What shops would you like to see in carlow.

stick-dan

Seeing as we had the old school shop thread, i thought why not see what people think would be a good asset to the town in the shape of shops ,services,etc.

Personally i would like to see a proper book shop in the town.Like the book shop in waterford called the book center is a very popular place for people of all ages, nationalities sexes, etc. There is very seldom a day the place isn't buzzing.

I would love to see a proper book shop on the scale of the afore mentioned one introduced to carlow town. The demand would most definitely be there and also a book shop of this size could only benefit the town intellectually and ecomically. I would love the opportunity to go into a proper book shop, sit down, spend a few minutes leafing through a few books, whilst deciding which one to purchase over a nice warm beverage.

Most other counties have this why not us, That's my input anyway.

HoneyButterfly

I completely agree with you and before I read your piece above thats exactly what I was going to say. I went to college in Scotland for 4 years and loved the fact that I could spend so much time looking for books and having some quiet time where I could relax in a lovely big couch in Costa (although I'd prefer Starbucks but beggers can't be choosers) and read a book.
Then in America...Oh it was heaven on earth! I absolutey loved the Barnes and Noble book shops...absolutely massive! And while I'm not even entertaining the idea that Carlow might get such a fantastic book shop, I do think its disgraceful that a town the size of Carlow does not have a decent bookshop.
Also, I think a good shoe shop is required!! There's only Grahams really...and they rarely have anything nice. Even if there was a good shoe concession in one of the other shops like Shaws or Houstens, that would do, something like Faith or Schuh would do well I think.

Don1

A place to buy immigrants would be nice...........


(joke)

racso1975

1)Burger king

2)This multi screen cinema that keeps looking for employee's

3)A coffee shop at night time

4)A good mens shop with the exception of detail and best's us men are flucked

5)Shoe shop as posted earlier

6) Barnes and Noble ur right we do deserve the best and that is the best!!!

lucylu

A shop where you can buy a pair of jeans.

wheres me jumpa

Cinema
Book shop
Gadget/Technology type shop
Food emporium type store

Above all, Id like to see some Carlow businesses reclaim the streets. Carlow is over run with franchises.

mcaul

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

Cinema
Book shop
Gadget/Technology type shop
Food emporium type store

Above all, Id like to see some Carlow businesses reclaim the streets. Carlow is over run with franchises.

Definitely needs and would support a good bookstore - hughes & hughes / borders type, even if it was in the retail park would be good enough.

Cinema was planned for area where dunnes is, not sure whether it is still planned.

Gadget / technology store - small one in fairgreen, but I believe carlow is on a target list of sites for Best Buy www.bestbuy.com (these guys are good - real good!!)

Food Emporium - will have 600sq ft of new special days store devoted to gourmet foods, fine wines, coffee & chocs (former easons store) - similar idea to Avoca, but better prices.

racso1975

Well it certainly seems are wish list is going to be met son enough so......though i do find that shop in fairgreen to be fairly pricey

stick-dan

Nice to see so many exuberant replies to what we need in carlow, pity a representative of the town council wasn't looking at this thread.

Really racso a burger king? Don't we have enough fatty food places in the town without another lol, ah well i suppose might as well have em all.

I like the way everyone votes for a proper bookshop, would be very cool to have a proper bookstore with starbucks or some coffee service attached. Here's hoping someday we will have one.

The idea of an all night coffee shop, that really and truly is a great idea. I would love one of them shops set up, there is often times when you could be bored either at night or late in the evening and the opportunity to get a nice quiet brew in a warm environment just isn't viable.

Is the big cineplex not going to open above argos in the fairgreen anymore? That would be a real shame. A cinema out at dunnes wouldn't be very accessible for us students on foot. Surely a more central location would be more profitable.

Better selection of lads shop i would welcome as its very hard to buy something and not see at least 5 other lads wearing the same thing when your out and about. It's a shame some of us have to resort to shopping further afield. A little variety would definitely be welcome.

Another Music shop to buy all our cd's and the like would be nice, I would love to have virgin records or hmv down here, We do have two good music shops but this could change in the future and i would like to see more variety in the future.

