Opening of "No-Food" pubs pushed out again

MrStuffins

giveitholly wrote: »

That he drinks in a restaurant

Nah, I'd imagine whoever you're talking about drank his pints in a pub, like I did. As there are many many pubs open at the moment!

A pub is a pub. As our friend Hynesie said....

hynesie08 wrote: »

You can also get a pint in the lighthouse cinema and bring it to the movie with you, doesn't make screen 1 a pub

Bunny Colvin

MrStuffins wrote: »

Nah, I'd imagine whoever you're talking about drank his pints in a pub, like I did. As there are many many pubs open at the moment!

A pub is a pub. As our friend Hynesie said....

It depends on what your definition of a pub is. A pub to me is somewhere that you can wander into, sit up at the counter and talk to a random person beside you, without a time limit and without having to order food. Not to mention how every place is closing early now.

Sitting down at a table with the person you've walked in with and waiting for table service - as I experienced last Friday night - kills the soul of the Irish pub. I enjoyed the few pints but I won't be in any rush back. It just isn't the same. It feels like drinking in a Wetherspoons in England, but worse. If that's what some people are into then fair enough but to me, it's a pale shadow of what it was before the pandemic.

MrStuffins

Bunny Colvin wrote: »

It depends on what your definition of a pub is.

Nah, I don't define what a pub is. It's been defined already:

"Noun.
an establishment for the sale of beer and other drinks, and sometimes also food, to be consumed on the premises."

I know it's 2020 and all and there's no such thing as gender and you can apparently identify as a giraffe if you want to, but pubs aren't giraffes. They're pubs!

Bunny Colvin

MrStuffins wrote: »

Nah, I don't define what a pub is. It's been defined already:

"Noun.
an establishment for the sale of beer and other drinks, and sometimes also food, to be consumed on the premises."

I know it's 2020 and all and there's no such thing as gender and you can apparently identify as a giraffe if you want to, but pubs aren't giraffes. They're pubs!

Jesus man, quote the dictionary if you want! But there's more to the word for the average Irish person and I think you know that

MrStuffins

Bunny Colvin wrote: »

Jesus man, quote the dictionary if you want! But there's more to the word for the average Irish person and I think you know that

Or No True Scotsman wha'?

stephenjmcd

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Few of them on this thread. One loves delicious tasty pints

Which one is that? He's not made himself clear.

PTH2009

MrStuffins wrote: »

Remember those blue King pub crisps? Jaysus they were the business!

If I could have a €9 substantial meal of those with some tasty pints I'd be a happy man!

Let's set up a campaign now ha

Went to a wine bar tonight no food needed bottles of whatever beer til 10.30 and out by 11

Scary to see town empty by 11.30. Feel the first day of wet pubs will be like the last day of Rome

Went out tonight. I won't be heading out again for a while. Convoluted ordering procedures.. everyone being super careful.. loss of craic.



Where I was offers a free refill of tea, and my dining partner had ordered a tea. Now bear in mind their whole new system was about preventing people wandering around and going to the bar, guess how you get your free refill of tea? You go to the bar, exchange your cup with a fresh one and use the self service machine beside the bar.



I went to the bathroom and saw that of the 4 sinks 2 were crossed off. Great! Except, the two sinks on the left were open, and the two on the right were blocked off. See attached.



:rolleyes:


Strolling home I passed a pub which offered small but substantial meals for 9.95, according to its window in the menu. I thought, yeah, a pint of Guinness and some cocktail sausages would hit the spot. After being ignored at the bar for about 5 minutes I was told they were closed because the kitchen closes at 9. This was at about 9.30.


I think a side effect of being directed by government the basic things daily, has made many people reliant and frankly stupid. Common sense is gone.



In my teeny weeny rented apartment, the installation of a guinness tap is infeasible but I reckon there are lots of people considering it around the country. If they aren't they should consider it.

dockysher

I'm going give a euro to charity for every time the lad with the mario lad as his picture mentions pubs and guinness on boards in next month. Reckon be a few hundred donation

hynesie08

dockysher wrote: »

I'm going give a euro to charity for every time the lad with the mario lad as his picture mentions pubs and guinness on boards in next month. Reckon be a few hundred donation

You could buy a pub if you did that, and then when pubs are allowed open, treat him to a delicious creamy pint of Guinness.....

