Pub Openings / Refurbs / Closing Thread - Mod Note Post #1

L1011 · 10-01-2019 01:40PM

The Elms. Had heard rumours of it closing for apartments.

Dellboy54 · 10-01-2019 06:34PM

The Blarney Inn on Nassau street looks like it's getting a refurb. Been closed for a while.

L1011 · 11-01-2019 10:36PM

There's a banner on JP Younge (a specialist pub auctioneer)'s website for a "landmark west Dublin pub, adjacent to busy shopping centre and motorway network" which would sound like The Arc/The Elms to me, its a details-on-request ad though.

There is no planning permission in for anything there yet, but I did hear from someone that apartments were being considered.

Hotblack Desiato · 14-01-2019 02:30AM

Foxhunter fits that description!

L1011 · 14-01-2019 08:26AM

Except the shopping centre bit.

Hotblack Desiato · 14-01-2019 11:20AM

Oh I'm sure an estate agent would have no issue claiming it's "adjacent" to Liffey Valley!

Dellboy54 · 28-01-2019 08:29AM

Porterhouse brew co is pulling out if it location in Bray.

BaZmO* · 28-01-2019 11:54AM

Dellboy54 wrote: »

Porterhouse brew co is pulling out if it location in Bray.

Really? Do you have a link? I'd be surprised considering it was their original location. Unless of course they're losing money on it.

basskebab · 28-01-2019 12:44PM

Dellboy54 wrote: »

Porterhouse brew co is pulling out if it location in Bray.

Wow, where did you hear that? They always seem pretty busy in there so would have assumed it was making a profit. Is it a lease thing?
Also saw a article in the Times over the weekend saying the groups profits were up this year -
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/porterhouse-group-hits-high-notes-sd67qc3r3

irish_goat · 28-01-2019 01:07PM

There's comments on Twitter that it is changing name at least.

https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=porterhouse%20bray&src=typd

basskebab · 28-01-2019 03:44PM

Hopefully Wicklow Wolf and O' Brother do some sort of combination purchase of the pub so it stays as a decent beer bar!

DelmarODonnell · 30-01-2019 02:40PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

Really? Do you have a link? I'd be surprised considering it was their original location. Unless of course they're losing money on it.

Yeah completely sold. It is still open and called the Porterhouse at present but Liam LeHart handed over the keys on Monday 21 January. I was there the day previously on the Sunday with other locals for the 'last night', they had already begun to run out of a number of the beers on draught.

New owners (they own Butler & Barry, Wild Goose, Ardmore Bar in Bray) have bought it and hiked up the price of a number of products straight away. I assume they will eventually close and rebrand and that'll be the end of it.

As to will good beer continue to be served? Hard to know, Butler and Barry has a very good selection (mix of Wicklow Wolf, O'Brother and Larkins) plus usual crap. The Ardmore would have nothing but crap and Wild Goose would have one or two good beers.

30 years in Bray all the same, good while it lasted!

Dellboy54 · 30-01-2019 02:44PM

Seems like it was on the cards for a while:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/porterhouse-blue-as-bray-pub-sale-in-pipeline-s6wqncblt

basskebab · 30-01-2019 04:35PM

That's a real pity. It's been my go to bar in Bray to watch Leinster rugby games for years, they always show them in the front bar. Lot of pubs wont show them if there's a big premiership match on at the same time, Porterhouse were always good about splitting their screens.

End of an era!

DelmarODonnell · 30-01-2019 05:20PM

basskebab wrote: »

That's a real pity. It's been my go to bar in Bray to watch Leinster rugby games for years, they always show them in the front bar. Lot of pubs wont show them if there's a big premiership match on at the same time, Porterhouse were always good about splitting their screens.

End of an era!

The new O'Sullivans Bar in Bray prioritises rugby over the football, even if it's a fecky pro14 game. I haven't been in since its first few weeks but they had O'Brother and Wicklow Wolf on tap then.

