Crown Saloon and Restaurant
Belfast

The oldest bar in Belfast, the Crown's Italian marble construction is still in excellent shape.

After our black taxi tour, we headed to Belfast's oldest pub. The Crown is situated in the heart of City Centre, and right across from the Europa Hotel.


The Europa is a large, four star hotel made famous as the most bombed hotel in Europe. In the 60s, the IRA was having trouble getting much media attention around their cause. Since all visiting British journalists would stay at the Europa, the IRA felt it would just be easier to bring the action to them.

The upstairs restaurant in the Crown was cozy, inexpensive, and focused on local favorites. Beef and Guinness pie was recommended by someone at another table. I had the fish and chips.

Fish and chips at the Crown. Nom. Nom.

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