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Stores opening or re-opening in Sligo

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,048 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    zorro2566 wrote: »
    I'm surprised they are not opening today as Friday is traditionally the day of new releases!
    When is it actually opening?


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    Basq wrote: »
    When is it actually opening?

    Tomorrow (Sat) according to the Sligo Champion and Ocean Fm!


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    Didn’t get a chance to go in yesterday! Is it any good?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,859 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,158 ✭✭✭FoxyVixen


    Really hope this stays and does well. I still prefer buying cd myself. Might treat myself next week :)


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    FoxyVixen wrote: »
    Really hope this stays and does well. I still prefer buying cd myself. Might treat myself next week :)

    I went in yesterday evening, great selection of vinyl , box sets and back catalogue stuff. The manager said that there will be even more stock coming and that the store is here permanently!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,294 ✭✭✭prodsc


    zorro2566 wrote: »
    I went in yesterday evening, great selection of vinyl , box sets and back catalogue stuff. The manager said that there will be even more stock coming and that the store is here permanently!

    It does have the look of a pop up shop about it.

    Had to pop in quickly on behalf of someone else but would love for it to be permanent..vinyl selection is good.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,859 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Currys PC World have moved next to Homestore & More up at the retail park and now will be incorporating Carphone warehouse (I dont know if CW will still be down by the Quayside SC still now)

    Tomorrow (Friday 13th) they have an open day and OceanFM francie boylan show will be broadcasting there with chance to win prizes.

    The building has 2 floors now and a lot more items on display:

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,513 ✭✭✭tinpib


    I was out in Currys last Saturday and the floor was nearly cleared of stock, it was surreal. I asked the lads working there and they said it was a clearance sale, they never said they were moving :rolleyes: I assumed it was just an incredible Black Friday for them, makes sense now.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭T-Bird


    Currys PC World have moved next to Homestore & More up at the retail park and now will be incorporating Carphone warehouse (I dont know if CW will still be down by the Quayside SC still now)

    Tomorrow (Friday 13th) they have an open day and OceanFM francie boylan show will be broadcasting there with chance to win prizes.

    The building will have 2 floors now

    That's some place now! The store was buzzing.

    It has great model displays. Full of cameras, phones, tablets, smart watches and plenty of phone covers.

    Harvey Norman have a big task I think.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 150 ✭✭tommyamnesia


    T-Bird wrote: »
    That's some place now! The store was buzzing.

    It has great model displays. Full of cameras, phones, tablets, smart watches and plenty of phone covers.

    Harvey Norman have a big task I think.

    Hope I'm wrong but I thought mobile phones weren't allowed to be sold in that Retail Park?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,859 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Hope I'm wrong but I thought mobile phones weren't allowed to be sold in that Retail Park?

    true - i think it was in environs plan as one of the un-allowed items to be sold up there .

    anyway I am not worried personally, I'm glad if they are moving away from that silly rule


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,118 ✭✭✭job seeker


    Hope I'm wrong but I thought mobile phones weren't allowed to be sold in that Retail Park?

    What’s the reason for that?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,859 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    job seeker wrote: »
    What’s the reason for that?

    I think, but I am not too sure, that in the conditions it was only large items to be sold up there in the environ plan - ones you could just pull up to the car park of the retail park , open up your boot and shove the large Item in the back of the boot or trailer. Was one of the reasons years ago that Argos could not open up a store there and had to set up in Cleaveragh retail park instead even though they originally wanted to set up in the Carraroe retail park.

    But we all know it was a silly un-workable plan because you could buy a box of nails or screws from homebase since they have opened - thats hardly 'bulky/warehouse goods' to shove in the back of your car!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,173 ✭✭✭shanec1928




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,859 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    anyone got any more news as to when Harvey Norman opening up in the retail park? - cannot be long off now?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 150 ✭✭tommyamnesia


    anyone got any more news as to when Harvey Norman opening up in the retail park? - cannot be long off now?

    Supposed to be April.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    Great to see JYSK opening a branch in Sligo. An alternative to IKEA

    https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/danish-home-brand-store-is-coming-38445415.html


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,399 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    gerrybbadd wrote: »
    Posts re stores opening are in a different thread. I'll move it there now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,662 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    anyone got any more news as to when Harvey Norman opening up in the retail park? - cannot be long off now?

    During the Summer, Galway store is opening first.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭MountainAshIRL


    Anyone know when the new restaurant is opening in draft house strandhill? Can't wait for somewhere decent to eat out there


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,048 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Anyone know when the new restaurant is opening in draft house strandhill? Can't wait for somewhere decent to eat out there
    Easter apparently..

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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,192 ✭✭✭Colking


    Looks very interesting


  • Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭MountainAshIRL


    Can't wait for decent food in strandhill, apart from stoked and a pizza at the strand, there is nowhere to eat there


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,173 ✭✭✭shanec1928


    Can't wait for decent food in strandhill, apart from stoked and a pizza at the strand, there is nowhere to eat there
    the venue


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    shanec1928 wrote: »
    the venue

    And Shells.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭johnire


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    And Shells.