Yyhhuuu

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Went out tonight. I won't be heading out again for a while. Convoluted ordering procedures.. everyone being super careful.. loss of craic.



Where I was offers a free refill of tea, and my dining partner had ordered a tea. Now bear in mind their whole new system was about preventing people wandering around and going to the bar, guess how you get your free refill of tea? You go to the bar, exchange your cup with a fresh one and use the self service machine beside the bar.



I went to the bathroom and saw that of the 4 sinks 2 were crossed off. Great! Except, the two sinks on the left were open, and the two on the right were blocked off. See attached.



:rolleyes:


Strolling home I passed a pub which offered small but substantial meals for 9.95, according to its window in the menu. I thought, yeah, a pint of Guinness and some cocktail sausages would hit the spot. After being ignored at the bar for about 5 minutes I was told they were closed because the kitchen closes at 9. This was at about 9.30.


I think a side effect of being directed by government the basic things daily, has made many people reliant and frankly stupid. Common sense is gone.



In my teeny weeny rented apartment, the installation of a guinness tap is infeasible but I reckon there are lots of people considering it around the country. If they aren't they should consider it.

I got the same refill of coffee when in England recently it was a large pub chain. The cup was brought to bar. The meals were half price. Why on earth did the Irish Government not introduce this half price meals. I'm not spending €25 on a single meal in Ireland to get a miserly €5 back. At least the English government are generous to their citizens. The only thing I ever got free was the €100 water conservation grant. Why didnt they give a voucher like that to stimulate the Economy? Plus I dont stay in hotels or b&bs when I holiday, usually hostels. I doubt these will be registered with Failte Ireland.

Atlantic Dawn

One restriction I would like to see is if someone coughed 5 times within 10 minutes they were fooked out of a place on their hole.

Yyhhuuu

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

One restriction I would like to see is if someone coughed 5 times within 10 minutes they were fooked out of a place on their hole.

They definitely should be approached and politely asked to leave and if requested, given a refund. A persistent cough is a strong clinical sign of covid.

Yyhhuuu

Hunky Monster wrote: »

I have to agree with you on the vintners, they've been particularly scummy all through this but c'mon now, free peanuts and taytos? A lot of bars literally sell three things, alcohol, peanuts and taytos and you expect them to give away 2/3 of what they sell...

I never had time for vintners. They used to give away free peanuts and crisps full of salt so you would drink more. Do they still do this?

hetuzozaho

Bunny Colvin wrote: »

It depends on what your definition of a pub is. A pub to me is somewhere that you can wander into, sit up at the counter and talk to a random person beside you, without a time limit and without having to order food. Not to mention how every place is closing early now.

Sitting down at a table with the person you've walked in with and waiting for table service - as I experienced last Friday night - kills the soul of the Irish pub. I enjoyed the few pints but I won't be in any rush back. It just isn't the same. It feels like drinking in a Wetherspoons in England, but worse. If that's what some people are into then fair enough but to me, it's a pale shadow of what it was before the pandemic.

But I'm sure we all agree Wetherspoons is a pub... Or are we saying it's a restaurant?!

Bunny Colvin

hetuzozaho wrote: »

But I'm sure we all agree Wetherspoons is a pub... Or are we saying it's a restaurant?!

I wouldn't class it as a pub in the sense of what we would over here. That's the point.

hetuzozaho

Bunny Colvin wrote: »

I wouldn't class it as a pub in the sense of what we would over here. That's the point.

Oh of course, English pubs are just not the same imo. But I just mean Wetherspoons ain't a restaurant ha!

IAMAMORON

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Maybe factually the case but apart from a few countries most European countries dont have a pub culture like ours, its not comparing like with like and i say that as someone who thinks they should be allowed open

Not really the point either. Cafes open all over France and Belgium. Most port citys are hopping. A pal in Hamburg rang me last night from a busy enough pub.

Huge pub culture in the Uk, arguably bigger than ours, no big deal over there. In fact the UK are well on their way to reversing lockdown.

I keep saying it, the gubbermint are paranoid about open goals. They want to be able to cloak or smother any resurge with a parallel reopening. Thus the schools came first. Furthermore there does appear to be a substantial anti booze lobby going on, which frankly I never noticed in this country before.

