New Businesses opening in Dublin 15

January · 14-04-2018 05:51PM

ongarboy wrote: »

Esquires Coffee opening in Blanchardstown next month according to their website. Doesn't give location so not sure if it's the SC or village.

Also Ireland's first drive thru Insomnia and a Chopped outlet join Maxol at their Ballycoolin Service Station

https://bizplus.ie/maxol-opens-insomnia-drive-through/

The Chopped has been there since it opened as was Insomnia, just the drive-through has been added.

OldMrBrennan83 · 14-04-2018 05:54PM

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BabysCoffee · 15-04-2018 08:33AM

Looking forward to Krispy Kremes arrival.
Though I always thought the Budda Bar would make a great site for a Cheesecake Factory

January · 15-04-2018 05:41PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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Sorry, was there a few months ago and the chopped was there so assumed it had always been there.

JupiterKid · 16-04-2018 08:34PM

It seems to me that the Dublin 15 area and Blanchardstown have grown so much in the past 15 years that the centre can barely cope with the expanded population. It needs expanding/extending but I dont know how that'll be done.

All the surrounding car parks should now be muiltstorey. As it is, it's a waste of good land and potential space for the centre to expand.

The kiosks are a bad idea. The centre is rammed with people and kiosks will only make it worse. This looks like a cheap tactic for the owners to increase rental revenue with the minimum capital outlay.

BabysCoffee · 17-04-2018 08:26PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

It seems to me that the Dublin 15 area and Blanchardstown have grown so much in the past 15 years that the centre can barely cope with the expanded population. It needs expanding/extending but I dont know how that'll be done.

All the surrounding car parks should now be muiltstorey. As it is, it's a waste of good land and potential space for the centre to expand.

The kiosks are a bad idea. The centre is rammed with people and kiosks will only make it worse. This looks like a cheap tactic for the owners to increase rental revenue with the minimum capital outlay.

Another shopping centre needs to be built........

ongarboy · 18-04-2018 04:48AM

Newbridge silverware relocating to Red Mall and as earlier advised, afkoining unit Ann Summers is closing down. I wonder is that part of a tactic by the crntr to market a new enlarged unit?

On a side note, I was in Blanch after 8pm for the first time ever on a Monday night last and apart from cinema and restaurants, only Dunnes and Penney's were open ....and Ann Summers! I wonder why it was the only small high Street chain open. Is it that some of its clientele only feel comfortable shopping there when it's more discreet? :-)

ClubDead · 18-04-2018 11:59AM

ongarboy wrote: »

Newbridge silverware relocating to Red Mall and as earlier advised, afkoining unit Ann Summers is closing down. I wonder is that part of a tactic by the crntr to market a new enlarged unit?

On a side note, I was in Blanch after 8pm for the first time ever on a Monday night last and apart from cinema and restaurants, only Dunnes and Penney's were open ....and Ann Summers! I wonder why it was the only small high Street chain open. Is it that some of its clientele only feel comfortable shopping there when it's more discreet? :-)

Ann Summers is closing already? is that there even a year? :eek:

daymobrew · 19-04-2018 11:18AM

ClubDead wrote: »

Ann Summers is closing already? is that there even a year? :eek:

From my records it opened in June 2017.
http://www.blanchcentrehistory.com/2017/06/ann-summers/

ClubDead · 19-04-2018 12:59PM

daymobrew wrote: »

From my records it opened in June 2017.
http://www.blanchcentrehistory.com/2017/06/ann-summers/

wow :eek: it did seem like a odd choice for such a public area. I'm no prude but it didn't seem like the most appropriate place for it.

Hilly Bill · 19-04-2018 08:09PM

ClubDead wrote: »

wow :eek: it did seem like a odd choice for such a public area. I'm no prude but it didn't seem like the most appropriate place for it.

Why? Should it have been down a dark alley somewhere?

L1011 · 19-04-2018 09:17PM

There was one there in the past also, closed due to public protest. The country has matured enough to have them on main streets and main shopping centres

ClubDead · 20-04-2018 11:59AM

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Why? Should it have been down a dark alley somewhere?

yup!

Seve OB · 20-04-2018 12:03PM

I never even noticed it was there!

magentis · 20-04-2018 03:15PM

Disappointed to hear this tbh.I often went in here to buy a few things and had great Craic with the staff.They were always well up for a laugh.

ongarboy · 26-06-2018 09:55AM

The old Xtravision unit between the new Krispy Kreme development and the McDonalds drive-thru is to be subdivided into two new cafes and restaurants according to a planning application with Fingal County Council.

Gavin "shels" · 26-06-2018 08:08PM

ongarboy wrote: »

The old Xtravision unit between the new Krispy Kreme development and the McDonalds drive-thru is to be subdivided into two new cafes and restaurants according to a planning application with Fingal County Council.

Not that big of a unit - will do well to fit those in.

username copied · 26-06-2018 08:28PM

I have heard one of the new units will be selling sushi.

LorelaiG · 27-06-2018 11:06AM

username copied wrote: »

I have heard one of the new units will be selling sushi.

Can't wait if so!

ongarboy · 28-06-2018 09:07AM

The mind still boggles that with the burrito craze in Ireland, not one is open in D15 yet we can support 497 Chinese takeaways in our post code! Surely Boojum or Saburrito or one of the chains could see how lucrative it would be to locate one in Blanch. One of these Xtravision units would be perfect as burrito bars are generally not that big as a lot of their trade is takeaway.

miamee · 28-06-2018 09:10AM

I think the Boojum truck did well when it was positioned outside the blue entrance of the shopping centre for a few days earlier this year so maybe they will be back. I'm also at a loss to understand the huge burrito craze though

jeffk · 28-06-2018 10:11AM

I love Mexican food, so be glad of more or any of it being sold in the centre

Only problem herself wont eat it, so back to why isn't there a food court

LorelaiG · 28-06-2018 01:52PM

jeffk wrote: »

I love Mexican food, so be glad of more or any of it being sold in the centre

Only problem herself wont eat it, so back to why isn't there a food court

I wish more shopping centres would embrace the food court idea, would be so much better if people could choose what they wanted and then just sit together.

OldMrBrennan83 · 30-06-2018 06:31AM

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oblivious · 30-06-2018 07:18AM

Patww79 wrote: »

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I believe that they rain out of water,

OldMrBrennan83 · 30-06-2018 07:19AM

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L1011 · 01-07-2018 12:35PM

oblivious wrote: »

I believe that they rain out of water,

Yet had to be given a closure order rather than just closing themselves

AlanG · 02-07-2018 01:18PM

L1011 wrote: »

Yet had to be given a closure order rather than just closing themselves

Yea, They were closed by the FSAI because they kept serving food even when they didn't have appropriate facilities to clean. Pretty shoddy standards - closure orders are not made lightly.
It has put me off going to their shops in town as management have that attitude to food safety regulations.

ongarboy · 03-08-2018 04:56PM

http://www.blanchardstowncentre.ie/carraig-d

Carraig Donn opening in the SC

ongarboy · 09-08-2018 05:42PM

Blanchardstown centre has been cleared for a renovation to 'bring it in line' with rivals - Fora (via TheJournal.ie) - https://fora.ie/blanchardstown-shopping-centre-fountain-4169824-Aug2018/

Not quite new businesses but an article on plans for upgrade of Blanch SC. Farewell water fountain and travelators!!

New Businesses opening in Dublin 15

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