Shops/Businesses opening/closing down

Mrs OBumble · 06-03-2014 01:02PM

thesandeman wrote: »

Fagans (under Great Southern) gone. Soon to be a fancy restaurant on two levels. Think the bottom bit is going already.

Ya, spotted that and meant to mention that a couple of weeks ago: The Oyster Bar.

Noticed a day or two ago that the Meyrick (current name of the hotel for at least the last six years

) are doing some pretty extensive-looking interior renovations at the other side of the building too.

antoobrien · 06-03-2014 02:25PM

thesandeman wrote: »

Fagans (under Great Southern) gone. Soon to be a fancy restaurant on two levels. Think the bottom bit is going already. One of the lads there tells me it's going to be the biz (if you can afford it).

Fagans closed in early January. The bar manager told a few of us that there were plans for a restaurant in Fagans, with a bistro & bar and reconfigured lobby for the hotel.

catgalway · 07-03-2014 12:22PM

So JD sports are opening on 5th April in Champion Sports old shop...think they must have taken over champion sport as it's on their website as Champion S. along with a few other Irish stores!!

Links234 · 07-03-2014 01:24PM

Looks like The Galway Roast is undergoing renovations? I hope they're not gone, love that place.

ben.schlomo · 07-03-2014 01:41PM

catgalway wrote: »

So JD sports are opening on 5th April in Champion Sports old shop...think they must have taken over champion sport as it's on their website as Champion S. along with a few other Irish stores!!

http://www.breakingnews.ie/business/jd-sports-acquires-champion-490739.html

wily minx · 07-03-2014 05:36PM

Links234 wrote: »

Looks like The Galway Roast is undergoing renovations? I hope they're not gone, love that place.

This is going into that unit...

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Espresso-44/219830411557325?ref=hl

07-03-2014 05:47PM

wily minx wrote: »

This is going into that unit...

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Espresso-44/219830411557325?ref=hl

Sweet, another place to get over priced coffee. Just what Galway has been desperate for.

thesandeman · 17-03-2014 03:42AM

Wonder if they are connected to Garvey's? They seemed to be moving their stock from there earlier anyways.

Mrs OBumble · 17-03-2014 09:36AM

thesandeman wrote: »

Wonder if they are connected to Garvey's? Garavans? They seemed to be moving their stock from there earlier anyways.

Fixed that for ya.

Well placed rumours say that the same guy owns both buildings, and was letting them use storage space upstairs in the pub.

dr.bollocko · 17-03-2014 03:56PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Sweet, another place to get over priced coffee. Just what Galway has been desperate for.

Haven't even been there - bitching about it.

Ah the Galway forum.

17-03-2014 04:26PM

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Haven't even been there - bitching about it.

Ah the Galway forum.

Not bitching about it more wondering why the need for yet another coffee shop. Of all the things Galway needs, it ain't another place to get coffee.

WallyGUFC · 17-03-2014 06:13PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Not bitching about it more wondering why the need for yet another coffee shop. Of all the things Galway needs, it ain't another place to get coffee.

Maybe there's enough demand for it? Just because you don't want it doesn't mean there isn't demand for it.

westgolf · 17-03-2014 06:36PM

more of a rebranding than a new opening, the mauds ice cream outlet next to salthill amusements is now the creamery and the old hanover tyres outlet is also rebranded

westgolf

kefir32 · 17-03-2014 08:08PM

WallyGUFC wrote: »

Maybe there's enough demand for it? Just because you don't want it doesn't mean there isn't demand for it.

And always demand for authentic coffee not the generic outlet "anything will do" - I still don't think Galway has proper coffee offerings - I live in hope.

beardybrewer · 17-03-2014 09:11PM

kefir32 wrote: »

And always demand for authentic coffee not the generic outlet "anything will do" - I still don't think Galway has proper coffee offerings - I live in hope.

Thank you.

For a college town, Galway has lame ccoffee shops. There aren't enough places comfy enough to spend half a day hanging out. The majority of them are clinical and uncomfortable.

El_Dangeroso · 17-03-2014 09:16PM

newkie wrote: »

Thank you.

For a college town, Galway has lame ccoffee shops. There aren't enough places comfy enough to spend half a day hanging out. The majority of them are clinical and uncomfortable.

Ain't much profit margin in having someone spend three euro to take up a seat for 4 hours. And Galway has a higher than average proportion of people hanging around with nothing in particular to do.

Wompa1 · 17-03-2014 09:18PM

newkie wrote: »

Thank you.

For a college town, Galway has lame ccoffee shops. There aren't enough places comfy enough to spend half a day hanging out. The majority of them are clinical and uncomfortable.

College towns need Coffee Shops? For hungover students?

Fey! · 18-03-2014 11:53AM

catgalway wrote: »

So JD sports are opening on 5th April in Champion Sports old shop...think they must have taken over champion sport as it's on their website as Champion S. along with a few other Irish stores!!

Where is that going to be?

Col200sx · 18-03-2014 12:05PM

Fey! wrote: »

Where is that going to be?

Downstairs in Eyre Square Shopping Centre, left of New Look as you look at it from outside.

Skittlemon · 18-03-2014 03:41PM

Nokia Care has opened a new shop beside New Look and Specsavers, downstairs in the Eyre Square Shopping Centre. I needed a bit of advice on the phone they swapped for me last week and my heart was in my mouth when I went up to their old place and it in darkness!

D Trent · 18-03-2014 04:01PM

Skittlemon wrote: »

Nokia Care has opened a new shop beside New Look and Specsavers, downstairs in the Eyre Square Shopping Centre. I needed a bit of advice on the phone they swapped for me last week and my heart was in my mouth when I went up to their old place and it in darkness!

Is the edge barbers gone?

Skittlemon · 18-03-2014 04:07PM

D Trent wrote: »

Is the edge barbers gone?

Looks like it!

Skittlemon · 18-03-2014 04:09PM

Skittlemon wrote: »

Looks like it!

Stop the press!! I just walked past it upstairs, its across from Jack Jones, ignore last post! :pac:

D Trent · 18-03-2014 04:20PM

Skittlemon wrote: »

Stop the press!! I just walked past it upstairs, its across from Jack Jones, ignore last post! :pac:

So that means Click is gone!

thesandeman · 18-03-2014 04:52PM

Click is the phone/tablet place isn't it? If so it's still there (somewhere). I passed it on Saturday.

D Trent · 18-03-2014 05:20PM

Yeah I had a feeling it's still there. That Eyre Square Centre, it's a constant merry-go-round of tenants

Mrs OBumble · 18-03-2014 06:46PM

Click has gone into a different unit I think ... mmm mmm .. maybe downstairs.

ben.schlomo · 18-03-2014 08:45PM

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Click has gone into a different unit I think ... mmm mmm .. maybe downstairs.

Nope its on the Eyre Square exit side just beyond the former Lucaffe stand.

westgolf · 18-03-2014 09:38PM

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Nope its on the Eyre Square exit side just beyond the former Lucaffe stand.

Is the lucaffe stand closed up ? twas always hard to tell,

westy

ben.schlomo · 18-03-2014 09:41PM

westgolf wrote: »

Is the lucaffe stand closed up ? twas always hard to tell,

westy

Yup, aint been open the last two weeks and all their merchandise is gone.

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