IAMAMORON

Yyhhuuu wrote: »

They definitely should be approached and politely asked to leave and if requested, given a refund. A persistent cough is a strong clinical sign of covid.

It might "catch on" alright.

Grand way of having a free night out ?

weldoninhio

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

About time the Vintners got a kicking. And I do realise it is hard for many punters.

But realistically when was the the last time a pub gave you a sandwich or a plate of chips or a packet of Tayto for free pre Covid? Tight assed fecers.

If they ever open again I do hope they will put a plate of Tayto or peanuts or something down to say thanks. But it never happened before so why now?

In and around the last time I was in a pub was for Cheltenham, we got free spice bags after the last race every evening. If I ask for a package of crips in my local, there’s no charge. Maybe it’s just the pubs you frequent, or maybe it’s just you.

If you go to IKEA and drop a few grand on ****e you’ve to put together yourself, you don’t get a bowl of free meatballs. Why would you expect other businesses to give you free stuff??

Coillte_Bhoy

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

About time the Vintners got a kicking. And I do realise it is hard for many punters.

But realistically when was the the last time a pub gave you a sandwich or a plate of chips or a packet of Tayto for free pre Covid? Tight assed fecers.

If they ever open again I do hope they will put a plate of Tayto or peanuts or something down to say thanks. But it never happened before so why now?

Actually it was Sat March 14th, night before lockdown, my local would regularly throw up free food for customers. This 'they' nonsense is just that, the vintners are far from a homogeneous group, in fact id say about 1/3 pubs arent even members of VFI

bush

Deleted User wrote: »

I went to the bathroom and saw that of the 4 sinks 2 were crossed off. Great! Except, the two sinks on the left were open, and the two on the right were blocked off. See attached.



:rolleyes:

Thats funny :pac:

mountgomery burns

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Actually it was Sat March 14th, night before lockdown, my local would regularly throw up free food for customers. This 'they' nonsense is just that, the vintners are far from a homogeneous group, in fact id say about 1/3 pubs arent even members of VFI

This is an important point, I think some people have found it easy to disregard the average small pub owner by labelling them all as part of some perceived nefarious group of lobbyists, with no regard for the general public.

MrStuffins

Yeah we need to move away from thinking of all publicans as some sort of pint-pulling illuminati.

The owner of Cusacks in Doolin isn't sitting around a table with the owner of Buskers every Thursday night singing songs like The Stonecutters!

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

MrStuffins wrote: »

Yeah we need to move away from thinking of all publicans as some sort of pint-pulling illuminati.

The owner of Cusacks in Doolin isn't sitting around a table with the owner of Buskers every Thursday night singing songs like The Stonecutters!

You talk awful shíte.

questionmark?

weldoninhio wrote: »

In and around the last time I was in a pub was for Cheltenham, we got free spice bags after the last race every evening. If I ask for a package of crips in my local, there’s no charge. Maybe it’s just the pubs you frequent, or maybe it’s just you.

If you go to IKEA and drop a few grand on ****e you’ve to put together yourself, you don’t get a bowl of free meatballs. Why would you expect other businesses to give you free stuff??

All depends on the pub. My local will always drop out baskets of hot food (cocktail sausages, chicken wings that kind of thing) during half time of the bigger games. It's not expected but it's appriciated.

Doesn’t be long before it becomes expected though.

Happydays2020

questionmark? wrote: »

All depends on the pub. My local will always drop out baskets of hot food (cocktail sausages, chicken wings that kind of thing) during half time of the bigger games. It's not expected but it's appriciated.

It is a business decision. If you stay for the second half you will have a couple more pints and who knows may make a night of it.

PommieBast

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Huge pub culture in the Uk, arguably bigger than ours, no big deal over there. In fact the UK are well on their way to reversing lockdown.

Even though the government is pushing for people to return to work, a lot of people are taking matters into their own hands and continuing to self-isolate.
My brother reports that though the nurseries are now open, they are now only part-time due to the much reduced customer base.

Furthermore there does appear to be a substantial anti booze lobby going on, which frankly I never noticed in this country before.

The whole government and civil service seems to fail to understand that people want and need to get on with their lives. If the situation today is going to remain much the same until late-2021 or 2022 as claimed in the Mirror, I am simply going to spend that time over in the UK. Least I can get on with things there.

freak scence

kerry publicans marching on dail next Wednesday fair ****s to them