A new Irish Bar is set to launch alongside Manchester’s famous Albert Square later this month.
Dirty O’Sullivans will take over the former site of Red’s True BBQ, with a promise of ‘top-tier food, live entertainment and some of the best Guinness in town.’
Modelled on an Irish-American bar and eatery, the venue features bottomless Guinness pour taps across select booths with a ‘Guinness Pour Specialist’ showing guests how to serve the perfect pint.
The space will also boast a ‘pub within a pub’ concept named ‘Luckys’, an 80s themed space serving only Guinness, available for private hire for up to 60 people. This will sit alongside two expansive bars pouring everything from classic Irish whiskeys to Irish coffees and cocktails.
The food menu, developed by the award-winning team behind Firehouse, Ramona and Diecast, will showcase Irish-inspired sharing dishes, ranging from hearty comfort plates to small bites, including warm sausage rolls with red onion chutney, Guinness onion soup with cheddar toasties and loaded pies with proper gravy.
Elsewhere, there will be crowd-pleasers like the Dirty Burger, a full Irish Breakfast and beer-battered Fish Fry and nostalgic puddings like Sticky Toffee, Bailey’s Tiramisu and the Lucky Charm Sundae, plus an indulgent Sunday roast with rich Guinness gravy.
Chris Bateson, Operations Director at Tokyo Industries, which also operates Gorilla, Deaf Institute, Impossible, Factory, Whisky Down and BLVD, said: “We wanted to create a space that feels like Dublin meets Manchester, all the heart and ‘craic’ of a traditional Irish pub, but with the energy Tokyo Industries is known for. It’s a space for amazing Guinness, great authentic food, live music and good times.
Dirty O’Sullivans opens later this month.
Featured image credit: Bevan Cockerill
- Words:
- Bradley Lengden
- Published on:
- Tue 4 Nov 2025
