{"id":608635,"date":"2026-08-29T21:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T21:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/608635\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T21:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T21:24:14","slug":"popular-limerick-cafe-closes-its-doors-after-14-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/608635\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Limerick caf\u00e9 closes its doors after 14 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live95fm.ie\/news\/live95-news\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All Live95 News<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a92f9f6b2298e80c94.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Canteen social media<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            A staple of Limerick city\u2019s food scene has served its final customers today.\n        <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Canteen on Catherine Street officially closed its doors after 14 years in business.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The popular neighbourhood caf\u00e9 announced on Saturday that it was ending trade due to ongoing economic pressures facing small businesses.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">Owner Paul Williams cited static sales alongside ever-rising operational costs as the core reasons behind the decision, noting that he did not see these fundamental challenges improving over the next five to seven years.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Williams reflected on social media the journey since opening in 2012, emphasising that the closure marks the end of a proud chapter rather than a sad defeat.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Over the past decade and a half, the Catherine Street spot built a strong reputation for championing local Irish food producers and fostering a loyal community of patrons.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">&#8220;Starting in 2012, people came in as strangers, quickly became regulars, and now many are very good friends,&#8221; Williams said. He expressed deep gratitude to his staff, local suppliers, and the city community for their support over the last 14 years, promising to share memories of the caf\u00e9&#8217;s journey in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">Canteen\u2019s departure highlights the continued squeeze on independent hospitality venues across Limerick city centre, where rising overheads continue to test small business owners.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/onic-player\/id6747436925?ppid=49bb71e2-4823-448e-b0e8-311158962de3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1788038654_904_68da98f76f434.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Live95 News Canteen social media A staple of Limerick city\u2019s food scene has served its final customers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,608,611,607,610,609,612],"class_list":["post-608635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick-radio","tag-limerick-today","tag-limericks-live95fm","tag-live-95","tag-live95fm","tag-live95fm-homepage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608635","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=608635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}