Eddie Rockets - Carlow

Dj

Just wondering where abouts in Carlow is the new Eddie Rockets going?

sharky86

retail units 6 and 7 in shamrock plaza, where the new Bank of Ireland is

Just what Carlow needs, another outfit selling chips. This will be probably classed as fine dining in Carlow.

maccored

eddie rockets and fast eddies - the eddie battle will soon commence

ottostreet

Road House is a poor mans Eddie Rockets,

but nicer! (well...with most of their food, the milkshakes and stuff aren't great in RH)

As for the battle of the Eddies, fast Eddies will always win it for me.

I dont actually like Eddie Rockets that much

Essien

maccored wrote: »

eddie rockets and fast eddies - the eddie battle will soon commence

Fast Eddies and its not even close imo. I really don't like Eddie Rockets at all

tommycahir

again another vote for fast eddies :D:D

At least it is good to see some business opening in the town and bringing employment around the area.

Dj

tommycahir wrote: »

again another vote for fast eddies :D:D

At least it is good to see some business opening in the town and bringing employment around the area.

Another one for fast eddie, he does a good milk shake.

belle_09

Eddie Rocket's malts.....yummy!!! :rolleyes:

SIX PACK

Eddie Rockets = Empty your pockets I have to say it is nice food if its cooked properly- But definatly overpriced,

almighty1

Its expensive but their burgers are second to none.

Will do quite well I reckon but could have done with being a bit closer to the cinema.

Eddie Rockets vs Fast Eddies? .... ER wins hands down.:rolleyes:

tonyheaney

I know eddie rockets is in the potato market but where is fast eddies

also wont the prices be higher for Eddie rockets?

also i know Quigleys is there at the corner and i know bank is so where exactly??

Dj

tonyheaney wrote: »

I know eddie rockets is in the potato market but where is fast eddies

also wont the prices be higher for Eddie rockets?

also i know Quigleys is there at the corner and i know bank is so where exactly??

The Road House is in the Potato Market, Fast Eddies is on the Staplestown Road beside Culleton Insurance http://bit.ly/gc4Q5a

Dunno why the Staplestown Rd is not on Street View

rozzlewis

the new ER is going to be in Court Place, beside Bank of Ireland, at top of Tullow street. i love it and am very excited!Have lived in CArlow for last 9 years but never heard of Fast Eddies:)

Dj

almighty1 wrote: »

Eddie Rockets vs Fast Eddies? .... ER wins hands down.:rolleyes:

I like the personal touch from Fast Eddie, always asks hows the family. Never get that from Eddie Rocket (if thats even his real name)

belle_09

Any ideas when Eddie Rockets is opening? Just says opening soon on the windows.

tonyheaney

belle_09 wrote: »

Any ideas when Eddie Rockets is opening? Just says opening soon on the windows.

which window need exact idea plz

belle_09

tonyheaney wrote: »

which window need exact idea plz

Exact idea??

spcw

rozzlewis wrote: »

the new ER is going to be in Court Place, beside Bank of Ireland, at top of Tullow street. i love it and am very excited!Have lived in CArlow for last 9 years but never heard of Fast Eddies:)

nine years in carlow and you dont know that is shamrock square not court place.

tonyheaney

belle_09 wrote: »

Exact idea??

like where exactly is it ment to go

belle_09

Just around the corner from the Bank. Beside Quigleys I think or very close to it anyway. I just saw it when I was passing in the car.

nagero

Right hand windows currently have the Eddie Rockets logo etc.

tommycahir

My one query there is on parking?

Is the underground car park there open yet and if not where will people be expected to park?

Dj

tommycahir wrote: »

My one query there is on parking?

Is the underground car park there open yet and if not where will people be expected to park?

I'm not sure but i thought the underground carpark was just for the residents in the apartments.

tonyheaney

Na that's now quigleys coffee shop

tombull82

no, he is right. Its right beside quigleys, and the underground carpark is actually for business customers of boi, and tenants of the building afaik.

tommycahir

tombull82 wrote: »

the underground carpark is actually for business customers of boi, and tenants of the building afaik.

