Fairly similar. A handful of lads in their early 20s in which I wouldn’t have associated with it before
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Roy will have in his shortlist soon
Was in the Flowing Tide there tonight after being in the Abbey. 45 minutes to kill before the bus. I’d have a positive vibe about it. Mature crowd. Grand pint and a chaser (x2). One of the staff knocked a full pint over on me (but not over me) and there was no fuss and they landed a fresh pint up for me. No telly which is great. The last time I was in there (1986) they definitely had a telly. Myself and Mango were at Self Aid and we were parched for a drink and we got a bus into town and watched U2 on the telly there.
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And you are applauding them for that?
Did you hear applause?
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They’ve had a telly in there a LOT more recently than that.
There was one there in 2002 after the All-Ireland football final too.
A lost gem is the Foggy Dew on the edge of Temple Bar. Before it got bought and homogenized, the Foggy Dew was a lovely locals pub smack bang in the middle of Dublin. Back then, the late 1980s, it also had an outstanding pint of Guinness.
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It’s still a decent pub. Good music and a good pint. Biker vibe to it.
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Used to be a haven for punks in the City Centre.
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Really? I first went there while waiting to go to The Underground for a gig. Nights I was there, the Foggy Dew seemed like a pub from some country town transplanted into Central Dublin.
Is it? Never went back in after place changed.
Meh, it’s gone very Temple-Bar-y for my liking.
A couple of other pubs with which I am not familiar but should be, according to friends: Hole in the Wall (Glasnevin) and The Old Royal Oak (Kilmainham).
Hole in the Wall is on Blackhorse Avenue, no?
The Old Royal Oak has been hipsterised, for want of a better word
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A great spot if a bit hipster nowadays
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Hole in the wall has gone to the dogs. Full of tat since they diversified during covid
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Used to be great spot. Dela a Johnstown woman was a great sort. There was a great head barman there also of Kilcommon stock. The daughters took over and got rid of Pat and made it a hipster joint.
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Yes. A friend who lives in Glasnevin rates HITW highly.