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New shop in Blanchardstown Retail Park

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    #32
    Diddler1977
    Registered Users Posts: 3,765 ✭✭✭Diddler1977


    garysully1986 wrote: »
    I'd love a borders type store to come back, even though I now have a kindle I used to spend hours in their browsing! Was devastated when they closed! :(


    Me too.

    I loved Borders.

    Unfortunately Physical Bookshops aren't sustainable businesses anymore unless they also embrace online selling and ebooks, etc.

    As print on demand becomes more common we will see lots more traditional bookshops go to the wall......or not - but only if they change with the times.


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    #33
    garysully1986
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    Diddler1977 wrote: »
    Me too.

    I loved Borders.

    Unfortunately Physical Bookshops aren't sustainable businesses anymore unless they also embrace online selling and ebooks, etc.

    As print on demand becomes more common we will see lots more traditional bookshops go to the wall......or not - but only if they change with the times.

    I Completely agree, Easons is a nightmare to find anything in, Unless your looking for a magazine or the latest bestseller.


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    #34
    Vinta81
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    Yup 2 more Nandos are opening in Dublin this year :)


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    #35
    MrJoeSoap
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    Vinta81 wrote: »
    Yup 2 more Nandos are opening in Dublin this year :)

    Any links? The only one I can find is outdated regarding the two that have already been opened late last year.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0810/breaking36.html


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    #36
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Nandos is coming but I just saw that Pizza Hut has closed.


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    #37
    MrJoeSoap
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    Bobblehead Panda wrote: »
    Nandos is coming but I just saw that Pizza Hut has closed.

    I can live with that.


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    #38
    Toto Wolfcastle
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    The staff in there were great. I feel bad for them.


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    #39
    MrJoeSoap
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    Bobblehead Panda wrote: »
    The staff in there were great. I feel bad for them.

    Hopefully some of them can get jobs in Nando's or other locations around the centre.


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    #40
    Hilly Bill
    Registered Users Posts: 6,039 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    Sure its Nandos? The picture on the front looks like a wigwam so thought it might be Apache pizza :).


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    #41
    Nolimits
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    Hilly Bill wrote: »
    Sure its Nandos? The picture on the front looks like a wigwam so thought it might be Apache pizza :).
    Well nandos are advertising on jobs.ie for a new restaurant opening in Blanchardstown, or they were about 2 weeks ago anyway


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    #42
    Arciphel
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    Feel sorry about people losing their jobs and all, don't get me wrong, but the comments about the staff in there being great, well... I must have been going to a different Pizza Hut :o


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    #43
    jack presley
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    Arciphel wrote: »
    Feel sorry about people losing their jobs and all, don't get me wrong, but the comments about the staff in there being great, well... I must have been going to a different Pizza Hut :o

    Me too. My only experience of the Pizza Hut in the centre was about a year ago and we were sat at a table that still had the previous customers' plates/cups/leftovers on it. After about 5 minutes they were finally cleared but tables on either side of us were left uncleared for the whole duration of our meal.


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    #44
    Hannibal
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    the shop opening in the old Currys unit is DFS isn't it? haven't seen it mentioned anywhere on this thread yet


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    #45
    Toto Wolfcastle
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    We ate in Pizza Hut a good few times and I always found the staff to be friendly and efficient.


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    #46
    athtrasna
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    Dotsey wrote: »
    the shop opening in the old Currys unit is DFS isn't it? haven't seen it mentioned anywhere on this thread yet
    garysully1986 wrote: »
    Hi Guys Just thought I would let you know that they are currently renovating the old Currys site beside the Qbuilding, Just found out that DFS will be going in there, I think its the first one in the south.

    Always good news if your shopping for furniture ;)

    Just the first post :D


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    #47
    glossy
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    :D
    seen in the Blanch (free paper) Nando's to open Oct,


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    #48
    Arciphel
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    glossy, any chance you could take a pic and post it up here ;)


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    #49
    sandleman1979
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    glossy wrote: »
    :D
    seen in the Blanch (free paper) Nando's to open Oct,

    I heard about this a while ago! Am delighted, no need to head to Swords or Dundrum anymore....

    I believe it will be placed where the Argos was, at the main entrance.


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    #50
    Gaspode
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    sandleman1979 wrote: »
    I believe it will be placed where the Argos was, at the main entrance.

