If I owned a pub I would... (1 Viewer)

[therealjohnny]

I'd never have believed it but there it is

 

[Reets]

I dont really get it, but apparently it cant be classified as an Irish pub without at least one of them.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I dont really get it, but apparently it cant be classified as an Irish pub without at least one of them.

It's a throwback when pubs used to be places to buy all sorts of things, no?
Food, hardware etc.

That's how I always understood it.

 

[Reets]

That would make sense

 

[ann post]

there is a place in gort that is a full blown hardware store with a 3 seater bar in the back.

opens at 9.30 am i think.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

there is a place in gort that is a full blown hardware store with a 3 seater bar in the back.

opens at 9.30 am i think.

Dingle has a few of them also.
They seem to have been frozen in time by visitor expectations.

 

[Lili Marlene]

A friend once asked (against my advice) for a screwdriver at one of those hardware store pubs. Almost get himself thrown out.

I think his argument was "I can't not do this"

 

[therealjohnny]

Macroom has(had?) one too

I hilariously asked for " a pint of Guinness and a garden gnome please"

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

The pub thingy is still going at a bit slow, but I think that might just be Tipperary time. The builders haven't started yet, but we're all hoping to have the place going by about the end of November.
I've picked out the color for my room, so that's really the most difficult part over with.

So, is it mostly cosmetic construction work that's being done?

 

[ann post]

A friend once asked (against my advice) for a screwdriver at one of those hardware store pubs.

or

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

or

I think you have gotten to the heart of the whole gag.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

There's a fake ass hardware/pub on Wicklow St. nowadays called Mary's or something. Ludicrously amazingly ersatz.

Yeah Ever Ready signs or any sorta old grimy hardwarey stuff seems kinda popular with the auld fake/authentic Irish pubs. There's a pub in Omagh that bought a load of old stock from a local hardware and also has 1970s comics pinned to the wall. I want to read the damn things.

 

[therealjohnny]

There's a pub in Omagh that bought a load of old stock from a local hardware and also has 1970s comics pinned to the wall. I want to read the damn things.

This is all the rage these days, The Thomas House, The Pint, now this

Looks great though, in fairness

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Yeah but it is frustrating. All I want is to be able to read Whizzer and Chips while eating chips and drinking cider.

 

[therealjohnny]

Well yes, there is that. What pub is it? Must make a stop off next time I'm passing though

 

[Lili Marlene]

There's a fake ass hardware/pub on Wicklow St. nowadays called Mary's or something. Ludicrously amazingly ersatz.

Oh i've seen that, it looks horrific. I haven't dared wander in though

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Oh i've seen that, it looks horrific. I haven't dared wander in though

Definitely worth a good and a hearty, exasperated "FOR FUCK'S SAKE?!?!" when you see the shit they've got in there. Tins of beans, and pliers etc.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Well yes, there is that. What pub is it? Must make a stop off next time I'm passing though

Sally O's I think is the name of it. It's got ok grub but I prefer Rue for grub.

 

[therealjohnny]

Sally O'Briens? They've must have got very hip altogether since I was a lad

 

[therealjohnny]

Definitely worth a good and a hearty, exasperated "FOR FUCK'S SAKE?!?!" when you see the shit they've got in there. Tins of beans, and pliers etc.

you'll be giving @Jill Hives and @riath ideas