Cuba, Bar 903 etc. closed?

magentas

god I used to live in cuba when I first moved to galway, the old bar was so cool and great live venue upstairs.

haven't been there much in the past couple of years but the last few times I did go to the club, I'd pay my tenner at the door only to realise when I got inside that up-upstairs would be closed:mad:

scary to see such well-established places closing down,
feel so sorry for the staff too:(

barryd09

gutted to hear this news!

quality venue ran well by really sound people and giving galway what it needed,an alternative to the usual cocksucking halo,cps & karma crowd/music.

they brought quality djs to galway over the last few years,took balls to do it too and ran a flake of free gigs in 903.

and for fionnmactoocoolforschool,you must have been in an absolute hoop any night you went to cuba if you were refused regulary.

couldnt have met nicer security/bouncers.ive always found meeting a bouncer eye to eye and with courtesy and manners and you'd receive the same from them,esp in cuba.

as for tunes in galway now,the options are severly limited/non existent.:mad:

Cuba was also the only club that allowed you to wear a hoodie and runners in, without batting an eyelid.

Fionn MacCool

barryd09 wrote: »

and for fionnmactoocoolforschool,you must have been in an absolute hoop any night you went to cuba if you were refused regulary.

Yeah, like the night I was so sober I wanted to go home early but was persuaded to stay out, and then turned away from Cuba for being too drunk :rolleyes: Or the time someone stole my hoody in there and I tried to ask a member of staff if it had been handed in at all but got shoved out the door by the bouncer because the club was closing. Nice service that is.

I've never been refused from anywhere else in 3-4 years of going out in Galway, even when I've been absolutely langers because I'm able to keep myself together pretty well.

Deleted User wrote: »

Cuba was also the only club that allowed you to wear a hoodie and runners in, without batting an eyelid.

Probably because it was so dark and dingy nobody saw em.

barryd09

Deleted User wrote: »

Cuba was also the only club that allowed you to wear a hoodie and runners in, without batting an eyelid.

As i said already,cuba had NO problem with anything anyone wore aslong as you werent full of attitude/loaded with drink going in, just as a club should be.

If dresscodes are an issue for people then grab your obligitory tommy hilfiger jumper and hit halo/cps/karma,lock.

evoke

i heard before that some grealish that owned cuba had an interest in running a bar or some thing down in baily point. They must of lost out there.

The probably could not get any money from the bank then to keep cuba running.

Did shane connolly buy the clarton hotel for 1 euro like 2 years ago or more when it went under?

Anyone know when the creditors meeting?

hairyfairy00

Such a shame, i literately grew up in the Cellar because my dad was the manager for years Hopefully someone will take them over soon, would hate to see them boarded up for months and months.

I can see someone opening up the Cellar soon, because it seemed to always be doing relatively good business. Hope so anyways, there was nothing better than their all-day breakfasts after a hard day of exams!

Sponge Bob

What is the story on Supervalu in Moycullen, I understand that the same holding company owned Cuba Cellar Harvest and the Supervalu in Moycullen...Jona Holdings I think it is called.

emptybladder

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Yep, Jona in trouble I hear.

evoke

Shane connolly is bringing down Jona Holding. He is bringing alot of businesses down with him.

So jona holding is going into liquidation. Does anyoneknow when the creditors meeting is? Can only creditors go to this meeting?

Never witnessed a company going into liquidation from the inside.

afireinside

Obviously 6.80 wasn't enough for a bottle of Koppaberg in the cellar...

Cuba was great recently since they got rid of the bell end Head doorman, he <invoked strong opinions>

joeKel73

You're mad for the details evoke! Like a vulture hovering over a wounded animal..!

Does anyoneknow when the creditors meeting is? Can only creditors go to this meeting?

So which grealishs owns the Celler ,903 and cuba?
What other places are in trouble? do you have a list?

Anyone know when the creditors meeting?

So the list of closing is:
Harvest
Cuba Club
Bar 903
cellar
Who owns them then?

Why did it close down? is it in examinership or liquidation?

does anyone know who owns these places and the exact places shutting down?

EDIT:

With the above in mind, interesting post over on this thread.... Got plans?!

evoke wrote: »

OP Do you have any experience running a night club or working in a night club? Just wondering your experience and how fast you think you could establish a club up and running.

I pm you aswell incase you did not get this message.

halfback5

christ thats a big shock have they closed down immediately?

leeroybrown

halfback5 wrote: »

christ thats a big shock have they closed down immediately?

