Limerick Businesses Closed V 2.0 [Mod note post 1]

source · 08-06-2015 8:06pm

The problem with everything in that centre, in my experience, was price, the pharmacy, shop and offie were all too pricey for the target market.

I live up near fennesseys and I would pass vivo to go to centra because it was cheaper and better quality stuff. And it's quite something to say that centra was cheaper than someplace.

whatdoicare · 08-06-2015 10:25pm

Ah ffs. glad I spotted that Scotts was closed down, I have a do booked there in a few weeks!!!!:( Nothing about it on their facebook!

08-06-2015 10:36pm

whatdoicare wrote: »

Ah ffs. glad I spotted that Scotts was closed down, I have a do booked there in a few weeks!!!!:( Nothing about it on their facebook!

They didn't even get in touch with you? Gowls

manna452121 · 27-06-2015 7:56pm

Bobs N Brows on the Ennis rd closed this evening.

kilburn · 28-06-2015 8:12am

Mannion Dry cleaners Athlunkard St closed

Cafe Mocha Grove Island gone also sounds like issue with high rents again

OfTheMarsWongs · 28-06-2015 10:15pm

kilburn wrote: »

Mannion Dry cleaners Athlunkard St closed

Cafe Mocha Grove Island gone also sounds like issue with high rents again

Dry Cleaners opening up on Nicholas Street a couple of years ago, took business from it (mine anyway).

Also Hook & Ladder opening surely took business from Cafe Mocha? Not exactly the same menu I know but would imagine it had an effect..

This is like the time I complained about Xtravision closing only to realise my last few rentals were from iTunes :-/

Lisa2011 · 01-07-2015 10:12pm

OfTheMarsWongs wrote: »

Dry Cleaners opening up on Nicholas Street a couple of years ago, took business from it (mine anyway).

Also Hook & Ladder opening surely took business from Cafe Mocha? Not exactly the same menu I know but would imagine it had an effect..

This is like the time I complained about Xtravision closing only to realise my last few rentals were from iTunes :-/

My mother knows the man who owned Cafe Mocha. High rents an issue but it was a loss making business.

I guess he felt the time was right to shut up shop.

Poxyshamrock · 08-07-2015 12:41pm

Ginos chipper on Upper Henry Street looks to have changed hands already. It seems to be another kebab shop now.

gambithh · 08-08-2015 6:18am

Dinos Diner (formally Johns St Diner) on Johns St looks to be close last few days i walked past it...

Derbhoy · 08-08-2015 12:50pm

Bentlys Bar in O Conell St closed since Monday nite ! Pity it was a good spot probably a bit far away from other busy spots !

Poxyshamrock · 10-08-2015 6:51pm

Pamela Scott is closing on Bedford Row

black & white · 11-08-2015 8:15am

Derbhoy wrote: »

Bentlys Bar in O Conell St closed since Monday nite ! Pity it was a good spot probably a bit far away from other busy spots !

All the furniture etc was being taken away in a lorry yesterday.

ciog52 · 12-08-2015 9:28pm

NAMA are selling it. Building was owned by Robert Butler

KCC · 13-08-2015 10:41pm

apc wrote: »

Halo on Roches Street are closed although I think the staff have moved to another hair salon

Do you know which salon by any chance?

Poxyshamrock · 13-08-2015 11:02pm

KCC wrote: »

Do you know which salon by any chance?

Fringe on Thomas Street I think.
Next to Eats of Eden.

panda100 · 25-08-2015 3:38pm

I just read on their facebook that The Stormy Teacup is closing

Such sad news

Mr E · 25-08-2015 3:53pm

Terrible news.

seachto7 · 25-08-2015 5:06pm

It doesn't surprise me (Stormy Teacup). It seemed to be catering for a niche enough crowd, and Limerick is just too small. It's a shame though. I was in the city centre this morning for a while, and it's utterly depressing.

vkid · 25-08-2015 5:26pm

panda100 wrote: »

I just read on their facebook that The Stormy Teacup is closing Such sad news

Where was this place? heard lots but never managed to get there,

Louche Lad · 25-08-2015 5:46pm

seachto7 wrote: »

It doesn't surprise me (Stormy Teacup). It seemed to be catering for a niche enough crowd, and Limerick is just too small. It's a shame though. I was in the city centre this morning for a while, and it's utterly depressing.

