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New Shops/Businesses in Bray

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  • #2162
    marko99
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭marko99


    Annasopra wrote:
    So now they have Box Burger Vox Burger Smashed Burger Wing It Joes Chicken Platform Fish Bar Little King Martello Harbour Bar Firefly One14


    Add Pici to that list now!


  • #2163
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,742 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    marko99 wrote: »
    Add Pici to that list now!

    I dunno. Too much expansion too fast?

    Or will they just end up buying the Star and Butler and Barry and The Strand for the Bruggan Seafront?

    Edit: last comment was tongue in cheek. I dont begrudge them at all. I like what they do. They are good for the town bringing nice food and a lot of employment. Im just a little puzzled about their business strategy of expanding with so many new brands.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #2164
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,556 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    I wonder is it a tactic of setting up very low cost, manned by one-two people “food truck” sized places to saturating the the take away delivery market to make up for some of the revenue lost out by the pubs? And that they’ll be wound down and brought into their more established restaurants when things open back up.

    Smash -> box
    Joe’s -> box or platform
    Pici -> platform
    Etc.


  • #2165
    marko99
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭marko99


    marko99 wrote:
    Add Pici to that list now!

    Oh, and Fika too, of course!


  • #2166
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,742 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    marko99 wrote: »
    Oh, and Fika too, of course!

    I dont think Fika is them. I think its rented to whoever runs Fika

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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  • #2167
    marko99
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭marko99


    Annasopra wrote:
    I dont think Fika is them. I think its rented to whoever runs Fika


    Ah, ok!


  • #2168
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    There is a new coffee van up on Bray head called a Brew with a view.


  • #2169
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,863 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    In the carpark or actually up there?


  • #2170
    AmongHomes
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭AmongHomes


    Duggans have bought Duffs, the pub scene in Bray is fast becoming a duopoly we will have €6.50 a pint for Christmas with few options in the town


  • #2171
    Avery Short Penalty
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Avery Short Penalty


    AmongHomes wrote: »
    Duggans have bought Duffs, the pub scene in Bray is fast becoming a duopoly we will have €6.50 a pint for Christmas with few options in the town

    I don't believe this.
    Not in a Victor Meldrew way, I actually don't believe it.


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  • #2172
    tea and coffee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,823 ✭✭✭tea and coffee


    If this continues, Bray town council will have to replace the Brabazon griffin with a bust of JD (joke! I like that they are regenerating Bray, even if the idea of that level of monopoly creeps me out a little)


  • #2173
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,742 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    AmongHomes wrote: »
    Duggans have bought Duffs, the pub scene in Bray is fast becoming a duopoly we will have €6.50 a pint for Christmas with few options in the town

    3 days too late.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #2174
    Lefty2Guns
    Registered Users Posts: 712 ✭✭✭Lefty2Guns


    marko99 wrote: »
    Is Everest of Kathmandu closed or just being redecorated?

    Drove by it the other night, looked like they are renovating. Hopefully so, lovely food there.


  • #2175
    Lefty2Guns
    Registered Users Posts: 712 ✭✭✭Lefty2Guns


    tea and coffee wrote: »
    If this continues, Bray town council will have to replace the Brabazon griffin with a bust of JD (joke! I like that they are regenerating Bray, even if the idea of that level of monopoly creeps me out a little)

    What happens if you get barred from one? Your gone from them all? Not that I have ever been barred from a pub before but I know my cousin was barred from the Martello.


  • #2176
    tea and coffee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,823 ✭✭✭tea and coffee


    No idea mate. Wouldn't say so.


  • #2177
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    Thargor wrote: »
    In the carpark or actually up there?

    Not sure, a friend said it was parked in a field however.

    Another offering at the Anchor Bar on its way called Beach Yard. Seems to be a food truck festival of some sort.


  • #2178
    Peckham
    Registered Users Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Peckham


    I was up on Bray Head at the weekend. It's parked in a lovely spot on the upper cliff walk, just as you walk down from the cross towards Greystones. Probably around 500 metres from the cross.

    Didn't buy anything from it as it was quite busy while we were there - as you can see from the photo!


  • #2179
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,863 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Ha, looks like a Roddy Doyle book cover.


  • #2180
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,742 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    AmongHomes wrote: »
    Duggans have bought Duffs

    I heard this again yesterday

    Plus The Old Anchor (porterhouse) are pulling out their beer garden at the back and will have bays for loads of different food trucks. Hoping to open in summer.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #2181
    zoobizoo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,712 ✭✭✭zoobizoo


    It had been rumoured in previous years that the Duggans had bought The Bray Head Hotel and the Porterhouse, so I'll wait for confirmation from John before I'd believe it


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  • #2182
    Avery Short Penalty
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Avery Short Penalty


    Duffs wasn't for sale, it would have attracted a lot of attention if it had been.


  • #2183
    marko99
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭marko99


    Avery Short Penalty wrote:
    Duffs wasn't for sale, it would have attracted a lot of attention if it had been.


    You sure of that? ;)


  • #2184
    Avery Short Penalty
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Avery Short Penalty


    marko99 wrote: »
    You sure of that? ;)

    Yeah


  • #2185
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,742 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Avery Short Penalty wrote: »
    Duffs wasn't for sale, it would have attracted a lot of attention if it had been.

    Lots of businesses quietly sell without publicly going up for sale. Hollands was never for sale.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #2186
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,742 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    zoobizoo wrote: »
    It had been rumoured in previous years that the Duggans had bought The Bray Head Hotel and the Porterhouse, so I'll wait for confirmation from John before I'd believe it

    They were buying the porterhouse but it fell through.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #2187
    Avery Short Penalty
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Avery Short Penalty


    Annasopra wrote: »
    Lots of businesses quietly sell without publicly going up for sale. Hollands was never for sale.

    We all knew Holland's was closing down before it was bought?


  • #2188
    Avery Short Penalty
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Avery Short Penalty


    Annasopra wrote: »
    They were buying the porterhouse but it fell through.

    That's not what I heard! Apparently the Porterhouse refused them.

    We can all share unsubstantiated rumours and pass them off as fact.


  • #2189
    marko99
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭marko99


    Avery Short Penalty wrote:
    Yeah


    Well, I guess we'll find out.


  • #2190
    Avery Short Penalty
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Avery Short Penalty


    So far the evidence is:
    1. A post on Boards by a user that hasn't been back to the thread since.
    2.

    No that's it.
    Thing about rumours is even if you've heard it more than once, there's no guarantee it's not the same source. Say I said to my husband "Someone online says Duffs has been sold." He goes into work and asks his colleague "Did you hear Duffs has been sold?" His colleauge says "No, didn't hear that", goes home and asks their housemate. The housemate is a Boards user, so they come on here and find this thread, and "Hey, that's the second time I heard that, it must be true."
    You can understand my skepticism.


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  • #2191
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,556 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    I heard Duffs was sold to the Duggan’s and they’re gonna set up a Penney’s to put an end to the near 25 year old rumour that Penney’s is coming to Bray.

    Is there anything they can’t do?


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