    Yup, saw the planning permission notice there at the weekend


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    #51
    glossy
    Registered Users Posts: 699 ✭✭✭glossy


    Arciphel wrote: »
    glossy, any chance you could take a pic and post it up here ;)

    went out with the green bin today :( sorry ...


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    #52
    Nolimits
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    Arciphel wrote: »
    glossy, any chance you could take a pic and post it up here ;)

    If you're just looking for general evidence that Nandos is opening
    1g7iL.jpg

    I took this picture a few weeks ago as I didn't see where it said Nandos at the top, and I was going to ask here what it was for


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    #53
    amdublin
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    Yay! Nandos :)

    Must check out DFS


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    #54
    A V A
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    when i heard nando's was goin in that unit i wasnt happy even tho i like it , its just going to become a trend like getting a starbucks coffee and walking around the centre . . . .seems the cool thing to do or trendy, just like going to nandos , i can just imagine it " aww peri peri chicken's delish" jumpin on the wagon


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    #55
    jack presley
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    A V A wrote: »
    when i heard nando's was goin in that unit i wasnt happy even tho i like it , its just going to become a trend like getting a starbucks coffee and walking around the centre . . . .seems the cool thing to do or trendy, just like going to nandos , i can just imagine it " aww peri peri chicken's delish" jumpin on the wagon

    I don't get that post at all. You like Nando's but don't want them there because people will go there to be trendy? What about the other 95% of us who would go there because they like it or fancy something other than TGIs or whatever? Should we have to go into town or out to Dundrum where there are no bandwagon jumpers?


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    #56
    amdublin
    Registered Users Posts: 20,653 ✭✭✭✭amdublin


    A V A wrote: »
    when i heard nando's was goin in that unit i wasnt happy even tho i like it , its just going to become a trend like getting a starbucks coffee and walking around the centre . . . .seems the cool thing to do or trendy, just like going to nandos , i can just imagine it " aww peri peri chicken's delish" jumpin on the wagon

    You like Nandos but you are not happy that we will now have one in D15 :confused:

    Is this post for real :confused:


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    #57
    Arciphel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,840 ✭✭✭Arciphel


    A V A wrote: »
    when i heard nando's was goin in that unit i wasnt happy even tho i like it , its just going to become a trend like getting a starbucks coffee and walking around the centre . . . .seems the cool thing to do or trendy, just like going to nandos , i can just imagine it " aww peri peri chicken's delish" jumpin on the wagon


    Jait0l.jpg


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    #58
    leggo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭leggo


    jack presley wrote: »
    I don't get that post at all. You like Nando's but don't want them there because people will go there to be trendy? What about the other 95% of us who would go there because they like it or fancy something other than TGIs or whatever? Should we have to go into town or out to Dundrum where there are no bandwagon jumpers?

    I get that post, to be fair. It's put me off trying the place so far (though if it's on my doorstep I probably will).

    It's become the done thing for all the 'trendy' kids to go on and on and on about how good Nandos is. I remember a couple of months ago my Facebook feed was absolutely destroyed with people either checking in there or saying "mmm so hungry want a Nando's!!!!" It's like The Wright Venue in that it's more about saying you're going there like it's a sign of social status, or part of a club, than actually just eating (or having a good night out, in the case of Wright's). It's quietened down a bit (for now) but it absolutely wrecked my head a few months back.


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    #59
    amdublin
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    God forbid they might just like Nandos :rolleyes:


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    #60
    gabsdot40
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    Years ago I went to Nandos in England somewhere. There was about 10 of including some kids and when we ordered we just piled all the chips together on a plate in the middle of the table. one of the kids noticed that they were plain chips and didn't have the special Nando's seasoning so we asked for it.
    The waitress came over with a salt shaker thing shook a bit of the seasoning over our pile of chips and then asked for 17p.
    I have never been back to Nandos since!!!!


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    #61
    leggo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭leggo


    I'm not having a go at everyone who likes Nando's. For example, in this topic? It's appropriate, since it's largely about Nando's.

    It was more the Facebook trend that emerged a couple of months back. I like Eddie Rockets but don't feel the need to tell the world every...single...time I step into one. I also like being fellated, it doesn't mean that every time I'm not being fellated I need to advertise it to the world just to show how much I'd like it to be happening right now.

    And yet there's something about Nando's that makes (well, made, like I said it's calmed down a bit) people feel the need to broadcast whenever they're eating or craving it. Maybe it's because everyone else was doing so and they wanted to show they were part of the 'Nando's crowd' too?


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