Burger King Coming To Galway?

Wompa1

Does anybody know if Burger King is coming to Galway?

I heard a rumour about a year ago that one was going in across from the Hospital. NUIG refreshers goody bags had loads of Burger King vouchers and a few months back I noticed a Burger King sign up on one of the bus stops in Eyre Square.

Anybody know anything?

john concannon

About as likely as a KFC coming

Seriously,these rumours seem to be based on nothing at all.

Wompa1

Heard about a Pizza Hut opening up in Well Park when it opened and it turned out to be true..Still didn't open it though, had advertised for staff and all...f'in Eddie Rockets...

Chris_533976

Supermacs wont be too happy having a burger king next to them!

I probably will never set foot in the place unless I'm REALLY drunk.

topper75

Pizza hut is terrible. Tried it once in UK. No need for it here.

What IS going in opposite hospital anyway?

Wompa1

I love Pizza Hut, KFC and Burger King...oh well! Not sure whats going in across from the Hospital probably the same as Briarhill and North Point...not much of anything!! Then the crown square development and the one down by the Salmon Wier will be needing renters...Should be interesting

i hope not ! They are supposed to be the unhealthiest of the lot !

Vivo at 3am on Prospect hill for a breakfast roll cant be beaten !(really healthy!)

Gypo

Hey Guys,

Does anyone know why KFC, Burger King etc. aren't in Galway?

If this has been done before, apologies!

Steyr

Gypo wrote: »

Hey Guys,

Does anyone know why KFC, Burger King etc. aren't in Galway?

If this has been done before, apologies!

Yeah id love to know that too

cornbb

Burger King is one of the things I miss about living in Limerick. That and TK Maxx. But I'd rather eat used syringes than eat at KFC.

Xiney

cornbb wrote: »

TK Maxx.

+1

I actually only realised today that there's no TK Maxx in Galway. It never occurred to me that Sligo would have something that Galway doesn't.

WooPeeA

If they want to open some fast restaurant why cannot they open something better like 'Hard Rock Cafe' for example..?

Robbo

WooPeeA wrote: »

If they want to open some fast restaurant why cannot they open something better like 'Hard Rock Cafe' for example..?

If there's one thing I love when I eat an overpriced burger and chips, it's being in the presence of the ACTUAL bass used when Bachman Turner Overdrive recorded the first demo of "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet".

You can't buy tradition like that...

ErnieBert

topper75 wrote: »

What IS going in opposite hospital anyway?

Bank of Ireland are going into the big glass building opposite UHG, where there used to be a petrol station.

Over ten years ago, Burger King failed to gett PP to open where the Wimpy on Eglinton St used to be (it's now a lingerie :cool: shop).


Rumour going around that KFC are going into that new building opposite Dunnes Westside.

And while I'm at it, DID Electrical are going in beside Western Motors, TKMaxx, Aldi and Argos Extra are moving into Knocknarra, beside B&Q.


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DaBreno

Fantastic. More and More like the capital every day.

When do the scumbags with Soverign rings and tracksuits arrive?

Jammyd

AFAIK theres 2 new drive thru restaraunts being developed at the moment., One in Briarhill and the Other in Knocknacarra beside dunnes, both have gotten planning permission but iv heard already that supermacs are gonna be taking them... they seriously need some competition, like a TGI fridays or something

s_carnage

Wompa1 wrote: »

I love Pizza Hut, KFC and Burger King...oh well! Not sure whats going in across from the Hospital probably the same as Briarhill and North Point...not much of anything!! Then the crown square development and the one down by the Salmon Wier will be needing renters...Should be interesting

Ya i would say either KFC or Burger King would try and get into the Crown Square. It's about time one of them arrived to Galway. That 3 meats in one burger looks bloody nice. Pity that the Crown Square will be another 2 years or so in the making, might be quicker getting a bus to Limerick!!

MattKid

we don't need another supermacs

kayos

cornbb wrote: »

Burger King is one of the things I miss about living in Limerick. That and TK Maxx. But I'd rather eat used syringes than eat at KFC.

Burger king I don’t really miss, TK Maxx on the other hand…….

I got a T-Shirt in TK’s for about 15yoyo’s this time last year, saw it in BT’s for 60yoyo’s about 2 months ago. Brilliant place to shop if you have a patience to look for something you like.

Pizza hut took over the god fathers pizza chain I thought?

toiletduck

I really hope Burger King don't actually come to Galway, I mean how on Earth would I keep track of all the developments across the city were if not for the constant stream of rumors along the lines of "They're definitely moving in there, my brother's friend's Dad's Uncle heard all about it. It's more super sekkrit than the truth behind 9/11."

galah

Now we just need a nice H&M and Ikea, and I'll be happy ;-)

(although I do think it's a shame that every Irish town looks the same now - with the same British/continental chains - almost all inner cities are now interchangeable...)

Where's the Crown Squaredevelopment?

