Recommend a coffee stop North County Dublin

Notwitch

As per the title...wouldn't rule out an all day breakfast being available either.

thanks.

Dermot Illogical

Notwitch wrote: »

As per the title...wouldn't rule out an all day breakfast being available either.

thanks.

The Grange, Ballyboughal.
Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul

Inquitus

RT66 wrote: »

The Grange, Ballyboughal.
Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul

Obv RT66 is fond of the good cake

Dermot Illogical

Inquitus wrote: »

Obv RT66 is fond of the good cake

It's fuel for the journey home!

Beasty

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Notwitch

RT66 wrote: »

The Grange, Ballyboughal.
Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul

Super, thanks. Just had a look at their websites. I pass these places at least weekly and never knew they existed!

furiousox

The Chuck Wagon!

petethedrummer

The Gourmet Food Parlour in Swords is excellent.

Inquitus

petethedrummer wrote: »

The Gourmet Food Parlour in Swords is excellent.

Aye and their Tapas night at the weekends for dinner is also excellent.

Wishbone Ash

Just wondering lads - when I see club cyclists out they never seem to be carrying locks. How do you manage when doing the coffee and cake stop?

....and do coffee shops owners mind sweaty customers coming in?

PS - my wife goes to the The Grange a lot and is always telling me it's full of cyclists.

ROK ON

@ Wishbone

Most places that I have ever stopped for coffee were only too delighted to serve me and take my coin.

I have never been refused because I was dressed in sweaty lycra. I would imagine that some coffee shops (particularly in Wicklow and Nth Dublin) where training cyclists are a regular feature every Saturday and Sunday make a faiir deal of coin from cyclists. (Witness a recent track pump donation by Cycle Superstore to many of these coffee shops).

I stopped for my Dopio on Sunday morning IN Mannings of Ballylickey (Co. Cork) and I was offered a glass of sherry and a plate of smoked duck. I was sorely tempted, but had 50km left to do:)

I guess many cyclists dont carry locks on training spins, but would tend to chose stops that are perceived as safe (ie rural) where you can see your bike from inside, or have outside seating.

Wishbone Ash

ROK ON - thanks for that. I tend to utilise filling stations which are a bit soulless and have to eat/drink standing outside. I might give a few coffee shops a go now. I was always conscious of arriving in sweaty lyrca!

petethedrummer

Inquitus wrote: »

Aye and their Tapas night at the weekends for dinner is also excellent.

I'd love to try it but I only work out here during the week. I'm never in the area at the weekends.

I tried the Kung-Fu buffet today. It was only ok but its all you can eat and salty. It might do for a post ride gorge.

colm_gti

RT66 wrote: »

The Grange, Ballyboughal.
Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul

Haven't been to the grange in years, lovely little spot!

Postit

Slightly off point, but at what point (distance-wise) during your spin do you stop for food/rest?

instinct

and what do you do with your bike when your inside ?

I cant picture myself being comfortable leaving the bike sitting outside unattended, no matter how rural the coffee shop.

Dietmar Hamann

Corks in Ashbourne is nice, very welcome after 60 or 70 kms

ian_rush

The Thatch in Rush and Olive in Skerries are nice but only for small groups.
Does anybody have any recommendations north of Naul and Garristown?

pc11

Skerries Mills, Corks in Ashbourne and the Grange are the regular stops for Dublin Wheelers groups and others on Saturdays, they're well used to cyclists and nice places. The Grange is especially nice.

Jawgap

Postit wrote: »

Slightly off point, but at what point (distance-wise) during your spin do you stop for food/rest?

I usually eat on the bike and allow myself a coffee stop on any spin over 80km - I aim to stop about two thirds the way through, rather than half-way.

manwithaplan

Postit wrote: »

Slightly off point, but at what point (distance-wise) during your spin do you stop for food/rest?

Usually about 100% in.

jimm

ian_rush wrote: »

Does anybody have any recommendations north of Naul and Garristown?

The Swords CC Tour last year had their coffee stop in The Battle of the Boyne Visitors Centre just outside Drogheda.

Lovely spot, been back again too.

Notwitch

OP here. I made it to the Grange in Ballyboughal and I have to say it's a great find. Went the whole hog on the cooked breakfast, cake and coffee.

In 3 years of cycling i've now had one coffee stop. To make up for that appalling statistic, my ratio of cycle time to coffee stop time on that cycle turned out to be 1:2.