New Business openings and closures around you?

Cyrus

Cyrus wrote: »

yeah the not taking cards thing put me right off, i never carry cash.

They take cards now.

I much prefer their coffee as well. I like my coffee hot and strong and that’s how mugs make it.

Cyrus

Aegir wrote: »

They take cards now.

I much prefer their coffee as well. I like my coffee hot and strong and that’s how mugs make it.

Well that’s something they kinda had to with Covid I guess

Gareth Keenan

Gareth Keenan wrote: »

Looks like a bit of work going on the the former Cookbook Cafe too.

Camille Thai signs have gone up on the former Cookbook.

Rumour that the place across the road from Spar (looks like a private house) is to become a Poulet Bonne Femme outlet. Owner lives up the road, if that's relevant.

It seems Sandycove Store and Yard are opening in the old Buckley’s building.

Coffee, food, dog friendly that kind of thing. Only have a few pics from Instagram though.

Cyrus

coylemj wrote: »

https://www.hatchcoffee.ie/ have opened in the old Cafe Java premises on Blackrock Main St.

pleased to say i went there yesterday, waffles are amazing, best of luck to the girls i hope they do well.

Gareth Keenan

Aegir wrote: »

It seems Sandycove Store and Yard are opening in the old Buckley’s building.

Coffee, food, dog friendly that kind of thing. Only have a few pics from Instagram though.

pizzas and a sauna too. Opening this Monday

Garlinge

New Indian restaurant opened in last few weeks on corner of Bird Avenue and Dundrum Road when previous 'Steps of Rome' was located. Only takeout and delivery at the moment. Authentic, for those who like 'real' Indian food so tending to spiceness! suggest get the Raita yogurt dip to calm things down a bit!

rubadub

rubadub wrote: »

cabinteely,


https://brennanstownra.com/2020/05/09/son-of-a-bun-new-burger-restaurant-now-open-in-cabinteely-village/
https://www.sonofthebun.ie/#/restaurant/10439/collection/10049


not to be confused with
https://www.sonofabun.ie/

trouble over this

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/circuit-court/case-involving-cork-and-dublin-in-serious-bunfight-over-restaurant-names-is-settled-1.4363853

Son of a Bun, from McCurtain Street, Cork, and South Dublin café Son of the Bun were in dispute because customers were mixing up their names.

Barrister Freddie Gilligan, for the Cork restaurant, told Judge Jacqueline Linnane the very close similarity in restaurant titles had been causing confusion among inhabitants in both localities.

The court heard that customers around Urbun Café Limited’s Son of the Bun restaurant and takeaway on Old Bray Road, Cabinteely, had been mistakenly seeking deliveries of hot hamburgers from Nalgec Limited’s Son of a Bun chefs in Cork more than a hundred miles.

Dubl07

Garlinge wrote: »

New Indian restaurant opened in last few weeks on corner of Bird Avenue and Dundrum Road when previous 'Steps of Rome' was located. Only takeout and delivery at the moment. Authentic, for those who like 'real' Indian food so tending to spiceness! suggest get the Raita yogurt dip to calm things down a bit!

It's called "Street" and a friend says it's very good.

The Nal

Dubl07 wrote: »

It's called "Street" and a friend says it's very good.

Its the same guys behind Pickle, Tiffin and Ananda. Some of the best food in the country. Think Ill go for some tomorrow. Pickle is the best Indian in Ireland.

s8n

Anyone know if Five Guys at Frascati is ever going to reopen ?

dublinman1990

AIB have opened their new unit in Frascati yesterday. They are at the front of the centre near the rear car park entrance where the apartments are still getting built.

Viscount Aggro

Dundrum town centre is suffering badly.
Noticed closures recently - Gadget shop, Diesel.

caviardreams

dublinman1990 wrote: »

AIB have opened their new unit in Frascati yesterday. They are at the front of the centre near the rear car park entrance where the apartments are still getting built.

Went looking for them today but couldn't find them! Are they near the vodafone / bannon jewellers bit?

dublinman1990

caviardreams wrote: »

Went looking for them today but couldn't find them! Are they near the vodafone / bannon jewellers bit?

No. They are in one of the big external units at the front of the building right behind that big building site. There is a little AIB sign with a little walkway up to the entrance when you drive your car towards the rear car park off the bypass.

If you're walking up to it; they're are in the left turn off to the car park before the bus shelter.

silver2020

Viscount Aggro wrote: »

Dundrum town centre is suffering badly.
Noticed closures recently - Gadget shop, Diesel.

two stores out of over 100 and you say "suffering badly"?

Natural attrition in a shopping centre this size would see several openings and closures a year - even in boom times

Gadget shop is far better suited to their online operation - makes no business sense to be in a high rent centre

awec

The Gadget shop had a terrible location in the centre. That little floor they were on must have very low footfall, you had to go out of your way to get there.

Wouldn't be surprised if North Face leave too.

I think there's a travel agent on that floor as well?

silver2020

awec wrote: »

Wouldn't be surprised if North Face leave too.

Northface are part of VF - so same company as Timberland, Vans, Lee Jeans and several others https://www.vfc.com/brands

With Vans and Timberland in the centre, and Northface being fairly specialist, I'd can't see them moving.

NutmegGirl

silver2020 wrote: »

two stores out of over 100 and you say "suffering badly"?