HoneyButterfly

I don't know if Barnes & Noble have shops in Ireland? But I was in Naas today and they have a great bookshop called Barker & Jones, with a Costa upstairs....that would be perfect.

patrickc

racso1975 wrote: »

1)Burger king


5)Shoe shop as posted earlier

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agree on both of the above, BK is the best fast food ever, although i like it as a treat so might be bad if its in carlow..

clarks/ecco shoe shops would be fine with me

HoneyButterfly

Go away with yer Clarks and Echo! What would we do with such shops?! Oj. But really, you can get those types of shoes in Grahams/Shaws. We need a good shoe shop that caters for everyone. Schuh would be sooo good! So would Faith but I'm being slighty biased there, as they do only womens shoes

patrickc

HoneyButterfly wrote: »

Go away with yer Clarks and Echo! What would we do with such shops?! Oj. But really, you can get those types of shoes in Grahams/Shaws. We need a good shoe shop that caters for everyone. Schuh would be sooo good! So would Faith but I'm being slighty biased there, as they do only womens shoes

yes but i just find those shops generally have their own extra mark up on prices too, rather than the individual shoes. ah I'll stick with liffey valley has the choice of them all

mcaul

patrickc wrote: »

yes but i just find those shops generally have their own extra mark up on prices too, rather than the individual shoes. ah I'll stick with liffey valley has the choice of them all

You'll probably find an independent like Grahams a bit cheaper than the Branded stores. Basically the branded stores are nearly all franchised - so they are in fact owned and operated by independent retailers, but they must also pay a franchise fee, thus adding costs and usually meaning a small additional price.

fitzyshea

Planning for cinema is up outside the Fairgreen where it was always going to go. Burger King is supposed to be a drive thru out beside the new DIY place on the dublin road cant think of name right now!

I want a Boots chemist and a decent bookshop like eason or hughes and hughes. Also would be nice to see some shops opening up on Tullow St.

wheres me jumpa

Bookstore is a common suggestion, if there are any entrepreneurial readers of this thread, they can thank us for their success of their first bookstore in Carlow.

testicle

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

Bookstore is a common suggestion, if there are any entrepreneurial readers of this thread, they can thank us for their success of their first bookstore in Carlow.

That one in the Fairgreen is a heap of ****e. It's quite big, but it has SFA...

wheres me jumpa

testicle wrote: »

That one in the Fairgreen is a heap of ****e. It's quite big, but it has SFA...

There is no bookshop in Carlow imo. Only newsagents who also stock selected books. Might be a bit harsh on Byrnes but apart from best sellers and the usual generic cookery, holistic healing and pictures from space books they really cant be called a proper book shop.

I was trying to find a book on Solicitors Accounts(dont ask) last month and nearest location stocking it was Dublin. Now this is a very specialist book but the same would go for many other books.

stick-dan

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

Bookstore is a common suggestion, if there are any entrepreneurial readers of this thread, they can thank us for their success of their first bookstore in Carlow.

+1

I think it was said above people would like to see easons introduced. We had easons it wasn't a whole tonne, We need a better type of bookstore, one that covers all genres, topics, languages. The library is good but by no means great and doesn't possess a vast amount of literary material. A major bookstore would be brilliant. I don't want to sound as if i am preaching waterford to the heavens but the book center there would be an ideal asset for carlow.

patrickc

fitzyshea wrote: »

Planning for cinema is up outside the Fairgreen where it was always going to go. Burger King is supposed to be a drive thru out beside the new DIY place on the dublin road cant think of name right now!

I want a Boots chemist and a decent bookshop like eason or hughes and hughes. Also would be nice to see some shops opening up on Tullow St.

apparently thats a supermacs drive through going beside homebase

cashback

HoneyButterfly wrote: »

I don't know if Barnes & Noble have shops in Ireland? But I was in Naas today and they have a great bookshop called Barker & Jones, with a Costa upstairs....that would be perfect.

Exactly what I was thinking, used to go in there on my lunch break.
Byrne's really cannot be counted as a proper bookshop.

fitzyshea

patrickc wrote: »

apparently thats a supermacs drive through going beside homebase

Serious? I thought it was a BK! Thats all th etown needs is another Supermacs!

SV

Definitely a supermacs lads sorry to say..


I wish it was a BK too to be honest.

racso1975

why dont we all just pool our resources and buy the bk franchise between us l'll gladly be paid in double bacon cheese burgers and the tasty bk chips

ShayK1

we don't need BK, WE HAVE FLORINO'S!!!!

wheres me jumpa

Id like a BK but Im guessing once we had it, it would be just like any other fast food place, ala KFC, Pizza Hut etc.

SV

ShayK1 wrote: »

we don't need BK, WE HAVE FLORINO'S!!!!

Nicest. chips. ever!

wheres me jumpa

ShayK1 wrote: »

we don't need BK, WE HAVE FLORINO'S!!!!

Which one is Florinos?

testicle

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

Which one is Florinos?

Tullow Road, behind the Shell garage.

stick-dan

Ok, i've just noticed something, I originally started this thread to find out what people would like to see in carlow town in the form of new shops and assets. But not the thread has degraded to a fast food talk, This seems to be a running theme here in carlow, we always stray off and talk about fast food and then threads end up going nowhere.

