Food Hall was getting pretty mank before it closed up. Sad to see the variety the Food Hall promised go and another Dealz pop up in here but it’s not as big a drop as people are making out to be.
chris
Have the Ugly Duckling opened up again anywhere?
Billy Kremlin
They have one in George Street Arcade. My God I love that place and it’s greasy deliciousness….
Vote Rep #1
Had. Its gone.
Billy Kremlin
George Street is gone ? Please dont tell me they are out of business….
Billy Kremlin
Ah they are in between premises.
David J
No way, I used to go into the food hall a lot when I was in college. When did it close down? It was always busy back in the day
some old queen
Over the past few years it went from ‘meals on wheels’ to ‘muck on a truck’. Empty most of the time. No loss.
Neilo
Way.
Boy M5
Dehipsterfication.
Looking forward to putting up my Halloween displays and embarrassing my new hipster neighbours who just moved in across the road (with their new Scandanavian windows and newly planted lawn in place of cobblelock).
Turgenev
You’re joking! Hipsters love cheesy Hallowe’en decor!
Vote Rep #1
New definition of hipsters, people who like a house to look nice.
Dόn Pídgéόní
And home owners apparently
Scundered
Beards, side partings, tight trousers…. bleurgh… hipsterism is sheep mentality. I would go as far as saying it’s a sort of insecurity, that need to fit in and look like everyone else. The opposite of creativity.
Dόn Pídgéόní
One could say going to uni, working in a bank, buying a house, having a church wedding and 2.5 children lacks creativity.
We all try to fit in somewhere. People are social, they want to belong and every generation has its subcultures.
Scundered
Providing a roof over your head and your family, and getting a career are not really fashion choices though, big difference. Ironically fashion is quite the opposite of being original by it’s very nature.
Dόn Pídgéόní
Being a ‘hipster’ isn’t just fashion, much as you originally suggested. And fulfilling those roles, as a worker, home owner whatever, signal your place in society just as much someone wearing skinny jeans.
Do punks about you as much? Hippies? Skaters? Or is it just hipsters?
Scundered
1 Have you a side parting?
2 Have you a beard?
3 Is your aggression related to the tightness of the trousers, and does it subside when the top button gets released in the evenings?
Dόn Pídgéόní
1) no
2) I should hope not being of the lady persuasion
3) no but i guess you do have to beware of thrush. Luckily, my vagina is made of sturdy stuff.
Harry Molloy
I have a side parting and a beard but work in a bank and got married in a church.
Dunno where I fit in but sure what’s new!
ah we like to slag but thank God for different types of people
bertie blenkinsop
I always thought you were a woman Harry
Dόn Pídgéόní
Always the rebel harry
ahjayzis
I think that makes you an Irish trade union leader, Harry ;)
Vote Rep #1
People who complain about hipster probably dressed like Blur/Oasis/Grunge/whatever the-fashion-was-at-the-time but seem to think that that was completely different to the young people who wear what is in fashion.
Boy M5
“every generation has its subcultures.”
Hipster is not a subculture. It has been become VERY mainstream and conservative since the middle class kids decided it was for them.
Strange how Hipsters get very righteous about Repeal the 8th but rarely so much about the glaring economic inequality in Ireland.
Dόn Pídgéόní
Sociology and Wikipedia disagree – and subcultures generally become mainstream – one example being skinheads and punk that came out of art school, great doco on BBC St the moment about this – especially when business starts chasing the money and richer kids take it on.
Funny how people get their knickers in such a twist about hipsters and assume they dont care about multiple issues. That’s like saying all baby boomers are greedy takers who don’t care about future generations and just want to pull the ladder up after themselves.
Boy M5
I rarely agree with Wikipedia. I prefer primary sources myself :0
Dόn Pídgéόní
A five second Google will give you loads of papers. Enjoy.
ahjayzis
I know a worrying amount of Hipster Tory voters.
There’s no depth to it, it’s just being fussy and uptheirownhole about clothes, food and music.
Dόn Pídgéόní
Knowing some ‘mainstream’ hipsters doesn’t mean it’s no longer a subculture in its own right.
Donger
Sounds like someone’s jealous or maybe struggling to keep up with the jones’?
Brother Barnabas
or fit into tight pants
Dόn Pídgéόní
The dreaded middle aged spread and irrational anger at the yoof comes to us all
human
Don is not even Irish, she has no idea what she is on about….
Janet, I ate my avatar
Do you have to be Irish to fit into skinny jeans now ? Get off the Island some day, there’s a whole world out there toto
Dόn Pídgéόní
I know you have a total boner for me
Boy M5
“or fit into tight pants”
This.
Starina
i worked there for a couple years way back in the day. it was never hipster. it was always just a bit mental.
Neilo
Then hipster me up, mister!
Goodnight Ireland
You can never have enough dealz shops.
