1013644 Stella Cinema

The Stella was a fine old picture house in Rathmines, bought and closed by the old Ward Anderson setup before they opened their initially 3 screen cinema across the road; and then sort-of available for private screenings for a while before descending into polite dereliction. It even lost its classic 60s sign for apparent safety issues; but probably to stop it becoming protected.

But it was revitalised by Press Up in to a very fancy cinema with in-seat-service and all the bells and whistles; and the external facade has been restored to an era-appropriate aesthetic for when it originally opened.

And yet we didn't go there, because its entire schedule was Frozen/Stars Wars/Frozen/Star Wars, repeating in to infinity. Neither movie I could be bothered to watch if it was on free TV in my bedroom, let alone pay for

Instead, we went to the Stella Diner, in the adjacent former bank and covered on the same licence. We'd already eaten and had a movie start time deadline in the other cinema; so two slightly bonkers cocktails were obtained and consumed.

Its pricey and suffers from the usual Press Up problems (fur coat/no knickers). They may be expanding the pub scene in Dublin but they really aren't doing it justice