Garrick Bar

Coordinates: 54°35′50″N 5°55′36″W / 54.59724°N 5.92666°W / 54.59724; -5.92666

Garrick Bar, December 2009

The Garrick Bar is a pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, situated at 29 Chichester Street in the city centre. It was established in 1870 and is one of the oldest pubs in Belfast. It serves a range of locally sourced pub food. The Front Bar in the Garrick hosts traditional music sessions, while the Back Bar hosts the Belfast Music Club and resident and guest DJs.[1]

It is a traditional pub with a Victorian atmosphere, featuring dark wood ceilings and panelling, snug booths with buttoned leather benches, tiled floors, old brass oil lamps and a real coal fire in each room.[2] The traditional top floor room features a quirky display of barometers and beautiful Venetian mirrors.[3] In 2006 the bar was sold for £1.7 million to Bangor entrepreneur Bill Wolsley’s Beannchor leisure group.[4] It was then closed for six weeks for refurbishment, taking out all the gambling machines, all the TVs and jukeboxes to create a classic pub, with music rooms.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Garrick Bar". Belfast Bar. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
  2. ↑ "Garrick Bar". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
  3. ↑ "The Garrick Bar". Total Travel.com. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
  4. ↑ "Beannchor snaps up Garrick Bar for £1.7m". Irish News (4 January 2006). Retrieved 12 July 2009.
  5. ↑ "Interview: Bill Wolsey: Belfast barman is a five-star original". Times Online (7 May 2006) (London). 7 May 2006. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
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