Site clearance underway at Tuam ALDI site about two-three weeks ago.
Sorry, I didn't see any actual activity, just evidence of site clearance.
Popular city centre restaurant, The Gourmet Offensive, known as TGO, recently announced they’re shutting down due to soaring inflation and the impacts of COVID-19.
The business, which has been at Mary Street in the city centre for 7 years, started in 2005 as a stall at St.Nicholas’ market, selling falafel and fresh salads.
Owner of TGO, Floris Wagemakker, says the decision to close “had to be made” and felt it was “out of their hands” due to the current economic climate.
That's a real shame.
Is it themselves that are doing all the building work on the old b&b out the back of the restaurant or have I got that mixed up.
It's that building alright. Or maybe it's technically separate. Thought they were expanding into it but guess not.
Saw some work being done on the old Marmalade building today. Hopefully something going in
Supposed to be the guys from Harry's, a cafe/Sandwich bar. That's what I heard a cupla months back.
This is a shame. Do you know will the go back to just the Stall on Saturdays in the Market? or they shutting up the whole enterprise?
From their Facebook page, looks like the market going ahead and then announcing something new after the summer. :
Dear valued customers and friends, we feel that this is the right time to share with you that we have decided to close our doors on Mary Street.
After much soul searching and deliberation we've come to the conclusion that it is time for us to end this chapter and start something new.
This was not an easy decision to make, like many small independent family businesses, we have faced unimaginable challenges over the past two and a half years. The current economic climate and supply issues are against us, and the ongoing extensive renovations of our premises are forcing us into a position where we can no longer provide the service and passion for plant based food that we care so deeply about.
We will cease trading on the 24th July.
You haven't seen the last of us! We will not stop creating plant based food in Galway, albeit in a different way to what you've become familiar with, but in a way that feels more true to our developing ethos.
We will be taking the month of August off to reconnect with our family and nature, and we look forward to announcing our new project in the very near future.
Falafel, not chicken, arancini and of course, our chips will still be available in the @stnicolasmarket at the weekends.
We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all of our loyal customers and staff current and past for making the place what it is.
With love,
Flo, Eilo and all the team at TGO
Sorry, I meant Athenry, not Tuam.
Joyces on fr griffin Road appears closed when I drove past, tesco time?.
The website only lists five stores now, not sure if the others (ex Nestor's SuperValu) stores were ever listed.
They are doing staff briefings this week. There is a sign in Joyce's in Doughiska saying the store will be closed for 3 hours from 11am until 2pm on Friday. That may have been the case in Fr Griffin.
Most likely never were as they're all missing there.
Just on Joyces/Tesco's takeover, they've begun meeting with staff and laying out whats going to be happening. What I've heard is the deli's are all going to be gone so no more fresh sandwiches, dinners, cold meats cut to order etc. The shops with butcher counters are going to see massive changes too.
I had wondered about the deli's to be honest. They were a massive driver of business for Joyce in some of the stores e.g. Athenry. There were often 5-6 staff in that deli working flat out making rolls/sandwiches/dinners for hours with long queues.
Once the deli closes in Athenry, if you want lunch, you'll have Mocha beans at the shopping center, the cafe in the mart on mart days (if that ever reopened after covid), the small deli counter in Daybreak and the cafe's up the town, but then customers run into parking issues with those cafes.
No doubt some of the cafe's will see an increase in trade, which will absolutely be welcomed, but overall I'd say there's going to be a lot more packed lunches going to school/work around Athenry.
Id have expected that as Tesco have gone away from all those serviced counters in recent years. Even their formerly decent in-store bakeries now just churn out the ubiquitous Cuisine de France stuff.
The Joyces in Headford has large deli, butcher and bakery areas. Huge layout changes needed there.
Update on this. The new place is going to be called 'Meltd'. As per Marmalade's Instagram today, announcing their own closure officially.
They run the City and its finances so it is a business, but they're not opening or closing but moving. Apparently its current location is too small and no longer fit for purpose.
"The first steps could be taken on Monday to get the ball rolling on a plan for Galway City Council to relocate to Crown Square in Mervue.A proposal from the CEO will be brought to councillors on Monday seeking approval to raise a loan to accommodate the move."
Interesting. Where did you see that?
It's in the news
Joyces Tuam & Athenry have a 25% off clearance sale for the next ten days, exclusions apply
Article on the council move to mervue
I will miss the pizza m from there, while o know they now have a place in Salthill I’d be lazy to go that route on my way home.
i guess Tesco is the meal deal way for lunch . Seriously popular …. So they don’t bother paying staff to do delis
Permanent move I wonder? Or a rental move to the Crown site, demolish and build a modern office building at College Road?
Looks like a permanent move with a view to using the College Rd site for housing and a new library
In terms of costs, looks to be 50 million to move to Mervue, 40 million then to redevelop College Rd, but you'd have to expect a lot of costs to be recouped from the house sales as from the sale of the existing library site (if they own that).
The library is massively constrained in its present site so any move to relocate it to somewhere more suitable is a good result and College Rd is not a bad location in fairness, still pretty central.
Up to 250 social houses to be built on college road grounds.
Unless it's going to be apartments there's no way to fit 250 homes in that site as well as a library and commercial space and even limited parking
Its social housing: there will be no house sales and in that location of course they should primarily be apartments.
I'm not convinced that it's a great location for a city-centre library branch: up a hill, a good walk away from the city centre. Very limited parking.
GBFM
I often thought that the County Council should move their HQ out of the city, and to somewhere in their own area.
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