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New Shops/Businesses in Bray

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    #812
    fortwilliam
    Registered Users Posts: 564 ✭✭✭fortwilliam


    McGettigans "Irish" pub coming to Bray in the Royal hotel...


    https://www.facebook.com/pages/McGettigans-Bray/761532373975407


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    #813
    George White
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭George White


    The two Finnbees renamed on main street by the daughters of the former boss.


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    #814
    foxy06
    Registered Users Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭foxy06


    George White wrote:
    The two Finnbees renamed on main street by the daughters of the former boss.


    The branding on the new shops isn't quite as eye catching


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    #815
    George White
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭George White


    Why onEarth is a "Paddy O'Smellie's" "Oirish" bar opening up in Bray?
    Their fcuking logo has a fecking shamrock in it for feck's sake.


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    #816
    Cerco
    Registered Users Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭Cerco


    George White wrote: »
    Why onEarth is a "Paddy O'Smellie's" "Oirish" bar opening up in Bray?
    Their fcuking logo has a fecking shamrock in it for feck's sake.

    Perhaps this is a reflection of the expanding multi-cultural population in Bray.
    It could also appeal to tourists who are bussed in for an overnight in the Royal.


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    #817
    Antrim_Man
    Registered Users Posts: 948 ✭✭✭Antrim_Man


    George White wrote: »
    Why onEarth is a "Paddy O'Smellie's" "Oirish" bar opening up in Bray?
    Their fcuking logo has a fecking shamrock in it for feck's sake.

    You sound like a loyalist from East Belfast.


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    #818
    George White
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭George White


    There's a difference between a genuine pub in Ireland and an "Irish" pub. This is the latter. Real Irish pubs don't emblazon themselves in shamrocks. Look at Duff's. They're all about the Tour De France not a pot of gold at the end of the bleedin' rainbow.


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    #819
    loyatemu
    Registered Users Posts: 14,889 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    Every pub in Bray is already an Irish pub.

    however, hotel bars are generally horrible, so we can just continue to avoid this one.


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    #820
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,473 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Where is this pub opening up? Sounds ridiculous.


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    #821
    George White
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭George White


    There's an Irish pub and an "Irish" pub.
    All the pubs in Bray are Irish pubs. This new one is an "Irish" pub.


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    #822
    keano_afc
    Registered Users Posts: 8,711 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    George White wrote: »
    The two Finnbees renamed on main street by the daughters of the former boss.

    What about the other 17 Finbees in Bray?


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    #823
    George White
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭George White


    The others are remaining as they were.


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    #824
    Calibos
    Registered Users Posts: 7,806 ✭✭✭Calibos


    I little birdy told me that the original rumours about a certain pub franchise and a certain restaurant owned by a certain coffeeshop owner were true all along....


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    #825
    George White
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭George White


    Calibos wrote: »
    I little birdy told me that the original rumours about a certain pub franchise and a certain restaurant owned by a certain coffeeshop owner were true all along....
    So, McGettigan's was supposed to be a Wetherspoon's.
    who's the coffee -shop owner? Finnbee's?


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    #826
    Cerco
    Registered Users Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭Cerco


    Calibos wrote: »
    I little birdy told me that the original rumours about a certain pub franchise and a certain restaurant owned by a certain coffeeshop owner were true all along....

    Something fishy about the restaurant In question ? :confused:


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    #827
    George White
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭George White


    Cerco wrote: »
    Something fishy about the restaurant In question ? :confused:

    Oh, I see.
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    #828
    fjon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭fjon


    keano_afc wrote: »
    What about the other 17 Finbees in Bray?

    How many others are there? I can only think of the one below Barracuda.


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    #829
    fjon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭fjon


    Cerco wrote: »
    Perhaps this is a reflection of the expanding multi-cultural population in Bray.
    It could also appeal to tourists who are bussed in for an overnight in the Royal.

    It's a chain of "Irish" pubs with a lot of places in the Middle East and Asia. They also have a few in Ireland - Cork, Limerick, Galway.
    Those places have reasonably good reviews on TripAdvisor. It mightn't be as terrible as everyone is thinking. It's not going to attract the same crowd that goes to the Harbour but I think there's room for it.


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    #830
    keano_afc
    Registered Users Posts: 8,711 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    fjon wrote: »
    How many others are there? I can only think of the one below Barracuda.

    At least 2 on the Main Street.


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    #831
    fjon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭fjon


    keano_afc wrote: »
    At least 2 on the Main Street.

    Yes, those are the only ones I'm aware of. I assumed from the previous post that there were perhaps more than these 3.


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    #832
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,930 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Cafe beside O Briens on the Vevay Road closed its doors, currently being fitted out as yet another cafe.


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    #833
    g0g
    Registered Users Posts: 2,788 ✭✭✭g0g


    I see a new costume shop in the Superquinn/Valu centre. It's just around the corner from Starbucks. Dunno if temporary or a permanent fixture.


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    #834
    tea and coffee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,831 ✭✭✭tea and coffee


    It's temporary; a pop up shop


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    #835
    marko99
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭marko99


    Thargor wrote: »
    Cafe beside O Briens on the Vevay Road closed its doors, currently being fitted out as yet another cafe.

    Signage says Pebble Cafe, looks like it's almost ready to open. Difficult location to make a cafe work I would have thought - and there's a Costa about to open just down the road in the former butcher's place in Tesco.


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    #836
    keano_afc
    Registered Users Posts: 8,711 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    I see Costa is open beside Tesco. Will be interesting to see how it does. It is at least a couple of hundred feet from the next coffee shop.


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    #837
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 41,062 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    marko99 wrote: »
    Signage says Pebble Cafe, looks like it's almost ready to open. Difficult location to make a cafe work I would have thought - and there's a Costa about to open just down the road in the former butcher's place in Tesco.

    Well if it's anything like Pebbles in Greystones which is VERY expensive I won't be going there much at all.

    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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    #838
    g0g
    Registered Users Posts: 2,788 ✭✭✭g0g


    Was down town today for first time in a while and see Real Estate Alliance place just below turn for Novara and also that Italian cafe that used to be the wool shop opposite Mizzoni's is now some sort of sweet shop again. They both recent developments?


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    #839
    Dr Strange
    Registered Users Posts: 3,427 ✭✭✭Dr Strange


    g0g wrote: »
    Was down town today for first time in a while and see Real Estate Alliance place just below turn for Novara and also that Italian cafe that used to be the wool shop opposite Mizzoni's is now some sort of sweet shop again. They both recent developments?

    The sweetshop was opened by the previous owner of Mrs McGuire's Sweet Shop across the road. It has a smaller selection and is now mostly self-service. I like it.


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    #840
    George White
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭George White


    Wigoders is back on Castle St.


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    #841
    George White
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭George White


    Beau Peep on Quinsborough Road becoming a sweetshop.


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