S4289 PMacs

This was the same weekend as my visit to S0235 Blackbird (yes, it can take that long to get around to posting!), which is part of the same mini-chain of primarly craft beer bars.

This one is possible their oddest location. being a huge two story unit in a boomtime shopping centre. Previously operating as Winters bar and Parker Browns nightclub on the individual floors, it has undergone a transformation to basically look like Blackbird. There is less of a resemblance to the city centre PMacs than there is to Blackbird in my opinion, but all the pubs share a basic design language - as well as a similar tap list and food options.

Drinks obtained were possibly identical to Blackbird the previous day; but we didn't partake in pizza this time, as the entire visit to Dundrum had been for an ulterior motive

The much vaunted Ananda Indian Restaurant is in the same building, with reservations not always easy to obtain; and I chanced my arm that there might be a table available, going to the internal shopping centre door to ask. Later during the meal I saw multiple people in the plusher waiting area accessible from the external door - but its not like the shopping centre entrance isn't signed as being a way in. Its worth the visit, as is Pickle on Camden Street; which was founded by a former head chef from here. But these are brief pub reviews, not unconnected restaurant reviews anyway.

They've done a good job in PMacs, converting a boomtime, South County bar (and 90s flashback nightclub) in to something really much the same as their other premises, and they don't suffer for being almost cookie cutter clones either.