New Business openings and closures around you?

Wheety · 22-09-2015 11:06am

I'm always so disappointed when I see work going on in a shop and then the hoarding comes down and it's another Starbucks. I see what all those US comedians were joking about years ago.

helimachoptor · 22-09-2015 3:35pm

so theres one in the old shopping centre, one in the old portview, where in bloomers is it going?

Tabnabs · 22-09-2015 3:37pm

helimachoptor wrote: »

so theres one in the old shopping centre, one in the old portview, where in bloomers is it going?

Down the back where the other coffee shops/cafes have been.

Dubl07 · 22-09-2015 9:23pm

Tabnabs wrote: »

Down the back where the other coffee shops/cafes have been.

Doomed then. Aren't the only loos at the far end of the centre?

helimachoptor · 23-09-2015 10:10am

Dubl07 wrote: »

Doomed then. Aren't the only loos at the far end of the centre?

yep i think, though for cafes/restaurants over certain size you have to have a toilet, so assuming there is one there but i've never been in it despite having worked in the tesco for 7 years :pac:

rubadub · 23-09-2015 10:54am

Tabnabs wrote: »

Down the back where the other coffee shops/cafes have been.

were any of the others popular brands of cafes? It will make a big difference to some (I do not rate starbucks highly at all, but it attracts people)

At weekends that area around bloomfeilds is teeming with teenagers, around the cinema. I can picture them hanging out in starbucks.

MonkstownHoop · 23-09-2015 11:36am

rubadub wrote: »

were any of the others popular brands of cafes? It will make a big difference to some (I do not rate starbucks highly at all, but it attracts people)

At weekends that area around bloomfeilds is teeming with teenagers, around the cinema. I can picture them hanging out in starbucks.

Sounds like a nightmare

Larbre34 · 23-09-2015 2:26pm

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Sounds like a nightmare

They are still there to spend their few pence, the area cant afford to be fussy about customers.

EricPraline · 24-09-2015 4:01pm

Article on two more estate agencies opening in Blackrock, in addition to all the others...

http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/property-boom-in-blackrock-for-estate-agents-premises-1.2363003

The Mig · 25-09-2015 8:41am

Dun Laoghaire in a years time

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RainyDay · 25-09-2015 8:54am

rubadub wrote: »

were any of the others popular brands of cafes? It will make a big difference to some (I do not rate starbucks highly at all, but it attracts people)

Didn't it start out with a Bewleys Cafe there?

zagmund · 25-09-2015 9:20am

The Midway on Seapoint Avenue had the shutters down this morning. There was a "for sale" sign up earlier in the Summer and it looked very much like stock was being run down in the last few weeks, so it may well be gone.

It's a pity to see another of the non-chain newsagents closing down (if that's what actually happened).

z

crushproof · 25-09-2015 11:56am

zagmund wrote: »

The Midway on Seapoint Avenue had the shutters down this morning. There was a "for sale" sign up earlier in the Summer and it looked very much like stock was being run down in the last few weeks, so it may well be gone.

It's a pity to see another of the non-chain newsagents closing down (if that's what actually happened).

z

No surprise there, the dominance and buying power of Centra / Spar / Tesco / Topaz etc in Ireland is far too strong for independent newsagents. Is the other one beside the Hoover store and opposite the church in Monkstown village still surviving?

Apart from pubs (which is also changing), Ireland must have some of the most idenikit streets in the world.

Tabnabs · 25-09-2015 12:58pm

Starbucks and Tiger, all them furriners giving us jobs.

https://twitter.com/TigerStoresIE/status/647378771675336704

Gareth Keenan · 27-09-2015 10:46am

The crowd behind House on Leeson St have bought Walters and are planning to open before Christmas. Talk of €1m being spent on doing it up.

