Belfast:<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&oe=utf-8&ie=UTF8&q=morning+star+belfast&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=morning+star&hnear=0x4860fffdd7d08a3b:0x2e57162cefc7c531,Belfast&cid=0,0,7298270493016888903&t=m&ll=54.59943,-5.926373&spn=0.003108,0.005343&z=16&iwloc=A&source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>Lovely Victorian pub in a pedestrianised alley. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-765\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSCN08571.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSCN08571-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSCN0857\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSCN08571-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSCN08571-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corner detail on the Morning Star: Winged Lion of St Mark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This had no ale, but did have proper Stella. It’s a bit food-dominated, with heavy Guiness and oysters promotion, and a large hot buffet area, which sadly makes the whole pub smell of food (and makes it hot and humid). We were goinf to have lunch here, but that, combined with the total lack of a sandwich on the menu put us off. Staff were great though: friendly, helpful, and chatty but not annoying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belfast: View Larger Map Lovely Victorian pub in a pedestrianised alley. This had no ale, but did have proper Stella. It’s a bit food-dominated, with heavy Guiness and oysters promotion, and a large hot buffet area, which sadly makes the whole pub smell of food (and makes it hot and humid). We were goinf to … <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/?p=762\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Morning Star<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[245,4,10],"class_list":["post-762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-belfast","tag-belfast","tag-food","tag-further-afield"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pubblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}