Navigating New York with Mary O

On this weeks Episode I chat with Mary O’Halloran, a Mayo woman who has been living in New York for 30 years.  Mary is the proud owner of 'Mary O’s' bar and restaurant located in Alphabet City on the Lower East Side. Mary has been in the news recently for her delicious home-made Irish soda bread scones that she has been baking in Mary O’s Kitchen and mailing all over the United States while her bar has been closed due to Covid.  Mary has been doing some incredible charitable work while her bar is closed including making masks, baking scones and cooking home-made hot meals for frontline staff and homeless charities in her neighborhood. 

Mary has made headlines with her baking and was recently on New York 1 News as well as RTE 2FM at home in Ireland. Her scones are being ordered and sent to California and beyond! 

'Mary O’s' has been a popular NYC local since opening in 2009 , we chat about how special a place it is, as well as the hard work she has put in there for over a decade resulting in it being an extremely popular (and very well-reviewed) bar and restaurant in Manhattan.

Mary is so inspirational because on top of running her own business, she has raised her 6 kids in Manhattan. We chat about the pros and cons of raising a family in New York and her temporary move home to Ireland. 

I caught up with Mary while she was baking scones in her kitchen so please forgive a few sound glitches we had. Mary’s delicious scones can be ordered through her website maryos.nyc - they are the perfect present for friends or family over the month of March. I love how positive and hardworking Mary is and I hope you enjoy this chat as much as I did.