Work is well underway on the new ‘traditional Irish’ bar
A new pub has been tipped to open in Belfast City Centre.
The bar is set to be called The Meeting House and the owners have now hinted at an opening date.
According to job listings for the new bar, it will be located between Ann Street and Crown Entry, taking over the space from Love & Death, which closed in December 2023 after operating for 15 years.
The space has been vacant since then, but the Beannchor group have big plans to bring life back into the bar very soon.
It comes alongside wider work on the street, which will see a number of changes and openings in the next few months.
The Meeting House will be closely connected with the new Indian-inspired restaurant Ru, which will take over from Little Wing when it moves next door.
Owners of the new bar are on the hunt for staff for the new pub, and have given prospective employees a bit of a hint as to what to expect. According to the listings, the pub “will be a ‘free-house’ pub with a focus on traditional Irish music and its unique historical location.”
They have also confirmed it will be connected to Ru, saying that “the pub will also be complemented by an adjoining Indian-inspired 60-seat restaurant, ‘Ru’.”
Teasing an opening date, they have said: “Opening this Autumn, The Meeting House will be a welcome addition to Belfast City Centre.” They are hoping to add a “vibrant, music-focused pub” to Belfast’s already bustling nightlife scene.
The move is part of a £14 million development project currently underway on the busy city centre street. Beannchor are currently transforming former retail and restaurant units into a new hotel complex.
Plans show that the new site will include a 41-bedroom hotel with a bar and restaurant, which will be connected internally to the current Little Wing location.
The new bar alongside Ru will be operated by the Beannchor group, which owns the likes of The Merchant, The National, Dirty Onion, and Little Wing.
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