Stoney batter Seven

Hootanany

Anyone know what Restaurant is going into the old Seven resturaunt sign says Kavanagh.
Has the pub up the road took it on?

ciaradx

I live in Stoneybatter and we asked the builders about it. They said it will be a sort of greasy spoon cafe with good food.

mikekerry

seven was a great restaurant, their early bird was great value.
then they went and changed owners a couple of times and was never the same

Gongoozler

Where is/was this?

mikekerry

half way up manor street on the left close to maureens shop about 50 metres before kavanaghs pub

AnonoBoy

I was hoping for a good pizza place myself.

Hootanany

Cowtown Cafe its called

septictank

Hootanany wrote: »

Cowtown Cafe its called

Your joking me, that has always been an insult name given to the people living in the council houses up the road in Drumalee.

It's where they herded and pend the cattle and sheep before shipping them off to be slaughtered abroad until the 70's, it is a kip full of junkies but some normal people also live there.

Hope they have insurance.

Hootanany

septictank wrote: »

Your joking me, that has always been an insult name given to the people living in the council houses up the road in Drumalee.

It's where they herded and pend the cattle and sheep before shipping them off to be slaughtered abroad until the 70's, it is a kip full of junkies but some normal people also live there.

Hope they have insurance.

Ups so they have not researched the name feel sooty for them .
Looks like Soulful is getting done up as well any Intel ?

Miguel_Sanchez

septictank wrote: »

Your joking me, that has always been an insult name given to the people living in the council houses up the road in Drumalee.

Wasn't the Oxmantown Road whole area known as cowtown?

I never heard it was used as an insult.

septictank

Most of the Stoneybatter area around the market was called Cowtown, but after the market was knocked down and left vacant for years the name went as well.

After Drumalee was built it was called Cowtown by the NCR locals due to the amount of single mums with kids that were housed there.

Hootanany

I never knew that

gazzer

septictank wrote: »

Your joking me, that has always been an insult name given to the people living in the council houses up the road in Drumalee.

It's where they herded and pend the cattle and sheep before shipping them off to be slaughtered abroad until the 70's, it is a kip full of junkies but some normal people also live there.

Hope they have insurance.

Was it? I lived in Stoneybatter from the age of 3 until I was 26 and never heard that term for Drumalee. We called it the Cattle Market.

Miguel_Sanchez

septictank wrote: »

Most of the Stoneybatter area around the market was called Cowtown, but after the market was knocked down and left vacant for years the name went as well.

After Drumalee was built it was called Cowtown by the NCR locals due to the amount of single mums with kids that were housed there.

I can't see many people caring that a cafe is using the same name given that they're referencing the original name and not the petty usage of it that some people adapted later.

Rakish Paddy

And there I was assuming that it was being set up either by someone from Calgary, Alberta, or someone returning from living there.

septictank

gazzer wrote: »

Was it? I lived in Stoneybatter from the age of 3 until I was 26 and never heard that term for Drumalee. We called it the Cattle Market.

I'm not from around there but hung around with lads who were,1 from Drumalee, that was back in the 80's and 90's.

Miguel_Sanchez wrote: »

I can't see many people caring that a cafe is using the same name given that they're referencing the original name and not the petty usage of it that some people adapted later.

I'm sure that things will be fine for the cafe but there are some clowns living there.

Hootanany

septictank wrote: »

I'm not from around there but hung around with lads who were,1 from Drumalee, that was back in the 80's and 90's.



I'm sure that things will be fine for the cafe but there are some clowns living there.

Was that the town that's was in Mad Max beyond Thunder dome?

dixiefly

Hootanany wrote: »

Anyone know what Restaurant is going into the old Seven resturaunt sign says Kavanagh.
Has the pub up the road took it on?

I think that. Kavanagh was just the brand name of the awning in the front.

dixiefly

mikekerry wrote: »

seven was a great restaurant, their early bird was great value.
then they went and changed owners a couple of times and was never the same

I disagree, Cucina2 was an excellent restaurant. Great food at super prices.

dixiefly

Hootanany wrote: »

Ups so they have not researched the name feel sooty for them .
Looks like Soulful is getting done up as well any Intel ?

Any word on what is going in there? Soulful was a nice restaurant, very surprised when it closed.

trellheim

Soulful got hit by rates and bills and stuff couldn't make it work.

catch--22

dixiefly wrote: »

Any word on what is going in there? Soulful was a nice restaurant, very surprised when it closed.