It was a great place. Big shame. Nothing like it in much bigger cities (even like Manchester, London and Paris).

vkid wrote: »

Where was this place? heard lots but never managed to get there,

At the end of a lane off Fox's Bow, just past the dog grooming place. I used to like sitting outside watching people come and go with their precious pooches.

seachto7 · 25-08-2015 8:53pm

God knows, limk could do with more quirky spots like the stormy teacup

vkid · 26-08-2015 7:16am

Louche Lad wrote: »

It was a great place. Big shame. Nothing like it in much bigger cities (even like Manchester, London and Paris).

At the end of a lane off Fox's Bow, just past the dog grooming place. I used to like sitting outside watching people come and go with their precious pooches.

Ah i walked through Foxes Bow many times and never saw it, didnt realise it was down a lane off foxes bow. Not a great location to be fair.

sioda · 06-09-2015 11:03pm

Is Rios on parnell street closed I see the building is for sale
EDIT: was open tonight

zulutango · 08-09-2015 11:24am

If your main service is selling tea/coffee then you're going to have to sell a hell of a lot of cups to make any kind of money, which means you'll need a hell of a lot of people coming through the door. But the Stormy Teacup wasn't geared for that at all. It was quite the opposite, and was all about being quirky and cool and relaxing. I just don't see how their model was in any way sustainable from the outset. I did love it there though.

mossym · 08-09-2015 11:32am

was the stormy teacup the place that crowd-sourced to open?

zulutango · 08-09-2015 11:34am

mossym wrote: »

was the stormy teacup the place that crowd-sourced to open?

Yes, that's the one. I think they raised about 5 or 7k from the public, if my memory is correct.

squonk · 09-09-2015 12:19pm

It's sad to see any business go but the Stormy Teacup just seemed to be aimed at a very artsy crowd. Not that that's a bad thing really but one thing that got me excited about going along was their film night when it was announced. Then it emerged that it was art house stuff. Personally I'd have preferred more variet. By all means do art house but mix it up with some old clasics or comedies etc. as well that would have had a wider appeal.

FelineOverLord · 09-09-2015 4:51pm

I never got the appeal of The Stormy Teacup. My husband is a big tea fan and we went in once. His tea was served in a pint mug on a saucer.

He wasn't impressed by that. Needless to say it was only luke warm served that way and he drank a couple of sips then left the rest behind. There's quirky and just bloody ridiculous. I don't know how they stayed in business so long.

Umekichi · 09-09-2015 8:33pm

FelineOverLord wrote: »

I never got the appeal of The Stormy Teacup. My husband is a big tea fan and we went in once. His tea was served in a pint mug on a saucer. He wasn't impressed by that. Needless to say it was only luke warm served that way and he drank a couple of sips then left the rest behind. There's quirky and just bloody ridiculous. I don't know how they stayed in business so long.

I went once a month or 2 ago and had a similar experience. To top it off I had the experience of being served by the surliest person ever. My first, last and only time going there.

JamesBond2010 · 11-09-2015 7:30pm

That stormy teacup is still open. only saw instagrams photos of it the other day from a friends a/c

Mr E · 11-09-2015 7:38pm

JamesBond2010 wrote: »

That stormy teacup is still open. only saw instagrams photos of it the other day from a friends a/c

From Facebook today:

Where is everybody? This is our second last day and we have two customers. At least there is no doubt now that closing is the right decision.

https://www.facebook.com/thestormyteacuplk

Louche Lad · 11-09-2015 7:56pm

Mr E wrote: »

From Facebook today:

Where is everybody? This is our second last day and we have two customers. At least there is no doubt now that closing is the right decision.

https://www.facebook.com/thestormyteacuplk

If the Stormy Teacup were to open up again, might be better to try somewhere with at least some passing trade. Or if they have to be in a dead-end lane, then would be better if they were somewhere like the east end of London.

Poxyshamrock · 11-09-2015 8:12pm

Mr E wrote: »

From Facebook today:

Where is everybody? This is our second last day and we have two customers. At least there is no doubt now that closing is the right decision.

https://www.facebook.com/thestormyteacuplk

Sounds a bit bitter!

