New Business openings and closures around you?

Alcohol and bowling can be a lethal mixture.

Nobody is going to have just one drink.

https://nypost.com/2024/05/01/us-news/florida-woman-struck-by-bowling-ball-at-miami-bowling-alley-in-wild-video/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/27/who-are-victims-maine-shooting

If McDonalds wanted to they could do that here, the meals have got dear enough to hit the 9 quid limit that determines what is a "substantial meal" that we likely all remember from the pandemic but is actually used to determine other stuff in licencing laws.

Laws are still ridiculous and neoprohibitionist - the idea that we must be treated like children (and that'll stop us wanting to do adult things) is embedded in licencing law decisions.

I would expect that if the crowds go to the new bowling alley in Dundrum TC on opening day in the lead up to Christmas; it could be serving a very large number of customers maybe for the first few weeks of trading.

It would take place in the height of the Christmas shopping season. The amount of families with young children that could go there might be quite substantial throughout the winter period. It also serves as a convenient compromise for people living in places like Blackrock, Stillorgan, Nutgrove & Rathfarnham to go bowling in Dundrum once it opens in December rather than travelling by bus or by car all the way down to Bray.

It would be incredibly inconvenient for me to travel by bus or train down from Blackrock to Bray. The length of time it would take me to travel down to Bray right now would be far too long. It will get a lot more inconvenient for me to travel down to Bray in the winter when BusConnects changes the bus routes that serve the N11 & Bray in the late Autumn.

It would take me on average about 1 or 2 hours each way to travel on 2 bus routes from my part of Blackrock down to Bray and that includes a long enough time to switch buses in-between each stop near White's Cross in Newtownpark Avenue. By comparison; my journey time from my nearest bus stop in my part of Blackrock to go the new bowling alley in Dundrum TC would only take me roughly about 15 or 20 minutes by bus each way with about a 5 minute walk in-between.

Pop over to Liverpool and have a look.

Absolutely fab. Bowling is just one element https://lane7.co.uk/venues/liverpool/

When I lived in Innsbruck there was a bowling alley with music, DJ, bar and food - and that was early 90's

Always thought something like that would do well here

I don't live near Blackrock Dart Station. I live in Newtownpark Avenue which means the nearest Dart Station to me is down at Seapoint. The 84 bus to Newcastle is the nearest bus route near me to get me directly to Bray. However the route has an atrocious frequency on it; especially at the weekends.

If I was taking a much quicker PT journey to get down to Bray. I would take a bus like the L25 or the S8 to Dún Laoghaire Dart Station instead and then take a Dart from Dún Laoghaire to Bray.

Although; I wouldn't need to take that long journey down to Bray at all from December onwards. I just get the L25 bus to get from my address over to Dundrum in roughly 20 minutes each way which is much easier than travelling to Bray.

Yep, apartments going in there.

LK Bennett is gone.

Stock and shopfittings removed.

New Italian restaurant where Tiger Woodfire Pizza used to be in Deansgrange called Koda

No surprise (for me). We were there a few weeks ago and they were only taking payment by cash or revolut (which was v odd), their spirit selection was really limited and there was no crowd control on punters inside. Said to my mate that it reeked of a place closing down.

Hopefully you paid by card and can do a charge back.

India Vibe restaurant opening soon, opposite the Dart station in Dun Laoghaire. The premises is between Milano and Gourmet Food Parlour and was formerly Bistro Le Monde.

They have a restaurant in Navan, link below. Not sure if they will do lunch in DL, the earliest opening in Navan is 4:30 p.m.

https://www.indianvibe.ie/