That worries me as it is hard enough get parking for fast eddies as it is never mind if people start using the area for eddie rockets..

sharky86

tommycahir wrote: »

That worries me as it is hard enough get parking for fast eddies as it is never mind if people start using the area for eddie rockets..

no there is free parking there at the back.. you drive in at the firestaton side of the building. its free I used it tons for the bank

All lies, it costs like 5 euro every ten minutes for parking

tonyheaney

sharky86 wrote: »

no there is free parking there at the back.. you drive in at the firestaton side of the building. its free I used it tons for the bank

shhhhhhhhh your not meant to tell everyone now every one will use it

sharky86

tonyheaney wrote: »

shhhhhhhhh your not meant to tell everyone now every one will use it

Fixed

nagero

tommycahir wrote: »

My one query there is on parking?

Is the underground car park there open yet and if not where will people be expected to park?

There is planning permission for a carpark to the firestation side of Shamrock plaza. It was delayed due to objections to An Bord Pleanala so no idea when it might even start being constructed.
Car park

In the Pleanala report for the change of use from Bookmaker to Restaurant the lack of parking was 'addressed'

Eddies
HSE

As noted above the appeal site is located within the commercial core of the town centre. The appellant claims that the proposed change of use would, due to the lack of car parking provision, give rise to traffic hazard. I note that this very issue was raised by appellant’s in a recently decided appeal (appeal ref. 235669) by the Board within the same building as the current appeal site. This appeal related to a change of use from office to primary care health centre at second floor level of the Shamrock Plaza and it was argued by the appellant’s that the proposal provided inadequate parking provision which includes underground parking provision. In this instance the Board considered that having regard to the permitted development on the site that additional car parking was not required as parking provision has been assessed and permitted under previous planning applications on the site. I would consider the same consideration would be relevant to the current appeal. I note from the Carlow Town Development Plan, 2009 – 2015, that the required parking provision for a restaurant, café is 1 space per 20m2 gross floor area and this is the same requirement for retail which was the original permitted use in units 6 & 7 (which was later changed to bookmakers under L.A. Ref. 08/6067). Therefore I would not consider that the proposed change of use would adversely impact on car parking or congestion in the area.

I would consider that as the proposed change of use is for a restaurant and takeaway use that the time for greatest car parking demand would arise after 6pm and would not conflict with the immediate existing uses which include other ground floor uses such as a bank and pharmacy. Therefore I would not consider that car parking for the proposed use would have a significant impact on the immediate area given that the other uses in the area are generally day-time uses.

So i guess they think that it would only be used after 6PM and the spaces outside at the front, on the streets or superquinn would be enough.

also this gem from the appeal about the HSE health centre...

The Board should also note, this is a prime urban site, and there are a variety of parking options available to staff and patrons in the vicinity of the site. There is public pay and display parking along the street network and two supermarkets which are within a five minute walk of the site. In addition, the existing basement carpark on the site is currently under-utilised.

I can find no sound planning or technical basis to refuse the proposed change of use on matters relating to parking or traffic.

The underground is only for staff or residents and when the HSE go in some will lose the spaces they have and be moved to spaces in superquinn. The spaces behind are for the bank so you won't be able to get in out-of-hours.

Parking for that building is a problem now and the HSE, who would probably require the most spaces for visitors, haven't even opened yet.

kevin

jaycarlow

I hear Nevins have put a stop to all work in the building

royalcarlowgc

If you ask me whoever is taking out this franchise is a brave man. For something like Eddie Rockets to work in Carlow it would have to go into the units beside the cinema or even where Byrnes was in Fairgreen.
I might be proved wrong but without adequate parking I can't see it working.

tonyheaney

if the government wants SP to work it may just wave all paper work but guys look across the road that eye sore that didnt quite make it to burning down <snip> KNOCK THAT DOWN make a car park there

nagero

tonyheaney wrote: »

if the government wants SP to work it may just wave all paper work but guys look across the road that eye sore that didnt quite make it to burning down <snip> KNOCK THAT DOWN make a car park there

that's painful to read but I agree the burned down building should be either restored or knocked. It wouldn't give you much parking though.

Maybe Eddies can come to some arrangement with SuperValue/L&N carpark owners.

tonyheaney

nagero wrote: »

that's painful to read but I agree the burned down building should be either restored or knocked. It wouldn't give you much parking though.

