Sligo Restaurant, Trá Bán bet off stiff competion and won the coveted Best Restaurant in Connaught award at the ‘Good Eating Guide to Ireland’ awards. Owners Anthony Gray and Cedric roussilhe along with head chef Julian Regneres were on hand to receive their specially commissioned Graham Knuttel framed plate mischievously themed on a ’Hells Kitchen’ reverie at Patrick Guilbaud’s Michelin 2 Star restaurant last Monday evening.

20th annual awards and the launch of the Good Eating Guide 2011 was undertaken by popular Dun Laoire politician Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. in front of an audience representing the top echelon of Ireland’s restaurant sector with many michelin star and celebrity chefs attending the event.

Since opening, Trá Bán Restaurant has firmly established itself as the must stop culinary destination of the West. Trá Bán, which is already also a member of the prestigious BIM Seafood Circle for 2011 and is recommended by the Georgina Campbell Restaurant Guide was delighted to collect such a prestigious award and is leading the way in the west with its fine culinary skills.

Open Tuesday to Sunday from 5pm with last booking at 9:30pm, For further information, log onto www.trabansligo.ie or call 071-9128402 to make a reservation.