Pubs when/will they re-open - the Megathread

Banana Republic. · 28-05-2020 10:39am

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Yup as much as everyone says they don't mind when they reopen we all know people will go back and they'll be busy

The nostalgia alone with drive people in there but I think long term pubs need to change their M.O, no longer can they have toilets that are not maintained to a high standard and they should be much cleaner places. The likes of nightclubs might take longer to get up and running. It’ll be a weird feeling when a bar starts to get packed. A lot at the start will just leave I guess. Pubs were strugglin before all this, won’t be surprised to see a lot go under in each city across the land.

stephenjmcd · 28-05-2020 11:06am

Banana Republic. wrote: »

The nostalgia alone with drive people in there but I think long term pubs need to change their M.O, no longer can they have toilets that are not maintained to a high standard and they should be much cleaner places. The likes of nightclubs might take longer to get up and running. It’ll be a weird feeling when a bar starts to get packed. A lot at the start will just leave I guess. Pubs were strugglin before all this, won’t be surprised to see a lot go under in each city across the land.

Some will go under yes, if they were struggling before they'll be in distress now, plenty will recover too.

double jobbing · 29-05-2020 11:33pm

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/mcdowell-majority-in-favour-of-cafe-bars-206710.html

We all laughed and scoffed at McDowell and his ideas for us to adopt pavement table service, no more than two bottles of Italian beer with our French toast. For us pubs were stools, pints, football and crisps.

Seeing exactly these bars re open for outdoor service on the continent we might well regret our hostility now :pac:

30-05-2020 6:42am

Pubs open like that aren’t pubs at all.

redarmy · 31-05-2020 10:39pm

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The Goat Grill and Bar in Goatstown,Dublin opened it’s beer garden serving drinks till the early hours of this http://morning.At one point #Garda arrived but were happy with the 2metre #SocialDistanacing and let it continue..What does this mean.Are pubs know allowed to open

31-05-2020 10:45pm

redarmy wrote: »

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The Goat Grill and Bar in Goatstown,Dublin opened it’s beer garden serving drinks till the early hours of this http://morning.At one point #Garda arrived but were happy with the 2metre #SocialDistanacing and let it continue..What does this mean.Are pubs know allowed to open

Seriously bad message if they did let it go.

CBear1993 · 31-05-2020 10:48pm

Was it not a beer van? A mobile beer van, that’s what I saw. Not their beer garden. It happened to be within 100metres of the pub.

Hayden’s bar in Naas had their van out tonight driving round estate - pulling pints out of the back of it for people

MadYaker · 31-05-2020 10:54pm

Munroes in Galway are doing the same thing.

PTH2009 · 01-06-2020 12:18am

Things slowly unraveling and publicans not taking it anymore

Very festival feel with takeaway pints

sasta le · 01-06-2020 12:22am

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Seriously bad message if they did let it go.

Im in the trade and totally agree

showpony1 · 02-06-2020 11:05am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Things slowly unraveling and publicans not taking it anymore

Very festival feel with takeaway pints

its cloudy and raining this weekend according to forecast so i don't think they'll all do as much business as last 2 weekends.

Sheep_shear · 02-06-2020 11:45am

Question about all the takeaway pints. I'm guessing line cleaning hasn't been going on, so... you might be having some interesting tasting ones if got from a pub? Or am I missing something

md323 · 02-06-2020 11:48am

Sheep_shear wrote: »

Question about all the takeaway pints. I'm guessing line cleaning hasn't been going on, so... you might be having some interesting tasting ones if got from a pub? Or am I missing something

They can clean them , its not hard to do.

Although, the breweries havent been brewing the last couple of months, no deliveries been taking place so the beer being dispensed could be out of date or very nearly out of date.

Sheep_shear · 02-06-2020 11:49am

md323 wrote: »

They can clean them , its not hard to do

Then why do Guinness have their cleaning teams if Tom the Barman can do it?

02-06-2020 11:54am

Sheep_shear wrote: »

Then why do Guinness have their cleaning teams if Tom the Barman can do it?

Guinness probably make the pubs use the cleaning teams normally. They can get pubs to basically do whatever they like.

newuser99999 · 02-06-2020 11:54am

Sheep_shear wrote: »

Question about all the takeaway pints. I'm guessing line cleaning hasn't been going on, so... you might be having some interesting tasting ones if got from a pub? Or am I missing something

It’s all for their Instagram story that they get out of it

md323 · 02-06-2020 12:00pm

Sheep_shear wrote: »

Then why do Guinness have their cleaning teams if Tom the Barman can do it?

