{"id":349684,"date":"2026-03-16T22:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/349684\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T22:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:17:10","slug":"why-a-superstitious-italian-couple-chose-st-patricks-day-to-open-dream-wicklow-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/349684\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a superstitious Italian couple chose St Patrick\u2019s Day to open dream Wicklow caf\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Marco and Marta Sacchi from Taste of Italy in Arklow.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fcad4622-b680-4d3b-b318-fbc6f32affe6.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Marco and Marta Sacchi from Taste of Italy in Arklow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The foodie couple behind Taste of Italy in Arklow have revealed how their superstitious natures and memories of searching for four-leaf shamrocks \u2014 something every Italian \u201cknows will bring luck\u201d \u2014 led them to choose St Patrick\u2019s Day to open their dream caf\u00e9\/bistro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It\u2019s been three years since Marta and Marco Sacchi planted their flag on Arklow\u2019s culinary map, using experience gained over decades running a successful restaurant in the city of Parma to establish a quaint coffee shop along Arklow\u2019s River Walk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marco and Marta Sacchi from Taste of Italy in Arklow. The foodie couple behind Taste of Italy in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,5718,61,60,63762],"class_list":["post-349684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-eoin-mac-raghnaill","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-st-patricks-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}