Famous in living memory for being
the first bar in Ireland to ban smoking - and doing so before it was legally required, the previous owner,
Ronnie Greaney, decided to retire in early 2020, around about the time that
Covid-19 gave all Irish pubs an unexpected holiday.
Following extensive refurbishment, the establishment is under the new
management of Galway Bay Breweries. This makes it a sister-pub of The
Oslo in Salthill, the Salthouse in Raven's Terrace - and (at the moment) nine
other bars - mostly in Dublin.
Re-opened on 20 August 2020 as a restaurant, they're doing sandwiches, pizza and pasta - as well as craft beer served in anything from a half-pint to a growler. It
remains to be seen if food is an on-going part of the experience, or an
interim concession to normal-for-now.
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(featuring last year's paint-job)
