Porterhouse North

budhabob

Anyone any idea whats going on with Porterhouse North. I presume its getting a full revamp / renovation. Noticed yesterday it was wrapped in scaffolding.

jossnjuice

from what i heard over the weekend, its done and dusted as it was known before.

opening again in a few weeks as a restaurant and no late license anymore.

by the by, the other thing i heard at the weekend was that McGowans had bought the botanic house recently, so maybe the two are interlinked.

budhabob

jossnjuice wrote: »

from what i heard over the weekend, its done and dusted as it was known before.

opening again in a few weeks as a restaurant and no late license anymore.

by the by, the other thing i heard at the weekend was that McGowans had bought the botanic house recently, so maybe the two are interlinked.

Interesting. Can't seem to find anything online anyway.

Hanley

jossnjuice wrote: »

from what i heard over the weekend, its done and dusted as it was known before.

opening again in a few weeks as a restaurant and no late license anymore.

by the by, the other thing i heard at the weekend was that McGowans had bought the botanic house recently, so maybe the two are interlinked.

that's a shame. was always busy when i was in!

odyssey06

I amn't able to read full article as it is pay walled, but I wonder if this is a factor...
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/ireland/Business/article1665251.ece

A HIGH Court judge has sought a “priority” hearing for a 10-year-old legal action in which publican Oliver Hughes, a co-owner of the Porterhouse chain of bars, is suing a former solicitor for alleged professional negligence relating to the development of the €7m Porterhouse North superpub.

Strumms

Shame, I actually prefer it to the one in Temple Bar although I only went in there on a handful of occasions I thought it was a nice bar.

They have been doing work inside the Botanic House for some time now actually.. In it's previous incarnation it wasn't great at all. Seemed to attract to some degree a dodgy element and it wasn't unusual to see a fight or two break out towards the end of the night and the Guards called... Strange move by McGowans if true... I'm guessing they would still utilize the Botanic House late licence, would there be a demand for two super-pubs in that area such a short distance apart I wonder ?

harry Bailey esq

I was in there last week and it was busy.Its the one at cross guns bridge we're talking about here yeah?

January

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I was in there last week and it was busy.Its the one at cross guns bridge we're talking about here yeah?

Yes, passed by this morning on the bus and I was surprised to see the whole thing covered in sheeting.

harry Bailey esq

January wrote: »

Yes, passed by this morning on the bus and I was surprised to see the whole thing covered in sheeting.

That's a shame. A bit of something different in phibsborough with late hours. Im not a fan of McGowans,because its basically the northsides version of coppers,full of young cops and nurses.

GLaDOS

My girlfriend walked by it yesterday and said there's a sign up to the effect that it's undergoing refurbishment, but interestingly was signed "The Whitworth Bar and Restaurant". I'll be walking by it later myself and will grab a picture if I remember.

Confucius say

ScienceNerd wrote: »

"The Whitworth Bar and Restaurant"

Hmmm, sounds very Craft Ale and Venison sausagey to me

Strumms

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

That's a shame. A bit of something different in phibsborough with late hours. Im not a fan of McGowans,because its basically the northsides version of coppers,full of young cops and nurses.

Yes not a fan of McGowans at all really... Maybe being mid 30's I'm a bit old for it but I never really liked it 'back in the day either'... Northside coppers is exactly it and the door staff have slightly less charm.

On a side not I heard conflicting info on The Botanic House... Not McGowans who bought it but an American businessman.. ?!?

Strange to see The Porterhouse North going as another poster said they always seemed to be very busy...

GLaDOS

Be disappointed to see it go myself, recently moved quite close to it and was great to have somewhere local I can grab a nice beer and my girlfriend can get a cocktail.

flas

Very disappointed to see this go,would have been in here very very regularly,me and the oh used to go in for food on Sundays,always busy so seems strange they would just close it up!

jack presley

Confucius say wrote: »

Hmmm, sounds very Craft Ale and Venison sausagey to me

Damn. I'm very bad at growing a beard and I don't own any tight jeans.

