Dublin's first fully hand-drawn 2D café

First
Chapter

Coffee & pastries on Fade Street — every wall drawn by hand in black-and-white ink. Step inside and the page comes to life around you.

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First Chapter storefront at 16 Fade Street, Dublin
Comic comfort food · drawn with love

✦ Signature dishes ✦

16 Fade Street · Dublin Hand-drawn 2D Coffee & pastries
Avocado toast with rocket, pomegranate, shaved cheese and edible flowers

Avocado Toast

Smashed avocado · peppery rocket · pomegranate · parmesan · balsamic swirl

Eggs Royale — poached eggs with salmon and hollandaise, with salad

Eggs Royale

Poached eggs · salmon · hollandaise · greens — brunch, drawn delicious

Sweet treats at First Chapter

Sweet Treats

A taste of the counter — from brunch plates to brownies

The story — how we came to be in pen & ink

First Chapter opened on Fade Street as Dublin's first café drawn entirely by hand. We dreamed of a place where the walls talk in ink and every visit feels like stepping into the pages of a storybook.

The room is hand-drawn daily — wall to wall, black-and-white, comic-panel style. It's us, just in comic form. Real coffee, real pastries, illustrated to life for you.

FIRST CHAPTER · FADE STREET · DUBLIN
Hand-drawn 2D black-and-white interior of First Chapter
The room is hand-drawn daily. It's us, just in comic form.

Visit us

📍 16 Fade Street, Dublin

Find us on Fade Street — look for the hand-drawn doorway.

Contact

📞 +353 83 206 5182

📸 Instagram: @firstchaptercafe

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First Chapter · Fade Street · Drawn with love in Dublin