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

Pixel Eater

Walked passed the old Capel Bar on Little Britain Street yesterday; well on the way of being refurbished. Had a new sign outside: '1661 Bar'.

L1011

Pixel Eater wrote: »

Walked passed the old Capel Bar on Little Britain Street yesterday; well on the way of being refurbished. Had a new sign outside: '1661 Bar'.

Name used before for a poitin bar popup so I'd guess connected to that again?

And very unlikely to use the early house option!

Pixel Eater

L1011 wrote: »

Name used before for a poitin bar popup so I'd guess connected to that again?

And very unlikely to use the early house option!

Hmmm, skullin' poitín at 7 in the morning...

L1011

To Let sign up on the Corner House in Windy Arbour - as a pub. Someone had looked to convert it to housing

L1011

Pixel Eater wrote: »

Hmmm, skullin' poitín at 7 in the morning...

https://www.fft.ie/poitin-focused-bar-set-to-open-in-dublin/26085

They'll want to make sure the old regulars don't return...

Noticed that O'Connells in Donnybrook has reopened as "Donnybrook Gastropub" and McCloskeys still looks open too so the pub situation out there isn't as dire as it seemed in the autumn last year when O'Connnels and Kielys closed and media reports claimed McCloskeys did too.

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

L1011 wrote: »

They'll want to make sure the old regulars don't return...

Brew Dock will have had similar concerns back when they opened up.

matrim

Caribou opening a new bar in Smithfield.

https://twitter.com/CaribouGalway/status/1120375111972990977

Subcomandante Marcos

matrim wrote: »

Caribou opening a new bar in Smithfield.

https://twitter.com/CaribouGalway/status/1120375111972990977

Soft opening last Friday afternoon. Looks lovely.

BonnieSituation

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Soft opening last Friday afternoon. Looks lovely.

Was in last Friday myself. Lovely job on the place. Looking forward to popping in again soon.

Passenger

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Was in last Friday myself. Lovely job on the place. Looking forward to popping in again soon.

What was the tap selection like?

BonnieSituation

Passenger wrote: »

What was the tap selection like?

Pretty decent from a quick scan.

Though once I saw white hag on tap I didn't look further.

I know the manager from his Cassidys days so the selection will be good as you could expect. Especially given what caribou and impala do already.

Zaph

According to Twitter they have 34 taps, so I'd hope for plenty of variety.

Subcomandante Marcos

Zaph wrote: »

According to Twitter they have 34 taps, so I'd hope for plenty of variety.

About 10 of those will be a mixture of Heineken, Guinness, and Molson Coors products, but should still be a very nice selection over all.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Dead Centre Brewing open their new BrewPub next Thursday in Athlone. Pictures I've seen so far look fantastic and the location is phenomenal, massive waterfront location with an outdoor area long the water and great views of the castle and river.

Will try make it in for a gander next weekend.

Anyone been yet? I hope they make a success out of it, that location has such potential, one of only two pubs in the town that can capitalise on a waterfront location (if you count the Radisson bar). Was a great spot on a sunny day back when it was called River S.

BeerNut

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »

Anyone been yet?

Yep. Echoing what's been said: amazing location, excellent beer, great pizza. It deserves to do well.

Subcomandante Marcos

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »

Anyone been yet? I hope they make a success out of it, that location has such potential, one of only two pubs in the town that can capitalise on a waterfront location (if you count the Radisson bar). Was a great spot on a sunny day back when it was called River S.

What TheBeerNut said. Lovely spot, nice selection of beers and the pizza is great.

Hoping to prop up a picnic bench on the deck for a few hours this weekend, weather permitting.

L1011

They appear to have thrown out the most historical artifact from the old pub - a working light up Hudson Blue ice cider sign. Terrible form :pac:

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

I used to work in one of the last public houses owned by Guinness, in the late 90s. For a few years we never had cider on tap, and only longnecks of Bulmers and Stag (and Ritz, but that's a perry).

Then they developed Hudson Blue, and eventually it was replaced with a Bulmers tap. A pub near us sold, I think, a cider called Caffreys(?).

beertons

Rowan Dead Salmonella wrote: »

I used to work in one of the last public houses owned by Guinness, in the late 90s. For a few years we never had cider on tap, and only longnecks of Bulmers and Stag (and Ritz, but that's a perry).

Then they developed Hudson Blue, and eventually it was replaced with a Bulmers tap. A pub near us sold, I think, a cider called Caffreys(?).

I actually liked that cider. Caffreys was more like Kilkenny. Oh god, what was it called.

jippo nolan

beertons wrote: »

I actually liked that cider. Caffreys was more like Kilkenny. Oh god, what was it called.

Hunter’s cider was sold in Cummiskey’s in the seventies, it was a red cider that held a head!

Thundercats Ho

Rowan Dead Salmonella wrote: »

A pub near us sold, I think, a cider called Caffreys(?).

beertons wrote: »

Oh god, what was it called.

Cashel's?

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

I don't think it was Cashel's, the pub in question is The Blacker/Liz Delaney's in Coolock beside Northside SC

irish_goat

Stag cider?



Think there was one called Cooper's too.

beertons

Cashels, that was it.

Big Nasty

Kilkenny was sold as a settling ale here (similar to Caffreys) while abroad Kilkenny was basically Smithwicks. Similarly I never remember seeing Cashels Cider for sale in Ireland but it was a popular 'Irish Cider' in Europe.

L1011

I can vaguely remember when the "Irish" product that wasn't Guinness abroad was either Kilkenny or Killians (made anywhere and everywhere except Ireland) - and now its usually O'Haras which is rather an improvement!

L1011

1661s quite nice. Opens fairly late, I didn't check and had to go to McNeill's for a bit!

odyssey06

Haven't listened yet but saw a good review of this Near FM podcast on the story of legendary Dublin blues bar JJ Smyths.
http://nearfm.ie/podcast/?p=31507

beertons

Big Nasty wrote: »

Kilkenny was sold as a settling ale here (similar to Caffreys) while abroad Kilkenny was basically Smithwicks. Similarly I never remember seeing Cashels Cider for sale in Ireland but it was a popular 'Irish Cider' in Europe.

I remember being on a course in the storehouse around 2002, perfect pint or something like that, and for all the pints that were poured, the lads got to drink them. A young beery says to the honcho, I don't drink porter. So I had to go up 2 floors to the gravity bar, and pick something else.

Dellboy54

Looks like there is work being done on what use to be the East Side Tavern.