wine that leaves a delicious after taste €8.50 / 20 / 34

Colli Euganei Merlot 2013 Veneto, Italy Smooth, consistently full-bodied and warm, with a persistent and elegant finish €7.25 / 17.25 / 29.50

Callia Malbec Reservado 2013 San Juan, Argentina Deep red and vivacious wine, aromas of wildberries with vanilla and chocolate notes €9.75 /23 / 39

All listed vintages may be subject to change.

rosé

Glass / Carafe / Bottle

Casa de Vila Verde “Pluma” Vinho Verde Rose 2014

Vigneti Radica “Cerasuolo” d’Abruzzo Rosé 2014

Vinha verde, Portugal Aromatic and fresh, this wine presents aromas of strawberries and blackberries. € 7 / 14.50 / 29

Abruzzo, Italy Bright pomegranate red colour. Delicate fruity aroma and notes of cherry € 8/ 16/ 32

whi e

Glass / Carafe / Bottle

Cardal White Tejo, Portugal Fresh and soft, with notes of rose petal. Slightly spritzy and generous ripe fruit €6 / 14.50 / 25

Pinot Grigio “Tenuta Nicante” Abruzzo, Italy Nice crunchy apples with a little citrus. Well bodied and delicate, with aftertaste of gooseberry. €8 / 18.50 / 32

Domaine Coustellier – Picpoul de Pinet Coteaux du Languedoc, France With characters of passionfruit and grapefruit and a long, dry stony finish. €8 /17.50 / 32

Domaine de Rochebin Macon Lugny Burgundy, France Lovely nose of fresh and white combined with flower and intense mineral notes. Luscious white with lots of body. €8.50 / 20 / 34

Sauvignon Blanc “Brumes de Loire” Loire, France Crisp, fresh herb-tinged juicy fruit dominates here, in a very bright style. € 7.50 / 16.50 / 32

Avelino Vegas “Montespina Verdejo” Rueda, Spain Herbaceous and aromatic, with nutty flavours and hints of both honey and pear. €9.50 / 21.50 / 38

Marble Leaf Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough, New Zealand Young and fresh with a natural and well balanced acidity. €10 / 23.50 / 40

Víña Cartin Albariño Rias Baixas, Spain Light and herbaceous, nicely structured with hints of ripe fruit. €9 / 21 / 36

All listed vintages may be subject to change.

S P I RI T S LIQUEURS and

vodka

rum

Absolut €5.90

Havana 3yr €5.90

Absolut Flavours €5.90

Havana Especial €6.30

Absolut Elyx €8.00

Havana 7yr €7.50

Grey Goose €8.50

Bacardi €6.00

Stolichnaya €6.10

Bacardi 8 €6.90

Zubrowka €6.10

Mount Gay €6.00

Ketel One €6.20

Bundaberg €6.00

Belvedere €8.50

Morgan’s Spiced Rum €6.00

Dingle Vodka €6.10

Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum €6.00 Kraken Black Spiced €6.50

gin Beefeater €5.90 Bombay sapphire €6.00 Tanqueray €6.10 Hendricks €6.20 Martin Millers €7.00 G’vine €8.00 Beefeater 24 €8.00 Tanqueray 10 €8.50 Dingle €6.10 Plymouth €6.20 Blackwoods €6.30 Bloom €8.00 Monkey 47 €11.00

Wray & Nephew O.P. €8.50 Diplomatico Reserva €10.50

brandy Martell VS €6.00 Hennessy VS €6.10 Lacaze Armagnac €6.70 Calvados €6.80 Remy Martin VSOP €7.80 Courvoisier XO €21.00 Hennessy XO €22.50 Remy Martin XO €23.00

irish whiskey

sco ch whisky

Jameson €5.90 Crested 10 €6.00

Glenfiddich 12yr €8.90

Jameson Select €8.50

Laphroig €9.90

Jameson 12yr €8.80

Lagavulin 16yr €17.00

Jameson gold €13.00

Dalmore 15yr €13.50

Jameson 18 yr €17.40

Talisker 10yr €10.50

Powers €6.00

Glenkinchie 12yr €11.00

Powers 12yr €8.40

Chivas Regal 18yr €16.50

Powers Johns Lane €10.20

Chivas Regal 25yr €35.00

Green Spot €8.50

Auchentoshan 12yr €10.60

Bushmills €6.20

Glenmorangie €9.00

Blackbush €6.60

Macallan Amber €17.00

Bushmills 10yr €8.00 Bushmills 16yr €13.00 Bushmills 21yr €21.50 Redbreast 12yr €9.00 Redbreast 15yr €14.00 Midleton Very Rare €22.50 Tullamore Dew €6.00 Tullamore Dew 10yr €7.00 Tullamore Dew 12yr €8.20 Teeling Small Batch €6.80

liqueurs Amaretto €5.90 Baileys €5.90 Drambuie €6.50 Grand Marnier €6.50 Tia Maria €5.90 Creme de Menthe €5.90 Frangelico €5.90 Limoncello €5.90 Grappa €7.30

bourbon / whiskey Jack Daniels €6.10 Jack Daniels Single Barrel €7.50 Canadian Club €6.10 Southern Comfort €5.90 Four Roses €6.90 Makers Mark €6.90 Bulleit €7.00 Woodford Reserve €7.10 Crown Royal €7.70 Rittenhouse Rye €7.20

equila El Jimador €6.20 Patron XO €7.00 Patron Silver €8.00 Don Julio €11.00

Jägermeister €5.90 Sambuca €5.90 Baby Guinness €6.00

bottle service Menu available on request