TGIs in Blackrock closed

Blut2

Would be a shame to have such a nice building used for a Tesco to be fair, all snobbery aside. A Tesco would also destroy the local shop across the road (used to be Centra?), take a lot of the Texaco garage's business and the Spar down the road towards the church.

Atomic Pineapple

The Chinese take away beside it is lovely though! Never struck me as a great place for a TGI's!

Jess16

I don't understand how placing a supermarket of any kind in Newtownpark Avenue is remotely viable, considering there's an M&S and Superquinn just down the road in Blackrock Village and a huge Dunnes Stores up the road in Cornelscourt

Exclamation Marc

There's a "TO LET" notice on the building now. It's on the windows but looks like the windows where Dante's was.

caelum

Planning permission denied for Tesco express, gonna stay empty for a while I guess

dublinman1990

cavemeister wrote: »

Dante's is now closed. Planning permission up for a supermarket. Most likely Lidl or Aldi

A supermarket where? It is in Newtownpark Avenue or another supermarket in Dundrum?

I live about five minutes from there when it was the Playwright and the food there was fantastic. I am that very surprised it had taken up so much money back in the day.

I don't think another Lidl would come into Newtownpark Avenue. There is already been two open between Deansgrange & Pottery Road in Dun Laoghaire. I would not be pleased to see in Aldi within my locality as the site IMO could be too small.

The nearest Aldi stores from Newtownpark Avenue I think are in Sandyford & Nutgrove.

The site is going have to determined by what sorts of items will be sold in that shop, if there is going to be one.

We had a pro golf store just beside O'Briens and A-Wash. That golf store was gone around six months ago. That shop is now replaced with one that sells supplies for DIY.

matt-dublin

Tescos is likely to be going in there.

helimachoptor

I'd really be against a Tesco Express tbh.. but in saying that i really dont know what would work.
such a shame to see the Playwright turned into a shop, had my 21st there .. and got naked on the stage fond memories :D

matt-dublin

Ah i thinkg it would be good, don't forget its only a convenience shop with extra booze and veg!

theyll probably keep and adapt the original building and stick a tesco logo on it.

dublinman1990

I forgot to mention that there is a third Lidl opened recently in Stillorgan adjacent to the new UCI Cinema including the stores at Deansgrange and Pottery Road.

So then that is a fourth possible Lidl out the window then.