Effects

Confucius say wrote: »

Hmmm, sounds very Craft Ale and Venison sausagey to me

A simple name, based on the road that it's on.
How does that make it sound crafty?

You do realise that the Porterhouse was one of the first craft beer pubs in Dublin? Long before people started hipster bashing.

Confucius say

Effects wrote: »

A simple name, based on the road that it's on.
How does that make it sound crafty?

You do realise that the Porterhouse was one of the first craft beer pubs in Dublin? Long before people started hipster bashing.

I'm wrong about everything I am so sorry ;(

Big Nasty

Porterhouse North is / was leased out and not run by the Porterhouse Group.

Outside had gone very tatty looking tbf.

Birneybau

Confucius say wrote: »

I'm wrong about everything I am so sorry ;(

Confucius say 'Ah so'

Lovely Bloke

Big Nasty wrote: »

Porterhouse North is / was leased out and not run by the Porterhouse Group.

yep, same crowd run the two Cock & Bull pubs, in Coolock and Raheny.

Big Nasty

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

yep, same crowd run the two Cock & Bull pubs, in Coolock and Raheny.

That's right yeah. Did I hear one of them closed lately?

GLaDOS

Got my wording slightly wrong earlier

Lovely Bloke

Big Nasty wrote: »

That's right yeah. Did I hear one of them closed lately?

Nope, I don't frequent either, but a couple of lads I know were in both recently

jack presley

Will be interesting to go there when it reopens. Hopefully the food will be served on plates and not chopping boards or slates that seems to be the rage in places these days. I hate that crap.

Peregrine

Big Nasty wrote: »

Outside had gone very tatty looking tbf.

A fine building but, yes, got a bit tatty looking. Needs some TLC.

Confucius say

jack presley wrote: »

Will be interesting to go there when it reopens. Hopefully the food will be served on plates and not chopping boards or slates that seems to be the rage in places these days. I hate that crap.

http://wewantplates.com

LeBash

Don't know how true it is but someone said to me it would be a one of those British chain pubs. Hopefully not. I'm not a big drinker since I hit 24 or so but it was the pub I went to when I was going out.

harry Bailey esq

Strumms wrote: »

Yes not a fan of McGowans at all really... Maybe being mid 30's I'm a bit old for it but I never really liked it 'back in the day either'... Northside coppers is exactly it and the door staff have slightly less charm

Strange to see The Porterhouse North going as another poster said they always seemed to be very busy...

Apparently its being done over and will be called 'The Withworth' now.

psheaser

As long as it's not reopening as a hub for hipsters to embrace the smell of their own farts I'm happy.

Cienciano

jack presley wrote: »

Will be interesting to go there when it reopens. Hopefully the food will be served on plates and not chopping boards or slates that seems to be the rage in places these days. I hate that crap.

As long as the food is decent and not overpriced, I couldn't give a rats ass what it's served on

Hanley

psheaser wrote: »

As long as it's not reopening as a hub for hipsters to embrace the smell of their own farts I'm happy.

Surely they'll all just stay down in the back page

Birneybau

psheaser wrote: »

As long as it's not reopening as a hub for hipsters to embrace the smell of their own farts I'm happy.

Can we move on from this?

surball

There will be a bit of extra competition in the area now that the sunnybank has the gannet restaurant too. Haven't heard what it is like.

budhabob

surball wrote: »

There will be a bit of extra competition in the area now that the sunnybank has the gannet restaurant too. Haven't heard what it is like.

Oh, great! Saw they were doing work but didn't know it was a restaurant. New to the area so would love to hear how it is.

Cienciano

Anytime I drank in that area, the Brian Boru was my favourite pub

Hanley

Cienciano wrote: »

Anytime I drank in that area, the Brian Boru was my favourite pub

You spelled Gravediggers wrong.

Buckfast W

Hanley wrote: »

You spelled Gravediggers wrong.

Guinness in the Diggers has gone terrible in the last year or so, sadly its not what it once was, The Boru for a few

Cienciano

Hanley wrote: »

You spelled Gravediggers wrong.

It should be good, but just looks like a tourist trap to me.

newacc2015

Cienciano wrote: »

It should be good, but just looks like a tourist trap to me.

