Campions, now The Balgriffin Inn: The continuing saga thereof...

neris

The title of the thread needs a slight change to "closed again"

tricky D

^^ Done

easygoing39

According to the rumour mill,the lessor stopped payments due to unfinished work on the building. Owner got the hump and locked them out.

gavinmcg20

Some 'heavies' broke into the pub early last Wednesday morning to repossess the premises. From what I heard the developer may have violated planning, hence why the housing development behind the pub has stopped. A repossession notice was put up on the site about non payment of rent I saw that the other day.

The pub didn't go into liquidation, same guys own a few pubs around Dublin.

arybvtcw0eolkf

It was going down the pan from the off.

Nothing about it sat right with me.

Strumms

gavinmcg20 wrote: »

Some 'heavies' broke into the pub early last Wednesday morning to repossess the premises. From what I heard the developer may have violated planning, hence why the housing development behind the pub has stopped. A repossession notice was put up on the site about non payment of rent I saw that the other day.

The pub didn't go into liquidation, same guys own a few pubs around Dublin.

The housing thing looked even weird, such a big housing development in such close proximity to a pub, like how would that realistically got the go ahead, practically in the car park of a pub... don’t know the ins and outs but looked weird.

Thelonious Monk

The whole area is poorly designed. I nearly bought a place around there and I'm so glad I didn't now. Not one decent pub anywhere near!

Strumms

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

The whole area is poorly designed. I nearly bought a place around there and I'm so glad I didn't now. Not one decent pub anywhere near!

Well you are adding about 25-30 quid to your night i imagine in taxi fees if you are spinning into Malahide and back.

Sleeper12

Strumms wrote:

True, I wonder if the surrounding areas like Belmayne would have been housing the odd type of cretin who would be sniffing or indeed where they rolled up from.

Sniffing and dealing were going on in that pub long before Belmayne was even thought of. Plenty of big time dealers used to frequent the place.

Thelonious Monk

There aren't many pubs in Dublin where people aren't doing coke in the jacks in fairness these days

Strumms

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Sniffing and dealing were going on in that pub long before Belmayne was even thought of. Plenty of big time dealers used to frequent the place.

Been a good number of years since I’ve been in there and it was mostly in the hours of daylight after visiting the cemetery but shît, never would have had it down as a proper waánkers hangout. Coke heads have to be just about the biggest twats going in terms of substance usage I find, that shît just turns people into arrogant self absorbed aggressive twats.

Sleeper12

Strumms wrote:

Been a good number of years since I’ve been in there and it was mostly in the hours of daylight after visiting the cemetery but shît, never would have had it down as a proper waánkers hangout. Coke heads have to be just about the biggest twats going in terms of substance usage I find, that shît just turns people into arrogant self absorbed aggressive twats.

Sunday mornings the heavy dealers would gather there. Many dead now. Others fled the country

Strumms

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

There aren't many pubs in Dublin where people aren't doing coke in the jacks in fairness these days

True, but if there is dealing going on and dealers and all that comes with them hanging around like a bad smell it’s not somewhere I’d be inclined to want to head in for a few pints and a bit of lunch with the girlfriend and family. Pity, to have a great investment and all that work done and to turn into scrotesville.

Pawwed Rig

Sleeper12 wrote: »

Many dead now. Others fled the country

You reap what you sow.

Sleeper12

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

You reap what you sow.

It used to amaze me to see headlines saying that a particular guy was the biggest drug dealer in Dublin, Cork etc. They'd be in their 20s & 30s. They didn't get out when they made money & most were dead before their 40th birthday.Big money to be made in a short period of time but few live to enjoy the money.

Duke O Smiley

I heard last night that it’s due to re-open soon.

Bird123

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

I heard last night that it’s due to re-open soon.

Well let’s hope they put some more money into it to make it nicer... and develop a door policy this time!

w/s/p/c/

I drove by it on Friday evening and could have sworn the lights were on and people were inside drinking?

Bird123

w/s/p/c/ wrote: »

I drove by it on Friday evening and could have sworn the lights were on and people were inside drinking?

I saw people in it on Friday afternoon. Looked like they were sitting down having a meeting of some sorts.

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

Have heard a few bits here and there.

Same crowd had the Golden Ball pub out near Kiltiernan, and left it in the same circumstances. Golden Ball was then taken over by a crowd called Farmer Browns - they put their livery all over it, it's very tacky.

They wanted Campions too, but I've heard that some other crowd have actually gotten their hands on - totally unrelated to the shysters who had it between December and May. As far as I can make out, they are local-ish to the area and run at least one other pub, possibly somewhere closer to, or actually in, the city centre.

I think work is starting on the inside this week, another re-model of the front bar anyway, potentially work on the rest of it later - it should be re-opening in about a month.

Supposedly a turf accountants going in beside it also.

lawred2

So was it money laundering or what?

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

lawred2 wrote: »

So was it money laundering or what?

no clue pal

lawred2

I don't want to be all prudish and nanny statish but is it not about time that there were regulations about bookies being co-located beside pubs?

Colonel Claptrap

The fuzzy luminous green Heineken sign looks surprisingly similar to the green traffic light at that junction - particularly when sleep deprived.

Had to jam on the other night. Felt like a right wally for confusing the two.

lawred2

Colonel Claptrap wrote: »

The fuzzy luminous green Heineken sign looks surprisingly similar to the green traffic light at that junction - particularly when sleep deprived.

