The Boiler House Café
Nestled on the ground floor of Rediscovery Centre, our café serves Fairtrade tea and coffee, as well as homemade pastries and other tasty treats.
As with all Rediscovery Centre’s initiatives, The Boiler House Café prioritises sustainability, reuse and the minimisation of waste. Takeaway coffee is only available in reusable cups, single-use plastic is banned, and in the unlikely event of food being left on your plate, all food waste is composted onsite and used to fertilise the garden.
Sit back and enjoy yourself while experiencing some of the Centre’s beautiful creations. Explore the book swap, relax in The Snug – one of our Rediscover Furniture team’s marvellous furniture designs reimagined from a headboard, wardrobe, bed frame, table, chest of drawers and a glass door panel. While you’re there, have a look around and see if you can spot what the rest of the upcycled furniture is made from.
Drop into The Boiler House Café from Tuesday to Saturday, 9.30am to 3.30pm for something delicious!
And don’t forget to follow our social media channels to keep up to date with all our wonderful new specials.
Surplus Sourcing
We believe that no good food should go to waste.
What is surplus food?
When a food business has more food than it can sell, it’s surplus food. Delicious and still good to eat – but in 2022, 90,000 tonnes of food was wasted in retail and distribution!
What do we do?
We’ve partnered with FoodCloud and our local shops to make sure this good food isn’t going to waste.
We collect and use healthy, tasty, surplus food in our menu, and have developed a guide to help other cafés do the same.
As of July 2024, you’ve helped us save a whopping 276kg of food!
Our amazing partners:
Nan’s Centra Ballymun, Food Cloud, Buddy’s Farmers Market, Blossom Artisan Bakery, and of course… our Gardening Guru Ciaran
Food Research & Rescue Project
Our surplus sourcing was developed through a project funded by EPA Ireland’s Green Enterprise Programme. This year-long pilot project led to the development of a roadmap for cafés to utilise surplus food as part of their business model. Stay tuned for the final guide!