New Shop Maynooth

L1011 · 18-03-2012 4:29pm

Its a Bagel Factory going in to the former Esquires space in Manor Mills. Doubt it'll turn in to an Abra like the last one.

Orion · 18-03-2012 7:37pm

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

She's moved into Manor Mills.
The bike shop is gone too.

The owner of the bike shop took very ill and his son has no interest in running it. Bikes in for repair were left in the garden of the house next to it

Moonbeam · 20-03-2012 5:41pm

I was in Manor Mills today.
There is a planning notice up on the window ,there are a few requests on it all from Kildare Vec to use it for education use.

Orion · 20-03-2012 6:10pm

They're using some of the units upstairs as classrooms. Be great when the new school is built

L1011 · 20-03-2012 7:24pm

Think the application is actually for the units upstairs *and* the units closer to Mill Street downstairs; it was for the space originally planned for a bar, creche and gym I think.

Moonbeam · 20-03-2012 8:53pm

I saw bar and creche mentioned.
AH I was thinking Adult education.
It is the secondary school having over flow issues?

L1011 · 20-03-2012 11:03pm

Moonbeam wrote: »

AH I was thinking Adult education.
It is the secondary school having over flow issues?

There's never been any realistic VEC adult education in Maynooth, they did support a daytime one years back and there's been the odd computer class done in the school but that's it.

I believe they're already seriously out of classroom space hence the need for the new building. Seem to remember they didn't build as many as they really needed last time for fear of completely covering all open space on the current site.

Orion · 21-03-2012 1:03am

MYOB wrote: »

I believe they're already seriously out of classroom space hence the need for the new building. Seem to remember they didn't build as many as they really needed last time for fear of completely covering all open space on the current site.

That's not true afaik. They were restricted by the council from building up. And /there's shag all ground space left to build on. NUIM wouldn't give them more land (they own the current site) as they needed it for residences and their own expansions.
So now PPS have to use office space as classrooms because of the short-sightedness of successive governments.

L1011 · 21-03-2012 7:45pm

There's a fair bit of ground space to the northwestern end of the site still, I think, as well as the basketball courts. Building on them would leave it with nothing in terms of empty space at all though and cause other problems.

meganj · 22-03-2012 5:23pm

Can't believe Riverside is closed :eek: I'm aware it was awhile ago, but still :eek: Myself and the OH went there for breakfast (nomnom pancakes) but it got very poor and we stopped going.

Also the dry cleaners that used to be downstairs in MM is now in Tesco, which is weird because there's two dry cleaners down that way now.

L1011 · 22-03-2012 7:29pm

meganj wrote: »

Can't believe Riverside is closed :eek: I'm aware it was awhile ago, but still :eek: Myself and the OH went there for breakfast (nomnom pancakes) but it got very poor and we stopped going.

Also the dry cleaners that used to be downstairs in MM is now in Tesco, which is weird because there's two dry cleaners down that way now.

I believe the Manor Mills one was only a branch of the one at Tesco and that it *is* the cleaners that's always been there; just rebranded.

meganj · 23-03-2012 11:31am

MYOB wrote: »

I believe the Manor Mills one was only a branch of the one at Tesco and that it *is* the cleaners that's always been there; just rebranded.

I'm confused... Carlton Dry Cleaners in the bank of the Old Shops at Tesco is still there and called the same as far as I know.

Then the one in MM is now actually in Tesco in one of their mini shops.

So there's two dry cleaners in roughly the same complex, if they're the same company it makes even less sense for them to move to the same area. Either way I now have to bring my dry cleaning down the mainstreet... OH THE HORROR!

L1011 · 23-03-2012 12:05pm

I stand corrected in that case. Thought the one in the old unit had become Jacksons; haven't seen the Jacksons in the new block.

Orion · 23-03-2012 3:37pm

meganj wrote: »

Either way I now have to bring my dry cleaning down the mainstreet... OH THE HORROR!

www.whitewhine.com

meganj · 26-03-2012 11:15am

MYOB wrote: »

I stand corrected in that case. Thought the one in the old unit had become Jacksons; haven't seen the Jacksons in the new block.

