Whiskey Lunch: Three Plates, Three Drams with County Down's Finest — Thursday 30 July

Whiskey Lunch: Three Plates, Three Drams

The final Three Plates, Three Drams of the week — and we’re saving a county for it.

The Morning Star has been feeding Belfast from its perch above Pottinger’s Entry since the 1800s — a proper Victorian pub up a cobbled entry off Ann Street, with a kitchen that takes Ulster produce every bit as seriously as its whiskey shelf. For Belfast Whiskey Week it sets the table for our favourite lunchtime ritual: three small plates from that kitchen, each one matched to a dram.

Thursday’s lunch pours County Down. No county has done more for the Irish whiskey revival: from the Ards Peninsula to the foot of the Mournes, Down’s distillers have turned farmland and coastline into some of the most exciting whiskey on the island. Three pours from the county’s finest, matched plate by plate — a fitting last sitting for the week’s favourite lunch table.

When & where

• Thursday 30 July 2026, from 12:30pm
• The Morning Star, Pottinger’s Entry, Belfast
• Three small plates · three County Down whiskies

Ticket

• £35 · 20 places only

Important: This is an 18+ event. ID may be required on arrival.