How Do you rate your Local

Tail Wagger · 19-03-2010 10:41PM #1

now that the recession is having it's toll on us all we are all starting to count the €'s. Do you find your local is taking this into account ?. Have you noticed any changes in the price of the drink in general?.

I was in my local on St. Patrick's Day with a few friends having a good old time. Cheltenham was on the telly, the beer was flowing, fair play to the owner he put up sandwiches and cocktail sausages for the whole pub.

Do you find your local doing things like this to show their gratitude for your custom, or should they be doing more.

your welcome to give your point of view.

phasers · 19-03-2010 10:43PM

My local is a kip, only knackers drink there

OutlawPete · 19-03-2010 10:44PM

My local is the city pubs and the good ones are still ripping people off.

Few places in Dublin with cheap pints buy they be kips.

Agricola · 19-03-2010 10:44PM

Drinks prices havent gone down as far as i can see. Its pretty typical that 2 years into our worst recession, certain things stay resolutely expensive.

Sandwiches and sausages! Yeah, in my place you'd be lucky to get a clean pint class. And you'd be thankful for it!

Biggins · 19-03-2010 10:44PM

phasers wrote: »

My local is a kip, only knackers drink there

YOUR local? So that makes you a...? Very tired person!

alwaysadub · 19-03-2010 10:45PM

My local is literally 2 doors up from me and a proper country pub so it's always cheaper than a city pub.
Happy days:D

SadieSue · 19-03-2010 10:45PM

Well, a friend co-owns microbrewerie with some of his friends so the beer there is always nice and its not too expensive either. So my local rates very high!

helimachoptor · 19-03-2010 10:46PM

I dont think prices have gone down but that results in the lounge girl getting about a 20c tip for 2 beers.

gonnaplayrugby · 19-03-2010 10:47PM

dont really have a local im from the suburbs.

landsleaving · 19-03-2010 10:48PM

Mine's a bloody TGI Fridays. They have good offers, but there's an off licence nearby so I drink at home!

starbelgrade · 19-03-2010 10:48PM

My local is pretty decent.. €3.60 for a pint, €3 midweek, they've got Sky & Setanta & the remote is left on the bar for anyone who wants to watch something. Usually doesn't close till around 4 at the weekends & there's always a bit of grub thrown out around midnight, just before the doors are locked & the ashtrays are put out.

Could do with a bit of music every now & again though.

For Forks Sake · 19-03-2010 10:49PM

gonnaplayrugby wrote: »

dont really have a local im from the suburbs.

they have pubs i the suburbs too you know.

My local is great, the owner has no concept of closing time.

Dudess · 19-03-2010 10:49PM

The one I go to is great - it's got an old man section, then a younger section (with TV) so you can alternate between the two for a bit of variety. When there's a big match on, it's beeline to the old man section for me.

gonnaplayrugby · 19-03-2010 10:50PM

yes but my estate is in a location where it has no real local...finnegans in dalkey maby but its not 'local'

phasers · 19-03-2010 10:51PM

Biggins wrote: »

YOUR local? So that makes you a...? Very tired person!

In my defense the drink prices are quite reasonable :pac:

stepbar · 19-03-2010 10:51PM

My local is the only pub in Ranelagh to sell a pint for sub 4 eur (3.65 for a Fosters). Grand spot, at least the staff know my name.

That being said it's a pity a few more places didn't take up Dicies strategy.

stepbar · 19-03-2010 10:53PM

Dudess wrote: »

When there's a big match on, it's beeline to the old man section for me.

Tee hee hee, Dudess likes old men

Mint Sauce · 19-03-2010 11:00PM

mines around the corner, a proper local, in a residential area, owner and staff know most of locals by name, and your drink after one round

food/snack baskets for all the tables on particular busy nights or big sporting occasions

a couple of free drinks at xmas

cant remember any major trouble in the place, have never had any bother to write home about

and i'm sure the round was slightly cheeper than normal on paddies night

so all in all, not a bad spot, will more than likely be in it at some point over the weekend

donkey balls · 19-03-2010 11:01PM

one of my locals dropped the price of a pint down to 3.50e for 3 months and all main courses to 10e,although two of the others did not pass on the full reduction that was brought in dec with the budget.

Rented Mule · 19-03-2010 11:03PM

I'm in Chicago and I'd rate ours very highly.

Five domestic bottles for $10 (€7.40) served in a bucket of ice.

smurgen · 19-03-2010 11:05PM

Well seems as mine is an infamous, northside pub nicknamed "the flying bottle" i rate it highly and one does not want to draw a savage beating on oneself!

stepbar · 19-03-2010 11:05PM

As well as that my local pub at home in Leitrim is another of those places where everybody knows your name. They could charge a tenner a pint and I'd probably still go for that very reason.

Dudess · 19-03-2010 11:07PM

smurgen wrote: »

Well seems as mine is an infamous, northside pub nicknamed "the flying bottle" i rate it highly and one does not want to draw a savage beating on oneself!

Close to that haunted house too.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 19-03-2010 11:09PM

Had a great local, every sunday was like st patricks day.
Now it's an Easons bookstore...

Nothing has really taken its place since

smurgen · 19-03-2010 11:12PM

Dudess wrote: »

Close to that haunted house too.

maby the hauntee is an old client,still pissed at being barred or something!

Mint Sauce · 19-03-2010 11:12PM

Joseph Silly Stewardess wrote: »

Had a great local, every sunday was like st patricks day.
Now it's an Easons bookstore...

Nothing has really taken its place since

apart from easons

Coriolanus · 19-03-2010 11:27PM

Mines great. Concrete floors, toilets labeled "Jacks" and "Bean-Jacks" (as in woman in irish). And if you're short a few quid, you can buy cans to drink instead of pints. :pac:

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 19-03-2010 11:33PM

Nevore wrote: »

Mines great. Concrete floors, toilets labeled "Jacks" and "Bean-Jacks" (as in woman in irish). And if you're short a few quid, you can buy cans to drink instead of pints. :pac:

Sounds great, where you can go to be a man

If there was any pub close by that still had sawdust on the floor I would become an inhabitant

stovelid · 20-03-2010 12:03AM

My local is great. Its looks like a country pub and is decently priced. Not born and bred in the area, I'm treated amicably enough as a blown-in: meaning a condition that they seem to consider to be akin to a minor genetic abnormality that I can't really help; something that deserves sympathy and understanding, but still a little distance.

JerryHandbag · 20-03-2010 12:07AM

I never really had a local, living about 4 miles from cilvilisation, but that sits fine with me.

But my "local" local would be like something outta Craggy Island

stepbar · 20-03-2010 12:17AM

Joseph Silly Stewardess wrote: »

Sounds great, where you can go to be a man

If there was any pub close by that still had sawdust on the floor I would become an inhabitant

I believe they call it "Coppers" on a Saturday nite....

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