Cafe Bars?

Cianos

What think ye of the speculation of Ireland getting cafe-bar type licenses?

LadyJ

yes

simu

Hey they might be fun if the music isn't really loud like in most pubs. Don't know if they'll have much of an impact on the nation's drinking, though.

Cianos

I think it would be great. Its about time Irish people realised alcohol isnt just there to be abused

Sarky

Cianos wrote:

I think it would be great. Its about time Irish people realised alcohol isnt just there to be abused

That bottle was asking for it. They all are, the little sluts.

Cianos

Sarky wrote:

That bottle was asking for it. They all are, the little sluts.

Oi! Take it outside, this is a cafe ye know.

CerebralCortex

Relax lads ok or you will be asked to leave. Leave the bottle of bud alone.

funky penguin

/me kicks small pebble.

He started it....

Kernel

It can only be good for bringing down alcohol prices.

The again... didn't have that effect in Paris!

ziggy

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kstanl

ziggy67 wrote:

Can't see it working.
Opening more pubs (even if they sell food and call themselves "cafe-bars") will not stop binge drinking.

It won't stop it. All it will do essentially is segregate the binge drinkers from the more subdued, social drinkers.

ziggy67 wrote:

And i would seriously doubt it will lead to cheaper prices. They will still have to pay for the premises,staff and overheads with less customers than a pub.

Yes, but the pubs will lose customers also. The market will be opening right up to competition so prices can only go down really.

bringitdown

It will service the small market of those who do not want to get bollixed but would enjoy a quiet drink.

/cracks open a can/

Fevered discussion here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2884597#post2884597

MooShop

not sure if it will work, some pubs serve food as well, it will be interesting to see how it works out though

Blisterman

What exactly are cafe bars anyway?

BizzyC

In fairness, d'you really think that all the inner city scumbags will be relaxing in a cafe-bar, having one or two, or going to the offy for a six pack of dutch.

toiletduck

"Are you heading to a cafe bar?"

That just doesnt sound right! Give me a pub any day!

meditraitor

I reckon this is a great idea, nice little cafes selling decent grub and beer, sometimes the pub can be a bit much, somewhere to chill fo a few, the more the merrier I say

rubadub

Blisterman wrote:

What exactly are cafe bars anyway?

Thank christ somebody else is wondering this. I have been looking and can't find out what it is anywhere. I ask anybody who has mentioned them to me and they never have a clue. Obviously they are going to need a legal definition of what a cafe is. How can they do this and stop people taking the piss.

"You must have wicker deck chairs and sell at least 10 varities of cakes...."
No matter what the definition is I am sure any new pub could pass the "cafe" test easily.

I think more pub (ehhmm cafe) licences is a good thing, dealing in pub licences, like taxi licences is the same as ticket touting in my book. All the taxi men who paid over the odds were pissed off when more became available and so are the publicans now, fuk em, fuk em all. It is like a ticket tout who buys up a bunch of tickets above face value to sell on at a huge profit, only to see the gig cancelled. If my share prices or house price plummets I cant go running crying to my mammy government saying I should get compo like the taxi men tried.

I do think drink prices will fall, they are making huge profits now, there is not much competition as pubs are jammed at weekends so it is a bit of a cartel. The overheads will be reduced since the licence will be cheaper.

If they want to reduce the binge drinking get rid of enforced closing hours, are they really that blind to this simple solution?? and i am paying these gobsh!tes

IANOC

binge drinking...............the irish?.................no way