    And The Dunes who do absolutely delicious burgers.




  • Jade Garden, The Runway Cafe at Strandhill Airport.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 457 ✭✭Scarlet42


    and the golf club




  • Take away from the deli counter at Gala and hot water is free when you buy a Pot Noodle.


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    Alright,apart from The Venue,Shells,The Dunes,Jade Garden, The Runway Cafe, The Golf club and Gala, what has Strandhill ever done for us? :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,859 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Take away from the deli counter at Gala and hot water is free when you buy a Pot Noodle.

    where is Gala , a bit further up from the beach up where the pedestrian crossing is?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,859 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    shanec1928 wrote: »
    the venue
    had a lovely couple of bites to eat in the Venue before. - Lovely steak sandwiches.
    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    And Shells.
    Lovely fish and chips there ..
    Basq wrote: »

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    be expensive to eat there I hazard a guess when it does open? :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,048 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    be expensive to eat there I hazard a guess when it does open? :)
    About the norm if probably a bit cheaper than Shells/Baker Boys by the looks of things..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,859 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo




  • Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭MountainAshIRL


    Agree about venue and dunes. However at the seafront there isn't choice. The service is shells is awful, unless you are local it seems. I've had people walk in, clearly well known to staff, and been served before me, happened several times so I stopped going back.

    Also dunes not open during the day, jade garden the same. Had never heard of runway cafe.


  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 12,374 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    Agree about venue and dunes. However at the seafront there isn't choice. The service is shells is awful, unless you are local it seems. I've had people walk in, clearly well known to staff, and been served before me, happened several times so I stopped going back.

    Also dunes not open during the day, jade garden the same. Had never heard of runway cafe.

    I wouldn't agree with that about Shell's at all. We are definitely not locals - from Dublin - but we go to Shell's whenever we are in Strandhill which could be once a month during summer and a lot less in winter but we always get seated and looked after. Granted sometimes it's mad busy and they have a little waiting list for tables that one of the waiting staff will look after but we've never had an issue getting a table.


  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 12,374 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    Basq wrote: »

    The menu looks great, will be looking forward to trying it out when it opens. I was in Strandhill about 2 weeks ago though and no work had started on this place, hopefully they do something with it soon. I'm assuming there will be a new fit-out for the new owners :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭MountainAshIRL


    Seems there is very mixed opinions on shells, I loved it when it opened first. I guess a lot depends on staff as well but I do know many people who don't go here any more for the reason I outlined. Seen similar reviews on their fb page too.

    Also the fish they serve is farmed cobbler from Indonesia. A lot of people have allergy to this fish, yet no warning on their menu about what type of fish it is, or at least there wasn't. My mother's friend had severe allergic response to it about a year ago in there.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,535 ✭✭✭Radharc na Sleibhte


    Shells doesn’t really do it for me either. It’s a bit grubby. And as for the fish (which i thought was Panga,no?), selling that should be a crime considering what’s available instead.


  • Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭MountainAshIRL


    Shells doesn’t really do it for me either. It’s a bit grubby. And as for the fish (which i thought was Panga,no?), selling that should be a crime considering what’s available instead.

    It's the same thing just a different name for it. The cheapest fish going, not to mention how it is farmed. It's disgusting and then shipped half way across the world and labelled sustainable


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    A seafront restaurant and they won’t use locally sourced fish! The mind boggles!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,535 ✭✭✭Radharc na Sleibhte


    What’s the story with the draft house, is that still empty or re-opening? Haven’t been out in Strandhill in ages.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,048 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    What’s the story with the draft house, is that still empty or re-opening? Haven’t been out in Strandhill in ages.
    Closed last year unfortunately.

    Drumanilra Farm Kitchen opening there around Easter.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,469 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    Reopening Thursday February 20th at 10am
    We are excited, and a little nervous, to share that Sweet Beat Café will reopen tomorrow morning, Thursday February 20th, from 10am.

    good to see


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,173 ✭✭✭shanec1928


    Reopening Thursday February 20th at 10am
    We are excited, and a little nervous, to share that Sweet Beat Café will reopen tomorrow morning, Thursday February 20th, from 10am.

    good to see
    hopefully with the same staff and that they didn’t leave any local suppliers high and dry when they shut up shop.


  • Registered Users Posts: 631 ✭✭✭sligono1


    Well revenue were the reason it closed they seized items hence the closure.
    I do hope no suppliers got left short.but it's a sure sign that the cafe/coffee bussiness is very much a false dawn in sligo town


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭ectoraige


    sligono1 wrote: »
    it's a sure sign that the cafe/coffee bussiness is very much a false dawn in sligo town

    They have their own niche in the market, I think the problem is they overestimated the size of it when they opened the second outlet.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,535 ✭✭✭Radharc na Sleibhte


    Restaurant opening.....


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,192 ✭✭✭Colking


    Restaurant opening.....

    Any idea where that is ?


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