BELFAST hospitality group Clover has opened its latest venture in the city centre.
Folktown is an outdoor popup bar at Bank Square, next to CastleCourt.
The group, which already operates eight venues around Belfast, said 30 jobs will be created by the £150,000 outdoor pub.
CastleCourt’s centre manager Leona Barr said the new bar will add to the visitor experience at the shopping centre.
“Folktown resides in CastleCourt’s former service yard and is a nod to the Old Folk Town Market once held on the Square, so it’s fantastic to see the area rejuvenated and to welcome another new tenant to CastleCourt, and build on the shopper, tourist, student and visitor destination we have become.”
Mark Beirne, director at the Clover Group, added: “Outdoor venues are here to stay and we are very excited about the opportunity that Folktown presents to customers, shoppers, workers and residents alike, breathing new life into an historic part of our city and further adding to its café culture and its rich mix of indoor and outdoor hospitality spaces."