Sherifu

How many times has this rumour gone around?

muppetkiller

I errr I mean Galway needs a KFC ...
There's nothing healthier than after a serious session on a Friday night to fetch a bucket of hot a spicey chicken and watch the football all day saturday...
mmmmmm talk about living the dream :pac:

ukgalwaymcguire

+i moved over from london in august this year..
burger king, is NASTY.. mcdonalds, same beef pumped with water, nice!!

supermacs, is the best!! ( occasional treat) they make there milkshakes, with real ice cream, burger king and mcdonalds, pump vegetable oil in them!
KFC.. chickens fed with a major amount of growth hormones, cheap nasty and not good

tk maxx.. that MAY be good, but in the uk, they attract the designer wannabe chavs and the knife welding hoodies,

to be honest ireland is fantastic just the way it is!! following england, isnt the way too go, the country is a shambles and are completly consumer driven, this country, is wonderful country ireland has a balance of culture tradition, morals, standards, and embracing the new, but lets not take it too far.
supermacs is NOT alternative ... in my view, Supermacs, is the best!

i may have be born in the uk, too irish parents but my heart belongs in this land, and i SALUTE the irish people for making this beautiful country what it is.

Xiney

TK Maxx isn't really great for regular clothes - I simply don't have the patience to go through all the crap.

But for workout gear, handbags and household stuff, it's fantastic. Also you can get stuff like straighteners for a song.

s_carnage

galah wrote: »

Where's the Crown Squaredevelopment?

It's the new shopping centre they are building in Galway. It's going to be the biggest shopping centre in the west which isn't to hard considering what is there at present. It's due to be finished by 2010.

You can see what it will look like here:

http://www.crownsquare.ie/

Oh ya it's just off the Tuam Rd

muppetkiller

http://www.zimbio.com/KFC/articles/16/The+true+story+of+KFC+chickens


And I'm sure Irish health regulations are more stringent too.

ukgalwaymcguire wrote: »

+i moved over from london in august this year..
burger king, is NASTY.. mcdonalds, same beef pumped with water, nice!!

supermacs, is the best!! ( occasional treat) they make there milkshakes, with real ice cream, burger king and mcdonalds, pump vegetable oil in them!
KFC.. chickens fed with a major amount of growth hormones, cheap nasty and not good

tk maxx.. that MAY be good, but in the uk, they attract the designer wannabe chavs and the knife welding hoodies,

to be honest ireland is fantastic just the way it is!! following england, isnt the way too go, the country is a shambles and are completly consumer driven, this country, is wonderful country ireland has a balance of culture tradition, morals, standards, and embracing the new, but lets not take it too far.
supermacs is NOT alternative ... in my view, Supermacs, is the best!

i may have be born in the uk, too irish parents but my heart belongs in this land, and i SALUTE the irish people for making this beautiful country what it is.

galah

s_carnage wrote: »

It's the new shopping centre they are building in Galway. It's going to be the biggest shopping centre in the west which isn't to hard considering what is there at present. It's due to be finished by 2010.

You can see what it will look like here:

http://www.crownsquare.ie/

Oh ya it's just off the Tuam Rd

Happy days! ;-)
(I hope they do include a big enough car park and proper access to this, though...Don't need another shopping center that's a complete disaster access wise...:rolleyes:)

ScumLord

ErnieBert wrote: »

And while I'm at it, DID Electrical are going in beside Western Motors, TKMaxx, Aldi and Argos Extra are moving into Knocknarra, beside B&Q.


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Bout time TKMaxx moved in. It was a pain in the hole getting back from Sligo only to find the feckin ejits left those stupid plastic tag things on me clothes. :mad:

topper75

galah wrote: »

I do think it's a shame that every Irish town looks the same now - with the same British/continental chains - almost all inner cities are now interchangeable...)

Very important point. I would say Galway is the last bastion of local retail in Ireland, but it will gradually fall. The Brits are happy for us to have a parliament so long as the commerical imperialism remains intact. :pac:

I'm not anti-British really, so I jest above. In fact, I feel sorry for the them having viewed the urban homogenisation that has happened in the UK in recent decades. I lived in London for a few years and my initial curiousity when I landed about what other UK towns and cities might look like was crushed after a few sortees in the train to Brum, Cardiff, L'pool etc. when I arrived only to see the same streetscapes as in London just jumbled up in a different order. Sad reflection on society on these islands that craves the illusion of greater consumer choice.

cL0h

Let me see if I get this right...
TKMAxx sells last years knocked down labels and sports wear and is popular in Sligo and Limerick as well as being much loved by English chavs.
And some of you can't figure out why it's not in Galway?

...oh sorry Burger King ya wow amazing can't wait to have a substandard burger that a TV ad told me to like.

Bass Cadet

Wompa1 wrote: »

Does anybody know if Burger King is coming to Galway?

I heard a rumour about a year ago that one was going in across from the Hospital. NUIG refreshers goody bags had loads of Burger King vouchers and a few months back I noticed a Burger King sign up on one of the bus stops in Eyre Square.

Anybody know anything?

