Thornton's Restaurant

Thornton's
Thornton's
Restaurant information
Established	1989
Closed	29 October 2016
Owner(s)	Kevin & Muriel Thornton
Head chef	Kevin Thornton
Food type	International, French, Irish, Modern Irish
Rating	Michelin Guide
Street address	128 St. Stephen’s Green
City	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Seating capacity	60
Website	http://www.thorntonsrestaurant.com

Thornton's was a restaurant that was housed, in the period 2002–2016, in the Fitzwilliam Hotel, St. Stephen's Green, County Dublin, Ireland. It was previously located on Portobello Road since 1989. It became a fine dining restaurant, that held a one-star Michelin rating in the periods 1996-2000 and 2006–2015. In the period 2001-2005 it held a two-star rating.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The restaurant closed on 29 October 2016.^[5] The space is now occupied by Glovers Alley.^[6]

Head chef Kevin Thornton was the first Irish chef to achieve two Michelin stars. Patrick Guilbaud received his second star first but was born in France.^[7]

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^ Cleary, Catherine. "Thornton's the shock casualty as Michelin star lost". The Irish Times. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
^ Pope, Conor (1 September 2016). "Leading chef Kevin Thornton to close Dublin restaurant". Irish Times. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (subscription required)
^ Cleary, Catherine (17 March 2018). "Review: A restaurant with notions as big as the bills". The Irish Times. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
^ "Our Michelin men's guide to a cheap, four-star lunch". Irish Independent. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2009.