I run a pub, we clean our lines every 10 days or so, guinness/Heineken only come every six weeks to clean them.

jt69er · 02-06-2020 6:01pm

md323 wrote:

I run a pub, we clean our lines every 10 days or so, guinness/Heineken only come every six weeks to clean them.

If you don't mind me asking why do you feel the need to clean every 10 days? What draught system do you have?

jt69er · 02-06-2020 6:29pm

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Guinness probably make the pubs use the cleaning teams normally. They can get pubs to basically do whatever they like.

All Breweries clean their own lines, not just Guinness. Guinness have way less influence over pubs than they used to.

PTH2009 · 02-06-2020 6:47pm

Id buy a takeaway pint if say i could sit in/near there beer garden or any big green. I refuse to order them to my house as its too expensive and youre better off buying cans/bottles

Does the public drinking rule even exist anymore ?? Mostly always see people drinking in public

El Weirdo · 03-06-2020 9:50am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Does the public drinking rule even exist anymore ?? Mostly always see people drinking in public

There's no law, only bye-laws particular to certain areas, iirc.

Bob Z · 21-06-2020 2:48pm

when the pubs that serve reopen do you have buy food? or are they just opening as more as restaurants ?

kenmc · 21-06-2020 2:50pm

Good question. Surprised that hasn't been asked already.

Del2005 · 21-06-2020 2:50pm

€9 of food needs to be bought

SweetCaliber · 21-06-2020 2:53pm

Wonder what will happen with Hotel bars? We've a week booked in Kerry and are hoping we can get pints delivered to the room as roomservice? We will be eating in the hotel bar/restaurant but wonder will they be strict with the 90 minute window for hotel guests also?

Interesting one so it is.

Bob Z · 21-06-2020 3:06pm

going slightly off topic but is there a distinction in law between a restaurant/pub and a pub and a restaurant ? is there separate laws? are they seen as closer to pubs or a restaurant ?

21-06-2020 3:07pm

If you only buy €8.99 worth of food you’re as good as dead.

Bob Z · 21-06-2020 3:07pm

will pubs reopen in july or just wait to august ?

seamusk84 · 21-06-2020 3:10pm

20th July for bars.

You serious with these questions? Then again I am desperate for a pint of Guinness in my local...

Bob Z · 21-06-2020 3:15pm

seamusk84 wrote: »

20th July for bars.

You serious with these questions? Then again I am desperate for a pint of Guinness in my local...

its august for bars. july for bars that serve food

im just wondering what it will be like when some of the pubs open early to serve food. it sounds like a lot of hassle

stephenjmcd · 21-06-2020 3:17pm

Bob Z wrote: »

its august for bars. july for bars that serve food

im just wondering what it will be like when some of the pubs open early to serve food. it sounds like a lot of hassle

No its not. All bars without food can open 20th July. 29th june for those operating as restaurants.

There's already threads on this

Bob Z · 21-06-2020 3:42pm

stephenjmcd wrote: »

No its not. All bars without food can open 20th July. 29th june for those operating as restaurants.

There's already threads on this

right im not sure where i got august from. maybe it was a mooted date?

thats still a wait of nearly a month

Atlantic Dawn · 21-06-2020 3:44pm

Bob Z wrote: »

right im not sure where i got august from. maybe it was a mooted date?

thats still a wait of nearly a month

It was August originally but they brought the last stage forward in to July.

stephenjmcd · 21-06-2020 3:54pm

I do wonder about hotel bars now though. I've 2 nights away for the first weekend in July and of course we'll be out for dinner and we'll have a few drknks with dinner but I wonder seeing as we're staying in a hotel will the bar be open to residents or if we can get something to the rolm

MickeyLeari · 21-06-2020 3:59pm

stephenjmcd wrote: »

I do wonder about hotel bars now though. I've 2 nights away for the first weekend in July and of course we'll be out for dinner and we'll have a few drknks with dinner but I wonder seeing as we're staying in a hotel will the bar be open to residents or if we can get something to the rolm

The original plan had hotel bars not opening, so presumably that will still be the case until July 20. But most hotel bars also serve food, so maybe now they will be open?

One would expect there to be some common sense so room service would be a given - or just buy a bottle of wine for the room.

893bet · 21-06-2020 4:09pm

In a hotel room.

Getting pints delivered which are normally ****e in a hotel but now will be extra ****e from the delivery service.

Rather be at home.

