Good Spots for Outdoor Pints around Dame St / south city centre?

riveratom

Hey folks,

Just wondering where is good for a few pints in the sun in and around Grafton St, Trinity, Dame St. area? Apart from say the Bailey, Kehoe's etc. Anywhere with reasonably decent seating areas that I'm forgetting?

Academic

I believe Grogan's Castle Lounge has some outdoor tables.

It's a somewhat smaller pub than the two you mention, if that matters.

Cheers,

Ac

Academic

Their web-site has a few pictures:

http://www.groganspub.ie/?page_id=11

liffeylite

The barge in Portobello is a great spot for this. outdoor seating and you can sit by the lock at the grand canal.

also, the bleeding horse in the village quarter.

fitzsimmons in temple bar, has a great rooftop terrace. speaking of which, I believe the rooftop terrace bar is open in the marker hotel, grand canal dock.

mcgrattans just off baggot street has a good one. Also Bia bar just off Grafton street

January

liffeylite wrote: »

The barge in Portobello is a great spot for this. outdoor seating and you can sit by the lock at the grand canal.

also, the bleeding horse in the village quarter.

fitzsimmons in temple bar, has a great rooftop terrace. speaking of which, I believe the rooftop terrace bar is open in the marker hotel, grand canal dock.

mcgrattans just off baggot street has a good one. Also Bia bar just off Grafton street

It is, a friend posted pictures on Facebook from there yesterday.

riveratom

liffeylite wrote: »

The barge in Portobello is a great spot for this. outdoor seating and you can sit by the lock at the grand canal.

also, the bleeding horse in the village quarter.

fitzsimmons in temple bar, has a great rooftop terrace. speaking of which, I believe the rooftop terrace bar is open in the marker hotel, grand canal dock.

mcgrattans just off baggot street has a good one. Also Bia bar just off Grafton street

Cheers! Bia Bar could be good as very central, is there much seating outside though? I didn't think there was.. Might do an image search on it.

Mr Whirly

What is the Village Quarter?
Since when does Dublin have Quarters?
What other Quarters exist?

Mr Whirly

riveratom wrote: »

Cheers! Bia Bar could be good as very central, is there much seating outside though? I didn't think there was.. Might do an image search on it.

It's fairly small and enclosed. Seats about 15 - 20

BeerNut

Mr Whirly wrote: »

What is the Village Quarter?

The area of Dublin centred on Wexford Street and Camden Street.

Mr Whirly wrote: »

Since when does Dublin have Quarters?

It has had this one since about 2000, when Village Quarter Ltd was established to promote the area. The company looks to have folded around 2007 but the name it created has stuck.

Mr Whirly

BeerNut wrote: »

The area of Dublin centred on Wexford Street and Camden Street.
It has had this one since about 2000, when Village Quarter Ltd was established to promote the area. The company looks to have folded around 2007 but the name it created has stuck.

News to me and I worked on Camden Street for a couple of years in the early 2000's.

yosser hughes

BeerNut wrote: »

The area of Dublin centred on Wexford Street and Camden Street.
It has had this one since about 2000, when Village Quarter Ltd was established to promote the area. The company looks to have folded around 2007 but the name it created has stuck.

Mr Whirly wrote: »

News to me and I worked on Camden Street for a couple of years in the early 2000's.

I worked on Camden street a few years ago as well.I go out around there a good bit too. Nobody I know calls it the Village Quarter.

liffeylite

Mr Whirly wrote: »

What is the Village Quarter?
Since when does Dublin have Quarters?
What other Quarters exist?

The Village quarter is the Camden street/Wexford street strip.

There is a bar/venue in the middle of it called the Village.

Well, technically, Temple Bar is the "cultural quarter" and the council at the moment are promoting the area west of Grafton Street and bordered by South Georges Street as the" Creative quarter".

I think it is a good thing as it encourages a vibe to an area and promotes itself to new relevant businesses. The creative quarter does now have a lot of independent stores and exhibition spaces/ irish artist bases etc.

It would be good to see something done with the area around Dublin castle and St Particks Cathedral. Those streets could play perfect host to street markets, food fairs etc.

Mr Whirly

liffeylite wrote: »

It would be good to see something done with the area around Dublin castle and St Particks Cathedral. Those streets could play perfect host to street markets, food fairs etc.