No

It was my mistake... Sorry about that. Was down there yesterday. Although I firmly believe it makes even less sense to have two shops, owned by the same company stealing business from each other. But it might be working for them.

Orion wrote: »

www.whitewhine.com

I have 99 problems, and dry-cleaning is one

L1011 · 26-03-2012 12:01pm

As far as I know at least two of the three O'Briens in the town are run by the same franchiser; it can make sense to duplicate some times. Stop the business from going to a rival, etc.

Moonbeam · 26-03-2012 12:46pm

Where is the 3rd O'Briens?

Manor MIlls,Tesco Car park and ?.

SQ2 · 26-03-2012 1:31pm

NUIM Campus?

liamo22 · 26-03-2012 2:39pm

Manor Mills
Tesco Car Park
John Paul II Library, South Campus
John Hume Building, North Campus
Education House, North Campus

L1011 · 26-03-2012 6:53pm

Make that two of the five in that case! Only knew about the Hume building one.

df1985 · 26-03-2012 8:24pm

if mantra keeps charging 5 something for a pint theyll be gone too.dublin city centre prices in kildare. Maynooth co. Kildare, not monaco.

the_big_kahuna · 26-03-2012 9:09pm

df1985 wrote: »

if mantra keeps charging 5 something for a pint theyll be gone too.dublin city centre prices in kildare. Maynooth co. Kildare, not monaco.

I know. Madness. €5.30 for a pint of guiness :eek: Needless to say, I told them where to go

They seriously need to cop on

Orion · 27-03-2012 12:18am

df1985 wrote: »

if mantra keeps charging 5 something for a pint theyll be gone too.dublin city centre prices in kildare. Maynooth co. Kildare, not monaco.

Dublin doesn't charge that anymore. O'Neills - 4.70. Long Stone 4.50 iirc. O'Reillys on a Friday - €3. Harbourmaster - 2 for 1. Pubs in Dublin cc are really feeling the pinch and prices have fallen as a result.

Zebra3 · 01-04-2012 3:43pm

df1985 wrote: »

if mantra keeps charging 5 something for a pint theyll be gone too.dublin city centre prices in kildare. Maynooth co. Kildare, not monaco.

And their selection of beer is crap.

No Irish micro beers and no wheat beer.

Wakey, wakey folks, times have changed. :rolleyes:

L1011 · 01-04-2012 9:52pm

df1985 wrote: »

if mantra keeps charging 5 something for a pint theyll be gone too.dublin city centre prices in kildare. Maynooth co. Kildare, not monaco.

They're already in examinership so "gone" isn't that far off, I suspect.

There's a higher amount of empty shop units in the town now than I can remember for quite some time, think the relative protection (from Intel/HP/the college/PS jobs) the town had from the worst of the recession is wearing off.

Bird22 · 06-04-2012 11:44am

Actually Mohana was one of the best Indian restaurant, we regret its gone, we were coming from Dublin to have a geat dinner! was shoked that they closed

PBPumpkin · 18-05-2012 11:40am

I see that another "chipshop" style takeaway has moved into where Lotus Chinese restaurant used to be - is there really room for yet another one of these in Maynooth - or even on the Main street?

Orion · 18-05-2012 12:18pm

Yeah I saw that. I was hoping for a decent Indian to open. Sticking with Delhi Darbar so.

Moonbeam · 18-05-2012 3:01pm

Planning permission for another takeaway in the Greenfield shopping centre was turned down.
There seem to be shops closing everywhere.

L1011 · 18-05-2012 7:08pm

Pulse Accessories has closed and Click has moved over to their unit (smaller); and there is now a headstone shop at Greenfield. Odd choice, I have to say...

Whoever predicted on this thread that Budgies would close once the bigger pet shop opened was, unfortunately, proven right.

Those of us who've lived here too long and with long memories will remember that the first ever retail unit to go in where Lotus was, was actually a chipper-style place with seating (Mona Lisa, I think). Gone full circle!

Moonbeam · 18-05-2012 10:13pm

Headstones and fireplaces .

