Was there a Dunkin Donuts on O'Connell Street?

Posy

I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but it's kind of a 'retro' question.
Can anyone remember was there a Dunkin' Donuts on O'Connell Street in Dublin? I could have sworn there was but someone was saying recently that there was one on Grafton Street, not O'Connell Street so perhaps I'm remembering wrong..

squod

I'll back you up.

bruce wayne

There was one on Grafton Street, on the corner next to Bruxelles, not sure about o'connell street

tonyj_mc

defo on grafton street, don't think there was one on o'connell street though. There was always that little donut shack thing, loved the smell of that place

Gran Hermano

There were a few around in the very early 90s, as well as the one mentioned on Grafton St above there was another near the Molly Malone statue. They all closed down at the same time and pretty sure all were gone by '93/94.

Keith7509

There was one on O' Connell back in the early ninties. I used to call in most mornings on the way to work for tea and donuts. Very tasty donuts they were too. It was just up from O'Connell bridge around where McDonalds is now.

FruitLover

Oddly, I don't seem to remember the Grafton St one, but I do remember the one on O'Connell St.

Posy

Thank God I'm not going crazy- I can remember my mother bringing me in there as a child in the early nineties but started thinking I was just remembering wrong. And I did think it was around where the McDonalds is now. Damn, I used to love that place!

jahalpin

The one on O'Connell Street was where Burger King is now.

I remember going there in the early 90's, the Boston Kreme donuts were my favourite.

I think the one on Grafton Street was on the corner in front of the Westbury Hotel

Augmerson

Boston Cream's we're my favourite too. I was sickened when the place closed, I loved going in there as a kid with my sisters and getting donuts, dunno why they ever closed.

previous user

Yeh, I remember one on O'connell street in 87, I think I was abour 12.
They should come back, they'd do a roaring trade-
Coffee and donughts for breakfast, what more do you need in life?

Earthhorse

Yup, both those stores existed. I miss Dunkin' Donuts.

Skerries

i used to work in Dunkin Donuts until it folded in '98
the one on O'Connell street was before the ones i worked in as was completely separate and then Lyons brought the franchise back
afaik my old bosses who ran the franchise set up their own company which you will still see in garages called 9-1-1 and still work out of the same bakery in Cherry Orchard

ThisRegard

Ah, Charmaine I think the franchise owners name wasn't it ?

There was the Square in Tallaght, Rathmines, Janelle in Finglas, Ballyfermot, UCD, Grafton Street, then a couple of small ones in petrol stations like Rathcoole, Inchicore and the end of the Long Mile Road at the N7. I can't remember what other ones there were but they were the main ones.

nlgbbbblth

I ate in the Rathmines and Grafton Street ones a few times. But the UCD branch was the best. Lunch special - sandwich, donut and coffee. Lovely sandwiches.

First thing I do when visiting the US is find a Dunkin' Donuts.

Posy

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

First thing I do when visiting the US is find a Dunkin' Donuts.

One of the reasons I want to visit the U.S one day is to find a Dunkin' Donuts!

MickShamrock

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

First thing I do when visiting the US is find a Dunkin' Donuts.

Find a Kripsy Kreme's instead. You can thank me later! :pac:

nlgbbbblth

MickShamrock wrote: »

Find a Kripsy Kreme's instead. You can thank me later! :pac:

Tried 'em too Mick. Nice but not as good as DDs.

MickShamrock

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Tried 'em too Mick. Nice but not as good as DDs.

I've had both and thought Dunkin' Donuts couldn't hold a torch to Krispy Kreme.

Firehen

There was one in Coolock as well, wasn't there?

I'm not entirely sure, but I seem to have a vague recollection of one up around UCI.

Skerries

ThisRegard wrote: »

Ah, Charmaine I think the franchise owners name wasn't it ?

There was the Square in Tallaght, Rathmines, Janelle in Finglas, Ballyfermot, UCD, Grafton Street, then a couple of small ones in petrol stations like Rathcoole, Inchicore and the end of the Long Mile Road at the N7. I can't remember what other ones there were but they were the main ones.

Yes Charmaine Keenan and Paul Jenkinson
There was also ones in Maynooth college, Baldoyle, Limerick somewhere and Galway i think
when you say Inchicore do you mean the Bluebell one?

L1011

I've some vague memory of there being one in the Esso station in Maynooth when it opened in the early 90s. It has a large but not deli-large-enough unused area to the left of the tills.

It definitely had genuine Slush Puppie machines also; not seen them in ages.

ThisRegard

Skerries wrote: »

when you say Inchicore do you mean the Bluebell one?

The one that was in the petrol station, Esso wasn't it, not too far from the canal. What years did you work there, we may have crossed paths at some stage.

@MYOB, there probably was one in the petrol station in Maynooth, they rolled a good few out in such places.

Skerries

i worked there between March 95 until it changed in October 98
I was in the bakery for the last 2 years

enfant terrible

They had a famous employee

http://www.iwise.com/uugFZ

Jennyfer

Mmmmmmm Boston Cremes.....shame they're gone

WDW1111

MickShamrock wrote: »

Find a Kripsy Kreme's instead. You can thank me later! :pac:

Ahhh, Krispy Kremes, yum, yum - totally agree. I remember the Dunkin Donuts in O'Connell St in late 80s sometime, was definitely around where McD's is at the bridge end of the street. Was way too fond of going in there

maxextz

Jennyfer wrote: »

Mmmmmmm Boston Cremes.....shame they're gone

yes those were sweet with black coffee;) some garages still do a version like those and just as squishy.nom nom

a5y

Maybe the rent on the places jumped up too quickly?

Basq

Can't remember one in Dublin..

.. but remember one in Enniskillen.

maxextz

yes it was on O'Connell street either on the maccers site or next door.

punchdrunk

was there one on Dawson street?

Terrontress

I always remembered as a kid coming down to Dublin from Belfast and being impressed with all the fast food franchises that were there and we never saw sight of. Dunkin Donuts, McDonalds, Subway, Abra Kebabra. I used to love it and would go to one of them every time I was down. Then they all came to Belfast and I maybe went once or twice and then didn't bother with them.

I'm not too fond of Krispy Kreme. They have a strange taste that repeats on me. I think it might be hydrogenated fats.

Greggs yum yums are fantastic and cheap.

maxextz

we have no Greggs but everybody only has good things to say about the food there.yum