where do you miss?

magentas

Inspired by various threads about shops/restaurants/pubs closing down, I'm curious to know...what shops/pubs/restaurants etc. do you miss in Galway City?

I'll kick it off with Luv It on Abbeygate Street had such quirky girlie gifts,

old bar cuba

Pan Thai in Oranmore & Salthill...twas my fav restaurant. They had the best starter ever, chicken martabak with banana chutney...I've never tasted anything like it since:mad:

skwinty

i miss the old javas n abbeygate st from bout 10yrs ago, it was my local student haunt!

i also miss the bagel bar on cross st!

Head The Wall

Luv it is in Clarinbridge now AFAICR.

Miss the Castle in Salthill and Essence in GPO.

padraig71

Taylor's pub, Mulligan's record shop and Bananaphoblacht for a start. And now BKs, apparently…

magentas

Head The Wall wrote: »

Luv it is in Clarinbridge now AFAICR.

Miss the Castle in Salthill and Essence in GPO.

they moved out there alright but has closed again, there's another shop there last time I passed Clarinbridge. There was a similar shop in Corbett Court that did cool unusual gifts and lot of same stuff Luv It did but they've closed down since summer too:(

skwinty

ah yes bananaphoblacht.. java's main competition back n d day!

mulligans was brilliant!

ronnie3585

Peter Pan.

Still have the scars on my elbows from the Coca Cola slide, but it was worth it.

bar cuba
the castle
Setanta

galwaybabe

padraig71 wrote: »

Taylor's pub, Mulligan's record shop and Bananaphoblacht for a start. And now BKs, apparently…

+ 1 on all 4 of them! I even miss getting roared at by Seamus at closing time

LadyMayBelle

Bananaphoblacht for sure. Best hot choc for a long shot.
Javas, when it was not all french and bright!
Those secomd hand shops on mainuard street.
The Drum, when it was fun.
Claddagh Palace for its dingyness!

Peter Pan? Many a plastic burn from that slide!

clived2

Snack Box

thegrayson

Strawberry Fields, pancakes, porridge, full irish, hot dogs.

biko

Good idea for a thread OP!

Taylor's definitely.
Rabbitt's before the refurbishment.
I know it's kinda new but I also miss Pulp, the juice place on shop street. Used to get great carrot juices in there.

Johnnio13

The Oasis
Klub Kaos in the Castle
Taylors
The original Scotty's when it was in Ernie's shop and used to do the steak bap with loadza mushies and onions....deadly
the Snug in the Skeff

ronnie3585

Where was Taylor's?

Wompa1

Not that they were particularly great..more for nostalgia. When Smyths was in near Woodquay. O'Connors Electric was down the bottom of Shop Street. As a kid those places were bright and had cool things...

Granny Creavens in Headford for the sweets! There was some spot out in Salthill that did nice pancakes. Leisureland when it was new and exciting. Peter Pan Fun World.

ronnie3585

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Where was Taylor's?

It's the strip club next to the Rosin I think.

I miss there being no traffic - getting a lift from my house to school in town 8 miles away at 8.40 and still being on time.

swe_fi

Sheridans on the Docks, loved that place.

Dunjohn

The Claddagh Palace. I queued around the corner to get into see the Turtles there. I and the rest of my family still refer to that stretch of road as "down by the Claddagh Palace."

The Cottage Shop on Knocknacarra Road. Then cross the road to Keanes for the sweets the other place didn't have.

I don't normally go to restaurants so I don't have any fond memories (or even knowledge) of any that have closed.

galah

Taylor's.
Snackbox (now there's a blast from the past).
The Warwick in its heyday.
Churchlane and the Alley (for pure entertainment value, or maybe I just miss being 20, care-free and drunk...;-))
BKs
LeGraal.

yeehaw

Padraig's down by the docks. God be with the days when the wages would come through on a Thursday night and you could watch the sun rise over the docks on Friday morning with a delicious pint of Labatt's.

?Cee?view

Lydon's Bakery on Shop Street - not the big one where Lynch's is; the small one further up where Benetton used to be. Still remember the Doughnuts there!

