Nice addition to the city…
new vape shop open in briarhill, where Mr Han Chinese gadget shop was
Do they own the factory out in Carnmore too or is that a different Divilly?
I was in there on Saturday and Audrey did say friday is their last day. They are sailing off into the sunset. Its a big loss, they were more expensive than most other butchers but you couldn't fault the quality.
Its great that they get to leave on their own terms. Hopefully the staff will find work quickly.
I cant see this on sm, is there a public announcement yet?
Not gonna happen in the current premises.
"Magpie call themselves a bakery. They make bread. But they make wider range of pastries, and do it very well (better than the bread). However they are chronically incapable of speeding up the customer service: The queue often stretches well out into the mall, and you can be 15+ minutes getting a lovely-but-very-expensive pastry."
Is the queue by accident or design? Or a bit of both?
"Underlying this consumer behaviour is the psychological principle of social desirability, that is people imitating others behaviour or the ‘herd instinct’. According to Katharina Kuehn, director of RDG insights, ‘a crowd will always draw a crowd.’ This works best in a lifestyle or occasion category like waiting for a croissant, not a functional category where a queue can act as a deterrent to customers."
The art of queuing: Marketing dream or nightmare | T2 2016 MPK732 MARKETING MANAGEMENT (CLUSTER B)
They need a separate counter for coffee .
None of that is weird and there are inaccuracies too.
Bridie Murphy's is grand, a step up from O'Connor's and O'Hehirs but not exactly exciting. Bakebox is bang average.
Both Petit Delice and C'est la Vie make bread, pastries and have savoury options. Petit Delice also have cakes.
Magpie is a bakery, why the need for "call themselves" I'll never know. They're slow due to people ordering coffee and the amount of people who are extremely slow ordering. The space isn't big enough for the demand, it's simple.
It's a bit weird.
BakeBox and Bridie Murphy's are bakeries. They bake bread, buns, cakes etc - and do it very well.
Petit Delice and C'est la «what'sIt» are patisseries. They make pastries - and do it very well. The latter also make breads, in a very white-bread kind of way.
Magpie call themselves a bakery. They make bread. But they make wider range of pastries, and do it very well (better than the bread). However they are chronically incapable of speeding up the customer service: The queue often stretches well out into the mall, and you can be 15+ minutes getting a lovely-but-very-expensive pastry.
ALL of them leave the beloved Griffins and Goyas in the dust. Their staff don't look miserable like Griffins did, or change jobs as often as the ones in Goyas. And there's still O'Connors for the more-traditional taste buds.
We've never been better fed!
Disappointed with Bakebox the few times I have tried it, which is a shame because they did a great job kitting out the bakery and making it look inviting. Its Magpie or nothing for me and that means it usually nothing because Magpie always run out of stock.
Totally, you could smell the meat was dodgy. It would fail the sniff test once you got it home
Cowboy stuff
https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/shop-fined-4000-for-keeping-rotten-meat/26439074.html
With Joyce's gone be glad you survived if you shopped there regularly.
Pulled from dunnes due to the proposed in store location being beside a waste water point or so I have been told by people that work there
Whatever happened to the proposed (and announced) James Whelan Butchers outlet in Dunnes Knocknacarra?
It was supposed to open by the end of 2023. it even got as far signage - and then seemed to die a death.
The West / Knocknacarra could do with a good butchers. Joyces butchers gone, now Divillys ..
Wow, that's a big loss for my dinners
Divillys butchers in the Westside will close next week. Owners (Martin and Audrey) retiring and informing customers today.
The coffee in C'est la Vie is very good. I prefer it to Petit Delice on that score.
A much smaller range of pastries but I think comparable in quality.
C'est la Vie is grand, a step down from Petit Delice to my mind but an option. Bakebox is poor enough really, I don't consider it if I need baked goods.
Ever try the French bakery spun off from Rogue in Terryland? Lovely stuff. Also Bakebox got new signage for anyone who hasn't managed to find it yet.
Former newsagent in Dominick Street. Former laundry in Prospect hill. Both complete. And I'm sure there are others I've not spotted.
Planning apps up to do similar in Des Kavanagh Electrical, and also the back of Griffins bakery in Middle St: this was fitted out as new shops, but they've never tenanted.
In a similar vein, the former bike shop in the Cornstore is now an insurance broker, and a shop in Corrib Court shopping centre is an Axa office. And the former GoBus office (and before that a restaurant) in Bothar Brendain Úi Eithir now a social care agency office. All current tenants were previously in much more city-fringe location.
And someone said few prime vacancies? Take a stroll around Edward Square / Treasure Chest / Una Taffe's shop. And Mainguard St with the former fishing shop and butcher shop. Middle St is just one short step back from Shop St: former Welfare office has been empty for years. Former Charcoal Grill and CutThroat (granted this one is recent)
I love the idea of the new precinct around Ceannt Station. But totally doubt that the retail part will take off (unless they pivot to an inner city Lidl ... cue the pearl clutching at that!!!) just because there's so much contraction as retail has moved online.
Their Instagram looks bloody delicious.... Galway's not dieing yet
Great news if it gets approval, a second proper artisanal bakery to compete with Magpie.
Yes, looks like it. Will do well id say.
Is it that 'upmarket' patisserie? https://bread41.ie/about/#aboutus
Losing a bakery but soon to gain another bakery and cafe.
Restaurants have been coming and going since the beginning of the licenced premises concept
16 Dec - Pat McDonagh told Breakfast Business he has seen five restaurants and cafés close in the last fortnight in Galway. https://www.newstalk.com/news/supermacs-boss-fears-for-businesses-with-costs-rising-across-the-board-2117531
Is this not the same every year, as rent renewal leases arise?
Very few prime vacancies.
You will always get vacancies in secondary areas in every city.
The biggest issue is staff costs and for smaller businesses, economy of scale is an issue.
Certainly it would be great if this years rates rebate for smaller businesses was repeated (50% rebate and only applied to small business)
