Gorbys

Smileylynz · 23-09-2007 12:10am #1

Just incase you didnt know Gorbys Niteclub is re opening this Friday at 11pm!!!!

Faith · 23-09-2007 12:33am

Gorbys?! That was way before my time. Isn't it Mangans now? Or are they different places?

~Rebel~ · 23-09-2007 2:36am

Gorby's became coco's which became The Works (where freakscene currently resides). are they just rechanging the name now or what? I dont expect much of a change anyway..

Raskolnikov · 23-09-2007 8:57am

Will it be as crap as the Bodega?

razorblunt · 23-09-2007 1:07pm

I was only in there once just before it closed and only been in Coco's/The Works/Quad a few times and it was the same layout. Can we presume that they'll be letting 16 year old in again so and play ****e music?

dudara · 23-09-2007 1:11pm

Wow, blast from the past there. Gorby's was always fun. Then again this was in 1996 for me. I was in Coco's a few times before I left Cork and it was hideous. The one thing that Henry's and Gorby's had in common was grubbiness. Modern nightclubs just don't have that same veneer of filth.

Tree · 23-09-2007 10:21pm

or 99p shots

simu · 24-09-2007 12:01am

Another oldie here! I thought this would be a thread of reminiscing. How could the truly create the late 90s vibe, though? Kids just ain't the same anymore!

~Rebel~ · 24-09-2007 12:08am

I was only there for its latter days. Was always a good laugh though, always a decent chance of a bit of pearl jam without needing to ask for it.

Another fairly dirty place i really miss is the pub the Raging Bull. Great cocktails, shots, pitchers etc for good prices and bad staff that were always up for a laugh and a chat.

Owen · 24-09-2007 12:15am

I used to hit Gorby's 3 nights a week around 1996, we'd kick off in Mollies, or the Crazy Horse, or even Rosies, and then stagger into Gorby's. The Comedy Club was a night refresh around 97 on a Wed and Sun night, used to pint with Des Bishop, he was working in River Island at the time, and got his first gig in Gorbys, which was actually good!

Nukem · 24-09-2007 9:09am

razorblunt wrote:

I Can we presume that they'll be letting 16 year old in again so and play ****e music?

Its over 23's apparently but i would expect the same level of music

Big Tone · 24-09-2007 11:54am

Its sacrilege to be going backwards to the name Gorbys for those of us with memories (however fuzzy, through the drunken mists at the time) and also for using the name of 80s Cork niteclub classic CoCos, they should never have been allowed to besmirch that name, Dominic O Keefe would spin in his grave!

Clare Bear · 24-09-2007 12:17pm

Ah good ol Gorby's....first time out in town at 16, Gorby's and getting hammered on three Strawberry Woody alcopops....good times

I don't think they should have the same name again though, should have left Gorby's as a memory, won't be the same again anyway.

Dizzyblabla · 24-09-2007 2:04pm

ahh, Strawberry Woodies, I remember them! I remember when Smirnoff Ice cam out first too, and they were 1pound 50 (I don't have the pound sign on this silly norwegian keyboard)
I know where I'll be going when I get home for the weekend in October

I had a gold card, I could even get a friend in for free

blocparty · 24-09-2007 2:53pm

is gorbys where the qube is now? next to the brog?

~Rebel~ · 24-09-2007 3:15pm

blocparty wrote:

is gorbys where the qube is now? next to the brog?

Kind of but no, its above them both. Would be the third floor of that building.
Its been called the Works for the past few years. It hasn't closed or anything (or if it has, then only for a week or 2), I assume its just a name change.

radiospan · 25-09-2007 1:52pm

~Rebel~ wrote:

Kind of but no, its above them both. Would be the third floor of that building.
Its been called the Works for the past few years. It hasn't closed or anything (or if it has, then only for a week or 2), I assume its just a name change.

Freakscene is still on up there yeah?

Tree · 25-09-2007 5:47pm

aye, its not moving at the moment

dudara · 25-09-2007 6:50pm

Dizzyblabla wrote:

ahh, Strawberry Woodies, I remember them! I remember when Smirnoff Ice cam out first too, and they were 1pound 50 (I don't have the pound sign on this silly norwegian keyboard)

Dizzy, you just triggered a great memory for me. When I started in UCC, the Herald had coupons in it for free Woodies. I went around campus collecting Heralds left right and centre. Between that and Nancy's Beat the Clock, I had free/cheap drink for about a week. Couldn't do that these days.

Agamemnon · 25-09-2007 8:30pm

ned78 wrote:

I used to hit Gorby's 3 nights a week around 1996, we'd kick off in Mollies, or the Crazy Horse, or even Rosies, and then stagger into Gorby's.

Same here, that brings back memories. After Gorby's we'd stagger all the way back to Wilton singing like loons.

Owen · 25-09-2007 11:40pm

dudara wrote:

Nancy's Beat the Clock

Jaysus. Beat the clock was just the best thing ever. It was quite possibly the only way Nancy's could convince lazy students to walk up Barrack's Street!

Tree · 25-09-2007 11:48pm

hey man, you walk DOWN barracka, from college to nancy and then town. bring back old nancy's, it's in bits now

tragedyman1978 · 27-09-2007 2:10pm

Cool !!! I lived in Gorbys when I was in college !!! Loved it. £1 a pint !!!

Julie K Cherub · 27-09-2007 2:14pm

agamemnon wrote:

Same here, that brings back memories. After Gorby's we'd stagger all the way back to Wilton singing like loons.

GORBYS was brill.. Loved it..

Julie K Cherub · 27-09-2007 2:15pm

tragedyman1978 wrote:

Cool !!! I lived in Gorbys when I was in college !!! Loved it. £1 a pint !!!

your full of bull tragedyman...:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

tragedyman1978 · 27-09-2007 2:17pm

Wha'ever girlfriend. Like you were ever even IN Gorbys. What are you ? Four years old ?

Julie K Cherub · 27-09-2007 2:20pm

tragedyman1978 wrote:

Wha'ever girlfriend. Like you were ever even IN Gorbys. What are you ? Four years old ?

Look i am really sorry tragedyman.. Didnt mean to offend you at all. I'm really a nice person.. Will you be my friend?????? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE:o

~Rebel~ · 28-09-2007 5:05pm

Was in gorby's last night. felt very old, but it was TWO EURO for both Fosters and Vodka! Was like being on holidays or something. Awesome. Awesome to the Max.

Smileylynz · 29-09-2007 1:03am

Cant wait to go! happy memories there bout 8 yrs ago, T'was the first club I got into go. I can rememer a really tall young bouncer and an old guy! Remember getting in with my fake usit card!! happy Days!!

Kold · 29-09-2007 2:35pm

Don't think you guys realised but Nancy's had beat the clock this week. Mass Crawford exodus on Thursday, it was depraved.

Roar · 29-09-2007 3:18pm

i was in there last night for gorby's original..

it was bloody awful

arrived at 12, the place was already overfull, the bar is now a smoking room (wtf like), the new bar is in the worst location possible, the music was too loud (maybe i'm getting old, but bloody hell the music was so loud all it was was a load of white noise), the dj was shouting stupid things like "remember the frank and walters" over the intro to after all (remember them? they only released a new album less than 12 months ago).. the queue at the bar was about 5 or 6 deep, so i imagine it would take about 20 minutes to get a drink...

gorby's original? pffffft

Gorbys

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