Are Wetherspoons buying Fowlers in Malahide?

carltonleon

With how the Wetherspoons’s owner behaved With his staff during the pandemic and with his comments etc, I will be ****ed if I ever set foot in one of his kips again and the one in Swords is on my doorstep and frequented by friends of mine but **** no way will I give them any business.....

GT89

If you don't like Wetherspoons don't go it's simple really

The Davestator

carltonleon wrote: »

With how the Wetherspoons’s owner behaved With his staff during the pandemic and with his comments etc, I will be ****ed if I ever set foot in one of his kips again and the one in Swords is on my doorstep and frequented by friends of mine but **** no way will I give them any business.....

Dont believe everything you read on facebook!

neris

The Davestator wrote: »

Dont believe everything you read on facebook!

If you want a laugh spoons customer service on twitter has had some good wind up's

TaurenDruid

The Davestator wrote: »

Dont believe everything you read on facebook!

This wasn't just facebook, though, was it. How yer man treated his staff during covid, plus his active backing of brexit - he can keep his cheap beer and microwaved "meals", I'll go to a decent Irish-owned bar selling real Irish beer, thanks all the same.

GT89

TaurenDruid wrote: »

This wasn't just facebook, though, was it. How yer man treated his staff during covid, plus his active backing of brexit - he can keep his cheap beer and microwaved "meals", I'll go to a decent Irish-owned bar selling real Irish beer, thanks all the same.

Again don't like it don't go. I'm sure Tim Martin couldn't give a rats what you think of his sucessful pub chain as clearly there is a demand for it.

The only that does annoy me about Spoons is when I was younger the bouncers would ID me at the door then they'd ID again when buying drinks at the bar never come across this practice elsewhere and found it a bit odd. No problem getting ID'd but no need to do it multiple times.

strangel00p

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

The one in Blanch is a rough kip but then again Malahide ain’t Blanch.

Really, why do you think it is a kip? I've been there twice and its light years ahead of some of the filthy pubs in Dublin. Nicely laid out, very clean, pleasant bar staff, families having a meal and a cheap drink. I saw absolutely no problems on both occasions.

antimatterx

Has anyone been back since they reopened? How is it?

Stheno

antimatterx wrote: »

Has anyone been back since they reopened? How is it?

Yes I have usually sit out the back

Very good on distancing and making sure they have contact details

Mentioned the Wetherspoons rumour to the younger bearded guy who laughed and said do you think we'd have spent what we have to reopen if we were selling up?

antimatterx

Stheno wrote: »

Yes I have usually sit out the back

Very good on distancing and making sure they have contact details

Mentioned the Wetherspoons rumour to the younger bearded guy who laughed and said do you think we'd have spent what we have to reopen if we were selling up?

Sounds good, looking forward to getting back in for some dinner and a few pints. I miss it.

Do you have to book ahead, or walk ins?

Stheno

antimatterx wrote: »

Sounds good, looking forward to getting back in for some dinner and a few pints. I miss it.

Do you have to book ahead, or walk ins?

Walk ins only afaik I've been twice but during the day so don't know what its like in the evwning

2ndcoming

Very slightly off topic but I was in Malahide today and was a bit surprised by the campaign by most businesses against the pedestrianisation of New Street.

I would have thought it would be a massive boon to small businesses in a place like Malahide , especially when the alternative is having their little boutiques hidden behind parked cars.

Struck me as odd.

TaurenDruid

2ndcoming wrote: »

Very slightly off topic but I was in Malahide today and was a bit surprised by the campaign by most businesses against the pedestrianisation of New Street.

I would have thought it would be a massive boon to small businesses in a place like Malahide , especially when the alternative is having their little boutiques hidden behind parked cars.

Struck me as odd.

Yup, I don't get it. It's not like a massive amount of cars could ever park on New Street anyway - it's <i>much</i> more enjoyable as a pedestrianised street!

Stheno

2ndcoming wrote: »

Very slightly off topic but I was in Malahide today and was a bit surprised by the campaign by most businesses against the pedestrianisation of New Street.

I would have thought it would be a massive boon to small businesses in a place like Malahide , especially when the alternative is having their little boutiques hidden behind parked cars.

Struck me as odd.

Have you tried getting parking on the weekends in Malahide lately?
It's a nightmare, they've removed over 40 parking spaces.

