black quarry service station

linny

Was in the filling station this morning and looks like building work is happening around the back. Is this the refurbishment of the shop and the new drive thru Applegreen have been granted permission for last year finally happening

Dozen Wicked Words

Drive thru what, McDonald's?

road_high

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Drive thru what, McDonald's?

Dunno, say it'd be Burger King if Applegreen.

linny

road_high wrote:

Dunno, say it'd be Burger King if Applegreen.

Hopefully but will burger king be in the new Applegreen service station at junction 7 too seems like over kill

Cabaal

Don't applegreen tend to have subways?

linny

Cabaal wrote: »

Don't applegreen tend to have subways?

ya and burger king drive thru's along with there own deli's, time will tell I suppose

foxcoverteddy

Lemybrien does nice coffee, don't rate the food, subway best, who is coming to Callan? n o not Brown Thomas or Tesco well one can hope.

road_high

foxcoverteddy wrote: »

Lemybrien does nice coffee, don't rate the food, subway best, who is coming to Callan? n o not Brown Thomas or Tesco well one can hope.

Where?

slimjimmc

road_high wrote: »

Where?

Here

Odyssey 2005

slimjimmc wrote: »

Here

Long way to go for a cup of coffee :eek:
Mc D's better and closer:P

foxcoverteddy

As a matter of taste, KFC do or did a remarkable frothy coffee, don't do Mac's. Actually going to Lemybrien is worth while, if you have never travelled the road from Carrick to Lemybrien do yourself a favour, the view of the mountains is superb and there is a really brill parking picnic spot about hallway, added to which you can sit in applegreen and enjoy the view and the coffee, lovely for a sunny day, you can sometimes get interesting vehicles pull in.
You can come back over the mountains or take in Mahon Falls and the famous road, take the turn for Rathgormack and end up in Clonmel. Just try it some day it will be worth it, Foxy loves nature

Odyssey 2005

Ha don't do Mac's. You don't know what your missing Foxy. Best coffee in town,almost as good as Nesspresso.! You can sit there watching the sulkies traearsing around the roundabout or look at the ponies tied uo in the disabled parking bays.
Beats the Mahon Falls any day:).
I'm lovin It Odyssey !

pegasus1

linny wrote: »

Hopefully but will burger king be in the new Applegreen service station at junction 7 too seems like over kill

I would have thought a BurgerKing at Junction 7 (Paulstown) would have been overkill with the BK opposite the the Carlow It...

The BlackQuarry BK and the Carlow one would serve a different customer base than the Paulstown one anyway

kkhornet

Black quarry are getting a place called chopsticks. No burger king or subway unfortunately

foxcoverteddy

Apart from Big Mc being the wrong side of town, Daddy said he would not be happy if we took either the Jag or the Merc to the Hebron, he is a bit anti with Market Yard, however we are much closer to Clonmel, by the way next to Tesco is a brand new Superking plenty of parking, just off the ring road.
Of course one can enjoy a coffee at Dove Hill if the fancy takes you. If you haven't been to Carrick for a while Supervalu have a massive car park and it is a charming little town.
My favourite will be Lemybrien, the views are worth the trip, to sit and look out sipping a latte something to dream about.
Foxy floating

pegasus1

kkhornet wrote: »

Black quarry are getting a place called chopsticks. No burger king or subway unfortunately

Chopsticks? A chinese? Bad placement for one imo..

road_high

pegasus1 wrote: »

I would have thought a BurgerKing at Junction 7 (Paulstown) would have been overkill with the BK opposite the the Carlow It...

The BlackQuarry BK and the Carlow one would serve a different customer base than the Paulstown one anyway

Do we know we are getting a BK at Paulstown? That's true but the Carlow is a good way off the next junction. Serves the town rather the M9 directly.

road_high

pegasus1 wrote: »

Chopsticks? A chinese? Bad placement for one imo..

Lol what the hell is that? Not a chain?

Dozen Wicked Words

road_high wrote: »

Lol what the hell is that? Not a chain?

Apparently a UK noodle bar chain, story here about another applegreen getting one.

http://applegreenstores.com/ie/news/post.php?s=20150305-chopstix-group-uk-goes-international-with-franchise-partner-applegreen

slimjimmc

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Apparently a UK noodle bar chain, story here about another applegreen getting one.

http://applegreenstores.com/ie/news/post.php?s=20150305-chopstix-group-uk-goes-international-with-franchise-partner-applegreen

OH got some at their unit in the M1 Balbriggan service station a couple of months ago. From memory there was 8 or 10 choices of dishes and a few choices of rice or noodles. Verdict: yummy

foxcoverteddy

Chinese or perhaps oriental food on the go, at least one should be able to see how it is cooked, added to which Applegreen is probably one of the most hygienic eat as you go restaurants, if Lemybrien is anything to go by. One problem with franchise outlets is the calibre of staff, this in fact goes all the way down the line, food providers, this goes for supermarkets, must ensure the highest standards from staff.
I know it is slightly going off thread but so many supermarkets try to get rid of short dated foods by mixing dates to confuse shoppers, go and look at the take away offerings and dried up wedges, sausages etc, lets hope Chopstix is above these criticisms.
Foxy

linny

The new Applegreen green on the castle road is going to have a Bakewell along with chopstixs

toe_knee

Any idea when they will have all the work complete

kkhornet

toe_knee wrote: »

Any idea when they will have all the work complete

I think it's supposed to be the 11th of November. Could be wrong though

linny

Rumour has it Applegreen have also bought the old blackcat station on Blackmill Street. Great to see that open again

road_high

linny wrote: »

Rumour has it Applegreen have also bought the old blackcat station on Blackmill Street. Great to see that open again

That be great. That side of city is brutally served in terms of retail etc so it would be very useful.

Threadhead

road_high wrote: »

That be great. That side of city is brutally served in terms of retail etc so it would be very useful.

That area used to be served by so many corner shops and now there's hardly any left. It would be great to see a new petrol station and shop go in there.

PaulKK

The only concern I'd have is the T junction coming back up to Dominic St. It's not the best at busy times and if the petrol station were to do well which hopefully it does it could increase traffic flow there.

road_high

PaulKK wrote: »

The only concern I'd have is the T junction coming back up to Dominic St. It's not the best at busy times and if the petrol station were to do well which hopefully it does it could increase traffic flow there.

Yea, thought the same. Very poorly designed layout. Was fine in the 80s when traffic was much lighter, now it's almost impossible get there at peak times. Maybe a mini roundabout and traffic calming would help.

PaulKK

road_high wrote: »

Yea, thought the same. Very poorly designed layout. Was fine in the 80s when traffic was much lighter, now it's almost impossible get there at peak times. Maybe a mini roundabout and traffic calming would help.

True but then you'd have a mini roundabout nearly on top of the larger one at the top of Dean St. Would be worth a shot I think though, it can be a disaster turning right there at times coming from Blackmill st.

kikel

An interesting site for apple green. It's actually a pretty big site if to be redeveloped.

That shop and the one on kennyswell road have both closed in the last few years. Why is this site all of a sudden got potential?

Is it our desire for a new modern shop and out with the old.
Is it the CAS briging more traffic to the area.