Kranks Korner.

Chong

I was just wondering is this place still open and does anyone go there cause when I was a kid I always wanted to go there but parents thought it was a dive.

Pacifico

Yes its still open, never been there and i dont think i ever will!

Chong

I always thought the food looked good as in when my friends would get some.

billy the squid

Last time i was in there i found that the food had gone to the dogs. They used to do a nice chili chip but alas the quality of their chips has gone downhill since.

limerick_man

what/ where is it?

Pacifico

Its a fast food place. Dont know what the street is called. Next to william street....

opposite the small xtravision in town

scuba steve

On Thomas Street, next to Brown Thomas. Ya its still open

Pacifico

On a side note the quality of fast food/food in the city is terrible!

The Lopper

Used go there a lot, but the quality of food has bombed in recent years

Chong

Great to get an interesting view on the place I for on hated it when they closed down burgerland.

limerick_man

Pacifico wrote:

On a side note the quality of fast food/food in the city is terrible!

Haha, Limerick is famous for food! The Limerick Good Food Circle, and other stuff like that has put us on the map for food.
Even that Shaws Ham ad says, "William Shaw opened his shop in the cntre of Limerick to sell..." Or something along those lines!
Its funny, but some places i'd agree with ya, but Chicken Hut ... thats like the god!

billy the squid

yeah but i would find it hard to believe that fast food take aways do the whole Limerick Food Circle thing.

scuba steve

Pacifico said the fast food isnt great, the other food/restaurants etc. are top notch around the city

Chong

Very true but nothing beats donkeys that place rules. I was telling my mate last week they did battered mars bars , so naturally he went in asked do they sell mars bars and the woman serving said no. He said then that I told him they do battered mars bars, she in turn said they do but u have to have ure own mars bar, and then he whipped six mars bars out lol . So she battered and he asked how much so she laughed, its free dont worry about it. How sound is that ,good old donkeys eh.

scuba steve

Ya Donkeys are great allrite

Amazotheamazing

Where is fast food ever good? Fast food can only be eaten drunk, and even then you need to be pretty drunk.

BobTheBeat

Have to agree, the place has become a bit of a dive in the past few years. Any time I pass by it at night,there's some agro outside :eek:

limerick_man

Chicken Hut
BurgerKing
Luigis
Donkeys

I'd say we arnt doing too bad!

radioman

Oh man I wouldn't go anywhere near the chicken hut, I know some people that work there and they are not the cleanest people in the world to say the least

Theres a place on high street, casa novas I think, does the best kebabs I have ever had

We have some great chippers though, Luigis and Lobster Pot do cracking chips, but the Lobster Pot is quite expensive i think

spinalsly

oooooooh luigis is just soooo good, pity its not in the city centre instead of arsing my way all the way up there

scuba steve

casa novas are lovely, as are lobster pots chips

Pacifico

Ok if you were working in the city centre where would you go for lunch lets say?

Granted there are lots of good Chipers in the city apart from that options are limited imo

limerick_man

There are hundreds of cafe/bistro/crepery/bagel style places, plus countless places that do carvery, plus every pub will serve ya a sandwich and every shop will feed u these days too.
You just need to look around!

sioda

I am astounded to think that yeea re talking about Fast food in the city and yee forgot about Papa Ginos Pizza on Denmark Street nothing better before a feed of arthurs.

Also for lunch in this town The Wild Onion on High street

scuba steve

Thats the AMerican p,lace isnt it? thats pretty nice in there

sioda

Indeed it is great american food and the staff are great Craic

Chong

Its called "The Wild Onion" I think its run by Ruth and sometimes its called Ruths.

sioda

Its run by Ruth and Bob a couple from Chicago

scuba steve

Dont get on Ruths bad side, she can be very cranky. Sound out tho usually

grumpypaddy

kranks used to be THE place to go for fast food in the late 80s / early 90/s when it really was a very small shop on the corner!! around the time that supermacs opened in town, they expanded and in my opinion it lost the homely taste that it used to have, ie you could see the food being cooked and it was put together properly , not just pre made stuff like the bigger fast food outlets. a few years ago, the local people who owned it sold up and it is now owned by wimpeys... and it doesnt taste as good as it used to!

MikeTyson

ya it doesnt taste as good as it used to, but its still alright better than macky d's and them places. chicken hut is nice but it after eating a ****load of food there ud still b hungry 4 sum reason. i usually eat in the golden grill or get a takeaway from the yellow road

The Lopper

Yeah, Papa Gino's on Denmark st is lovely, but the buggar doesn't open till late-ish. Fave chipper is Luigi's opposite the Railway Station

billy the squid

MikeTyson wrote:

ya it doesnt taste as good as it used to, but its still alright better than macky d's and them places. chicken hut is nice but it after eating a ****load of food there ud still b hungry 4 sum reason. i usually eat in the golden grill or get a takeaway from the yellow road

a chemical called MSG is the cause of you feeling hungry after eating loads of food at these fast food restaurants. MSG makes you feel temporarily full until you leave. then your hungry again.

Kingslea

Chong wrote: »

I was just wondering is this place still open and does anyone go there cause when I was a kid I always wanted to go there but parents thought it was a dive.

Well Kranks Korner is still open, but the original people sold it back in 2003 to Wimpy, it now belongs to Supermacs and is run as a Supermacs. Pity that the original people left it. But then there were some desperate thugs around the town, so I'm not surprised. Guess sometimes people have enough!!
Your parents were wrong about it being a dive. It was one of the first places in Limerick to implement food safety. Never judge a book by the cover, I think that the huge numbers of people who used go in to it spoke for itself.

source

Wow, this is the zombiest zombie thread I've ever seen.

Also Kranks isn't still open, different restaurant completely.

Clareman

Zombie thread with inaccurate information, so closing