# Jammet Restaurant

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{{Short description|Defunct French restaurant in Dublin, Ireland}}
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| street_address    = 26–27 [St Andrew's Street](/source/St_Andrew's_Street%2C_Dublin) <small>(1901–26)</small><br />46 [Nassau Street](/source/Nassau_Street%2C_Dublin) <small>(1926–67)</small>
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'''Jammet Restaurant''', also called '''Restaurant Jammet''' ({{IPA|fr|ʁɛstɔʁɑ̃ ʒamɛ|pron}}) or '''The Jammet Hotel and Restaurant''', was a French restaurant located in [Dublin](/source/Dublin), [Ireland](/source/Ireland) between 1901 and 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jackandjill.ie/a-tribute-to-jammets-of-dublin/|title=A Tribute to Jammet's of Dublin &#124; The Jack and Jill Children's Foundation|website=Jackandjill.ie|access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dublincity.ie/image/libraries/dd012-jammets-restaurant|title=DD012 Jammet's Restaurant &#124; Dublin City Council|website=Dublincity.ie}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H_5dLwEACAAJ&q=jammet+dublin|title=Jammet's of Dublin: 1901 to 1967|first1=Alison|last1=Maxwell|first2=Shay|last2=Harpur|date=October 20, 2011|publisher=Lilliput Press|isbn=9781843512011|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yiwdNJt_MFIC&q=jammet+dublin&pg=PT154|title=The Love-charm of Bombs: Restless Lives in the Second World War|first=Lara|last=Feigel|date=January 17, 2013|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781408833483|via=Google Books}}</ref>

According to a 1990s ''Dublin Tourism'' brochure, the "famous Jammet's Restaurant [..] flourished throughout the first half of this century".{{sfn|Dublin Tourism|page=7}}

==History==
thumb|Menu from Jammet’s, 1937
Jammet opened on 6 March 1901 at 26–27 Saint Andrew's Street, opposite [St Andrew's Church](/source/St_Andrew's_Church%2C_Dublin_(Church_of_Ireland)).<ref>''[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)'' (Tuesday, March 5, 1901)</ref> It was previously the site of the Burlington restaurant and Oyster Saloons owned by the Corless family.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dictionary of Irish Architects |url=https://www.dia.ie/works/view/38443/CO.+DUBLIN%2C+DUBLIN%2C+ST+ANDREW%27S+STREET%2C+NO.+026-27+%28BURLINGTON+RESTAURANT%29 |website=www.dia.ie |access-date=14 November 2025}}</ref>

It was established by Michel Jammet, nine years chef to [George Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan](/source/George_Cadogan%2C_5th_Earl_Cadogan), and his brother François. For a long time it was the only French restaurant in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gzUtAQAAMAAJ&q=jammet+dublin|title=Hotel & Catering Review|date=October 20, 2005|publisher=Jemma Pub. Limited|via=Google Books}}</ref>

It was mentioned in [James Joyce](/source/James_Joyce)'s ''[Ulysses](/source/Ulysses_(novel))'': (published 1922, set in 1904): a [stream-of-consciousness](/source/stream-of-consciousness) section mentions ''"that highclass [whore](/source/whore) in Jammet’s"'', while Corny Kelleher later mentions ''"Two commercials that were standing fizz in Jammet’s"'' (i.e. two travelling salesman that were buying [champagne](/source/champagne)).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4300/4300-h/4300-h.htm|title=Ulysses, by James Joyce|website=Gutenberg.org}}</ref>

Jammet's moved to 46 [Nassau Street](/source/Nassau_Street%2C_Dublin) in 1926.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arrow.dit.ie/jamres/|title=Restaurant Jammet &#124; Places &#124; Technological University Dublin|website=Arrow.dit.ie}}</ref> In 1928, ''[Vogue](/source/Vogue_(magazine))'' described Jammet’s as “one of Europe’s best restaurants . . . crowded with gourmets and wits”, where the [sole](/source/Common_sole) and [grouse](/source/Black_grouse) were “divine”.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/jammet-s-a-dublin-treasure-crowded-with-gourmets-and-wits-1.1793827|title=Jammet's: a Dublin treasure crowded with gourmets and wits|first=Frank|last=McDonald|newspaper=[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)}}</ref>

