S1493 The Circular

This is my last pub visit from before the lockdown - on the Saturday before the weekend it all got messy. Not the Petri Dish Inn weekend, the one before that. Its been this long to get it written up as I clearly had so much more to write about.... 

Well, I was actually putting most of the time in to significantly improving the map - duplicate removal, putting street addresses on all closed pubs where appropriate and the addition of over 100 former pubs, mainly those that closed for the last time in the 1900s-1920s so far.

The Circular is a recent enough addition, opening in November 2019 and operated by the crew behind 1013579 Luckys, and it has a similar atmosphere to its sister pub.

According to the NIAH, this very early 1900s-looking pub is a 1950s extension to an older house, and has had a number of operators in recent years. The most recent prior to The Circular was a D8 locals-style pub called either The Anchor or De Anchor, depending where they wrote the name down. This didn't last very long, but McAuleys and Charlie Byrnes were longer standing names; and fairly similar in what they offered. The Circular is a move away from this, and more in line with what is now expected in D8.

If you've been to Luckys, you know what you're going to get in the lounge in terms of vibe and drink offerings; but there is also a bar (The Other Hand) and a cafe (Daddys), which I didn't have time to take a look at - I had a booking for dinner at Rascals taproom/restaurant. There is also Coke Lane Pizza outlet within the lounge, which provides the >€9 meals that will allow The Circular to reopen on Monday coming