Enniskerry espresso query

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Howdee

I'm planning on taking a break in Enniskerry on Sun morn after a spin up to Sally Gap
And I, keeping rule 56 in mind
(http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/#56) I was wondering if anyone could recommend somewhere for a daycent hit of coffee

Cheers

P

Eamonnator

At last, a serious relevant question, worthy of this forum.

LennoxR

fillup wrote: »

Howdee

I'm planning on taking a break in Enniskerry on Sun morn after a spin up to Sally Gap
And I, keeping rule 56 in mind
(http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/#56) I was wondering if anyone could recommend somewhere for a daycent hit of coffee

Cheers

P

Has to be Poppies. Best looking waitresses too.

Hauki

Poppies. No alternatives. And divine carrot cake too!

Carpenter

LennoxR wrote: »

Has to be Poppies. Best looking waitresses too.

Best looking waitresses + Lycra = Trouble

fillup

Poppies it is then

The espressos better be as good n hot as the waitress aparently is!

bobwilliams

the coffee is actually better in the place across the road and up a bit,can't think of the name

dragratchet

bobwilliams wrote: »

the coffee is actually better in the place across the road and up a bit,can't think of the name

thats the kingfisher cafe you're thinking of. coffee is grand in both

fillup

I can gladly report that both the coffee and carrot cake lived up to expectation

No comment on the waitresses, I'm a happily married middle aged man and I plan on keeping it that way!!!

ThisRegard

Nothing is going to stop you from becoming a happily married old man I'm afraid.

Eamonnator

Going to Glendalough on Tuesday, for a few days R+R. I shall make it my business to visit Poppies.

ckeego

Kennedy's on the same side of the square is a much better espresso..

Poppies is full of old dears drinking bed pans of weak brown water.

fillup

I'm glad I asked such an innocuous question

Good job I didn't lob in the "make helmets compulsory" grenade

ford2600

ckeego wrote: »

Poppies is full of old dears drinking bed pans of weak brown water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m6LhZJdCQY

Brian?

Eamonnator wrote: »

Going to Glendalough on Tuesday, for a few days R+R. I shall make it my business to visit Poppies.

I'd go into the coffee place in Laragh instead. Really nice food and coffee

MrCreosote

It's "eXpresso" by the way.

Sorry to get all grammer nazi, but its one misspelling that really annoys me.

LennoxR

MrCreosote wrote: »

It's "eXpresso" by the way.

Sorry to get all grammer nazi, but its one misspelling that really annoys me.

Eh, its not actually, it's espresso. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espresso.

Kennedy's on the same side of the square is a much better espresso..

Poppies is full of old dears drinking bed pans of weak brown water.

That's bullplop. Great coffee in there. And did I mention the waitreses?

fillup

MrCreosote wrote: »

It's "eXpresso" by the way.

Sorry to get all grammer nazi, but its one misspelling that really annoys me.

Firstly it's espresso and not "expresso" and secondly, for a self professed "grammer nazi" your own grasp of the written word is quite limited. I can spot three mistakes with your sentence and that's ignoring the very dodgy comma you dropped in there for no apparent reason.

MrCreosote

Fine if your in Italy to use an Italian phrase, but its more polite to use the English term (expresso as the Wikipedia article says) in English speaking countries.

fillup

I'm going to invoke rule 89 on this one.
http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/#89

Rambling Man

fillup wrote: »

I'm going to invoke rule 89 on this one.
http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/#89

Not sure that rule covers the nomclature of strong Italian coffees.

blobbie

MrCreosote wrote: »

Fine if your in Italy to use an Italian phrase, but its more polite to use the English term (expresso as the Wikipedia article says) in English speaking countries.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/espresso

"Usage

The spelling expresso is not used in the original Italian and is strictly incorrect, although it is common."

If ye want an Expresso, get a bus :P

Idleater

blobbie wrote: »

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/espresso

"Usage

The spelling expresso is not used in the original Italian and is strictly incorrect, although it is common."

If ye want an Expresso, get a bus :P

I also find myself looking at my plate decorated with a panino cut in half trying to decide whether cutting one of something in half makes it an advertised plural panini in this case.

blobbie

Idleater wrote: »

I also find myself looking at my plate decorated with a panino cut in half trying to decide whether cutting one of something in half makes it an advertised plural panini in this case.

Depends on whether you are in an English speaking or Italian speaking cafe

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/panini

;-)

a148pro

Surely there's also a rule about invoking the fact that you're "happily married" to decline to comment on a well endowed waitress? We need to get back to basics here.

Shedite27

Anyone ever make a "cyclists map"? Containing things like nicest coffee/cake/sanwich/pint in each village town on the popular cyclist routes. Or any cyclist-friendly spots that have toilets/taps available?

Might be a nice little resource

Lumen

a148pro wrote: »

Surely there's also a rule about invoking the fact that you're "happily married" to decline to comment on a well endowed waitress? We need to get back to basics here.

There's no reference to endowments.

Oh, and I think 'hot waitress' is now considered sexist. They're all 'hot waiters' now.

Which reminds me of the time I was as Guilbaud's with a bunch of Irish women. They rounded on the the hot French waiter and forced him to repeatedly pronounce "butter" as they cooed in delight.

Koobcam

Shedite27 wrote: »

Anyone ever make a "cyclists map"? Containing things like nicest coffee/cake/sanwich/pint in each village town on the popular cyclist routes. Or any cyclist-friendly spots that have toilets/taps available?

Might be a nice little resource

That would be a handy thing to add to the route maker in strava-nearby segments and coffee. In the absence of that, try Yelp or just google maps

Eamonnator

Shedite27 wrote: »

Anyone ever make a "cyclists map"? Containing things like nicest coffee/cake/sanwich/pint in each village town on the popular cyclist routes. Or any cyclist-friendly spots that have toilets/taps available?

Might be a nice little resource

already done.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057119247

spyderski

MrCreosote wrote: »

It's "eXpresso" by the way.

Sorry to get all grammer nazi, but its one misspelling that really annoys me.

It doesn't annoy me, as it's not a misspelling. But spelling GRAMMAR as "grammer" definitely does. :eek:

Being a GRAMMAR Nazi requires being able to spell properly yourself......

Eamonnator

fillup wrote: »

Howdee

I'm planning on taking a break in Enniskerry on Sun morn after a spin up to Sally Gap
And I, keeping rule 56 in mind
(http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/#56) I was wondering if anyone could recommend somewhere for a daycent hit of coffee

Cheers

P

When looking for recommendations for a coffee hit in Enniskerry, I bet, you never dreamt, your thread would end up here.

fillup

True that Eamonnator
Maybe some of the other posters od'd on too much espresso/expressos

What gets me is that the "grammer nazi" had four grammatical/spelling errors in his post.

But hey, the thread was worth it for the coffees on Sunday morn.

I'm thinking on starting a tread on wether or not it's acceptable to wear headphones while cycling. Now that couldn't be as controversial could it?

fillup

Rambling Man wrote: »

Not sure that rule covers the nomclature of strong Italian coffees.

The rule states that, "This principle shall also be extended to apply to riders’ names, bicycle and component marquees, and cycling accoutrements."
An espresso is as much a cycling accoutrement as a triple ring so I reckon it's covered under the rule.