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What's hot in Dublin the past year

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  • 21-11-2014 7:48pm
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    Beaner1
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    Food, drinks etc. What are the new places worth visiting for someone that has been away for a year.


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    anncoates
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    Fire.


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    GLaDOS
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    Keep replies constructive please.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    jimmii
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    Fire is worth going to. Lots of new bars opening recently. Back page in phibsboro is worth popping in to if you are that side of town. 108 in rathgar is a new galwya brewery place good for craft beers they have a few places around town now. Whetherspoons opened while you were gone too.


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    anncoates
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    It actually is a restaurant. :pac:


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    Lucena
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    anncoates wrote: »
    It actually is a restaurant. :pac:

    Looks like someone just got burned!


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    Lucena
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    Constructive answer:

    Wetherspoons Three Tun Tavern in Blackrock. Not necessarily for the pub itself, which I haven't been to, but more for the fact that it represents what might be the beginning of huge change in the pub scene in Ireland. History in the making! Another pub that doesn't sell Guinness, with Diageo being given the middle finger.

    That and the fact that decent beer is available at very reasonable prices, just like in England.


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    tfak85
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    There is a burrito boom in Dublin right now, there are burrito shops, of varying quality throughout the city.

    My personal favourite is Pablo Picante because I like the fillings and the cremosa sauce, I believe there is a poll thread in here somewhere...

    Lots of good independent coffee shops!


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    JupiterKid
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    Boojum burrito eatery in two locations - Millenium Way beside the Jervis Luas stop and on Kevin Street. Delicious!:)


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    hfallada
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    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Boojum burrito eatery in two locations - Millenium Way beside the Jervis Luas stop and on Kevin Street. Delicious!:)

    Yeah Boojum is the best for burritos

    OP you should try some of the new Irish craft beers. You can buy them in OBriens or any Supermarket now. The Supermarkets have more varieties than a bar. Try some new cafe like Brother Hubbard on Capel St. Also have a look at lovindublin website for good suggestions. Although its very condesending at times


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    liffeylite
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    Lucena wrote: »
    Constructive answer:

    Wetherspoons Three Tun Tavern in Blackrock. Not necessarily for the pub itself, which I haven't been to, but more for the fact that it represents what might be the beginning of huge change in the pub scene in Ireland. History in the making! Another pub that doesn't sell Guinness, with Diageo being given the middle finger.

    That and the fact that decent beer is available at very reasonable prices, just like in England.

    Be careful what you wish for on this one...
    It may indeed begin a pub revolution in Ireland. It could open the door to the chain pubs of the UK en masse and turn Dublin city centre into a toy town replica of every other UK city with no identity of its nightlife whatsoever.

    Wetherspoons has its good points, sure. But in the space of one year they have opened 4 pubs in Dublin and haven't yet landed in the city centre.

    If we end up with 10 - 15 Wetherspoons in Dublin within a couple of years & at the expense of some truly great pubs, we may not look back on their arrival with quite so much fondness.

    In reply to the OP, there are an incredible number of independent cafes and eateries in Dublin now. And new bars popping up with the regularity of rain.

    As mentioned, lovindublin is a great site to check out. So too Dublintown.com and menupages.ie


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    Lucena
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    @Liffeylite

    Not sure it's what I'm wishing for. More in an 'interesting times' kind of way.

    I'm not too worried though, England still has tonnes of great pubs, and it's not like every existing pub in Dublin will become a Spoons. It might (but not holding my
    breath on this one) even have an effect on prices.


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    hfallada
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    liffeylite wrote: »
    Be careful what you wish for on this one...
    It may indeed begin a pub revolution in Ireland. It could open the door to the chain pubs of the UK en masse and turn Dublin city centre into a toy town replica of every other UK city with no identity of its nightlife whatsoever.

    Wetherspoons has its good points, sure. But in the space of one year they have opened 4 pubs in Dublin and haven't yet landed in the city centre.

    If we end up with 10 - 15 Wetherspoons in Dublin within a couple of years & at the expense of some truly great pubs, we may not look back on their arrival with quite so much fondness.

    In reply to the OP, there are an incredible number of independent cafes and eateries in Dublin now. And new bars popping up with the regularity of rain.

    As mentioned, lovindublin is a great site to check out. So too Dublintown.com and menupages.ie


    Dublin has 1.5 Million residents and another 300k in the parts of the GDA.Plus millions of tourists every year. The city can handle a few Wetherspoons. If you have excellent service and atmosphere, Wetherspoons arent a threat to you, as they arent aiming for the same customers. The only pubs that need to fear it , as the ones with high prices, **** services and poor atmosphere. But if they have survived the recession, they probably will survive the Wetherspoon bars.

    If your business isnt evolving or changing to the times, regardless of the industry, your sales will drop and your business will close. That can be seen with plenty of firms in Ireland who didnt change their products to suit the new tastes of Irish people. The clothing/shoe industry is the prime example, as they continued to produce low cost clothing and couldnt compete with China. They all pretty much closed. Where as some British clothing/shoes firms like Hunter switched to Luxury goods and their sales are excellent


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