Wood-fired pizza place is what I heard.


Personally I love the name Cowtown. I live Oxmantown Road and have always referred to all of North Stoneybatter as Cowtown.

Hootanany

catch--22 wrote: »

Wood-fired pizza place is what I heard.


Personally I love the name Cowtown. I live Oxmantown Road and have always referred to all of North Stoneybatter as Cowtown.

That would a good call hope it's not too pricey like the Tapas bar across the road.

catch--22

Hootanany wrote: »

That would a good call hope it's not too pricey like the Tapas bar across the road.

Stoneybatter needed a place like that Tapas spot I think. Somewhere fancy to go for a special night out that doesn't involve a trip into the city centre. The food is amazing too.

Hootanany

catch--22 wrote: »

Stoneybatter needed a place like that Tapas spot I think. Somewhere fancy to go for a special night out that doesn't involve a trip into the city centre. The food is amazing too.

Yes i agree but the portions are really small for the price you pay.

sweetie

Hootanany wrote: »

Yes i agree but the portions are really small for the price you pay.

12€ fillet steak says hi!

I live locally and though soulful was very poor, not sorry to see it go. Got raw chicken on one occasion. Really like Boqueria. Is Seven social closed?

uck51js9zml2yt

sweetie wrote: »

12€ fillet steak says hi!

I live locally and though soulful was very poor, not sorry to see it go. Got raw chicken on one occasion. Really like Boqueria. Is Seven social closed?

I gave up on Soulful. Overpriced, small portions and mediocre food...and she treated her staff very badly in public.

I remember the abbatoirs in Stoneybatter.
There was one on the left as you go down the road behind the Glimmerman and also a piggery up behind the resource centre on Arbour Place

There was also a butchers on Cowper Street who killed his own. I still remember the sawdust on the floor:)

sweetie

Rory Whispering Gristle wrote:

I gave up on Soulful. Overpriced, small portions and mediocre food...and she treated her staff very badly in public.

The term 'if they were an ice cream they'd lick themselves comes to mind'!

Hootanany

Yeah Soulful was Dreadful

mikekerry

agreed the one time i went in she was having a go at one of the staff.
atmosphere frosty.
didn't return

Hootanany

mikekerry wrote: »

agreed the one time i went in she was having a go at one of the staff.
atmosphere frosty.
didn't return

I had a look in the window Soulful not seven it doesn't look like a wood fired pizza plaice

1968

The owners of the new place Cowtown are the same people behind the excellent Cinnamon cafe in Smithfield. It should be a great addition to Stoneybatter.

sweetie

1968 wrote:

The owners of the new place Cowtown are the same people behind the excellent Cinnamon cafe in Smithfield. It should be a great addition to Stoneybatter.

We went in to Cowtown cafe on sat. Service was poor enough. Asked for extra water, never arrived, asked for bill, never came. Quite a long wait for food too. The burger was just ok and my wife didn't like her chicken burger. They wouldn't serve anything (bar small fry) from brunch menu even though we were there before one. They do half portions and ice cream for kids and my daughters fish and chips was good and the prices are good too (25e) so I'll definitely try it again despite teething problems.

catch--22

Hootanany wrote: »

I had a look in the window Soulful not seven it doesn't look like a wood fired pizza plaice

I heard at the weekend it's the same people behind Oxmantown Cafe moving into Soulful.

uck51js9zml2yt

catch--22 wrote: »

I heard at the weekend it's the same people behind Oxmantown Cafe moving into Soulful.

Oxmantown cafe ? Where's that

oceanclub

Rory Whispering Gristle wrote: »

Oxmantown cafe ? Where's that

Could it be this one?

https://www.facebook.com/oxmantown/

http://www.frenchfoodieindublin.com/2013/09/oxmantown-16-marys-abbey-dublin-7.html

On their Facebook page they mention an "exciting new project" which definitely sounds like a clue:

https://www.facebook.com/oxmantown/photos/a.464637816965644.1073741826.462914380471321/899695776793177/?type=3&theater

P.

trellheim

Oxmantown does lovely sandwiches on the LUAS line between 4 courts and Capel St. It is always a competition between Hubbards and Oxmantown for good sambo in that neck of the woods.

endacl

Hootanany wrote: »

Anyone know what Restaurant is going into the old Seven resturaunt sign says Kavanagh.
Has the pub up the road took it on?

mikekerry wrote: »

half way up manor street on the left close to maureens shop about 50 metres before kavanaghs pub

Both question and answer underlined and bolded. Locals will understand.

uck51js9zml2yt

oceanclub wrote: »

Could it be this one?

https://www.facebook.com/oxmantown/

http://www.frenchfoodieindublin.com/2013/09/oxmantown-16-marys-abbey-dublin-7.html

On their Facebook page they mention an "exciting new project" which definitely sounds like a clue:

https://www.facebook.com/oxmantown/photos/a.464637816965644.1073741826.462914380471321/899695776793177/?type=3&theater

P.

