1013760 Savoy Cinema

Once a grand, nearly 3000 capacity single screen cinema, the Savoy has been chopped up so much over its nearly 100-year history (opening in 1929) that there are now THIRTEEN screens in the building.

I watched a documentary, on my own, in Screen 12 - which I'd swear is what the ladies toilets for the main screen used to be - with what was actually a fairly reasonably priced pint, of the only beer they serve - Moretti. 

I wanted to see the documentary anyway, and the screen was cooler than the air outside, so I got a comfortable enough visit to tick the place off.

This limited beer or wine offering isn't all the Savoy has ever had, pub-wise though. The adjacent branch of Madigans was once the cinemas bar (and also the first pub on O'Connell Street in the modern era - there's still only three other than the hotel bars, which isn't a lot) but eventually separated in operation and ownership and trades entirely independently and on its own licence.