The Shopfront Of Shame

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Ah here.

Jimmy writes:

Wonder if the owners of Oxmantown (bijou hipster café; exalters of the humble sandwich) in Dublin 7 might feel a slight pang of the familiar when they see the branding, and overall exterior look, of the newly opened Stanley’s, St. Andrew’s Street, Dublin 2? I think they might …You Decide!! Fight! etc.!

 

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73 thoughts on “The Shopfront Of Shame

    1. Xena

      Look at the windows. The branding is not far off identical! Combined with the colour, it’s a bit of rip, in fairness.

    1. ellobee

      Have you seen that area on a Saturday, its very quiet, I imagine they get most of their business from the courts,the market and local offices , none of which are around at the weekend

  1. Freia

    Ha! I saw that on Saturday and did a double take, thought I could get my Oxmantown fix southside, alas no,it was just an homage :(

  2. Custo

    I’m sure they’re both a copy of a Cafe in Shoreditch, which is in turn copiy of a cafe in Williamsburg, which is a copy of something someone saw on Pinterest.

    1. Wookie

      Exactly, they both just copied something you’d seen in Williamsburg or anyother hipster place in NYC or London.

  3. Bobby

    Is it just me, or are they incredibly dissimilar? The shopfront is a different style and colour, the windows are different types, the name’s font and colour are different and even the arching of the text is different.

    Their overall style could possibly be called similar at a stretch, but that’s just because they’re both based on styles that have been around for hundreds of years.

    1. Steve Kingston

      What he said.. OP is a handy bit of free advertising for both though, but maybe that was the point? Hmmmm….

    2. Xena

      They are very similar, same style, virtually the same colour. If I were Oxmantown and planning to open more shops I’d be pretty miffed. Not only that, how effin’ lazy do you have to be to just do the same thing, but crappily? And is it called Stanley’s Stanley’s? The style works for one window, not two, which further illustrates the fact that the didn’t look at what they had and just mugged someone else.

    3. DeSelby

      +1
      That style is so textbook at this stage. There’s nothing new or original at this stage.

      Grey background? Check.
      Tall, gold, condensed, sans serif? Check.

      etc… etc.

  4. JimmytheHead

    typical, the lads at oxmantown take great pride in the quality of their food and drink as well as establishing somewhere nice and reasonably original looking…. then some tosser throws a quick version together on the southside

      1. fonty

        Indeed.
        The old stand across the road has gold lettering on its windows though its smaller and not in a curve and in a different font.
        Meat & Meet has gold lettering on its window though its bigger than the old stand and not in a curve and in a different font.
        Eden bar and grill has gold lettering on its window though its the biggest and not in a curve and in a different font.
        And closer than oxmantown, on the north side, to the front of arnotts, on Liffey st, there’s Joe’s cafe with gold lettering in a curve in a similar font on the big window.
        Indeed.

  5. Mikeyfex

    There’s a place in Limerick with windows and a door at the front too.

    What’s going on?!!>?

    It even has the business’ name on the window.

    *gasps*

    And it’s been painted a colour!!

    This is getting weird, people.

    1. Parky Mark

      They are the same people running both of them. Stanley’s is a slightly different version.
      Next thing people will be giving out about Sister Sadie being a copy of Brother Hubbard.

      1. Freia

        You’re talking rubbisht, Parky. They are not the same people, why would they do a crapper version of their own logo? That said, it has worked for Brother Hubbard. How EXPENSIVE is that place!?

          1. Freia

            Yeah, the logotype, it’s made up of a stretched ‘typeface’, you’ve clearly been to ‘Williamsburg’.

    1. Xena

      Indeed, arched gold text in a long typeface on a window with a plain grey shopfront is (was) pretty unique in Dublin.

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