They'll have stayed open through Christmas for the holiday revenues, to run down stocks and because all the bar exemptions will already have been paid for since the 1st of December. January's the second quietest month of the year in town and they'd have had to pay for the month's late bar/club exemptions up front so it makes sense to close now.

thesandeman

Ficheall wrote: »

Sorry state of affairs for the staff, but on the bright side - it'll make room for four more badly needed Charcoal Grills.

If Cuba stays closed for a while it will scupper Charcoals plans for world domination.
I presume the main reason they located there is they had a guaranteed revenue source from Cubas clientelle.
Was never a regular of Cuba cos they always made me take off my cap but I feel sorry for the staff of the group :-(

nickgln

absolutely heartbroken, used to work in the cellar great memories there, feel so bad for all the staff, what a way for friends to start 2011:(
this recession is takin the piss now!

Clemon

Delighted

barryd09

barryd09 wrote: »

As i said already,cuba had NO problem with anything anyone wore aslong as you werent full of attitude/loaded with drink going in, just as a club should be.

If dresscodes are an issue for people then grab your obligitory tommy hilfiger jumper and hit halo/cps/karma,lock.

Whats with the insults for people who like to go to cps/halo its uncalled for in fairness.

I dont like to see places shutting down and people losing jobs but cuba/903 are not places I would go to.

UnleashTheBeast

Good riddance to bad rubbish, hated Cuba.

Sound Bite

Clemon wrote: »

Delighted

UnleashTheBeast wrote: »

Good riddance to bad rubbish, hated Cuba.

Can't believe the immaturity of some of the above posts. Cuba wouldn't have been my cup of tea for the last number of years & I'd only be in the cellar the odd time but whether you disliked the place or the owners, it's a shame to see any business go to the wall.

Staff have lost their jobs, I'd imagine some suppliers haven't been paid & there'll be a knock on effect for the likes of chippers/taxi companies nearby.

Horrible to see people happy with someone else's misfortune.

UnleashTheBeast

Sound Bite wrote: »

Can't believe the immaturity of some of the above posts.

In fairness, it's full of crusties?

leeroybrown

Regardless of the begrudgers, I'll miss the place anyway. Like most nightspots it wasn't everyones' cup of tea but I've had great nights there over the years. I know quite a few people who relied on the place for some or all of their income and actually liked working there. It's a shame for them.

rivalius13

Ahhh fuuuuuck, how are we meant to get cans at the Sparch now? We'll have to prepare for it, or walk slightly further, this is a loada ****e!

leeroybrown

UnleashTheBeast wrote: »

In fairness, it's full of crusties?

You must be thinking of a different cuba. It certainly hasn't been full of crusties any time I've been there recently.

rivalius13

Clemon wrote: »

Delighted

Why? Why are you happy to see people lose their job? So you didn't like the place, great, don't go. You hate the people who go? Guess what? They're coming to a nightclub near you! I look forward to annoying you with whatever it is that you didn't like about Cuba.

YouTookMyName

UnleashTheBeast wrote: »

In fairness, it's full of crusties?

You're thinking of the Roisin mate..

barryd09

Braylon Unkempt Glycerine wrote: »

Whats with the insults for people who like to go to cps/halo its uncalled for in fairness.

its not an insult,merely an observation or more so,a fact.

FouxDaFaFa

Well I'm definitely going to miss all of those establishments, particularly Cuba and the Cellar. Cuba would have been my first choice of club in town (liked the relaxed vibe in there) but I know not everyone liked it and it wasn't at its best when upstairs wasn't open. It'll be pretty sad seeing all those empty buildings, hope they find people to take them on soon.

barryd09

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barryd09

dave clarke @ cuba,june 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP31P5sQ_oI

barryd09

groove armada @ cuba Nov 2005
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW5vupDr69U

barryd09

japanese popstars @ cuba october 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGtXnzn2Mrk

Diabhal Beag

Don't make a sad night even worse Barry09

barryd09

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Don't make a sad night even worse Barry09

merely remembering the good GREAT nights!!

Diabhal Beag

barryd09 wrote: »

merely remembering the good GREAT nights!!

I know but I'm still sad over this Now we have to go Karma

ten10twenty

Bit of a shame, haven't been in it in years but spent a lot nights in there when i was in college.

Whether people like it or not, at least it was another place to go/see something different so now there's a few less options in Galway and the surviving pubs will have more potential customers and probably less incentive to improve

TheCosmicFrog

Ah man, sickened

My two favorite pubs and my favorite club in Galway. My best nights out in the city started in The Cellar and ended in Cuba, with maybe a few drinks in Bar 903 first. Did the old, "Go in, get a stamp, turn around, walk out" trick until Cuba filled out with people. Free entry, happy days.