Malice

I can't believe we're 22 posts in and nobody has mentioned Vagabonds yet!

?Cee?view

Malice_ wrote: »

I can't believe we're 22 posts in and nobody has mentioned Vagabonds yet!

Sure you could never remember anything the morning after being there, not to mind years later

Malice

churchview wrote: »

Sure you could never remember anything the morning after being there, not to mind years later

Ah I don't know about that. Just because they offered cocktail specials didn't mean you had to drink yourself into oblivion

One of my many memories of that place is standing halfway down the stairs between the two floors with my back against the wall. I had pop/dance music in one ear and rock/metal in the other. At the time they didn't seem to clash at all but I'm well aware that the influence of alcohol may have had something to do with it...

Gooseygoosey

When you could drive through Shop Street,
Strawberry Fields where the Charcoal Grill is now,
American Madness,
Upstairs in Cobwebs,
Murrays in Nile Lodge,
Downstairs in Moons when it sold homewares etc - it made me feel grown up to shop there!!
Down stairs in Bewley's with hot chocolate
Meadows and Byrne's Cafe upstairs in Castle street.
The Cottage Shop of course,
The Stalls in Eyre Square (when it wasn't just the Devaneys)
The Oasis back in the early nineties,
The Warwick for New Year's Eve,
Willies on Threadneedle Road,
Del Rios in Salthill ( I never stepped inside the door of it but I used to think it was a very exotically named place for Salthill!)
Supermacs in Newcastle when it first opened,
Penneys when it first opened in the Eyre Square Centre in the nineties was a mecca, in fact the whole centre was just amazing to us!!!
And strangely, Holy Hour in pubs of a Sunday (Don't know why, made the day different)
The days when the shops only opened on Sunday for the month of December!(Even though I go into town on every Sunday)

?Cee?view

Gooseygoosey wrote: »

Meadows and Byrne's Cafe upstairs in Castle street.

Where was that?

Gooseygoosey wrote: »

Supermacs in Newcastle when it first opened,

Remember the place that was there before it? Marcel's or something like that?

ronnie3585

Funworld above Supermacs in Eyre Square.

The Wimpy in Salthill.

Murrays ice cream and pipe shop.

Gooseygoosey

Castle Street was at the back of Corbett Court Carpark sort of where Warehouse, A Wear, HMW are now. REmember you used to have to go down steps at the wall to get to the carpark

_Whimsical_

A relatively recent one... Cafe Du Journal on Quay Street.

As a small child I loved Lydons Bakery on Shop Street. Buns tasted so much better back then when a chocolate eclair was the most exotic treat in Galway and no one here had heard of a muffin or croissant.

Also upstairs in Cobwebs shop seemed like a magical treasure trove of endless girly delights even though it was only the size of the average box room bedroom.

Mrs OBumble

Worser Bay.

Ok ... it's not in Galway (or even Ireland), but I still miss it or something similar!

Mars Bar

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Peter Pan.

Still have the scars on my elbows from the Coca Cola slide, but it was worth it.

I did the same thing to my elbows but on the snake slide. They were pumping blood but a nice guy working there cleaned them up and put on plasters and gave me a free ice cream. Happy days! :cool:

Jesus, I can feel the atmosphere just thinking about it!

muppetkiller

The Wimpy - downstairs where the Cellar is now.
Vagabonds ( brings a tear to my eyes boohoo)
The Savoy Arcade.
The French Bakery that was in the Cornstore.
O'Gormans (where easons is now)
Taylors Pub.
Woolworths where Supermacs in Eyre Square is now.

?Cee?view

Gooseygoosey wrote: »

Castle Street was at the back of Corbett Court Carpark sort of where Warehouse, A Wear, HMW are now. REmember you used to have to go down steps at the wall to get to the carpark

I know Castle Street, but I can't remember where Meadows and Byrne was on it.

?Cee?view

muppetkiller wrote: »

Woolworths where Supermacs in Eyre Square is now.

