tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21098869.post8039786851699415792..comments2024-03-29T06:59:04.369+00:00Comments on Alan in Belfast: The Advocate (Rumpoles) has closed it doorsAlan in Belfast (Alan Meban)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04647690758839987063noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21098869.post-21584309555276333062009-02-11T21:25:00.000+00:002009-02-11T21:25:00.000+00:00About 10 years ago when I was in the Entertainment...About 10 years ago when I was in the Entertainment Industry I remember 'dj- ing' there for a run of Thursday nights, the characters that turned up were so entertaining. Some wearing long coats and hats so they couldn't be recognised outside. Others that walked about using walking sticks and as soon as a song started they wanted to dance to the sticks were thrown down and miraculously they didn't need the sticks anymore.Mr Gerald Michael Anderson, from the Beeb, called in to see the vocalist that worked with me one night at Rumpoles and didn't stay too long. He actually looked scared.It'd be a great venue to write a sitcom about. I'm sad to see it go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21098869.post-1492650385317859152009-02-11T16:45:00.000+00:002009-02-11T16:45:00.000+00:00I'm surprised to see it closed. The problem thoug...I'm surprised to see it closed. The problem though is that apart from barristers lunching, I don't think it had much in the way of regular custom. It's too far from the centre of things - Cathedral Quarter or City Hall area - to be a weekend night spot, and even though it's right beside Victoria Square, it's at the wrong end: nobody other than business people and lawyers regular passes it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21098869.post-46141388286350653422009-02-11T12:15:00.000+00:002009-02-11T12:15:00.000+00:00I quite liked The Advocate but it shot itself in t...I quite liked The Advocate but it shot itself in the foot a bit. Several times we traipsed round (pre-Victoria square days it was a bit out of the way) only to find it randomly closed or holding some sort of reception or other. Still, quite amazed that with Victoria Square opening it should have done so badly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21098869.post-58225367025259823862009-02-10T22:16:00.000+00:002009-02-10T22:16:00.000+00:00It's hard to understand how a place like that in s...It's hard to understand how a place like that in such a prime location could fail.<BR/><BR/>There is the Garrick Bar and Magennis's nearby, apart from the ones you mentioned, Alan.<BR/><BR/>I still recall what, I think, was called the Ulster Tavern or the Tavern Buttery across the road, at the other corner. It must have been popular with the legal profession and their victims. Sorry, clients!Timothy Belmonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com