A 19th-century stone grain store houses this 1st-floor cafe, pottery studio and crafts shop. Even on rainy winter days, it's packed with locals sipping coffee, quaffing wine, and tucking into sandwiches, breakfast, hot specials (lasagne, quiche etc), tempting cakes and, of course, muffins.
Muck 'n' Muffins
County Donegal
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