Galway Bay Bar Limerick

daedal

Is this still happening? Any updates?

Limerick91

No word. I asked them on twitter and no response. I would think it is up there with M&S at this stage

Vanquished

They removed "Limerick soon" from their twitter account bio recently.

This would be their third aborted/botched attempt at opening here. They look like a pack of spoofers at this point!

dominatinMC

Vanquished wrote: »

They removed "Limerick soon" from their twitter account bio recently.

This would be their third aborted/botched attempt at opening here. They look like a pack of spoofers at this point!

Definitely! At this stage, I'd much prefer it if Treaty City Brewing opened up a place of their own, and maybe supplement their own beer with other craft beers.

Poxyshamrock

I asked them about it on twitter in like December or January and they said that they would have an announcement in the next week or two. Still waiting. I don't really care anymore to be honest :pac:

Strettie11

Maybe they are making the right decision and maybe reviewing their current operations.

I have been in Oslo, their bar in Salthill, a couple of times over the last few months and if I were them I would be disappointed with how it was being run and the service .

zulutango

It would be great if Treaty City opened a pub in the city centre. They're a fairly fledgling business so they'll have to be careful before making a move like that.

Love the name of their new creation - Hell's Gate. Pity the Council is planning on building a huge steel bridge across Hell's Gate though :mad:

Insect Overlord

I wonder if the reaction on here and other social media got them to change their mind. All of their proposed locations had obvious issues (nothing has ever had decent success in the old Crafty Fox in the last 10 years, etc) which were pointed out pretty much straight away.

They changed their head brewer last year as well. That might have changed their priorities for a while too.

zulutango

Whatever about the Galway Bay crowd, one of the lads who ran The Blind Pig is renovating the old Daffy's pub on Catherine Street and hopes to open later in the year. Work is going on at the moment.

goochy

how is House doing ?

dominatinMC

goochy wrote: »

how is House doing ?

Can't comment on how it is doing in general, as I've only been there 6/7 times, but those times I was there it was always busy.

zulutango

goochy wrote: »

how is House doing ?

It's been fairly busy every time I've been in there. But I'd say the overheads are huge too.

dominatinMC

zulutango wrote: »

Whatever about the Galway Bay crowd, one of the lads who ran The Blind Pig is renovating the old Daffy's pub on Catherine Street and hopes to open later in the year. Work is going on at the moment.

Where is Daffy's? Is it where Bourkes used to be?

Insect Overlord

dominatinMC wrote: »

Where is Daffy's? Is it where Bourkes used to be?

I think it's a few blocks up from there. Possibly next to the old High Stool?

zulutango

An File wrote:

I think it's a few blocks up from there. Possibly next to the old High Stool?

No, it's on the block before that as you're going out of town on the right. It used to be a great place about 10 or 15 years ago.

RINO87

Ah Daffys "International" bar, way ahead of the curve, if i remember correct, you used to able to get all sorts of beers in there shortly before the craft revolution....(same kind of stuff that the Bierhaus in Galway had at the time), I also have some vague memories of them remaining open very, very late.....provided you took your drinks to the basement!

RINO87

dominatinMC wrote: »

Where is Daffy's? Is it where Bourkes used to be?

A block up, shares the lane with Dim Sum/Akasaka/Whatever the latest incarnation of the chinese on the corner of Glentworth and Catherine streets is called these days.

Silentcorner

RINO87 wrote: »

Ah Daffys "International" bar, way ahead of the curve, if i remember correct, you used to able to get all sorts of beers in there shortly before the craft revolution....(same kind of stuff that the Bierhaus in Galway had at the time), I also have some vague memories of them remaining open very, very late.....provided you took your drinks to the basement!

What?? There was an upstairs!!!

leakyboots

Daffys was a great spot for a lock-in

Saruman

The new GBB bar will be called The Wickham Tap.

Here's a link to the tweet from the other week.

Insect Overlord

Delighted to see progress being made there. We'll have a lovely little triangle of bars in the area now with Mickey Martin's and Mother Mac's both nearby as well.*

(* I know there's a Flannery's on Wickham Street too, and the Still House on Thomas Street, and near the corner of High Street, before anyone points them out. :P )

zulutango

I think it's a great location. The public realm upgrade works on Thomas Street have breathed new life into that part of town. It's probably our nicest street and a good template for what the other streets of Limerick could be. I think places like The Wickham Tap or Flanagans restaurant, The Old Firestation, etc, if this hadn't been done. Wickham Street itself is crying our for upgrade work and I hope the Council see that you could have a street of nice shops, caf?s and restaurants there instead of a thoroughfare for cars.

moby2101

Leakyboots 01:10 12-03-2017
Daffys was a great spot for a lock-in


It was AWESOME!! you could ring the lads anytime up to 4.00 in the morning and be escorted down the alley way, in the side gate and up the stairs to the Mecca!!!
It was mighty, remember going in there on night after the Sin Bin and walking out the following morning around 800 am..
The mix of people was incredible, definitely an eclectic mix if ever there was one
HALCYON days😁

zulutango

For all intents and purposes it was Limerick's version of a speakeasy. Was there one Friday night when the cops raided it. It was one of the nights when the owner had sent a bus up to Gort to pick up about 50 Brazilian people to bring back to Limerick and give the place a bit of an exotic vibe. Anyway, some time after midnight the Gardai forced their way in and down to the basement and pandemonium ensued. A stream of Brazilains, maybe many of them with visa issues, jumped over tables and legged it out the back and into the lanes of Limerick.

mitresize5

many a night everyone quiet as a mouse looking at the tv screen as it showed the cctv images of the guards knocking on the front door.

Happy times

Reputable Rog

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Delighted to see progress being made there. We'll have a lovely little triangle of bars in the area now with Mickey Martin's and Mother Mac's both nearby as well.*

(* I know there's a Flannery's on Wickham Street too, and the Still House on Thomas Street, and near the corner of High Street, before anyone points them out. :P )

Gerry Powers, you forgot Gerry Powers and Norberts.
They'd probably suit a Bermuda Triangle better though.

JoeLapira

Set to open on the 4th of july, the outside of the pub is finished off and looks totally different. Cant wait for it to finally open, so looking forward to my first pint in there.

Insect Overlord

Excellent! I was in the Oslo in Salthill on Monday, and the Salt House on Tuesday. It'll be great to have something like them closer to home.

bigpink

Will it affect Mother Macs?
The owners/management of Galway bay Brew were handing cards to some barstaff in Nancys did not go down well

Reputable Rog

bigpink wrote: »

Will it affect Mother Macs?
The owners/management of Galway bay Brew were handing cards to some barstaff in Nancys did not go down well

There's room for a lot of these bars, great to see a bit more choice beer wise in Limerick.

bigpink

Reputable Rog wrote: »

There's room for a lot of these bars, great to see a bit more choice beer wise in Limerick.

Is there tho?Been outbin town alot mid week and the city is very quiet