Please God no. Galway is already filled with enough sh!te

ScumLord

cL0h wrote: »

Let me see if I get this right...
TKMAxx sells last years knocked down labels and sports wear and is popular in Sligo and Limerick as well as being much loved by English chavs.
And some of you can't figure out why it's not in Galway?

Everybody shops in TKMaxx. You can either pay 3 or 4 times what the clothes are worth or you can buy it next year in TKMaxx for double what it's actually worth.

Most these shops don't make it into the centre of Galway anyway. Their all in the outskirts. With responcible planning and encouragement for local business it wouldn't be a problem.

biko

Feck all those greaser places - what I want is a Maoz
http://www.maozveg.com/

Veggie food at it's best!

WooPeeA

biko wrote: »

Feck all those greaser places - what I want is a Maoz
http://www.maozveg.com/

Veggie food at it's best!

I wonder why haven't I heard of that.

Is there any veggie place in Galway???

DRakE

Burger King is the best fast food outlet.

leninbenjamin

they've all tried plenty of times and been blocked from it by some of the many interest groups around the town.

One of the rumours about BK: The owner of the building Logues is in has supposedly tried to put them in there before, only as Logues have been a tenant there for so long he/she was legally obligated to renew with them. dunno if there's any accuracy to this, it's just one of them many rumours i've heard; but they all have the same common theme.

Gaoithin

WooPeeA wrote: »

Is there any veggie place in Galway???

Yeah, Food for Thought on Lwr Abbeygate St.

Lockstep

ukgalwaymcguire wrote: »

same beef pumped with water, nice!!
burger king and mcdonalds, pump vegetable oil in them!
KFC.. chickens fed with a major amount of growth hormones, cheap nasty and not good

Anything to back those claims up?



I'd like to see a BK or KFC open here, I do love my junk.

I never heard of TK MAxxx before this thread....

JIZZLORD

cL0h wrote: »

Let me see if I get this right...
TKMAxx sells last years knocked down labels and sports wear and is popular in Sligo and Limerick as well as being much loved by English chavs.
And some of you can't figure out why it's not in Galway?

Tk maxx isnt that bad. some of the stuff is last seasons gear and it's marked that way while other stuff is regular stock. if you're willing to do some rooting you can get some good stuff there.

i bought a pair of vans there for 50 quid only to see the same ones but a different colour in origin in town for 100 quid. And i buy jeans there as they're cheaper than most places for jeans.

economies of scale people...

That said there is a lot of utter crap there, and every trip wont yield anything worth buying. i once sean jeans there with a life size pic of tupacs head on the arse. and leopard print mens jeans

Toto Wolfcastle

TK Maxx is a load of crap. It opened in Cork a few weeks back and all the sheep went running in to what is really a designer Penneys. That said, I don't have the patience to root through all the crap in the hopes of finding something decent.

One of the things I missed when I was living in Galway was Burger King. It really really is win!

Sea Devils

DRakE wrote: »

Burger King is the best fast food outlet.

In N Out Burger is probably the best Fast Food outlet I've eaten at

Xiney

cL0h wrote: »

Let me see if I get this right...
TKMAxx sells last years knocked down labels and sports wear and is popular in Sligo and Limerick as well as being much loved by English chavs.
And some of you can't figure out why it's not in Galway?

Actually, no.

Galway isn't so different from either of those places, it's just bigger - seems head size has increased as well :rolleyes:

Mrs OBumble

ScumLord wrote: »

Everybody shops in TKMaxx.

Ahh, no. We don't.

I got lured in there in Dublin once. Bad, bad mistake. Not planning on going back. Urgh.

efb

I thought there was was a TK Maxx in Galway when I was there 98-03...

Even Tullamore has a BK and I love the Bacon Double Cheese Burger....

KFC is the ultimate hangover food, awful when 100% sober

ErnieBert

efb wrote: »

KFC is the ultimate hangover food, awful when 100% sober

Nail on the head.

I'd eat a bucket of it when I'm hungover.

Shryke

I had never eaten in KFC until a few months ago. A couple of friends kept ranting about how they were going to eat an entire bucket or something. I started expecting a half decent chicken joint. We got there and I was disgusted. Crappy portions of greasy sick looking chicken with the regular dose of poison of coke and chips. The chicken was just ****. All I heard as I sat there was 'Oh my God it's so good,' I wanted to inflict serious pain on the ****ers. So I went and got a full chicken from a shop and ate that instead.
Fast food is all horrible muck and the less of it around the better.

Caliden

double bacon xl cheeseburger. nyom nyom nyom

Chris_533976

Its OHM NOM NOM

Toto Wolfcastle

Caliden wrote: »

double bacon xl cheeseburger. nyom nyom nyom

The actual sex!

Even after a full roast dinner I'd still go for one right now.

civis_liberalis

MattKid wrote: »

we don't need another supermacs

Exactly,

There are six of them in Galway City and then you have another 2 in close proximity in Oranmore and Spiddal.