I buy most of my clothes from one of those boutiques in Malahide, and at least 50% of the time I've tried parking there during the week and weekends since they introduced this, I've been unable to do so and given up.

It's not as if New Street has anything to offer tbh. They could have increased space for the bars/restaurants and put parking in the middle of the street much like the bicycle lanes are now protected in town.

Badly thought through, introduced before the bars/restauarants reopened etc

Now Swords Main St. is ripe for something like this from the Star to where McDonalds is.

You can’t shop if you’ve no means of getting it home.

PCros

Stheno wrote: »

Now Swords Main St. is ripe for something like this from the Star to where McDonalds is.

Now that would make sense!

Unfortunately Fingal's vision of temporary road closures for Swords is beside the Old School House which really isn't much to be honest.

pinkypinky

The pedestrianised area in Malahide only works because it's the summer. Fast-forward 6 weeks, no one will be hanging around outside. The Council is really invested in the idea but I don't think it's viable long-term. The lack of consultation with, in particular, the residents of Old St, was a mistake.

PCros

pinkypinky wrote: »

The pedestrianised area in Malahide only works because it's the summer. Fast-forward 6 weeks, no one will be hanging around outside. The Council is really invested in the idea but I don't think it's viable long-term. The lack of consultation with, in particular, the residents of Old St, was a mistake.

Well it is only temporary...it is only to run for 10 weeks and is finished on the 24th August.

But yes agree, any plans to extend probably won't happen especially on the back of recent weather.

pinkypinky

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the council tried to extend the trial. They've spent money on benches, etc. There's someone standing on the street all the time, who is presumably being paid.

Cyrus

they are doing this all over, blackrock and dun laoghaire are a nightmare now traffic / parking wise with the same thing, and you can drive the coast road from blackrock to DL any more.

re wetherspoons the ones in Blackrock and DL really dont add anything to either place, they could be worse but could be a lot better,

i quite liked Tonic back in the day!

RoversCeltic

pinkypinky wrote: »

The pedestrianised area in Malahide only works because it's the summer. Fast-forward 6 weeks, no one will be hanging around outside. The Council is really invested in the idea but I don't think it's viable long-term. The lack of consultation with, in particular, the residents of Old St, was a mistake.

That's a blatant lie. There was consultation.eith businesses and community groups

RoversCeltic

Stheno wrote: »

Have you tried getting parking on the weekends in Malahide lately?
It's a nightmare, they've removed over 40 parking spaces.

I buy most of my clothes from one of those boutiques in Malahide, and at least 50% of the time I've tried parking there during the week and weekends since they introduced this, I've been unable to do so and given up.

It's not as if New Street has anything to offer tbh. They could have increased space for the bars/restaurants and put parking in the middle of the street much like the bicycle lanes are now protected in town.

Badly thought through, introduced before the bars/restauarants reopened etc

Now Swords Main St. is ripe for something like this from the Star to where McDonalds is.

Park in the castle. New spaces put in to compensate

pinkypinky

I don't want to drag this thread further off track, but here's just one example of someone saying they were not consulted.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/they-expect-me-at-78-to-park-my-car-10-minutes-away-anger-at-malahide-pedestrian-trial-39337323.html

Not everyone is able-bodied or capable of walking from the castle car park.

jwwb

Are these spots not available specifically for this issue?


https://twitter.com/Fingalcoco/status/1276470511455866885

Stheno

jwwb wrote: »

Are these spots not available specifically for this issue?


https://twitter.com/Fingalcoco/status/1276470511455866885

55 or older is ridiculous it should be 65 or older

kravmaga

Thread should be closed, its already been confirmed that Wetherspoons are not buying out Fowlers

RoversCeltic

pinkypinky wrote: »

I don't want to drag this thread further off track, but here's just one example of someone saying they were not consulted.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/they-expect-me-at-78-to-park-my-car-10-minutes-away-anger-at-malahide-pedestrian-trial-39337323.html

Not everyone is able-bodied or capable of walking from the castle car park.

There are spaces on old street

RoversCeltic

jwwb wrote: »

Are these spots not available specifically for this issue?


https://twitter.com/Fingalcoco/status/1276470511455866885

Yes

ThunbergsAreGo

Conor in Fowlers is the best barman in Malahide. As long as he stays ill be happy!

antimatterx

Anyone in here recently? Is the food rule being enforced?