SQ2 · 18-05-2012 11:57pm

MYOB wrote: »

Pulse Accessories has closed and Click has moved over to their unit (smaller); and there is now a headstone shop at Greenfield. Odd choice, I have to say...

Whoever predicted on this thread that Budgies would close once the bigger pet shop opened was, unfortunately, proven right.

Those of us who've lived here too long and with long memories will remember that the first ever retail unit to go in where Lotus was, was actually a chipper-style place with seating (Mona Lisa, I think). Gone full circle!

Just hope they didn't get stung too badly by having to close.
I remember Mona Lisa too, the chips there used to hurt the roof of yer mouth they were so crispy! The state of that new place is rediculous, surely there must be some sort of planning regulation to keep some sort of decorum??
I reckon they've missed a trick with that unit. Da Mario in celbridge, da Vinci and alvitos in leixlip would be a good model to follow for somewhere in maynooth... Casual walk in Italian restaurants that are reasonably priced good grub.

Click was pretty empty in last year and was moving out altogether, rent and rates must be hefty in there.

SQ2 · 19-05-2012 12:00am

Moonbeam wrote: »

Headstones and fireplaces .

"Were Here" brings a grin to my face every time... Where did they go to??
Des Kelly in Sallins had "Were Cheaper" signs up for ages, felt like going in and asking why they put up their prices

L1011 · 19-05-2012 3:59pm

SQ2 wrote: »

I reckon they've missed a trick with that unit. Da Mario in celbridge, da Vinci and alvitos in leixlip would be a good model to follow for somewhere in maynooth... Casual walk in Italian restaurants that are reasonably priced good grub.

I've never had much of a problem with Donatello's for that in Maynooth, albeit its a little cramped.

A new dry cleaner has taken the carpark unit in Manor Mills and someone has rented the Halifax unit it appears - all the rental signs and much of the internals were gone from it today.

Daveysil15 · 19-05-2012 4:02pm

That shop has been there for a while now. Yes the drinks in Mantra are very expensive. Vodka & red bull 9.80? Feck that!

Raminahobbin · 19-05-2012 5:31pm

MYOB wrote: »

Whoever predicted on this thread that Budgies would close once the bigger pet shop opened was, unfortunately, proven right.

Budgies came from Kilcock to Maynooth, and he's just gone back to his old shop in Kilcock. He's still doing deliveries to Maynooth as far as I know though.

SQ2 wrote:

"Were Here" brings a grin to my face every time... Where did they go to??

It's annoying me so much that I'm actually going to put a little apostrophe in there over the next night or so. Really sad, I know, but I live very close to it so it'll take 2 seconds, and it just irks me!!! :mad:

Moonbeam · 19-05-2012 5:33pm

2 of the manor mills shop people told me the rents were hiked too much so they had no choice but to close .

L1011 · 19-05-2012 7:06pm

Moonbeam wrote: »

2 of the manor mills shop people told me the rents were hiked too much so they had no choice but to close .

That's a bit counter-productive on the part of the landlords seeing as they've somehow managed to keep the centre fairly full until now - especially compared to some other similar era centres around the country. Which shop(s) was this?

Takeaway was refused for Newtown Shopping Centre also, council seems fairly determined to keep their policy that there's enough in Maynooth. One of the units over there was a cafe before which might make permission on that specific unit easier to get but I think its currently the off-licence!

Moonbeam · 20-05-2012 12:08am

Big chain shops will end up there instead of small independent ones
Same as every other shopping centre .

SQ2 · 20-05-2012 10:05am

MYOB wrote: »

SQ2 wrote: »

I reckon they've missed a trick with that unit. Da Mario in celbridge, da Vinci and alvitos in leixlip would be a good model to follow for somewhere in maynooth... Casual walk in Italian restaurants that are reasonably priced good grub.

I've never had much of a problem with Donatello's for that in Maynooth, albeit its a little cramped.

A new dry cleaner has taken the carpark unit in Manor Mills and someone has rented the Halifax unit it appears - all the rental signs and much of the internals were gone from it today.

I do like the food there, but it is pretty cramped! You know what I mean though about the other 3 places? They feel a lot less formal but still have great food...