Jammet and his wife [Yvonne (née Auger)](/source/Yvonne_Jammet) ran the French Benevolent Society during the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), and were staunch supporters of the [Free French](/source/Free_French) and [Charles de Gaulle](/source/Charles_de_Gaulle).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/food-drink/jammets-restaurant-french-revolution-26733154.html|title=Jammet's Restaurant: French Revolution|website=Independent.ie}}</ref>

One of the earliest surviving menus is from 1949; it shows an idea of ''[haute cuisine](/source/haute_cuisine)'' based on the ideas of [Auguste Escoffier](/source/Auguste_Escoffier).<ref name="dit history">{{cite web |last=Mac Con Iomaire |first= |title=The History of Restaurant Jammet |work=Doctoral thesis |publisher=[Dublin Institute of Technology](/source/Dublin_Institute_of_Technology) |date=2009 |url=https://arrow.dit.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=jamres |format=pdf |access-date=5 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702142731/https://arrow.dit.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=jamres |archive-date=2 July 2017 }}</ref>

In 1963 [Egon Ronay](/source/Egon_Ronay) visited, saying "Space, grace, the charm of small red leather armchairs, [fin-de-siècle](/source/fin-de-si%C3%A8cle) murals and marble oyster counters exude a bygone age. [Ritz](/source/C%C3%A9sar_Ritz) and Escoffier would feel at home here."<ref name="dit history"/>

The restaurant closed in 1967.<ref name="auto1"/>

==Visitors==
Virtually every Dublin and visiting celebrity ate at Jammet's at some point. [W. B. Yeats](/source/W._B._Yeats), [Lennox Robinson](/source/Lennox_Robinson), [Liam O’Flaherty](/source/Liam_O%E2%80%99Flaherty), [Micheál MacLiammóir](/source/Miche%C3%A1l_MacLiamm%C3%B3ir), [Hilton Edwards](/source/Hilton_Edwards) and [Charlie Haughey](/source/Charlie_Haughey) were regulars. [John Lennon](/source/John_Lennon), [James Cagney](/source/James_Cagney), [Rita Hayworth](/source/Rita_Hayworth), [Danny Kaye](/source/Danny_Kaye), [Michael Collins](/source/Michael_Collins_(Irish_leader)), [Aly Khan](/source/Aly_Khan), [Orson Welles](/source/Orson_Welles), and [Senator John F. Kennedy](/source/John_F._Kennedy) and his wife [Jackie](/source/Jackie_Kennedy) also ate there.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.peploes.com/jammet-guestbook/|title=Jammet Guestbook...|website=Peploes.com|date=March 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Smuggling £54,000 to Miceal Collins |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/76201235?searchTerm=jammet%27s%20dublin |website=Mirror |access-date=28 January 2022 |date=4 February 1922}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Parson |first=Michael |date=15 May 2014 |title=How Jackie Bouvier almost married an Irish lawyer |url=https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/how-jackie-bouvier-almost-married-irish-lawyer |work=[Irish Times](/source/Irish_Times) |location= |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>

{{Commons category|Jammet's Restaurant, Dublin}}

==References==
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=== Sources ===
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*{{cite book |url=https://www.irish-shop.de/dokumente/045_georgian,cultural,_old_dublin_heritagetrails_low.pdf | title=Heritage Trails. Signposted Walking Tours of Dublin |first=Office|last=Dublin Tourism|access-date=2025-02-18|publisher=Dublin Tourism  }}
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Category:Defunct restaurants in Ireland
Category:Defunct French restaurants
Category:1901 establishments in Ireland
Category:1967 disestablishments in Ireland
Category:Defunct restaurants in Dublin (city)
Category:Restaurants disestablished in 1967
Category:Restaurants established in 1901
Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Dublin (city)

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