Cork: A tasteful bite at the opera

House Café at Cork Opera House,

THE addition of a glorious glass facade just over a decade ago transformed an erstwhile ugly duckling Cork Opera House, giving a local institution a face befitting its legendary status.

Inside, a mezzanine opened the floors right up to the very roof so, on a good night with a top act in town, the energy of the crowds in the foyer and the bars on the two floors above surges through the building like a nuclear reactor coming online.