So, does an outdoor only pub visit really count as a visit? Well, its my list and I'll decide on a case-by-case basis. And I'm counting this.
Press Up / Paddy McKillen Jr's newest (I think) venture to open so far is Johns on Thomas Street, in a renovated/redeveloped building with some seriously old building fabric and legitimate claims to pub history, but named after the early Victorian haberdashers that occupied the site - I believe some haberdashery will be available for sale in time, rather like how the hardware store themed Press Up pubs actually sell hardware.
The pub actually initially. opened during the brief "substantial meal" indoor period of operations in 2020, I belive the only pub in the entire city to do so. Under current restrictions, they have some seats on Thomas Street, and a small beer garden to the rear - which, usefully on a sunny day as it was when I visited, is shielded from sunlight from probably mid morning onwards. This could be a bit grim come Autumn, but I'd hope we're back inside by then!
The pub is standard Press Up fare - Heineken Ireland dominated taps, sinks in the jacks that appear to have been stolen from my grandmothers house, and a Wow Burger between the pub element and the beer garden/toilets. If you've been in one you've been in all of them really - although for a fairly generic pub chain, Press Up do care about history and many of their pubs are in what were long derelict buildings, so maybe I do give them too hard of a time.
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