I liked the relaxed vibe of Cuba. No scumbags, no bouncers eyeballing your shoes as you walked by them and brilliant music. A decent mix of alternative dance and the usual crap so it suited most tastes. Then upstairs (if it was open, heh...) was always mad craic.

Harvest is a sad loss too. Only Off License that stocked decent beers. Where will I get my Belfast Blonde now? :cool:

Fionn MacCool

Surely this must be down to poor management or something? Cuba never seemed any less busy than other clubs, and they never really had offers on drinks so must have made a bit more than the likes of Club K?

That's two clubs in Galway gone in the space of a few months, which is weird because I haven't really noticed any less people going out than there was 3 years ago or whatever. Maybe it's not as profitable as it seems.

They should have just not paid taxes like CPs!

PomBear

TheCosmicFrog wrote: »

Ah man, sickened

My two favorite pubs and my favorite club in Galway. My best nights out in the city started in The Cellar and ended in Cuba, with maybe a few drinks in Bar 903 first. Did the old, "Go in, get a stamp, turn around, walk out" trick until Cuba filled out with people. Free entry, happy days.

I liked the relaxed vibe of Cuba. No scumbags, no bouncers eyeballing your shoes as you walked by them and brilliant music. A decent mix of alternative dance and the usual crap so it suited most tastes. Then upstairs (if it was open, heh...) was always mad craic.

Harvest is a sad loss too. Only Off License that stocked decent beers. Where will I get my Belfast Blonde now? :cool:

Belfast :pac:

Ficheall

Surely these businesses can't all have been running at such a loss that they would have to go into liquidation? Even if one business was doing ****e, would it not have been obvious and individually stoppable?

It is a balls for the staff, indeed - but it's difficult to feel any sympathy for the owners.

As to the great loss to the city - aside from, perhaps, the Cellar's grub, I'm sure the people of Galway will survive. Other places sell alcohol, and some enterprising fool can surely rent a warehouse near the city and play ear-splitting ****e and charge admission, no?

leeroybrown

Fionn MacCool wrote: »

Surely this must be down to poor management or something? Cuba never seemed any less busy than other clubs, and they never really had offers on drinks so must have made a bit more than the likes of Club K?

Ficheall wrote: »

Surely these businesses can't all have been running at such a loss that they would have to go into liquidation? Even if one business was doing ****e, would it not have been obvious and individually stoppable?

Read back through the thread. I suspect that it might transpire that debts/losses related to the recently liquidated 'Marcon Developments' are encumbered on 'JONA Investment Holdings' (the holding company that owns the Cuba group) and have dragged it under.

shampoosuicide

isn't Joker supposed to be playing in the Cellar next weekend? what's the deal with that now?

Mrs OBumble

UnleashTheBeast wrote: »

In fairness, it's full of crusties?

Any venue that keeps them out of the places I go to is A Good Thing, IMHO.

Wolf Club

YouTookMyName wrote: »

You're thinking of the Roisin mate..

Yeah, bloody crusties with their skinny jeans, high top runners and trendy haircuts. :pac:

It's terribly sad to see these places close, especially so suddenly. I was in The Cellar on NYE and their didn't seem to be any word of it. Was really looking forward to that Joker gig as well. Really sad start to the new year for all the staff.

francie92

If cuba closes, it makes you wonder how a place like Coyotoes is still staying afloat... Free in, small crowds and cheapish enough drinks.. Makes you wonder

whatlliwear

Wolf Club wrote: »

Yeah, bloody crusties with their skinny jeans, high top runners and trendy haircuts. :pac:

Eh is that what a Crustie is??

Anyway sorry I couldn't resist but it is such a sad loss. All the poor staff losing their jobs

ben.schlomo

whatlliwear wrote: »

Eh is that what a Crustie is??

Anyway sorry I couldn't resist but it is such a sad loss. All the poor staff losing their jobs

Sarcasm detector required.

evoke

foto joe wrote: »

You're mad for the details evoke! Like a vulture hovering over a wounded animal..!



EDIT:

With the above in mind, interesting post over on this thread.... Got plans?!

Looks like you have been following me foto joe.

I just have a general interest. I like to know how theese thinks work. I do not think it will be open as a club or bar again. I am sure the cellar will open as a bar. I am sure if they were making money they could of restructure their debt with a bank. If they were not making enough money then the bank would not take the risk.

No one seems to know the business side of it here.

whatlliwear

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Sarcasm detector required.

I know sorry I couldn't resist.. Feel extra bad now !