The Grill

The bones

http://www.thegrillniteclub.com/

I see the grill have big plans - anyone got more info?

retalivity

Wishbone Ash wrote:

Edited by muffler..............................He was utilising them when I was in "The Grill" last in 1988? It really put me off the place.

WTFOMGBBQ???!!!!!!111

Civilian_Target

lol! I'm disappointed I missed this one before it was censored!

b0bsquish

it was a good one too , since it was censored ill assume its waffle? the whole nightclub thing is getting a bit mad in lk now or is it just me? are they enough folk to go around? I mean we have voodoo, le pulse, milan, and el grill all chasing our hardend week and offering "the best weekend experience" (yeah even better than last weekend I tell's ya!)

retalivity

damn i wanted to know more about [edited by muffler]

nanook

lads, things are edited for a reason.

Keep it up and there will be some holidays

muffler

retalivity wrote:

damn i wanted to know more about [edited by muffler]

I dont know what to make of that post retalivity. You included this - [edited by muffler] in post no. 5 when I did not actually edit that particular post.

Its a banable offense to state that any mod performed a particular action when in fact they didn't.

On the other hand you could have meant that you wanted to know more about what I edited out of post no. 2 and on this occasion I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it was the latter you meant.

jimmycrackcorm

Thanks to McDowell there was a will there be or won't there be a casino. so now we know. Plus the Grill have waited until everyone else renovated and opened before they take their rightful place back by storm.

donegalman1

By all accounts the plans are fab. They are never beaten at their own game. I have no doubt they shall build a fantastic complex with a bar and club. If they poach the best DJs, music content and staff, they'll soon settle Letterkenny down.... But it still would be good to have some choice afterwards also.

Personally I'd like to see the Grill and Milan survive and co-exist somehow.

In fairness it is not beyond Letterkennys ability to become the entertainment capital of Ireland and already, Grill included, Letterkennys Club Decor and designs are way above most in Ireland. It should be marketed better as it is a huge part of the economy locally.

This may not be unrealistic as Voodoo seems to have galvanised the other clubs and Student Union.

We should not knock what Letterkenny has to offer but market it in a way that will attract quality clubbers etc.

The bones

they're talking about some sort of street complex.....Santa Ponsa on the Port road....

retalivity

muffler wrote:

I dont know what to make of that post retalivity. You included this - [edited by muffler] in post no. 5 when I did not actually edit that particular post.

Its a banable offense to state that any mod performed a particular action when in fact they didn't.

On the other hand you could have meant that you wanted to know more about what I edited out of post no. 2 and on this occasion I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it was the latter you meant.

i apologize unreservedly for imitating an edit by a mod

smashey

The bones wrote:

they're talking about some sort of street complex.....Santa Ponsa on the Port road....

:eek: :eek:

Anything but Santa Ponsa.

Goodluck2me

ibiza then?lol

muffler

Staying half on topic here - has anyone been to the casino in the Grill yet?

donegalgirl28

omg! aye the niteclubs in letterekenny are hardcore! they are so up to date and way better than any clubs ind ublin i'd say!!! wats voodoo lke??? havent been there yet. went to the lounge but not upstairs!! is it cool upstairs as it is down?:cool:

Gillie

donegalgirl28 wrote:

omg! aye the niteclubs in letterekenny are hardcore! they are so up to date and way better than any clubs ind ublin i'd say!!! wats voodoo lke??? havent been there yet. went to the lounge but not upstairs!! is it cool upstairs as it is down?:cool:

You been to Milan yet? (Beside Gallaghers Hotel).

donegalman1

Agreed Donegalgirl, Letterkenny probably has Irelands best Nightlife, definatley no town of its size compares and few clubs nation wide match the decor locally or technology employed.

Its a pity Voodoo trumped up their club so much, wrongly too I believe, but Jason would have been better employed putting his energy into building the towns reputation for nitelife as a whole rather than his ego... though I can't wait to see how deflated it'll will get in a short three months. Voodoo will have one of the shortest honeymoon periods of any club nationlly. <SNIP>

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Edit by muffler: donegalman1 you are around long enough to know you cant post libelous statements like that. its the new year so I will let you off with a yellow card this time.

The bones

Is it true that the Orchard's business has collapsed since voodoo opened?

