New pubs, restaurants and cafés in Northern Ireland, often weeks before they open
For the firms that supply them. One email each Monday with the new food and drink venues across every part of Northern Ireland, so you can get in touch while they are still setting up and choosing suppliers.
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Your VenueSpotter list: new venues in Northern Ireland, week of 2 November 2026
Hello,
Attached is this week's list: 20 new food and drink venues in Northern Ireland, plus 1 that isn't food or drink. We left out 6 chains, supermarkets, convenience stores and venues whose names aren't published.
| Venue name | Town | What it is | Record | Alcohol and hours applied for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cathedral Quarter Larder | Belfast | New venue | Open recordAround opening | – |
| The Braid Arms | Ballymena | New operator | Open recordAround opening | – |
What you get each Monday
- One email, with a spreadsheet of the new venues we found in Northern Ireland since the last list
- Each venue's name, type, address and postcode
- Whether it applied for a licence to sell alcohol, and the hours it asked for, where we can tell
- Whether it is a new venue or a new operator taking over premises
- A link to the public record it came from
- The date we first saw it
Example rows A Northern Ireland list
These rows are made up to show the layout: they are not real venues. Your list has the same columns, with the full address and a link to the public record.
| Venue name | What it is | Type | Address | Area | Alcohol applied for | How we found it | First seen by us |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cathedral Quarter LarderVS-CR3Q-J06K-871C | New venue | Restaurant / café | Cathedral Row, Belfast, BT1 | Belfast | Unknown | Around opening | |
| Botanic SpiceVS-R8UG-1KMW-8E2Z | New venue | Takeaway | Ormeau Walk, Belfast, BT7 | Belfast | Unknown | Around opening | |
| Walled City BistroVS-RPK4-MLAM-ZEP5 | New venue | Restaurant / café | Shipquay Row, Derry, BT48 | Derry City and Strabane | Unknown | Around opening | |
| Lagan Valley StoresVS-NCTD-9EWT-7NYM | New venue | Shop | Bow Street Close, Lisburn, BT27 | Lisburn and Castlereagh | Unknown | Around opening | |
| Marina Side CaféVS-092J-LLD7-SPST | New venue | Restaurant / café | Marine Walk, Bangor, BT20 | Ards and North Down | Unknown | Around opening | |
| Canal Side KitchenVS-C8QT-CT1N-AHL9 | New venue | Mobile caterer | Canal Quay, Newry, BT35 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Unknown | Around opening | |
| The Braid ArmsVS-GJ12-2S5P-5U0P | New operator | Pub / bar | Church Street Row, Ballymena, BT43 | Mid and East Antrim | Unknown | Around opening |
New venue: a place we have not seen trade at that address before. New operator: a new business taking over premises where another food business traded, such as a pub under new owners.
How early you hear
Earliest news: often weeks before opening
A venue that wants a licence to sell alcohol has to say so publicly before it can open, often weeks before the doors open. We are adding the areas in Northern Ireland one by one.
New food businesses: before or around opening
Every new food business has to tell the authorities before it opens. We check every day, across all 11 Northern Ireland areas, and pick out the ones just starting up.
Sources: many public records and published sources. We do our very best to keep people's names and home addresses out of the lists. If one slips through, email hello@venuespotter.co.uk and we'll remove it.
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