Inside The Crown Bar Liquor Saloon, Belfast
I'm on Belfast's 'Golden Mile'. I'm on the very busy Great Victorian Street and I'm here to visit what is arguably one of the world's greatest bars. This is the iconic Crown Bar or Crown Liquor Saloon, The most famous pub in Belfast.
The Crown Liquor Saloon is a pub in Great Victoria Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Refurbished in 1885, and at least twice since, it is an outstanding example of a Victorian gin palace, and one of Northern Ireland's best-known pubs.
You will find The Crown Liquor Saloon in Belfast within a short stroll of Europa Hotel, Grosvenor Road and Glengall Street - however you won't find another like it. The Crown is both ageless and priceless, a gem of Victoriana and in our view one of the great bars of the world. Formerly known as The Liquor Saloon in Great Victoria Street, Belfast, it was one of the mightiest Victorian gin palaces which once flourished in the industrial cities of the British Isles. The Crown Liquor Saloon is one of many rare gems in the Nicholson's collection of great pubs, reputed for their distinctive buildings, intriguing history and vibrant atmosphere.
I'm particularly fascinated by the ornate interior with it's carved-mahogany booths, etched-glass, plus gas lamps feature in an 1820's pub, famed for its decor.
History
Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
Interesting Festures
The exterior is decorated in polychromatic tiles. This includes a mosaic of a Crown on the floor of the entrance. The interior is also decorated with complex mosaics of tiles. The red granite topped bar is of an altar style, with a heated footrest underneath and is lit by gas lamps on the highly decorative carved ceilings.
The Crown has ten booths, or snugs. Built to accommodate the pub's more reserved customers during the austere Victorian period, the snugs feature the original gun metal plates for striking matches and an antique bell system for alerting staff.[3][4] Extra privacy was then afforded by the pub's etched and stained glass windows which feature painted shells, fairies, pineapples, fleurs-de-lis and clowns.
Historic Belfast Pub, Northern Ireland
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The pubs of Ireland are part of Irish culture and tradition, an integral part of Belfasts social and cultural life.
Many of Belfasts pubs are more than a hundred years old like the Crown Liquor Saloon, a gem of a pub with its Victorian Architecture and Italian designand happy people
But theres also Bittles Bar built in 1861 with lots of clever art about the politics and life of Belfast
And the theres Kellys Cellar maybe the oldest pub in Belfast and where Brad Pit came to learn Irish
Belfast Northern Ireland is awash in pubs and no theyre not the smoky places they once were.
These are classics!
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Belfast also has chic restaurants serving world-class cuisine Lucianos in the historic Opera House holds your desert, coffee and table until intermission
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Belfast's Best Bar.
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Nesse vídeo do canal BISE FUN, um brasileiro mostra o lugar onde trabalha, na cidade de Belfast.
O brasileiro, no caso, sou eu.
O lugar onde trabalho, no caso, é Robinsons, um bar super upgraded com cinco ambientes diferentes: um subsolo com bar, dj e karaoke; dois bares na entrada principal; um terceiro bar no fundo com música ao vivo todas as noites; um bistro no primeiro andar com bar e muito conforto; e um salão de sinuca no segundo andar com bar e máquinas de jogo de azar.
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Builder: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Werk Ross, Hamburg
Laid down: 20 May 1980
Launched: 16 December 1980
Class and type: cruise ship
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Length: 164.35 m (539 ft)
Beam: 22.6 m (74 ft)
Draught: 6.2 m (20 ft)
Propulsion:
MAN diesel engines
15,400 kW
Speed:
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20.3 knots (37.6 km/h; 23.4 mph) (cruising)
Capacity:
602 passengers (maximum)
512 passengers (normal)
Crew: 220
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