I was in the casino -it's excellent - apparently they're doing up the niteclub then knocking it in 2 years and going up 5 storeys which seems a bit strange!

retalivity

supposedly there was less than 40 people in the orchard on new years eve.
I heard they were closing the club/disco before xmas, but kept it on as one last hurrah.
didnt work though.

jimmycrackcorm

I heard that the Orchard is to be sold. Rumour has it that it will go to the "real" owner of Voodoo....

donegalman1

I hear a sale is pending. Two Devleopers being mentioned. PJ and Mc Gettigan. It would have huge development potential when you look at the site and take the house next door into consideration.

djDaithi

the Orchard is open and staying open and NYE while quieter than normal still had a couple of hundred in. The problem is that upstairs has always catered to the same crowd as now catered for by Milan and Voodoo and this crowd tend towards the newest and shiniest place and without pumping in a few million there's no way to compete, especially with the Grill's plans. So upstairs is now closed but downstairs will continue to cater for the people who actually care about what music they hear when they go out and prefer to go somewhere agro free. Let's face it where else will you hear CSS and Arcade Fire alongside James Brown? Fridays is still free in and packed, as it was over xmas, and Saturdays is doing very nicely too. No sale is pending- that rumour has been doing the rounds for about 10 years now! (And the house next door is on a lease to the Gael Cholaiste and is not owned by the same people as the pub/ restaurant/ club..... jeez......).

JoeyJJ

Always liked downstairs followed by numerous parties scathered around the town, good mix of music and good craic. Its been a while since I had the pleasure though was kinda like the days of the Clarence in Sligo.

Gillie

JoeyJJ wrote:

Always liked downstairs followed by numerous parties scathered around the town, good mix of music and good craic. Its been a while since I had the pleasure though was kinda like the days of the Clarence in Sligo.

Feeling old and nostalgic Joe?;)

muffler

JoeyJJ wrote:

Its been a while since I had the pleasure though

Try viagra

donegalman1

Apologies MOds.

Good to see Daithi now on the Boards. I believe you have lots to offer on other topics too.

BTW I have heard James brown played in Milan a few times in the past year too, so maybe not all clubs are as you see them.

Back to topic, it is a watershed to see the Grill actually close, and I am sure they must be planning one hell of a club if this is the case.

Letterkenny surely must be the best Nightclub venue town around, I doubt if the population can sustain it but maybe it could become the next galway

djDaithi

thanks for the warm welcome. but my comment was css beside arcade fire beside james brown, not just playing james brown alone which is a fairly obvious thing to do in any club. , he's one of the best selling artists ever! What I think gives us in the Orchard our (only) edge is our freedom to play whatever we want from all genres including new cutting edge bands and acts. I can confidently predict that NO other club in town plays as much new music across all genres as we do. Mind I have been told that my sets from six months ago have been trotted out by a dj in another club but hey imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right?

muffler

djDaithi wrote:

thanks for the warm welcome. but my comment was css beside arcade fire beside james brown, not just playing james brown alone which is a fairly obvious thing to do in any club. , he's one of the best selling artists ever! What I think gives us in the Orchard our (only) edge is our freedom to play whatever we want from all genres including new cutting edge bands and acts. I can confidently predict that NO other club in town plays as much new music across all genres as we do. Mind I have been told that my sets from six months ago have been trotted out by a dj in another club but hey imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right?

Now where did I leave that trumpet

Oh and by the way keep to comments associated with the thread topic

djDaithi

muffler wrote:

Now where did I leave that trumpet

Oh and by the way keep to comments associated with the thread topic

I'd be well up for a live trumpeter!

Sorry if I offended but I was answering a point raised .............

JoeyJJ

Gillie wrote:

Feeling old and nostalgic Joe?;)

Sometimes... Will have to organise my stag up there....

Gillie

JoeyJJ wrote:

Sometimes... Will have to organise my stag up there....

Holy Shít. Better call out the National Gaurd so!;)

MR BIG

I feel that the atmosphere of the nightlife in letterkenny has changed completely for the worse. I dont feel safe walking around after being in a club at weekends, letterkenny may be attracting alot more punters which is good for all businesses, but there is also a big increase in the bad elements in society which are attracted to the town like a magnet now. And I definantly feel intimidated and unsafe in the town now at weekends so much that I try to avoid it completely. Im missing the safe, lively, small town feel that letterkenny used have.

djDaithi

I totally understand what you are saying there- I wouldn't walk past the town square for all the tea in china on a Saturday night! Or indeed up the port Road but I do think that it is just confined to certain areas and only on Saturday night. Try a Friday night you might just find it has that feel you are talking about

retalivity

Friday nights are way worse than a saturday night.
Port road is a complete nogo area either night as it seems to be
where the masses at bottom of the gene pool come to mass produce
and destroy each other.

djDaithi

Not my experience driving through the town but then I'm not on foot.

re: earlier posts re: the rumour about the Orchard being sold, I finally found out where its come from, as told to me in the Orchard last Sat: apparently one of the owners was in Mcginleys drinking and when someone came up to him and asked what was the craic with the Orchard he replied 'ah I've sold it'.

nanook

djDaithi wrote:

the rumour about the Orchard being sold, I finally found out where its come from, as told to me in the Orchard last Sat: apparently one of the owners was in Mcginleys drinking and when someone came up to him and asked what was the craic with the Orchard he replied 'ah I've sold it'.

thats one way of saying dont annoy me