Nancys Gone Quiet?

brendanwalsh

Reputable Rog wrote: »

How much are you willing to bet?

100 euro.

Reputable Rog

brendanwalsh wrote: »

100 euro.

I'll take it, send me the money via Western Union.

brendanwalsh

Reputable Rog wrote: »

I'll take it, send me the money via Western Union.

Grand. Do you want a mod to hold the money from both parties In escrow or use a smart contract ?

Sittingpretty

Reputable Rog wrote: »

I'll take it, send me the money via Western Union.

Surely given your chronic old fogeyism carrier pigeon would be more apt?

Reputable Rog

Sittingpretty wrote: »

Surely given your chronic old fogeyism carrier pigeon would be more apt?

I'm not the old fogey he's referring to. It's worth noting that he thinks that a major international musician is heading up a crime syndicate on the Hyde Road so I wouldn't read too much into his analysis.

Sittingpretty

Reputable Rog wrote: »

I'm not the old fogey he's referring to. It's worth noting that he thinks that a major international musician is heading up a crime syndicate on the Hyde Road so I wouldn't read too much into his analysis.

Ah I was only joking I’m an aul wan myself, probably more of a fogey than anyone here.

I was just kidding.

Won’t lie though. Am INTRIGUED by the international musician/Hyde road conspiracy theory!

Townie_P

tommy249 wrote: »

Is 101 not owned by the same crowd that own Icon and Smyths?

It is. The owner of Pharmacia is also involved in it afaik. And by all accounts the same nonsense is going on at the door that was the norm at Smyths. Cracking venue designed by Chris McCreedy Design, just a pity about those running it.

Nancy's needs to reinvent itself. It hasn't moved with the times and it isn't Costello's so it won't get away with it. If they put a bit of money and thought in to it they'll be fine.

Treepole

The biggest problem people seem to have with Nancys is that it's too packed, so surely less people going there will in turn make it more attractive.

munsterdevil

Way better off going to a proper bar/pub.

Mother Macs, Myles Breen’s, The White House, Fennesseys etc. are great pubs with a great pint and none of this queuing nonsense.

On my way home after the Munster Leinster game on the 29th I saw queues outside Nancy’s and 101 stretching down the street. Why would you waste 30 mins of your life waiting to go into a place where you’ll be wedged instead of going to another bar where there is comfort and quality drinks?

BoardAtWork

munsterdevil wrote: »

Way better off going to a proper bar/pub.

Mother Macs, Myles Breen’s, The White House, Fennesseys etc. are great pubs with a great pint and none of this queuing nonsense.

On my way home after the Munster Leinster game on the 29th I saw queues outside Nancy’s and 101 stretching down the street. Why would you waste 30 mins of your life waiting to go into a place where you’ll be wedged instead of going to another bar where there is comfort and quality drinks?

Nancy's is a proper pub though. Don't let the crowd in there on the weekends confuse that. Its a great spot for a few quiet afternoon drinks.

Stab*City

Cookiemunster wrote: »

I don't head into town too often these days, but I used to be a regular and always found the bouncers to be grand in Nancy's. Especially compared to the crowd across the road in Smyths.

What did you do to get on their bad side?

Nothing I've only been in there a handful of times. Last time was at our work Christmas party. 15 of us. 1 non drinker who was stopped for being too drunk. When the other 14 drunk out of their minds people had a fit he was let in.

munsterdevil

BoardAtWork wrote: »

Nancy's is a proper pub though. Don't let the crowd in there on the weekends confuse that. Its a great spot for a few quiet afternoon drinks.

It is, from Sunday to Thursday evening. I actually don’t mind going there then, quality of pints leaves a lot to be desired though

BoardAtWork

munsterdevil wrote: »

It is, from Sunday to Thursday evening. I actually don’t mind going there then, quality of pints leaves a lot to be desired though

With the quietening down of it over the last few months, its even a decent place on a Friday/Saturday night again. I was never a fan of it because of how busy it was, but it's a lot better nowadays.