That makes sense .. Oxmantown and its in Marys abbey !!

trellheim

Ok Oxmantown+Pizza is what I heard today for that going in to replace Soulful

Stoner

Hootanany wrote:

I never knew that

Me neither, I'm from around there as was my father's side of the family. Cowtown is a name used for the area, not Drumalee people just called it the cattle market as it was built on the site of the market. There is still one old entrance of the old market left but largely Drumalee sits on the old site.

AnonoBoy

Went past Cowtown yesterday morning - it was packed.

I'm hoping to have breakfast there this week if I get a chance. Anyone been in yet?

sweetie

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Went past Cowtown yesterday morning - it was packed.

I'm hoping to have breakfast there this week if I get a chance. Anyone been in yet?

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ciaradx

I've had breakfast there twice now. Both times place was packed and once we had to share a table with another couple (didn't mind this though!). The place is laid out a bid strangely, they could probably fit more tables in. Breakfast and service was good both times, lovely full Irish breakfast - good ingredients cooked well, nothing fancy about it. Coffee is very poor though, couldn't drink it.

catch--22

I've been in a couple of times. As mentioned above - very busy both times. A lot of items on the menu they were out of but put it down to teething problems.

I had the medium breakfast which was great. Homemade potato cakes the highlight. Missus had a breakfast butty. Lovely chips.

And it's very good value. 3 quid for the butty (I think) and maybe 6 for the medium breakfast.

FreudianSlippers

Hootanany wrote: »

catch--22 wrote: »

Stoneybatter needed a place like that Tapas spot I think. Somewhere fancy to go for a special night out that doesn't involve a trip into the city centre. The food is amazing too.

Yes i agree but the portions are really small for the price you pay.

So... tapas.

Rakish Paddy

I was in there at the weekend and was underwhelmed, although that could be down to teething problems. I got the full Irish, and the potato cake as mentioned above was probably the highlight. The bad points:

- The rashers were absolutely cremated, like the dried out bits of leather you see at Centra hot food counters, although a lad at the next table had rashers that looked perfect.

- I'm not a big fan of the mushy style of black and white pudding they use there, but maybe that's a personal thing.

- The heat. The place was absolutely bloody roasting. I left with sweat on my brow.

- The folks working there were audibly sniping at one another, so my breakfast came with a large side of cringe.

- We were asked if we minded if some other people shared the table with us. Luckily we were done and were ready to leave at that point.


The good points:

- The potato cake was a nice touch.

- The coffee was nice, and if you get the filter coffee they go around and offer refills like a US/Canadian diner.

- The breakfast overall wasn't bad, and while I've definitely had nicer breakfasts in nicer settings around the general area, I'll probably return and give it another chance.

catch--22

Rakish Paddy wrote: »

- The heat. The place was absolutely bloody roasting. I left with sweat on my brow.

Yeah - sweatbox in there on Saturday. This was also a problem in Cuchinos/Seven.

Hootanany

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

So... tapas.

But Tapas is cheap in Spain
Expensive in Dublin what gives I give it 2 years when the newness wears off I'm sorry to say.

wyndham

Was in yesterday. Was busy but there were empty tables. Ridiculously warm, seems to be no ventilation. Waited 40 minutes for a basic enough fry-up, with no explanation/apology. Nice enough food but wouldn't go back until it settles down and they get the teething problems sorted.

FreudianSlippers

Hootanany wrote: »

But Tapas is cheap in Spain
Expensive in Dublin what gives I give it 2 years when the newness wears off I'm sorry to say.

Tapas and are hardly "new" in Dublin and you'll find that the prices are fairly high everywhere outside of Spain. Granted, it's atypical for the area, but IMO a sign of things to come rather than a once-off. Perhaps this place won't be there in 2 years, but that price point is there to stay.