Had to jam on the other night. Felt like a right wally for confusing the two.

Exact same happened to me driving through there Saturday night.

It's definitely a hazard

Duke O Smiley

Vincent Square Stockyard wrote: »

Have heard a few bits here and there.

Same crowd had the Golden Ball pub out near Kiltiernan, and left it in the same circumstances. Golden Ball was then taken over by a crowd called Farmer Browns - they put their livery all over it, it's very tacky.

They wanted Campions too, but I've heard that some other crowd have actually gotten their hands on - totally unrelated to the shysters who had it between December and May. As far as I can make out, they are local-ish to the area and run at least one other pub, possibly somewhere closer to, or actually in, the city centre.

I think work is starting on the inside this week, another re-model of the front bar anyway, potentially work on the rest of it later - it should be re-opening in about a month.

Supposedly a turf accountants going in beside it also.

A bookies will be handy there

Pawwed Rig

Do people still goto bookies? I would have thought it was all online now.

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Do people still goto bookies? I would have thought it was all online now.

I thought the same, but they still maintain a pretty heavy bricks and mortar presence.

Many, many aul lads wouldn't be au fait with smart phones or apps, and maybe even prefer using those tiny little pens and yellow sheets.

imme

Vincent Square Stockyard wrote: »

Supposedly a turf accountants going in beside it also.

Bookies are closing more often than opening these days, who would be opening a bookies these days.

Where is the space beside the pub, are they using part of the pub building.

Duke O Smiley

imme wrote: »

Bookies are closing more often than opening these days, who would be opening a bookies these days.

Where is the space beside the pub, are they using part of the pub building.

Bookies at the Newtown house does very good business, as does the one beside the Goblet etc. I’d say it’d do well at Campions, it was the one thing I thought was missing! I’d imagine it’s going in where the green/yellow headstone shop is maybe?

imme

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Bookies at the Newtown house does very good business, as does the one beside the Goblet etc. I’d say it’d do well at Campions, it was the one thing I thought was missing! I’d imagine it’s going in where the green/yellow headstone shop is maybe?

There is nowhere I looked and thought "what's missing here is a bookies".

Not trying to be smart.

neris

Will there be enough space to add "now reopen again" to the thread title

Duke O Smiley

imme wrote: »

There is nowhere I looked and thought "what's missing here is a bookies".

Not trying to be smart.

Right, but they seemingly do well beside other pubs in the area so I can see why they might put one in here.

I'm only in my 20s, but I've no interest in paddy power apps or anything like that, so for as long as its there (if it goes in at all) I'll be delighted. I liked Campions and will like it more now if all of this is true

pmadden1991

Has anyone heard any news when or if the new pub is opening?

Bird123

pmadden1991 wrote: »

Has anyone heard any news when or if the new pub is opening?

Haven’t heard anything but they’ve given it a new exterior paint job. Looks far better now

Greentree_uk

Bird123 wrote: »

Haven’t heard anything but they’ve given it a new exterior paint job. Looks far better now

I thought it had changed to colour when I saw it the other day..

TheBlock

Bird123 wrote: »

Haven’t heard anything but they’ve given it a new exterior paint job. Looks far better now

Outside again this morning at 8.00am painting. Must be due to re-open soon. I'll be sticking with the Ploughman.

Thelonious Monk

Stop trying to make Campions happen

markyH

Looks like they are working on the inside. Hopefully it's a decent new local and it's going to open very soon.

imme

Have gone past it in recent days.

The exterior paint job does indeed look much better.

humberklog

Might be getting close to reopening. They were putting roller shutters up on the doors and windows today.

Dante7

They need to do something about the half arsed tiling job.

Bird123

Dante7 wrote: »

They need to do something about the half arsed tiling job.

Tiling? Do you mean the slates on the roof? Yeah that definitely needs to be looked at, very shabby looking. They could do with removing the rotting wood above one of the doors too. Nevertheless a big improvement from what it did look like. Hopefully the inside is nice. They seem to be spending more money on it than the previous owners.

markyH

Fingers crossed it's going to be a good new local. They need to send a few flyers around the local estates when they open. People will support the local if they know it's there. Many of us living in Clongriffin, Parkside & Belmayne would have no reason to drive by Campions to know whether it's open or not. It will be great to have a put to drink in that's within walking distance.

humberklog

The Balgriffin Inn. Already a better name. Opening soon according to their FB page.
Same guy runs The Hill 16 pub.

Exciting.

arybvtcw0eolkf

humberklog wrote: »

The Balgriffin Inn. Already a better name. Opening soon according to their FB page.
Same guy runs The Hill 16 pub.

Exciting.

Seen a skip with the old/new Thatch furniture around the side during the week so its looking like a clean vamp.

Fingers crossed, can't wait to sample it.

Duke O Smiley

I wonder if they’ll keep any of the staff from the Olde Thatch. There was two decent fellas on the bar for the short while it was open, Al was one of their names and I can’t remember the other, an older fella with a tache. They were sound lads

L1011

Decent bar staff will already have found other jobs in this market. Nobody will have been paying them to sit idle this long.

Duke O Smiley

Yeah, the first fella I mentioned was in the Clonliffe previously for a good while. Dunno if he went back there or what but he certainly was daycent

tricky D

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