Opening of "No-Food" pubs pushed out again

dominatinMC wrote: »

Yes, some have, but absence makes the heart grow fonder too. Many are craving for a return to pubs, but no doubt you have issue with this, as you seem determined to see them fail. I can imagine that the latest government news about longer opening hours will come as a blow to your aspirations, but that really doesn't excuse indulging in this kind of rhetoric :rolleyes:

You're wrong there I don't want them to fail but that's the way it's going for many of them. More of a prediction than a wish as I like a pint or two out normally.

Eric Cartman wrote: »

Id welcome more of a separation.

I love my pure drink pubs, no kids or faffing about with staff taking time to deliver food to tables, a turf fire, sociable bar man and people just there to converse and drink.

Im also looking forward to the possibility of real nightclubs able to remain open till 4-5am like on the continent.

this business of having to faff about with licences ruining a good pub by turning it in to a 'late bar' with a band is a bit crap.

I just want to go to a great non food pub till 1am and then on to a club till its bright out, not a meal in sight.

You will be waiting until Nov/Dec at the earliest or more likely sometime in 2022 for any chance of that to even be considered.

Like many the weekly zoom quiz and a few cans on a Friday or Saturday night is the closest to social drinking im getting and i can't wait to get back to the pubs even if it means i'll be spending more money. I could get 5/6 pint bottles of beer for under €20 in the OL but its just not the same

It's not just for the drinking its for the social aspect, getting out of the house for a few hours, a few for/after a match and just the spontaneity of it all. Having to book time slots and get the food irks me a bit, the same with the outdoor drinking because it can be quite difficult to get a space somewhere, as i said earlier the spontaneity is gone . Love a few pre/post gig pints sometimes the atmosphere is great

It's crazy this time last year lockdowns and pub closures was the furthest things from our minds. Bloody hell Cheltenham week last year nobody was anticipating that days later Pubs would be closed

Eric Cartman wrote: »

I know , Its been so long now I've even made a list of all my favourite non food pubs for the week long bender I'm going on to celebrate the end of lockdown.

You might be drawing the pension at that stage at the rate things are movin

HBC08 wrote: »

I can understand lads getting pints of Guinness.I know a good few in Dublin doing it,why would you order pints of Heineken or worse (coors) from your local?
Pints/cans of Coors are less than half the price in your local petrol station and still taste like sh1te.

Got to have something to boost about and be called a legend for the Facebook/Instagram/tik tok posts etc

Yeah if your a none guinness drinker cans/bottles way better and at half the price too. Id consider take away pints if i drinking in a park or something like that

dominatinMC wrote: »

Never knew Micheal Martin was on Boards

I`d say you must be fairly thirsty.

dominatinMC wrote: »

Reading your pathetic reponses is more satisfying than quenching any thirst :cool:

OK Mary lou........

(see how ridiculous this game is)

Kunta Kinte wrote: »

Don`t feed the troll.

Ah, I wouldn't be putting Mary lou up for miss universe, but troll is a bit harsh......

She's only under a bridge if there's a securicor delivery due.

ShyMets wrote: »

I'd murder a clatter of pints right now

I would absolutely love to be in a night club right now dancing.

Kunta Kinte wrote: »

As do I when I read 99.99% of your posts. They contain nothing but absolutely hilarious BS so I suppose I should be grateful for that. Anyway off to bed now. By all means keep on posting your ****e all night long if you want. It will give me something to have a laugh at when I log on to the site again.

:eek: So 0.01% of my posts aren't "absolutely hilarious BS". I suppose that's more than can be said of yours

A fine afternoon and more expected this weekend, where in Dublin doing takeaway?? until we wait for the beer gardens/no food pubs to reopen...

doublejobbing 2 wrote: »

UK pubs not to fully re open until June 21st. Absolutely zero chance of our clowns overtaking them regardless of case numbers.

At this stage I'd be more inclined to follow the UK progress, if they can speed up this date as the vaccines increase that is a better marker than anything our fools will come out with.

The UK won't be too far behind Israel at some stage soon, if they re open faster then staying closed simply cannot be justified.

They are way ahead of most countries in terms of vaccine rollout. Why would our leaders be clowns for not reopening faster than them when we are behind in vaccination percentage? Wouldn’t that be the sensible approach (if we’re assuming that the UK is taking the right approach).