L1011 · 02-06-2012 6:47pm

Some work going on in what was the florists beside 3 Pin Electrical (I nearly wrote "what was the toy shop"... which closed in about 1991!) today

I didn't notice the games (as in Warhammer, etc) shop opening beside the equestrian shop - how long has that been there?

Fire1985 · 02-06-2012 6:54pm

warhammer shop my ass. how the hell are these guys making any sort of profit with a donkey shop like that. it just seems that these guys hang out there all day .

On a positive note , what about Picaderos across from credit union?

Lovely food and the staff are great....

L1011 · 02-06-2012 7:12pm

Fire1985 wrote: »

warhammer shop my ass. how the hell are these guys making any sort of profit with a donkey shop like that. it just seems that these guys hang out there all day .

On a positive note , what about Picaderos across from credit union?

Lovely food and the staff are great....

I just walked past it, didn't go in. My interest in that stuff dates back to Hero Quest not Warhammer!

Heard much the same about Picaderos from a lot of people, not got to get in myself yet though.

TheBody · 02-06-2012 7:35pm

I ate in Picaderos shortly after it opened. I found the food good but the portions are TINY. Poor value for money considering you will have to go to the chipper on the way home. I hope they have improved since I was there.

L1011 · 08-06-2012 6:38pm

Former florists is now signed for a shop/cafe/something called "Boss Hogg". I had great difficulty figuring out what its meant to be from what they were doing inside though.

angeldelight · 08-06-2012 9:26pm

MYOB wrote: »

Former florists is now signed for a shop/cafe/something called "Boss Hogg". I had great difficulty figuring out what its meant to be from what they were doing inside though.

There's a Boss Hogg in Clondalkin - it's a cafe/greasy spoon type of place. I can only presume this is another branch of same

L1011 · 08-06-2012 9:44pm

angeldelight wrote: »

There's a Boss Hogg in Clondalkin - it's a cafe/greasy spoon type of place. I can only presume this is another branch of same

Different spelling and logo based on what was up when Google passed:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=4+main+street+clondalkin&hl=en&ll=53.320864,-6.3937&spn=0.001029,0.003047&sll=53.322331,-6.4164&sspn=0.000516,0.001523&t=h&hnear=4+Main+St,+Dublin+22,+Ireland&z=19&layer=c&cbll=53.320818,-6.393795&panoid=IphZuf8uRrWn6oyQnsseKg&cbp=12,293.73,,0,0

Could very well still be, though. Could do with a less "posh" cafe in the town centre, something its missing these days since Pickwicks and the predecessor to Greenes went.

SQ2 · 08-06-2012 11:45pm

MYOB wrote: »

angeldelight wrote: »

There's a Boss Hogg in Clondalkin - it's a cafe/greasy spoon type of place. I can only presume this is another branch of same

Different spelling and logo based on what was up when Google passed:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=4+main+street+clondalkin&hl=en&ll=53.320864,-6.3937&spn=0.001029,0.003047&sll=53.322331,-6.4164&sspn=0.000516,0.001523&t=h&hnear=4+Main+St,+Dublin+22,+Ireland&z=19&layer=c&cbll=53.320818,-6.393795&panoid=IphZuf8uRrWn6oyQnsseKg&cbp=12,293.73,,0,0

Could very well still be, though. Could do with a less "posh" cafe in the town centre, something its missing these days since Pickwicks and the predecessor to Greenes went.

Looked like a coffee machine on the counter from a peek in alright!

Tar.Aldarion · 14-06-2012 11:09pm

Ye its a coffee bar, friend was in there yesterday, said it's just after opening up and still a bit of work needed to be done. But was a nice atmosphere and more importantly the coffee was decent, a lot nicer than any of the coffee elsewhere around maynooth and that it was well worth a visit.

folan · 15-06-2012 11:14am

MYOB wrote: »

the predecessor to Greenes went.

The Rye.

The best place i have ever been. Lasagne and Chips that you needed to put aside an hour for eating, and a second for digesting. Tea pots for one that lasted for days!

New Shop Maynooth

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