Stab*City

munsterdevil wrote: »

Why would you waste 30 mins of your life waiting to go into a place where you’ll be wedged instead of going to another bar where there is comfort and quality drinks?

One word... Women

dominatinMC

munsterdevil wrote: »

It is, from Sunday to Thursday evening. I actually don’t mind going there then, quality of pints leaves a lot to be desired though

Absolutely piss compared to the likes of Mother Macs up the road, or Myles Breens/Flannerys of Shannon Street. Before they go about "re-inventing" themselves or renovating the toilets, they would badly want to sort out their taps! All being said, the front bar (when relatively quiet) is a lovely spot

Stab*City

dominatinMC wrote: »

All being said, the front bar (when relatively quiet) is a lovely spot

Best thing about this room was the bar lady. My god.

Last time I was in there was full of dyed blonde 40 something soccer moms and local "businessmen". What anyone sees in these places is beyond me.

munsterdevil

Stab*City wrote: »

One word... Women

And men

topper75

Stab*City wrote: »

One word... Women

Dunno.
I never got chatted up in Nancys.

And I'm a fine looking lad like.

James McNulty

Was in Nancys over the weekend. I have to say it's a shadow of it's former self. Very quiet and those that were there wouldn't have been allowed in there before it went quiet.
Pints are still muck.

dominatinMC

James McNulty wrote: »

Was in Nancys over the weekend. I have to say it's a shadow of it's former self. Very quiet and those that were there wouldn't have been allowed in there before it went quiet.
Pints are still muck.

I haven't been in there myself yet this year, but I've heard similar reports to yours. I think Nancys will be fine in the long run, it is something of a Limerick institution afterall. However, it is no harm for them to get a wake-up call, they had a monopoly on the market for long enough and never really did anything about that, other than abuse their position! I was walking around the Milk Market last weekend, and passed Nancys on the way up town, and can't understand how they never bought and extended into that old building beside their "outback".

mdmix

dominatinMC wrote: »

I haven't been in there myself yet this year, but I've heard similar reports to yours. I think Nancys will be fine in the long run, it is something of a Limerick institution afterall. However, it is no harm for them to get a wake-up call, they had a monopoly on the market for long enough and never really did anything about that, other than abuse their position! I was walking around the Milk Market last weekend, and passed Nancys on the way up town, and can't understand how they never bought and extended into that old building beside their "outback".

they already own it. i was chatting with one of the bar staff a while back and he said they looked at a few different ways of extending in without applying for new planning/change of use. the fire officer told them its listed as a warehouse and can only be used for storage. id like to see it renovated or something happen but its likely to remain empty for a long time

dominatinMC

mdmix wrote: »

they already own it. i was chatting with one of the bar staff a while back and he said they looked at a few different ways of extending in without applying for new planning/change of use. the fire officer told them its listed as a warehouse and can only be used for storage. id like to see it renovated or something happen but its likely to remain empty for a long time

Never realised they own it. Sounds like they'll have to pull the wallet out and invest in it so to renovate it. Should have been done years ago in fairness. Everyone rammed into the outback was a farce at times.

Cookiemunster

mdmix wrote: »

they already own it. i was chatting with one of the bar staff a while back and he said they looked at a few different ways of extending in without applying for new planning/change of use. the fire officer told them its listed as a warehouse and can only be used for storage. id like to see it renovated or something happen but its likely to remain empty for a long time

Yeah, I think the plans were along the lines of putting the bar into the warehouse and using the area of the current outback bar as a stage for bands and to put a restaurant upstairs. Obviously all came to nothing.

mdmix

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Yeah, I think the plans were along the lines of putting the bar into the warehouse and using the area of the current outback bar as a stage for bands and to put a restaurant upstairs. Obviously all came to nothing.

maybe if the opera center gets going it might spur investment in nancys, but its hard to see them spending any real money anytime soon