Also, the former M&S premises on Georges St is to get a new tenant, a multinational's first outlet in Ireland, due to open New Year.

strandroad · 27-09-2015 1:19pm

Gareth Keenan wrote: »

Also, the former M&S premises on Georges St is to get a new tenant, a multinational's first outlet in Ireland, due to open New Year.

Interesting. What kind of - groceries, fashion?

Gareth Keenan · 27-09-2015 4:42pm

mhge wrote: »

Interesting. What kind of - groceries, fashion?

homewares I believe

zagmund · 27-09-2015 7:18pm

The restaurant previously known as Shutters opposite the library in Blackrock looks to be getting ready for business again. There's a sign up in the window advertising for various positions.

z

Stephen15 · 27-09-2015 10:23pm

Tabnabs wrote: »

Starbucks and Tiger, all them furriners giving us jobs.

https://twitter.com/TigerStoresIE/status/647378771675336704

I wonder will there be a store in dundrum sc anytime soon

Stephen15 · 27-09-2015 10:25pm

Gareth Keenan wrote: »

The crowd behind House on Leeson St have bought Walters and are planning to open before Christmas. Talk of €1m being spent on doing it up.

I would've have thought that would be a great location for wetherspoons to do a Starbucks

Fratton Fred · 27-09-2015 11:01pm

Gareth Keenan wrote: »

The crowd behind House on Leeson St have bought Walters and are planning to open before Christmas. Talk of €1m being spent on doing it up. .

They own 37 Dawson street as well.

It could be a really cool place.

Larbre34 · 28-09-2015 11:52am

Well done to the 'House' people, hope it goes well for them, it adds to the mix of pub types available and thats no harm.

Theres a real improvement in the buzz down that end of the town, the revamped Peoples Park and Fallon & Byrne premises is drawing a decent footfall, its like the Glasthule vibe is creeping up! As someone who works around the corner, there is a bit of an untapped market there for after work socialisers with a few quid, who would normally head to Glasthule / Blackrock / Dalkey. I know that doesn't make a viable business on its own but its good momentum

ActingDanClark · 28-09-2015 10:24pm

And the excellent Leonardo's

Gareth Keenan · 29-09-2015 11:58am

Larbre34 wrote: »

Well done to the 'House' people, hope it goes well for them, it adds to the mix of pub types available and thats no harm.

Theres a real improvement in the buzz down that end of the town, the revamped Peoples Park and Fallon & Byrne premises is drawing a decent footfall, its like the Glasthule vibe is creeping up! As someone who works around the corner, there is a bit of an untapped market there for after work socialisers with a few quid, who would normally head to Glasthule / Blackrock / Dalkey. I know that doesn't make a viable business on its own but its good momentum

damian139 wrote: »

And the excellent Leonardo's

the Beni Brassserie upstairs from the Kozi is getting rave reviews from anyone who's eaten there as well. Might tip down for lunch now I've thought about it

Exclamation Marc · 30-09-2015 1:43pm

A new restaurant "Rage" is opening in Blackrock on Main Street. It's a 'flame grilled restaurant'.

Bits_n_Bobs · 01-10-2015 9:55am

Manufactured Miracle wrote: »

It's a 'flame grilled restaurant'.

Burger King FTW

ongarboy · 02-10-2015 8:33am

Starbucks now open in Bloomfields according to Starbucks website store locator!

EricPraline · 02-10-2015 10:48am

New cake/shake/coffee shop on Booterstown Ave, where Bake My Cafe was previously located:

http://www.sweetbooterstown.com

Dubl07 · 02-10-2015 11:05am

EricPraline wrote: »

New cake/shake/coffee shop on Booterstown Ave, where Bake My Cafe was previously located:

http://www.sweetbooterstown.com

Best of luck to them but how can their brownies be famous if they're just open?

Stephen15 · 02-10-2015 6:50pm

ongarboy wrote: »

Starbucks now open in Bloomfields according to Starbucks website store locator!

There as many Starbucks as pound shops in dun laoghaire which I find pretty mind blowing

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