That's going waaayyyy back!

tribesman78

Snack Box - Best breakfast roll at 2 in the morning.
Oasis and CJs niteclub Salthill.
Corrib Great Southern - Such a waste lying idle now.
Pitch and putt course in Digital.

WesternNight

Old Javas and Peter Pan Funworld for me as well.

Ah, nostalgia

Eviledna

Le Breton bakery in Shantalla, the best french bakery in town at the time!

Now we have le petit delice on mainguard st though so not too bad:)

?Cee?view

OpenBake wrote: »

Le Breton bakery in Shantalla, the best french bakery in town at the time!

...if not the only one. It was really great. I remember that it was quite a thing that it had actual real French bakers!

Eviledna

My family got to know the bakers and in 1995 decent bagels were hard to come by...so they made us a massive batch of them, froze them and we were eating the best bagels in the world for weeks.

I've never tasted one as good since, even in New York. Seriously Talented bakers. Alas!

?Cee?view

OpenBake wrote: »

My family got to know the bakers and in 1995 decent bagels were hard to come by...so they made us a massive batch of them, froze them and we were eating the best bagels in the world for weeks.

I've never tasted one as good since, even in New York. Seriously Talented bakers. Alas!

It was great alright. Mrs. Le Breton died at a young age and the place didn't last much longer.

ronnie3585

OpenBake wrote: »

Le Breton bakery in Shantalla, the best french bakery in town at the time!

Jaysus I haven't heard anyone mention Le Breton in years. They had the nicest bread and baguettes ever! I remember the chippers down the road beside Daverons was called Shelly's, they made a mean portion of garlic chips.

Placebo Effect

The Harbour Bar..made Padraigs look tame.

The Snug on shop st when it had live music on a Friday night usually Mojo.

Eviledna

churchview wrote: »

It was great alright. Mrs. Le Breton died at a young age and the place didn't last much longer.

I didn't know that, that's very sad, poor things they were lovely.
I hope that someone belonging to them sees this thread and know how brilliant they were!

I miss the Vineyard for it's brilliant ice-cream too.

?Cee?view

OpenBake wrote: »

I didn't know that, that's very sad, poor things they were lovely.
I hope that someone belonging to them sees this thread and know how brilliant they were!

Just in case I've caused any confusion....

It's the Irish owner that died, not the people that did the actual baking.

FouxDaFaFa

Aww, Peter Pan! I'll never forgive them for saying they were coming back and then just fecking off.

Also, Royal Villa on Shop St. It was the best chinese in Galway.(I know it technically re-opened as Asian Fusion in Oranmore but it's not the same!)

Mars Bar

churchview wrote: »

That's going waaayyyy back!

Jeez, it must be. My mam worked there! She'd belt me one if she read that!:p

Nah, she was only a young 'un when she worked there.

ErnieBert

Where do I start?

Food:
Hilton Burger, Eglinton St, the first 'proper' burger joint.
Buck Rogers, Eglinton St, good for watching fights.
Pat's Take Away, Cross St.. Food was wrapped in newspaper.
Del Rio's Salthill - chips drowned in vinegar.
Wimpy for battered burgers.
Murray's ice creams on beside St Par's school
Western House on the Prom for ice cream when we are on the beach.
Glynn's toy shop.



Entertainment:
Oasis. You were always guaranteed a shift
Savoy roller disco. Puberty angst.
Town Hall cinema. (except for the rats!!!!)
The Warwick at Christmas.


Places I don't miss:
Knos Kno's. night club was a no no.
Rumours nightclub, Salthill.
Manderly for underage drinking.
O'Gorman's bookshop. It was poorly stocked.

Mr Keek

The*Alley....Been*crap*since*it*became*Karma.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Has to be O' Heirs on Dominick Street. Galway's best kept secret (and unfortunately that's why its no more). Best toasted sandwiches at a reasonable price.

brianthebard

swe_fi wrote: »

Sheridans on the Docks, loved that place.

You know the landlord reopened the place? I haven't been in yet but it appears exactly the same as under Sheridans.