I met a client for lunch in Sophie’s on Harcourt Street a couple of weeks ago. Sophie’s is a restaurant that sits on the top floor of the Dean Hotel, which until the recent sale of a majority stake in the Dean Hotel Group was part of the Press Up portfolio. In typical Press Up style, the venue is beautifully appointed and architecturally bold, using the fifth-floor setting to provide panoramic views of Dublin 2. The restaurant was almost full and buzzing with activity, but the leather finish on the bank seating that wraps the back wall was frayed in…

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