Against the Grain was open over the weekend. So don't think that's right.
It seems to be hanging on all right, though apparently there is another company ready to take over the lease.
Would be great if they kept things roughly the same but just not run by Galway Bay.
Nah, it's going to be an Asian restaurant, I'm told.
Interesting as they only renovated it last year, and not for the better, either imho.
Might be a long shot, but I am assuming there are few to no venues / off licenses worth going to very close to Croke Park? Am up for work soon and staying close by, but am not fussed for the 30+ min walk to head into town-town for the likes of Craft Central, Underdog, Fidelity et al in the evening (public transport is not much quicker)
As an aside, I don't think Underdog actually state on their Instagram their address… so going off Google that it is indeed 199 King St N, Rotunda, Dublin 1, D07 PR5X.
Cat and Cage, Juno are the best options probably
Where's Juno? Haven't been to cat and cage in years, didn't know they had a good craft offering now. They do good pizza now too, right?
former Red Parrot on Dorset Street, just a little over the bridge - not sure how good or not the craft offering is, but it'll be more than the two taps in McGraths (O'Haras and Galway Hooker; and one of the staff appears to lipread O'Haras as Carlsberg!)
Ah yeah, I know the one now.
Martins in Fairview is about 10/15 minute walk from Croke Park
The Big Romance is a good spot, only 5 mins walk to Croke Park
20 minute walk.
I've done it plenty of times.
Thanks - we'll see how work goes and if I'm up to the walks out and about.
Here's a question for those more knowledgable than I...
I noticed Tesco have significantly different prices on gargle depending on whether or not the customer has a Clubcard; would the recent rule change about discounts on achohol not apply here?
No axe to grind one way or the other, just curious.
I remember my local offie having to do away with their loyalty scheme when all this came in and I was devastated ;)
Can't answer the legal question, but Lidl have been doing the same for months with wine with Lidl Plus. In both stores, they don't count for the points or x of €xx spend.
I think it's allowed because the discounts are available to anyone with a club card/app and they don't contribute to points schemes. There's no "rewarding" if that makes sense.
After several pre-match pints maybe it just feels like 5 minutes to me 😅
Oh I know.
As a Limerick fan I have become a bit of an expert on the walk to Croke Park in recent times 🤣
It's a bit like the late-night pricing in pubs vs the happy hour ban: putting the price up for some people is legal, nay encouraged. As long as the Clubcard price is above MUP, it's legal. Discounts are only illegal when you have to buy more alcohol to get them.
So, in most bars, beer is considerably cheaper if you buy a pint rather than a half pint. Could this be illegal?
Nope, because it's a different product, not a cheaper version of the same product. Like how multipacks in the supermarket are cheaper per can than buying individually: it's allowed because it's a different SKU. Breaking the spirit of the law, I guess, but not the letter.
Ah, I had hoped that this thing I've been banging on about for years may finally have some standing in law. The price charged in some places for a half pint is outrageous compared to the price of a pint of the same beer!
you’d think that discrepancy along with the high price of NA and soft drinks in bars would have been the first measures implemented by those who are so concerned for the nations health.
I picked up a can of Rascals’ Strawberry Milkshake IPA. I noticed it has a logo indicating it is vegan friendly, but the ingredients list mentions lactose. I had thought lactose was derived from milk sugars. Is there such a thing as vegan lactose, or am I just putting my ignorance on show for everyone?
There's lab efforts to make it, but that's just mislabeled
I posted something similar before about the Sailor Sam lager. It states it's gluten free but the ingredients include gluten 🤔.
And in fact, it’s a Strawberry Shake IPA, no “milk” in the name. So couple that with a vegan friendly logo and lactose noted in tiny print, might be an unfortunate surprise for a vegan who picked it up!
Would imagine the standard can template has the vegan friendly logo and someone forgot to take it off. Happens to the best of us, I forgot to list salt on a gose label once. 😅
Tbf listing something as being free of a particular allergen is serious enough if it's incorrect.
