New Business openings and closures around you?

ted1

josip wrote: »

Hard to say, there's bugger all parking around there, so they're relying on locals, foot traffic from the hill and cross-selling from the Druid's chairs customers.
There's definitely a market, but whether it's sufficient to be sustainable or not in the medium term, beyond the initial novelty factor, remains to be seen.

Druids tends to be quiet when the deli/cafe/shop would be open. I wonder will they do a deal let them use their car park and outside tables when Druids isn't using them.

Cyrus

ted1 wrote: »

The one in Dublin : https://www.kellysdublin.com/

thanks

looks like the deli is doing well so far, nice pick up for the area when killiney stores reopens as well.

only loser i see in this is the cafe in killiney hill but they will always do ok.

its a pity fitzpatricks didnt make a better attempt at their own coffee dock.

Marcusm

ted1 wrote: »

Nothing interesting about it. Got picked up in the media , made a big deal about something small. All that is required is for the planning to ensure the private right of way is maintained.

I meant that the food truck was interesting!

Sheep Shagger

Krispy Kreme have extended the closing date for their
van near the pond, now there till the end of Feb.

patrickbrophy18

josip wrote: »

Hard to say, there's bugger all parking around there, so they're relying on locals, foot traffic from the hill and cross-selling from the Druid's chairs customers.
There's definitely a market, but whether it's sufficient to be sustainable or not in the medium term, beyond the initial novelty factor, remains to be seen.

I would say their main consumer base will be hill walkers emerging from the pedestrian passage directly opposite the bus stop. Plus, it will perfectly compliment The Druids Chair as they will give each other exposure by virtue of their proximity to one another.

I am delighted that they are opening there. If they are using the same menu from their Greystones branch Eleven Deli have sold me on their BBQ Brisket Sandwich!

acer911

Buck Mulligans in Dun Laoghaire are opening a coffee shop tomorrow. Trying to tap into the coffee boom...

joeguevara

Lighthouse bar in dun laoghaire has launched a deli/coffee shop. Open at 10 to catch swimmers with a coffee free. Looks great and a good way to get back into business. But DL is dripping with coffee shops so be interested in this one.

frash

Coffee shop hatch gone into the post office (Gunning Stores?) in Monkstown Farm called "5max6"

Yakov P. Golyadkin

The Bar on York Road has become Breakaway - Coffee and Bikes.

Garlinge

The post office in Nutgrove Shopping Centre has relocated to outside unit beside Argos.

Gareth Keenan

the interiors/furniture offering that was in the front of Buckleys in Sandycove has disappeared. Coffee bit in the back still seems to be going strong.

Sheep Shagger

Garlinge wrote: »

The post office in Nutgrove Shopping Centre has relocated to outside unit beside Argos.

Yep moved just before Christmas.

External post box is still down by the entrance to BK

Garlinge

Oh pity no external box at new location, used to be one at main entrance.

Phat Cat

The Curry Garden on Upper George's Street in Dún Laoghaire is now an Apache Pizza

GT89

New container going in at the Grange pub looks to be some kind of food or coffee unit

coylemj

GT89 wrote: »

New container going in at the Grange pub looks to be some kind of food or coffee unit

Coffee alone wouldn't make commercial sense at that location. There's an Insomnia across the road, another coffee place inside the industral estate and there's a tea room inside the main gate of the cemetery.

Maybe the Grange is planning to do food when the current lockdown is eased and before pubs are allowed to open.

ted1

coylemj wrote: »

Coffee alone wouldn't make commercial sense at that location. There's an Insomnia across the road, another coffee place inside the industral estate and there's a tea room inside the main gate of the cemetery.

Maybe the Grange is planning to do food when the current lockdown is eased and before pubs are allowed to open.

Sure look at Ballybrack. You have a Costa but both the Igo and rambelers have opened a coffee shop/kiosk

Awaaf

Grange container branded as Rude Boy Burger as of this evening. There seems to be an embryonic website for it also.

skibum

something similar in the carpark of Brady's pub in Shankill.
https://www.getstuffed.ie/

Might give it a try next weekend.

Dubl07

Quigley's pharmacy have opened a branch a couple of doors up from the Leopardstown Inn in the premises that used to be a gourmet food shop.

Sheep Shagger

Lifestyle Sports in Nutgrove appears to be completely empty. It missed the refurbishment with all the others LSS shops. Wonder if it won't reopen?

qb123

Passing through DL SC and Lifestyle there also looks to have had most of its stock removed.

NutmegGirl

Dundrum is the same, there last week and v little stock in the shop

Tabnabs

If they are only selling online currently, would it not make sense to remove stock from the retail outlets and move them to a centralised warehouse for online sales distribution?

NutmegGirl

Possibly but no other shop seems to be doing that and they’ll still be paying rent

Gareth Keenan

a planning application for the redevelopment of the Eagle House, Glasthule has been made. The plans haven't been uploaded yet, the description is...

Permission for development. The development will consist of the demolition of a single storey portion of the existing public house facing onto Adelaide Road and the re-construction of a new glazed dining room space in its place. The demolition area is 55 msq and the reconstructed dining room space is 61 msq, resulting in a total new ground level public house gross internal area of 513 msq, Minor layout modifications of the existing external dining area to the rear of the Public House are also proposed. The development site extends to the ground floor area only as upper levels are independently leased and operated. The total site area is 0.051 hectares.

Also in Glasthule, the former Carcluccios will reopen as a branch of Daata - Pakistani cuisine, currently operating in Bray and Greystones.

Sheep Shagger

NutmegGirl wrote: »

Dundrum is the same, there last week and v little stock in the shop

Whatever about Nutgrove and DL which are old shops, Dundrum is one of their flagship stores.

Assume they have moved stock to the warehouse so they can fulfil orders....means there is some work to do restocking once government give retail green light to open.

I thought Nutgrove looked like fixtures and fittings had been removed too...Maybe not.

L1011

In fashion, you definitely don't want stock sitting for months in stores when you might be able to sell it online - as it it'll not be saleable at full price when you reopen.

dublinman1990

Dundrum TC is to undergo a review of it's finances after losses more than doubled last year. The Irish Times has reported earlier on Friday that, it's owners Hammerson, is going to work on a strategic & organisational review as the shopping centre operator has been hard by Covid-19 & associated public health measures being announced by the government.

Hammerson had full year results of £1.4 billion (€2 billion) recorded for the year ended Dec 31st 2020 compared to losses of £781 million from the year before.

More details here.

satanta99

Same has happened in the flagship Lifestyle Sports store in the Capitol on Patrick Street in Cork. This two storey store only opened in 2017. All stock has been removed in the last few weeks.

In the first lockdown, Lifestyle Sports did the same in the store in Castlewest Shopping Centre in Ballincollig. The store never reopened.