Beasty · 21-06-2020 4:25pm

Threads merged

Redo91 · 21-06-2020 4:33pm

Saw NPHET mention that nightclubs wouldn’t open until the 10th July at the earliest. Would have thought pubs would open before nightclubs.

Have already said it on another thread but think the distinction between pubs serving food and those serving drink once table service is daft. In any event I don’t see pubs being strict on implanting the €9 meal. Can see them maybe allowing groups to just spend that between them.

Wonder is there any possibility that the 20th July will be brought forward?

The Nal · 21-06-2020 5:23pm

So you can go pay a game of football next week, full contact and sweat on other people but you can't sit beside someone in a pub. Makes sense.

Bob Z · 21-06-2020 5:24pm

Redo91 wrote: »

Saw NPHET mention that nightclubs wouldn’t open until the 10th July at the earliest. Would have thought pubs would open before nightclubs.

Have already said it on another thread but think the distinction between pubs serving food and those serving drink once table service is daft. In any event I don’t see pubs being strict on implanting the €9 meal. Can see them maybe allowing groups to just spend that between them.

Wonder is there any possibility that the 20th July will be brought forward?

before cv19 happened was there any distinction ?

seamusk84 · 21-06-2020 5:32pm

OK so we all know it's 20th July for bars (without the mandatory €9 food).

But I have heard some rumors that it might be brought forward to 6th July due to the way the numbers have gone and in an attempt to speed up job retention etc etc.....That would be sweeeet.

Banana Republic. · 27-06-2020 9:47am

Redo91 wrote: »

Saw NPHET mention that nightclubs wouldn’t open until the 10th July at the earliest. Would have thought pubs would open before nightclubs.

Have already said it on another thread but think the distinction between pubs serving food and those serving drink once table service is daft. In any event I don’t see pubs being strict on implanting the €9 meal. Can see them maybe allowing groups to just spend that between them.

Wonder is there any possibility that the 20th July will be brought forward?

I do as pubs want to claw back as much money as possible and the threat of lynching someone out for not forking out for €9 will make ppl buy the food, the pub benefits in both ways. For me it’s the whole 90mins or 105mins whatever it is, does each table get a clock on it and will “The Locals” be given priority and extended to stay? That side I can see being an absolute nightmare for pubs.

ShineOn7 · 28-06-2020 12:02am

https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1277002527679156225

Texas Governor admits he re-opened bars too soon

"Shure it'll be grand"

Utopia Parkway · 28-06-2020 12:30am

The Nal wrote: »

So you can go pay a game of football next week, full contact and sweat on other people but you can't sit beside someone in a pub. Makes sense.

One indoors. One outdoors. And the length of time you are in relatively close contact with someone indoors doesn't compare to playing a football match outdoors.

ChikiChiki · 28-06-2020 1:15am

ShineOn7 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1277002527679156225

Texas Governor admits he re-opened bars too soon

"Shure it'll be grand"

Tbh, I think most people here have a bit more cop on about the whole thing. You are relying on public compliance to the measures in place to not see spikes.

The USA is currently very fractured for a multitude of reasons.

stephenjmcd · 28-06-2020 8:47am

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Tbh, I think most people here have a bit more cop on about the whole thing. You are relying on public compliance to the measures in place to not see spikes.

The USA is currently very fractured for a multitude of reasons.

Let's not forget in the USA, some states, texas included opened up when they still hadn't got a handle on the first surge, the clown in the white house wanted everyone to open up back in April.

Its like comparing apples and organges here. We have cases at a very low level when we look to reopen restaurants and bars, the states had nowhere near any sort of handle on it when they went full speed reopening

ShineOn7 · 29-06-2020 6:55am

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Tbh, I think most people here have a bit more cop on about the whole thing.

Did you just mention the phrase "a bit more cop on" when it comes to the Irish and drinking?

Pinch Flat · 29-06-2020 7:36am

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Did you just mention the phrase "a bit more cop on" when it comes to the Irish and drinking?

No I think the poster meant cop on regarding social distancing etc. A lot of the state's where there's been a resurgence there seems to be mass ignorance l. Hence their surges.

seamusk84 · 29-06-2020 7:39am

The day has finally come!

Eggs For Dinner · 29-06-2020 7:47am

Just because you are allowed to do something doesn't mean you have to. I'm going to wait and see how this pans out before I venture out for a pint. I agree that they need to open up, but I'm worried about customer behaviour.

Pubs when/will they re-open - the Megathread

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