Burger bars come and go while cocktails wax and wane in popularity. The drinks, décor or food that make a bar or restaurant popular one month may mean that it is dead in the water the next.
However, some concepts remain perennially popular. The 5pm Dining blog suspects that rocks will melt in the sun and Scotland will win the World Cup before Irish bars are definitely declared finished, kaput and all washed up.
Reclaimed decor
Kitty O’Shea’s, which opened officially on Glasgow’s Waterloo Street yesterday, is a case in point.
Formerly Pivo Pivo, it has had a complete transformation. Using salvaged material such as old tenement shutters and vintage light fittings from ships and even a pig farm, the new Irish bar features snugs, Guinness-themed toilets and even a confessional – Father I have sinned, I sunk a crafty Jamesons while I was getting my round in at the bar there.
Book a booth
Sports fan will be delighted that Kitty O’Shea’s seven flat screens will be showing rugby, football and all sports in between. Including hurling.
Individual booths and snugs with TVs can be booked to show a particular game.
Eleven draught beers
Apparently, Kitty’s will be the first bar in the city to serve Chieftain IPA, a craft ale from the Franciscan Wells Brewery in County Cork, along with other beers from the brewery. In total the bar has eleven beers on tap. The whisky bar features a range of both Scotch and Irish whiskies should anyone fancy a little compare and contrast tasting session.
Head chef, Martin Campbell has created a menu which includes a range of hot dogs, burgers, salads, hot sandwiches and pizzas served from the venue’s authentic pizza oven.