Cafe Tomat at Berneys

The Cafe Tomat restaurant which was a key element of the Red House in recent years has now moved to Berney's of Kilcullen, following the recent disastrous fire which destroyed its original base.

'Cafe Tomat at Berneys' has been operating all the food business at the famous Kilcullen pub/restaurant since Saturday last.

The enterprise will provide all the bar food and lunch requirements of the Berney's customers, as well as operating an evening restaurant of the same high quality for which the Red House business was famous.

The restaurant area has been refurbished in the bistro style by which Cafe Tomat was best known, and a separate upstairs private dining room is also part of the facilities.

The venture is likely to be a good marriage of the two businesses, with the Cafe Tomat at Berney's expected to enhance the bar and food operation run by Mario Kelly, while the well-known Kilcullen watering hole is a highly-recognised location with a good pedigree as a restaurant and pub and will thus attract the regulars of the old Cafe Tomat.

Cafe Tomat at Berney's is being run under the direction of Tom Tinsley, who worked in the Red House Inn since 1979, and Red House owner Brian Fallon. The menu style is an extensive range of Irish cuisine with an imaginative Mediterranean influence.

— Brian Byrne.