Clareman · 11-09-2015 8:19pm

Did they see the weather out there today? You wouldn't put your mother in law out in that let alone go out for a cuppa, anyone that was out today was out cause they had to be and wanted to get home as soon as possible not going for a cuppa.

Bored_lad · 11-09-2015 10:32pm

Mr E wrote: »

From Facebook today:

Where is everybody? This is our second last day and we have two customers. At least there is no doubt now that closing is the right decision.

https://www.facebook.com/thestormyteacuplk

No wonder they are closing so if that's the way they deal with the public.

Insect Overlord · 11-09-2015 11:10pm

Bored_lad wrote: »

No wonder they are closing so if that's the way they deal with the public.

I think the problem was that they didn't get to deal with the public often enough, to be fair.

Bored_lad · 11-09-2015 11:25pm

An File wrote: »

I think the problem was that they didn't get to deal with the public often enough, to be fair.

I personally didn't think they were going to be successful from the beginning. Firstly they weren't in a good location people don't just go wondering up foxes bow so people aren't going to just wander across them and its also quite out of peoples way so unless they are in that direction I don't think people were going to go and try it out. I personally don't think they did a lot of marketing and when they first opened I wouldn't have heard of them had it not been for the business opening thread. Then when I did hear about them from people who had been there it wasn't every anything good or special. One thing I'm wondering about is what sort of business plan did they have before opening as it appears they got the majority of their investment from crowd funding. So did the banks not thinkit would be successful or what happened here. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with crowd funding at all.

davo2001 · 12-09-2015 4:22am

Bored_lad wrote: »

I personally didn't think they were going to be successful from the beginning. Firstly they weren't in a good location people don't just go wondering up foxes bow so people aren't going to just wander across them and its also quite out of peoples way so unless they are in that direction I don't think people were going to go and try it out. I personally don't think they did a lot of marketing and when they first opened I wouldn't have heard of them had it not been for the business opening thread. Then when I did hear about them from people who had been there it wasn't every anything good or special. One thing I'm wondering about is what sort of business plan did they have before opening as it appears they got the majority of their investment from crowd funding. So did the banks not thinkit would be successful or what happened here. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with crowd funding at all.

If they had a proper business plan then they could have got the money from the bank, the bank probably looked at their plans and said "no way". The majority of crowd funded businesses never get off the ground and if they do they close within the year.

This kind of business will never make money, hipsters and students sitting around for hours drinking one or two cups of tea will never yeild a profit.

Swiper the fox · 12-09-2015 8:54am

It was purely a location issue in my opinion, they never had a chance in an alley off an alley, how anybody ever felt this was a good idea is beyond me. I hope they look for a better spot and give it another shot. It's a lovely idea but the market is a bit saturated for coffee shops

Jofspring · 12-09-2015 11:37am

Combination of both things. The location was probably for cheaper rent as profits were never going to be big. If they had rented somewhere in a better location with higher rent and still had the type of people that spend an hour or two with one cup of coffee then they could have ran themselves into serious debt. The most popular coffee shops offer the basics and have a good take away clientele.

mossym · 12-09-2015 12:23pm

i laughed reading that comment on facebook, thanks for posting it.

i thought at the time they were collecting funding to open that it sounded odd. To me it reeked of either not having the original capital, risk avoidance, or significant doubt over success.any entrepreneur/ small business owner can't afford to suffer either.

the crowd sourcing aspect, and the comment, give the impression of a sense of entitlement. rather than ask where everyone is (blaming the public for not being there), the owners would be far better off reviewing their obviously flawed business plan and asking why they couldn't attract the people in. It's not the responsibility of the public to support every business that opens.

FelineOverLord · 12-09-2015 12:33pm

mossym wrote: »

i laughed reading that comment on facebook, thanks for posting it.

i thought at the time they were collecting funding to open that it sounded odd. To me it reeked of either not having the original capital, risk avoidance, or significant doubt over success.any entrepreneur small business over can't afford to suffer either.

the crowd sourcing aspect, and the comment, give the impression of a sense of entitlement. rather than ask where everyone is (blaming the public for not being there), the owners would be far better off reviewing their obviously flawed business plan and asking why they couldn't attract the people in. It's not the responsibility of the public to support every business that opens.