O'Driscolls is a good spot for a game, have Wicklow Wolf and a Larkins (usually the lager) on tap.

basskebab · 30-01-2019 06:33PM

Thanks for the tips, didn't even know that O Sullivan's bar had re-opened. Shows how much I get out these days!

schemingbohemia · 08-02-2019 05:39PM

Anyone been into the Big Romance yet? If I can persuade my mates I might get there tonight.

Subcomandante Marcos · 08-02-2019 06:14PM

schemingbohemia wrote: »

Anyone been into the Big Romance yet? If I can persuade my mates I might get there tonight.

Stopped in a few weeks ago but the chiller had decided to go on strike so we headed down the road to Pipers Corner instead. Looks cool and the selection was good on tap so I'll definitely be back.

ianob7 · 08-02-2019 07:51PM

schemingbohemia wrote:

Anyone been into the Big Romance yet? If I can persuade my mates I might get there tonight.

It's a nice spot but a little bit on the pricey side ... Plays vinyl which is cool too

BonnieSituation · 08-02-2019 08:11PM

That hoarding that was on Hourican's on Leeson St has come down since last week, revealing an almost pristine former exterior. Anyone know what's going on?

(Bonus shot of a Ferrari)

L1011 · 08-02-2019 08:23PM

Still broken windows upstairs. There was no planning when I did my last trawl but I'll check later / tomorrow

Ronan|Raven · 08-02-2019 08:53PM

Porterhouse Bray is officially gone. Such a shame. I will mourn the loss of my Saturday Wrasslers....

Ronan|Raven · 08-02-2019 08:58PM

DelmarODonnell wrote: »

New owners (they own Butler & Barry, Wild Goose, Ardmore Bar in Bray) have bought it and hiked up the price of a number of products straight away.

Of course they did, such a shame to see the porterhouse go. As for B&B I cannot stand their other place on the sea front, badly poured pints for a premium.

Hotblack Desiato · 09-02-2019 12:26AM

BonnieSituation wrote: »

(Bonus shot of a Ferrari)

I just assumed it was a Hyundai Coupe and didn't look properly :pac:

Brother in law used to own an RX-8, he was mighty pissed off one time when I saw a Hyundai Coupe and pointed at it and said "Is that the same as yours... oh."

Here's what that place looked like in 1971 when it was called Kirwan House (wtf happened to the rightmost 2/5ths of the building? It's now a bare shell of concrete blocks, unrendered concrete blocks are not allowed by planning to be visible from a street.)

L1011 · 11-02-2019 12:28PM

L1011 wrote: »

Still broken windows upstairs. There was no planning when I did my last trawl but I'll check later / tomorrow

No planning details in yet.

Someone on Twitter noticed that the windows had been repaired on the Ardee House on Ardee/Chamber Street corner. No planning in there for years and years either, area is getting built up a bit so may be worth a punt re-opening.

beertons · 12-02-2019 12:01PM

Driving past the Black Horse Inn, in Kimmage. The shutter was up. Just got the first name of young guy, said he hopes to be open shortly. It's literally turn key job, as was all done up for opening 14 months ago.

L1011 · 12-02-2019 12:25PM

Found it very odd that area went from two pubs (it and Whitefriar) to zero in a relatively quick period of time.

There really aren't a lot of closed pubs with active licences left now in the general Dublin City area.

BeerNut · 12-02-2019 12:34PM

L1011 wrote: »

Found it very odd that area went from two pubs (it and Whitefriar) to zero in a relatively quick period of time.

KCR House shows no sign of going anywhere; likewise The Two Sisters.

L1011 · 12-02-2019 12:40PM

BeerNut wrote: »

KCR House shows no sign of going anywhere; likewise The Two Sisters.

The very specific area, they were roughly at two ends of the same set of shops. KCR House is closer than I remembered though.

BeerNut · 12-02-2019 12:53PM

Your map has The Black Horse in the wrong place, btw. It's west of Ravensdale Lane, on that terrace, as you say.

Pub Openings / Refurbs / Closing Thread - Mod Note Post #1

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