Has anyone else noticed this, are we this obsessed with our fast food?

Anyways to keep it on topic-ish i think it is a stupid idea to introduce a drive through supermacs, all that means is we can bring it home and get poisoned in our houses

inarut

back to the original thread. we need a bookshop where you can get lost in and waste the day reading books that you don't end up buying not the glorified newsagents and toy stores we currently have that pass as bookshops. anything like hughes/hughes, hodges figgis, waterstones or easons etc. or the kilkenny or waterford book centres would be something. now that wouuld make me venture into town a lot more.

much as i like bking, like anything else the novelty soon disappears when such fast food outlets set up in our town. i remember being real excited about mcd's coming to carlow those years ago and after 2 early visits have never been back:)

mcaul

Barker & Jones in Naas are owned by the same family that own the Book Centres in Kilkenny, Wexford & Waterford. I've sent them an e-mail to look at this thread and draw thier attention to the utter lack of a book store in a town of over 25,000 people!

stick-dan

mcaul wrote: »

Barker & Jones in Naas are owned by the same family that own the Book Centres in Kilkenny, Wexford & Waterford. I've sent them an e-mail to look at this thread and draw thier attention to the utter lack of a book store in a town of over 25,000 people!

Wow now that is taking the initiative. Fair dues to you kind sir. If there ends up being a barker and jones in carlow i will be forever in your depth.

carlowguy32

id like to see some decent clothes shops like tommy hilfigure or jack jones, im sick of the usual detail stuff, what about harvey normans or sound store, we could do with more tv or electrical shops, we need a marks and spencer also, food is great quality, i dont think hmv or zavvi will come here as they are facing major downturn in sales

shenanigans1982

A place like HMV or Zavvi would be a great addition. Golden discs really doesn't cut it as a music/dvd shop.

And maybe someone shud have edited out the comments from ppl who said they wanted a book shop where they could read books for hours on end without buying anything before passing it on to the owner of a book store.:D

steve66

cinema specialising in revised classics, foreign movies etc
A Mcdonalds such as they have in kilkenny, or is it SuperMacs. The carlow one is near the post office. Sorry, I can never remember which is which
a second hand cinema book shop
a second hand comic bookshop
it could be the same place for all i care.
As a matter of fact, it could incorporate the cinema as well
M

Queen-Mise

i would like to see in carlow:

1 a huge bookstore - with a coffee shop
2 a coffee shop that sells homemade muffins/cakes or such like - not mass produced ones
3 I would love to see some specialist clubs/bars - where on tues or wed night it would be reggae/dub or salsa/samba.
4 finally an indoor water park, would be quite cool, or maybe a small disney land on the graigue bypass, or a flight stimulator in the dome.

patrickc

queen-mise wrote: »

i would like to see in carlow:

or maybe a small disney land on the graigue bypass, or a flight stimulator in the dome.

we're lucky to have the dome as it is:D

robo

Was in Carlow shopping today and I see that Special Days (great shop) has replaced Easons...why?

100% agree that the town needs a nice big book shop. Borders would do great in Carlow, if it was down by Penneys or something, with a Starbucks so I can get a Frapuccino whilst shopping.

SV

robo wrote: »

Was in Carlow shopping today and I see that Special Days (great shop) has replaced Easons...why?

100% agree that the town needs a nice big book shop. Borders would do great in Carlow, if it was down by Penneys or something, with a Starbucks so I can get a Frapuccino whilst shopping.

Well Easons was well gone before Special Days moved in..and it was a brutal book shop tbh.

No starbucks in carlow please. less of that crap.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

ClioV6 wrote: »

Well Easons was well gone before Special Days moved in..and it was a brutal book shop tbh.

No starbucks in carlow please. less of that crap.

Crap? ha, your opinions are tainted by lies... It's a great coffee shop that not many others try to do.

"You want to sit down and read your book? Sorr sir, but you have to buy something or leave..."

Not in starbucks you don't. Multinational company or not, it kicks ass.

I would like to see a burger king, when you eat there you don't feel as sick as say, Mc Donalds... 30 minutes later your hungry again from that kip.

I would like to see the new cinema open, christ it's annoying what happened over in the fairgreen. Give us a bloody decent cinema. Carlow Ciniplex is the worste excuse for a cinema I have ever seen. I rather drive to blanchardstown or even tallaght before I go to the one in carlow.

noel farrell

yes the town needs a good book shop now that we have the down turn and books are so dear a mixture of new and secondhand to brouse through young and old i was over in whales at a country fair the town was about 25.000 there were two one modern store and one used that had every thing under the sun why not start your own plenty of places to rent and lots more after christmas cheers:)

ShayK1

noel farrell wrote: »

yes the town needs a good book shop now that we have the down turn and books are so dear a mixture of new and secondhand to brouse through young and old i was over in whales at a country fair the town was about 25.000 there were two one modern store and one used that had every thing under the sun why not start your own plenty of places to rent and lots more after christmas cheers:)

Holy crap!! From reading that post I'd guess you've never read a book in your life!!!
Have you ever heard of a punctuation mark?

