What should I eat and drink in County Kildare?
Kildare feeds you plainly and well rather than famously. This is rich grass country, so beef and lamb are the local strengths, and the farm shops sell the county back to you: Kildare Farm Foods at Kildangan runs a farm shop and butchery open six days a week. Naas, the county town, has the deepest choice of restaurants, and a farmers market on Saturday mornings; check the market's own page before a special trip, as market schedules move. Race weeks lift everything: Punchestown and the Curragh fill the pubs and hotel dining rooms around Naas, Newbridge and Kildare town, so book dinner on a race weekend. Expect bakeries, carveries and gastropubs doing honest work.
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