Natural attrition in a shopping centre this size would see several openings and closures a year - even in boom times

Gadget shop is far better suited to their online operation - makes no business sense to be in a high rent centre

House of Fraser closed (4 floors), Harvey Nichols closed (3 floors & restaurant) , Urban Outfitters (3 floors) closed, the whole outdoor section from there to old Hamleys in middle of renovation, Rolys closed, Maos closed (small Starbucks in there, food court not open, Monsoon closed (2 floors), Warehouse closed, one shop on ground floor just inside entrance, name escapes me closed, in addition to the 2 mentioned, prob 1/3 of total floor space closed at the moment
Maybe not “suffering badly” but definitely more than “natural attrition”
And yes some are being renovated but who knows if they’ll go ahead , as per Fallon & Byrne suddenly pulling out
App Penney’s who were rumoured to be taking top 2 floors of H of F not doing so at present
Will be much harder to entice shops in if your anchor tenant is gone and space empty , not many shops available who could take such big areas

miezekatze

NutmegGirl wrote: »

House of Fraser closed (4 floors), Harvey Nichols closed (3 floors & restaurant) , Urban Outfitters (3 floors) closed, the whole outdoor section from there to old Hamleys in middle of renovation, Rolys closed, Maos closed (small Starbucks in there, food court not open, Monsoon closed (2 floors), Warehouse closed, one shop on ground floor just inside entrance, name escapes me closed, in addition to the 2 mentioned, prob 1/3 of total floor space closed at the moment
Maybe not “suffering badly” but definitely more than “natural attrition”
And yes some are being renovated but who knows if they’ll go ahead , as per Fallon & Byrne suddenly pulling out
App Penney’s who were rumoured to be taking top 2 floors of H of F not doing so at present
Will be much harder to entice shops in if your anchor tenant is gone and space empty , not many shops available who could take such big areas

Some of these closed a long time ago though. Urban Outfitters has been closed for well over a year, maybe 2, and there have been several pop-up shops in there, last time I was there it was Folkster I think. Mao has been closed for ages too, there was a pop-up gaming cafe in there for a while and now Starbucks. The other shop you meant is probably Bose, Paperchase is in that unit now. Rolys has also been closed for ages. There's always been a bit of coming and going, hopefully things will pick up again.

dublinman1990

Pamela Scott is to close it's doors in Frascati due to Covid.

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/1015/1171714-12-pamela-scott-shops-to-close/

Cyrus

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Pamela Scott is to close it's doors in Frascati due to Covid.

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/1015/1171714-12-pamela-scott-shops-to-close/

Again they had been in trouble for years , anyone passing through the frascati could have told you that to be honest !

JayRoc

Cyrus wrote: »

Again they had been in trouble for years , anyone passing through the frascati could have told you that to be honest !

I am in the Frascati Centre every day of the week and honest to god I don't even know there is a Pamela Scott shop there. Although admittedly I may not be their target demographic...


Is it round the back?

dublinman1990

JayRoc wrote: »

I am in the Frascati Centre every day of the week and honest to god I don't even know there is a Pamela Scott shop there. Although admittedly I may not be their target demographic...


Is it round the back?

It's in the middle of the old centre. It comprises of two units converted into one. It's beside Vienna Shoes.

NutmegGirl

Think Pamela Scott are closing multiple stores so it’s not just Blackrock going

Seaswimmer

JayRoc wrote: »

I am in the Frascati Centre every day of the week and honest to god I don't even know there is a Pamela Scott shop there. Although admittedly I may not be their target demographic...


Is it round the back?

Does anyone else feel that the Frascati Centre Shopping redevelopment was only an excuse to build lots of apartments on top. Are there really any shops there that people would specifically travel to? I do think the Blackrock Centre will be nice when it is fully finished and I suppose you could argue that Super Valu will attract a certain amount of footfall so maybe between the 2 centres they will get a critical mass.

Exclamation Marc

Seaswimmer wrote: »

Does anyone else feel that the Frascati Centre Shopping redevelopment was only an excuse to build lots of apartments on top. Are there really any shops there that people would specifically travel to? I do think the Blackrock Centre will be nice when it is fully finished and I suppose you could argue that Super Valu will attract a certain amount of footfall so maybe between the 2 centres they will get a critical mass.

I think it really needed to be freshened up regardless. it was very stale and the layout was awful and a hangover from years ago. I think it's much better designed and people flock to M&S and Aldi.

The apartments will certainly make it a lot sweeter for them though, that's for sure.

I think the Blackrock Centre redevelopment has been a godsend to the closed stores in there that were closed pre-covid given that their rents etc. were suspended. It does feel like that place has been a construction site for years.

JayRoc

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

It does feel like that place has been a construction site for years.

It literally has! Over 2 years and counting, I can't see any of the traders seeing it as a godsend tbh.

ted1

Seaswimmer wrote: »

Does anyone else feel that the Frascati Centre Shopping redevelopment was only an excuse to build lots of apartments on top. Are there really any shops there that people would specifically travel to? .

Unless they sell them for a couple of million each then no.

Cyrus

JayRoc wrote: »

It literally has! Over 2 years and counting, I can't see any of the traders seeing it as a godsend tbh.

No me either , I used the cobbler a lot down the years he is more and more dejected every time I chat to him