Even though we only went in once, I got the distinct impression that the place was being run more as a hobby than a business. For me it was as if they were trying to emulate a Central Perk kind of atmosphere and failing miserably. As others have said it was a combination of things that led to their closure.

Insect Overlord · 12-09-2015 5:17pm

FelineOverLord wrote: »

Even though we only went in once, I got the distinct impression that the place was being run more as a hobby than a business. For me it was as if they were trying to emulate a Central Perk kind of atmosphere and failing miserably. As others have said it was a combination of things that led to their closure.

Maybe it was too ambitious to start with late opening hours. It could have grown more organically if it had picked up a regular clientèle in regular business hours. I think they were trying to re-capture what was lost when Javas closed.

(How many years ago was that anyway?!)

FelineOverLord · 12-09-2015 6:12pm

An File wrote: »

Maybe it was too ambitious to start with late opening hours. It could have grown more organically if it had picked up a regular clientèle in regular business hours. I think they were trying to re-capture what was lost when Javas closed.

(How many years ago was that anyway?!)

We had gone in on a Friday afternoon about a year or so ago, well after the place had opened. I can't comment on Javas as I was never in there. In theory having somewhere a bit different was a really good idea, it's just that putting really tatty second hand sofas that just look grubby in in an effort to look kitsch doesn't work. My husband is very fussy about tea and the look of what dafuq:eek: on his face when he was handed a pint mug of tea was actually hillarious. I honestly can't even imagine how anyone thought that serving a lukewarm pint of tea would be a good idea.

leakyboots · 28-09-2015 3:04pm

Maze Eatery (formerly Cafe Cupcake) appears to be closed? Not open at lunchtime today and looks like the dessert fridge at the main counter and bits of the kitchen taken out.

That place only opened a few months so I thought

um7y1h83ge06nx · 28-09-2015 3:41pm

mossym wrote: »

i laughed reading that comment on facebook, thanks for posting it.

i thought at the time they were collecting funding to open that it sounded odd. To me it reeked of either not having the original capital, risk avoidance, or significant doubt over success.any entrepreneur/ small business owner can't afford to suffer either.

the crowd sourcing aspect, and the comment, give the impression of a sense of entitlement. rather than ask where everyone is (blaming the public for not being there), the owners would be far better off reviewing their obviously flawed business plan and asking why they couldn't attract the people in. It's not the responsibility of the public to support every business that opens.

Absolutely agree. Just thought the whole crowd funding thing was gas. I can understand crowd funding computer games as you are essentially paying up front to get the game and allows the developers to gauge demand.

Crowd funding someone to set up a business is gas. A business acting like a charity case. When you don't invest your own cold, hard cash it's easier to walk away and not be too broke up about the business failing. But then again it worked (getting the funding that is) so fair play.

bigpink · 28-09-2015 4:28pm

As i said in another thread i was in Costa Coffee at 7.30pm last Thursday and it was very busy

Ankhyu · 28-09-2015 5:09pm

I thought The Stormy Teacup was a nice idea, they had a large selection of books and lots of choice in the tea department, however I had a bad experience in there myself.

First time I went there I ordered a tea and toasted sandwich, the latter was taking forever (and they weren't busy, only me and one other customer in there), until I smelled one toasting, so I thought it was finally on it's way.

No, the staff member proceeded to sit at a table and eat a toasted sandwich herself, while the other staff member sat opposite, working on some art project! They totally forgot about me, had to remind them. By the time I finally got it, my tea was gone cold! :mad:

They were very apologetic in fairness, but like I said, I'd understand if they were run off their feet but it was feckin' dead in there!

I only went there once more afterwards, dunno why really, just said I'd give it another go.

I much preferred Cellar Door for a similar vibe, but also the staff were really friendly and much more attentive, I was devastated when they closed down

Poxyshamrock · 28-09-2015 5:50pm

bigpink wrote: »

As i said in another thread i was in Costa Coffee at 7.30pm last Thursday and it was very busy

Starbucks in the train station is doing very well too. I know plenty venturing up there specifically to go there.

Roquentin · 28-09-2015 6:05pm

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Starbucks in the train station is doing very well too. I know plenty venturing up there specifically to go there.

what you make of starbucks coffee. not too impressed with it myself

Limerick Businesses Closed V 2.0 [Mod note post 1]

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