Mao (restaurant chain)

Mao (stylized MAO or Mao At Home) is an Irish-headquartered restaurant chain, serving Asian cuisine: Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Singaporean, Sichuan and Mongolian dishes are all offered.[1]

Mao

Type	Private
Industry	Restaurant
Genre	restaurant and takeaway chain
Founded	1992
Founder	Graham Campbell
Headquarters	Dublin , Ireland
Number of locations	9
Area served	Dublin
Owner	Colum and Ciarán Butler
Website	mymao.ie

History

Interior of MAO Dún Laoghaire, 2004.

The first Mao restaurant opened on Chatham Row, Dublin in 1997. The name attracted some criticism, given Mao Zedong's role in the Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, Great Chinese Famine and Sinicization of Tibet; during his time as leader of China, he was allegedly responsible for millions of deaths.[2][3] This first restaurant was decorated with Andy Warhol's famous silkscreen print of Mao.[4]

Andy Warhol's Mao print, a replica of which decorated the first MAO.

In 2010 the chain went into receivership and was sold to Colm and Ciarán Butler.[5][6]

References

1. "Home". Mao. Archived from the original on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
2. "A name that's hard to swallow". May 20, 2019. Archived from the original on May 20, 2019.
3. "A name that's hard to swallow". May 20, 2019. Archived from the original on May 20, 2019.
4. LOUISE EAST (Jan 10, 1998). "Doing the rice thing". The Irish Times.
5. Suzanne Lynch (Aug 14, 2010). "Sale of Mao restaurant chain almost complete". The Irish Times.
6. "Restaurant chain Cafe Mao forced into receivership". Herald.ie. 2 July 2010.

External links

• Official website