Located in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, The John Hewitt opened its doors in December 1999 after great efforts from the local community to establish a charitable pub.
The bar is unique in its ownership as it is owned by The Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre.
The Resource Centre’s managers had always relied on various grants to fund its work.
In the 1995 Jimmy Hawk came up with the idea of generating their own funds by going into business. The chosen business was a pub and why not a pub.
John Hewitt, the late poet, socialist and Freeman of Belfast officially opened the Resource Centre on Mayday 1983, hence the name of the bar.
Old English Inns
