{"id":210722,"date":"2025-12-02T03:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/210722\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T03:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:37:10","slug":"popular-belfast-restaurant-announces-closure-ahead-of-christmas-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/210722\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Belfast restaurant announces closure ahead of Christmas \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A popular restaurant, located in the heart of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/beflast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/beflast\/\">Belfast City Centre<\/a>, has announced its \u2018indefinite\u2019 closure just ahead of Christmas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Bank Square Brasserie, which is locally owned by the married Jonnie and Lea Boyd, is situated behind the city\u2019s Castle Court Shopping centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The restaurant is widely adored for its hearty seasonal dishes, cocktails, and special events such as wine nights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">However, after three years, the brasserie will be closing just before<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/christmas\/\"> Christmas 2025<\/a>..<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/popular-belfast-restaurant-announces-closure-ahead-of-christmas-HAJILYHEOZCRPFHMNGIPL34EHY\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Popular Belfast restaurant announces closure ahead of Christmas\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TP45TEYXQRHPJDII46CR7CNKJ4.png\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/sinister-video-threatening-newry-mourne-and-down-representatives-slammed-by-sinn-fein-mp-JJMAGXHR6FGXHGAAN7YJ6XDZ4I\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"&#x2018;Sinister&#x2019; video threatening Newry, Mourne and Down representatives slammed by Sinn F&#xE9;in MP\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ZC7JW2WMXVFHPFIJAT5KNU7NY4.png\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Posting to Facebook, the couple said: \u201cIt is with regret that we announce that we will be closing indefinitely on 23 December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe want to thank our customers for the amazing support, the positive feedback and the incredible reviews through the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe will hopefully see you again on our next adventure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe want to say thank you to our staff, friends and family. We could not have done it without you. Thank you for believing in us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The couple added that those with a voucher should use them before the restaurant or get in touch. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Following the news, the post has been flooded with comments by locals who have loved and supported the business over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Expressing their sympathy, customers have been commenting to say they will miss their gorgeous vegan dishes, great service and wished the Boyds the best of luck in their next adventure. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A popular restaurant, located in the heart of Belfast City Centre, has announced its \u2018indefinite\u2019 closure just ahead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[663,16838,47908,18,117,19,17,5281],"class_list":{"0":"post-210722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-belfast","9":"tag-christmas","10":"tag-closure","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-restaurant"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115647889310273740","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}