Maybe Eddies can come to some arrangement with SuperValue/L&N carpark owners.

don't forget the new car park just installed near the fire station, then there's tescos and superquinn and old super value too, also the council have been actively taking away or reclaiming some of the over sized footpaths and making them parking spaces too.

as for the eye sore across the road knock that down and the building behind that and behind that is a disused plot of land and you got a pretty good parking spot 60 to 100 cars id expect

also the parking area in front of abracadabra runs all the way up to the S Plaza. if your really stuck there's the train station and also st pats if your stay is less then an hour (just dont tell them that)

Nothingbetter2d

shamrock plaza is really in a terrible place really. also it sticks out like a sore thumb... ugly building that doesnt fit in with the local area.

yes that burnt out building across the road needs to be knocked and something useful put in it's place.

tonyheaney

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

shamrock plaza is really in a terrible place really. also it sticks out like a sore thumb... ugly building that doesnt fit in with the local area.

yes that burnt out building across the road needs to be knocked and something useful put in it's place.

you know what hey should do is use that burnt out wreck to rebuild something similar just make it match as the SP does stand out like a sore thumb

also the design of the SP points away from the main town almost in a snobby way like its trying to say "i dont need you"

any one else feel like that

jay gatsby

tonyheaney wrote: »

don't forget the new car park just installed near the fire station, then there's tescos and superquinn and old super value too, also the council have been actively taking away or reclaiming some of the over sized footpaths and making them parking spaces too.

as for the eye sore across the road knock that down and the building behind that and behind that is a disused plot of land and you got a pretty good parking spot 60 to 100 cars id expect

also the parking area in front of abracadabra runs all the way up to the S Plaza. if your really stuck there's the train station and also st pats if your stay is less then an hour (just dont tell them that)

You would want to be pretty hungry to park in Tescos and walk to Shamrock square for a burger - it won't help them to get people off the street.

The days of parking anywhere free in carlow seem to be over though - right pain for those of us who have to pay to park all day to go to work - yet another tax I can't afford at the moment.

Lord Derpington

tonyheaney wrote: »

also the design of the SP points away from the main town almost in a snobby way like its trying to say "i dont need you"

any one else feel like that

Im sorry that is the stupidest thing i have read in my entire life.
The building is in the middle of Carlow town, wtf are you on about?

tonyheaney

it does not and that is not the centre of town it is in fact considered the end of the town centre edge and if you ever bothers to look at the town plans you would know that tullow street is the centre and in the next year or two penny's area is being re zoned to become the central hub of Carlow town

get off your high horse

pinkfloyd34

royalcarlowgc wrote: »

If you ask me whoever is taking out this franchise is a brave man. For something like Eddie Rockets to work in Carlow it would have to go into the units beside the cinema or even where Byrnes was in Fairgreen.
I might be proved wrong but without adequate parking I can't see it working.

or even on tullow street in the old boscos or crottys, it would benefit from the footfall there and also bring even more footfall for the other businesses on the street, plus the parking issue wouldnt be much of a problem with haddens car park a minute away, any other eddie rockets i've been in is nearly always on the main street of city or town with little or no parking nearby

lotdpd

same people that own the one in kilkenny...... brave move for where there going... less traffic passing that way now and also feck all parking

tonyheaney

lotdpd wrote: »

same people that own the one in kilkenny...... brave move for where there going... less traffic passing that way now and also feck all parking

THAT IS WHAT I AM SAYING THERE IS NOTHING THERE PERHAPS THEY'RE TRYING TO CREATE A NEW CENTER OF THE TOWN BUT ITS JUST TOO FAR

testicle

tonyheaney wrote: »

THAT IS WHAT I AM SAYING THERE IS NOTHING THERE PERHAPS THEY'RE TRYING TO CREATE A NEW CENTER OF THE TOWN BUT ITS JUST TOO FAR

Stop shouting please!

tonyheaney

testicle wrote: »

Stop shouting please!

LOL sorrryyy

Ken.

is eddie rockets in carlow or not. meantto be heading to carlow in half an hour and was gonna call in there if it is

belle_09

Not open yet

Ken.

thanks belle, i wasnt sure if it was or wasnt there so thought it best to just ask straight out

MrMcLegend

imagine the amount of people that applied for a job there??

tonyheaney

im not sure i would work there eddies is a place id visit with my kids and wife as a treat and thats once/twice a month if were lucky, by workin there it would ruin the feel