They could call it the "Hilly Quarter". Dames Street and Georges Street could be the "Taxi Jam Quarter".

liffeylite

Another one for you..

shame they don't run their market every weekend,

http://damedistrict.com/news/

Mr Whirly

I can't see this catching on. Streets are streets and should be called whatever street it is. Inventing "disricts" is a bit silly. Made sense for Temple Bar because the whole area was essentially redeveloped. No need for it in existing areas.

Dub13

The Italian quarter is another one.

BeerNut

Mr Whirly wrote: »

News to me and I worked on Camden Street for a couple of years in the early 2000's.

Mr Whirly wrote: »

No need for it in existing areas.

So it's a thing that doesn't really exist, for which there's no need. Sounds like a self-solving problem to me :cool:

Ravelleman

Dub13 wrote: »

The Italian quarter is another one.

I've heard this too, although calling the three or four Italian restaurants on Bloom Lane a 'quarter' seems quite ambitious.

Ravelleman

If you're going as far as the Barge you should check out the Bernard Shaw - it is quite hip though.

Toners on Baggot St also has a large outdoor area out the back.

Gongoozler

Its something i never realised before, but yeah dublin doesnt have any actual beer gardens, whereas not dublin does. They're everywhere (else). In dublin its just a cold uncomfortable smoking area, mostly closed in so you'd reek of smole even from being around it. Not my idea of pleasant. Anyone actually come up with a beer garden in the city, preferably north side, let me know.

January

Porterhouse North has a nice beer garden.

Stereomaniac

The Pint is my recent favourite bar in Dublin, but it only has a couple of ashtrays out the front.

Mr Whirly

Stereomaniac wrote: »

The Pint is my recent favourite bar in Dublin, but it only has a couple of ashtrays out the front.

It has a big roof beer garden too.

skimpydoo

Mr Whirly wrote: »

It has a big roof beer garden too.

You mean smoking area.

Dub13

Mr Whirly wrote: »

It has a big roof beer garden too.

Is this new..? Have not been in there in years but don't remember that.

liffeylite

Gongoozler wrote: »

Its something i never realised before, but yeah dublin doesnt have any actual beer gardens, whereas not dublin does. They're everywhere (else). In dublin its just a cold uncomfortable smoking area, mostly closed in so you'd reek of smole even from being around it. Not my idea of pleasant. Anyone actually come up with a beer garden in the city, preferably north side, let me know.

There are plenty of beer gardens in Dublin.

Diceys garden, the Everleigh Garden and the D2 garden are just big beer gardens!

Howl at the moon and mcgrattans in the lane also have good ones.

The Barge lets you sit out at the locks on the grand canal, cant get much more beer garden than that.

Northside, what about the big one inbetween murrays and the living room.

The one in Smyths of Ranelagh is lovely. all decked nicely with hanging flower baskets. Also don't forget the ones in the Dublin mountains, johnny foxes, blue light etc.

The baths in Beggars bush is another nice one. also Ryans in beggars bush.

Mr Whirly

Dub13 wrote: »

Is this new..? Have not been in there in years but don't remember that.

It's been there a good while. On the level above the venue. The entrance is beside the row of stand alone toilets

Mr Whirly

skimpydoo wrote: »

You mean smoking area.

If they add a plant will it constitute a garden? It has seats and it's outside. What more do you want?

Academic

Regarding the notion of "quarters," just southwest of Christchurch the Francis Street area antique merchants define themselves as constituting an "Arts and Antiques Quarter":

http://www.artsandantiquesquarter.ie/

mojesius

Just go to the pav in Trinity. Guaranteed a space

optimistic_

Mr Whirly wrote: »

News to me and I worked on Camden Street for a couple of years in the early 2000's.

Same here and I live around the corner

yosser hughes

BeerNut wrote: »

The area of Dublin centred on Wexford Street and Camden Street.
It has had this one since about 2000, when Village Quarter Ltd was established to promote the area. The company looks to have folded around 2007 but the name it created has stuck.

So the name has 'stuck' has it? I don't think so. Who refers to these quarters by these made up names by business people hoping to benefit somehow?
Places develop place names and nicknames for all sorts of reasons, but cynical ploys designed to make a few quid ain't one of them.