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  • 08-12-2012 11:47am
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    Silvio.Dante
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    Does anyone remember a café/restaurant that was on Grafton Street called Johnathan's back in the larte 70's..?

    It was located near Burgerland, opposite Switzers or thereabouts.

    It always seemed exotic to my 6yr old eyes and the pancakes they did were sublime...smile.png


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  • #2
    gipi
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    Was it on Grafton St or O'Connell St? (maybe there were 2?)

    Here's a link to a pic of the O'Connell St version....

    http://dublincitypubliclibraries.com/image/gs068-jonathans


  • #3
    Silvio.Dante
    Site Banned Posts: 4,066 ✭✭✭Silvio.Dante


    Great pic. Burgerland was a favourite haunt of mine when allowed by mum...:)

    I never knew there was a Jonathans on O'Connell Street. In my mind there was one on Grafton Street also...


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    P. Breathnach
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    I remember it well. It was further up the street than you remember: between South Anne Street and St. Stephen's Green.

    Later on they opened a number of branches, including one in the ILAC and another in the Irish Life Centre.


  • #5
    frankosw
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    Remember the one in the Ilac well..they used to do amazing breakfasts.


  • #6
    Silvio.Dante
    Site Banned Posts: 4,066 ✭✭✭Silvio.Dante


    P. Breathnach wrote: »
    I remember it well. It was further up the street than you remember: between South Anne Street and St. Stephen's Green.

    Later on they opened a number of branches, including one in the ILAC and another in the Irish Life Centre.

    Thank you for confirming I wasn't going mad...:D


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  • #7
    Silvio.Dante
    Site Banned Posts: 4,066 ✭✭✭Silvio.Dante


    If I remember correctly the McDonalds on Grafton Street was the first one in Dublin and probably the country.

    Does anyone remember the wall sized photographs of Chinese people eating in their McDonalds restaurants? It was very exotic to my 6/7yr old eyes...


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    P. Breathnach
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    Silvio.Dante wrote: »
    If I remember correctly the McDonalds on Grafton Street was the first one in Dublin and probably the country.
    That's how I remember it. The building was previously the Waterford Glass Showroom. Quite a change.


  • #9
    gipi
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    Yep, it was the first. I remember eating in it back in either 1977 or 78 (just can't remember which year!) and thinking it very exotic! Went with a mate, we had enough money for 1 burger each and a drink, after which we pooled our remaining resources and bought 1 more burger between us!!


  • #10
    frankosw
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    Silvio.Dante wrote: »
    If I remember correctly the McDonalds on Grafton Street was the first one in Dublin and probably the country.

    Does anyone remember the wall sized photographs of Chinese people eating in their McDonalds restaurants? It was very exotic to my 6/7yr old eyes...

    It was in Mcdonalds that i actually spoke to my first ever chinese person(i assume he was chinese),the bloke who served me in 1980...in those days foreigners of any description were very rare in ireland!


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