Is it probably one of the most authentic bars in the north of the city. A lot of the locals drink. If you go in there during the winter, there might be a table or two of Germans. But the 50 other people in the bars will be Dubliners

jack presley

newacc2015 wrote: »

Is it probably one of the most authentic bars in the north of the city. A lot of the locals drink. If you go in there during the winter, there might be a table or two of Germans. But the 50 other people in the bars will be Dubliners

Do they still have that tapas bar there? That took some of the authenticity away for me. It's been over a year since I was last there so maybe it's changed now?

Cienciano

newacc2015 wrote: »

Is it probably one of the most authentic bars in the north of the city. A lot of the locals drink. If you go in there during the winter, there might be a table or two of Germans. But the 50 other people in the bars will be Dubliners

Pretty much everyone in the Brian Boru is a Dubliner too

jack presley wrote: »

Do they still have that tapas bar there? That took some of the authenticity away for me. It's been over a year since I was last there so maybe it's changed now?

One half is like a restaurant. The other half looks good, but there's loads of shíte from carrolls of Dublin stuck on the wall.

Ernest

They're not turning it into another Witherspoons are they?

Cienciano

Ernest wrote: »

They're not turning it into another Witherspoons are they?

I wish they were

Lovely Bloke

Ernest wrote: »

They're not turning it into another Witherspoons are they?

unfortunately not

all evidence points to a "fraft" or "fake craft" where the likes of HH13 or Cute Hewer will be pushed to the fore, with token bottles or out of date IPA and english beers in the fridges. A bit like the sister pubs in Coolock and Raheny.

I'll continue to avoid it as I do presently.

harry Bailey esq

Buckfast W wrote: »

Guinness in the Diggers has gone terrible in the last year or so, sadly its not what it once was, The Boru for a few

Guinness from the bar in hedigans is always decent, order a pint of anything from the lounge/food section and you'll make yourself sick.I was in there yesterday for a bite to eat ordered a bottle of Heineken, the tasty looking Polish blonde that served me returned with a warm bottle and a glass of ice. FUPPIN ICE! I caught the eye of the barman(bald chap 30s, decent fella,possibly the manager), and asked if he had one in the fridge, which he did and he brought it over to my table personally.It was chilled to perfection. It didnt taste quite right, i checked the bb date on it which said 06/16! The grub was fine though.

Strumms

never had a bad pint in the diggers it must be said. Also never see it over run with tourists you get the odd couple alright but it is pretty much a well run, decent and authentic local. The only other bars in that whole area that I would frequent on the odd occasions would be the Tolka House where the food is good as is the pint but can lack a little in atmosphere... or up to The Autobahn which is a nice spot although the bar staff can be hit and miss depending who is on and what their prevailing mood is...

surball

Scaffold is down on the porterhouse. Plaster had been repaired and looks good. Not sure if they are doing anything internally.

surball

Strumms wrote: »

never had a bad pint in the diggers it must be said. Also never see it over run with tourists you get the odd couple alright but it is pretty much a well run, decent and authentic local.

Agreed.

budhabob

surball wrote: »

Scaffold is down on the porterhouse. Plaster had been repaired and looks good. Not sure if they are doing anything internally.

The poster did indicate that it was opening in May so we should hear something relatively soon about it. Looking forward to seeing what it now.

Cathmandooo

surball wrote: »

Scaffold is down on the porterhouse. Plaster had been repaired and looks good. Not sure if they are doing anything internally.

They're opening it temporarily as a pop up bar for the Bruce Springsteen gigs, music will be all Springsteen songs

http://www.dailyedge.ie/e-street-inn-glasnevin-bruce-springsteen-2790693-May2016/

Wurzelbert

Cathmandooo wrote: »

They're opening it temporarily as a pop up bar for the Bruce Springsteen gigs, music will be all Springsteen songs

http://www.dailyedge.ie/e-street-inn-glasnevin-bruce-springsteen-2790693-May2016/

yeah, saw that too, what’s happening there? the may opening date seems off anyway...