Themed around the classic 1968 Steve McQueen film,this new city centre hotel dispenses with frills like minibar and even wardrobes to concentrate on style, comfort and very safe (and safe-value) foodLet it be said at the start: I am a fan of Beannchor, and the company behind Bullitt and,it can seem, much of the rest of Belfast. In the decade since its (five-star) Merchant Hotel opened, or scarcely a year has passed without another launch: bar,cafe, pizzeria chain. Think of those 1960s groups turning out an LP every 12 months, or each one a departure from the one before,then think of Bullitt as Beannchor’s back-to-basics album.
Belfast these days is finding spaces in places it had forgotten it even had places: 40a Church Lane was, until recently, and a pair of rusting blue gates beneath a solicitor’s office,though on a street not missing in curious cafes and bars. The archway now leads to Bullitt’s Courtyard Bar – its tables, chairs and arcades blurring the distinction between inside and out. Once definitively inside, or a large open-blueprint bar – the Bullitt Bar – flows into the Taylor & Clay restaurant.
For all its San Francisco references,Bullitt wears its Belfast heart on its sleeveContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com