Read that back to yourself and see if it makes sense to you.

stick-dan

Hayley Skinny Rooster wrote: »

It's a great coffee shop that not many others try to do.

"You want to sit down and read your book? Sorr sir, but you have to buy something or leave..."

Not in starbucks you don't. Multinational company or not, it kicks ass.

I would like to see a burger king, when you eat there you don't feel as sick as say, Mc Donalds... 30 minutes later your hungry again from that kip.

I would like to see the new cinema open, christ it's annoying what happened over in the fairgreen. Give us a bloody decent cinema. Carlow Ciniplex is the worste excuse for a cinema I have ever seen. I rather drive to blanchardstown or even tallaght before I go to the one in carlow.

I agree completely with this post. Would be nice to see starbucks introduced into the town as it is a brilliant coffee shop and i think it would do well but the location would be crucial.Someone suggested locating it at the old penney's once it is refurbished, i personally think that wouldn't be the best idea as that side of the town is in a relative sot of decline.

Burger king, now i'm not too sure of that, guess it's all down to personal food preferences but i would definitely welcome a new addition to the town to prise us away from the golden arches.

And amen to the last point, give us a new cinema. We need it badly!

KateF

noel farrell wrote: »

yes the town needs a good book shop now that we have the down turn and books are so dear a mixture of new and secondhand to brouse through young and old i was over in whales at a country fair the town was about 25.000 there were two one modern store and one used that had every thing under the sun why not start your own plenty of places to rent and lots more after christmas cheers:)

Yeah I found that next to impossible to read, by the last line i just gave up

KateF

stick-dan wrote: »

I agree completely with this post. Would be nice to see starbucks introduced into the town as it is a brilliant coffee shop and i think it would do well but the location would be crucial.Someone suggested locating it at the old penney's once it is refurbished, i personally think that wouldn't be the best idea as that side of the town is in a relative sot of decline.

Starbucks would do well down there where Lennons used to be I think, kinda half way between everywhere.

patrickc

Hayley Skinny Rooster wrote: »

I would like to see a burger king, when you eat there you don't feel as sick as say, Mc Donalds... 30 minutes later your hungry again from that kip.

I would like to see the new cinema open, christ it's annoying what happened over in the fairgreen. Give us a bloody decent cinema. Carlow Ciniplex is the worste excuse for a cinema I have ever seen. I rather drive to blanchardstown or even tallaght before I go to the one in carlow.

+1 on the BK totally.. apparently it still is going ahead the cinema I heard

ShayK1 wrote: »

Holy crap!! From reading that post I'd guess you've never read a book in your life!!!
Have you ever heard of a punctuation mark?

Read that back to yourself and see if it makes sense to you.

KateF wrote: »

Yeah I found that next to impossible to read, by then last line i just gave up

@ shay & Kate, not everyone has good grammar, or standards of punctuation, if you can't read it don't but please do not slag the poster.

SV

Hayley Skinny Rooster wrote: »

Crap? ha, your opinions are tainted by lies... It's a great coffee shop that not many others try to do.

.

I'm sorry, I must have been blinded by their disgraceful prices. I don't care what kind of service they offer, their prices are f*cking disgraceful.

noel farrell wrote: »

Yes, The town needs a new bookshop, now that we have the downturn the books are becoming so much more expensive so we need to be able to have a choice of some second hand books also.
I was in a county in Wales that had about 25,000 people living in it also and there was two book stores, A modern one and another which had everything under the sun.
Why don't any of you start your own book store? There's plenty of places to rent out and there will be even more after christmas.

Cheers.

Ok now?

Queen-Mise

and i dont think starbucks coffee is that great either - does that make me a heathen i wonder

Nerin

queen-mise wrote: »

and i dont think starbucks coffee is that great either - does that make me a heathen i wonder

It means yore tastebuds work

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Compared to the ****e you get in most other coffee shops? Bewleys? Heated up MUCK!!! Starbucks produce good quality coffee and a great athmosphere... Oh and your ass doesn't hurt when you get up off their seats

You think you are going to walk into a place which offers you an amazing service and pay the same as you would anywhere else? Pffft, you are sooo wrong. By comparison, bewleys has rediculous prices.

Less of the grammar police, christ... not everyone is as perfect as ye two, God help us all if they were.