Next to the Woolshed baa in the Mardyke building is the latest Porterhouse bar in Ireland.
It's a different sort if feel to the Dublin branches because this one is set in what seems to be an old wine cellar or storage area so the interior is vaulted brick archways. It's really cool actually.
Apart from the usual and fantastic porterhouse range of beers, The Porterhouse is known for some great food in Dublin and the Cork branch is no different. Unlike probably any other bar in the country, Porterhouse Cork boasts a full sized shuffleboard table. In fact, apparently it's the only championship shuffleboard table in Ireland. Feck the pool tables you get in many pubs, this is far more fun. If you don't know what it is, imagine lawn bowling on a long wooden table in a 10 pin bowling sort of vain. There are gutters on either side as well as at the end. The idea is to push a puck (heavy plastic thing) and have it stop in the scoring zone before going in the gutter. Like lawn bowling, your opponent can chose to either go for the highest scoring zone, or to aim for your puck and knock it in the gutter but run the risk of yours bouncing in too. Word of advice, iPhones do not make good pucks.
Porterhouse Cork is worth going for the shuffleboard alone but it helps to have the great food and beer there as a backup if the shuffleboard is in use. read more