Pubs and restaurants are not luxury add-ons, they are places where life happens. PICTURE: COLM LENAGHANOne of the first hospitality interviews I ever did was with a couple who ran a popular east Belfast restaurant. They were taking their own food photographs and running their own social media because paying someone else was not an option. Read more: Northern Ireland pubs and restaurants welcome John O’Dowd u-turn on rates revaluation following backlashPica is one of Belfast's newest offerings on the Belmont Road in east Belfast. Read more: Reprieve for Northern Ireland pubs and restaurants as John O’Dowd announces rates U-turnNorthern Ireland’s hospitality revival did not happen by accident.