{"id":670147,"date":"2026-01-03T01:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/670147\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T01:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:26:19","slug":"east-belfast-restaurant-cyprus-avenue-to-close-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/670147\/","title":{"rendered":"East Belfast restaurant Cyprus Avenue to close \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">One of east Belfast\u2019s most notable restaurants, Cyprus Avenue, will close at the end of the month, its owner announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The all day restaurant in Ballyhackamore, named after the nearby street made famous by Van Morrison, has been a fixture in the area for close to a decade, since opening at the end of 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAfter 10 wonderful years, the time has come for CA to close its doors at the end of January 2026,\u201d owner Richard McCracken wrote in social media posts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt has been the honour of a lifetime to serve vibrant Ballyhackamore (and) a privilege to share so many memorable moments with you all over the past decade. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/popular-east-belfast-restaurant-cyprus-avenue-to-close-6DDVON2F4NHVPF4MO6AXR2FFI4\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"&#x2018;So many memorable moments&#x2019;: East Belfast restaurant Cyprus Avenue to close \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CKW7EYHHFJOG3ODTMQKTCYMZA4.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/tributes-pour-in-for-northern-ireland-punk-legend-petesy-burns-ILGERQRZQ5HQ7JYNM3AMEALWH4\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Petesy Burns: Tributes pour in for Northern Ireland punk legend\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/XRPCTRL2BVBWRJHMR6JDNCOPUA.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Cyprus Avenue owner Richard McCracken\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OA24TG6KO5FIJLN6ZVZYSE554I.png\"  width=\"800\" height=\"559\"\/>Cyprus Avenue owner Richard McCracken <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cFrom day one East Belfast has supported us with incredible loyalty, warmth (and) enthusiasm. For this we will be eternally grateful.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Mr McCracken revealed the space, a derelict building on the Upper Newtownards Road when he took it over, has been sold to Balloo Inns, the owners of Balloo House in Killinchy. Mr McCracken worked at Balloo House when he was a student. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Balloo Inns \u201care great operators (and) have exciting plans to invest in a new dining venue, so watch this space \u2014 something truly special is coming. We wish them every success with their new venture,\u201d Mr McCracken said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cOur heartfelt thanks go to our amazing team past (and) present \u2014 your hard work, passion &amp; commitment are what made CA what it was. We couldn\u2019t have done this without you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cFinally, thank you to all our guests for your continued support in being part of CA. We\u2019ve loved welcoming you through our doors &amp; we will treasure the memories made here forever.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of east Belfast\u2019s most notable restaurants, Cyprus Avenue, will close at the end of the month, its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[48339,73833,1144,2599,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-670147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-closed","9":"tag-east-belfast","10":"tag-northern-ireland","11":"tag-restaurant","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115828567988361621","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}