What would you do if, as so many of us have, you need to buy a three pack of scouring pads, a kilo of peanuts and a copy of “Fatal Attraction”on dvd?
human
Dublin is a nasty city…. cheap and ugly.
Bacchus
As is your comment.
human
The truth hurts party boi ;)
Bacchus
how would you know?
Neilo
Ugly, it can be. Cheap, it most definitely ain’t.
Bacchus
That food hall never really took off. In one corner you might get a nice coffee, another a nice lunch but overall it seemed to be run by amateurs. Wrong part of town for it too.
Unfortunately Dealz will do better there.
Junkface
Whats dealz? Like a poundshop/eurowhatever ?
Scundered
Yep, a place where poor people stock up with silly amounts of halloween and xmas decorations, to run up a leccie bill that leaves them in debt for the remainder of the year.
Gah!
It is the Irish wing of Poundland.
Boy M5
“Whats dealz? Like a poundshop/eurowhatever ?”
Stop pretending you’re so southside that you don’t know.
Gah!
No wonder it closed when, after being there for over fifteen years, people were still getting the name wrong. It even has a picture of the name clearly stating Epicurean Food Hall not Food Emporium! Though in the last few years, it was more Epicurean Food Hole.
Brother Barnabas
“…was once located off Liffey Street”
Lower Liffey Street, to be precise
RuilleBuille
Burdocks gone as well?
Kieran NYC
If city/town centres aren’t properly managed, all you’ll get are poundshops, charity shops and fast food
edalicious
And bookies
Coppélia
And tanning salons
Neilo
Management of town centres relies on us as well – more footfall in CBDs is needed, rather than always heading out to retail parks and mega-malls in lieu of well-established retailers and services. Town centres left to local authorities can result in a litany of failed ‘grands projets’ and pay parking as far as the eye can see, as well as the unhealthy retail mix that’s afflicting these islands.
Scundered
Quite a lot of brands now with names that are like text speak, always makes them look cheap, so job well done in this case.
Peter Dempsey
Dealz do a great six pack of Bacon Fries and Scampi Fries – €1.50
Neilo
1.50 for 6? Stop the presses, I’ll be hitting up the local outlet for some salty goodness.
Epicurean has been terrible for years. Good addition to the street that provides a few dozen jobs the area. Fantastic stuff, look forward to getting down to check it out
Frilly Keane
Are we getting a bit snobby here
Since when are any of ye too grand for Dealz
Maybe me
I’m a Mr Price girl
But that food hall had great intentions
And ended up a manky dump
But a handy walk thru from the ha’penny bridge ta Arnotts j
Food Hall was getting pretty mank before it closed up. Sad to see the variety the Food Hall promised go and another Dealz pop up in here but it’s not as big a drop as people are making out to be.
Have the Ugly Duckling opened up again anywhere?
They have one in George Street Arcade. My God I love that place and it’s greasy deliciousness….
Had. Its gone.
George Street is gone ? Please dont tell me they are out of business….
Ah they are in between premises.
No way, I used to go into the food hall a lot when I was in college. When did it close down? It was always busy back in the day
Over the past few years it went from ‘meals on wheels’ to ‘muck on a truck’. Empty most of the time. No loss.
Way.
Dehipsterfication.
Looking forward to putting up my Halloween displays and embarrassing my new hipster neighbours who just moved in across the road (with their new Scandanavian windows and newly planted lawn in place of cobblelock).
You’re joking! Hipsters love cheesy Hallowe’en decor!
New definition of hipsters, people who like a house to look nice.
And home owners apparently
Beards, side partings, tight trousers…. bleurgh… hipsterism is sheep mentality. I would go as far as saying it’s a sort of insecurity, that need to fit in and look like everyone else. The opposite of creativity.
One could say going to uni, working in a bank, buying a house, having a church wedding and 2.5 children lacks creativity.
We all try to fit in somewhere. People are social, they want to belong and every generation has its subcultures.
Providing a roof over your head and your family, and getting a career are not really fashion choices though, big difference. Ironically fashion is quite the opposite of being original by it’s very nature.
Being a ‘hipster’ isn’t just fashion, much as you originally suggested. And fulfilling those roles, as a worker, home owner whatever, signal your place in society just as much someone wearing skinny jeans.
Do punks about you as much? Hippies? Skaters? Or is it just hipsters?
1 Have you a side parting?
2 Have you a beard?
3 Is your aggression related to the tightness of the trousers, and does it subside when the top button gets released in the evenings?
1) no
2) I should hope not being of the lady persuasion
3) no but i guess you do have to beware of thrush. Luckily, my vagina is made of sturdy stuff.
I have a side parting and a beard but work in a bank and got married in a church.
Dunno where I fit in but sure what’s new!
ah we like to slag but thank God for different types of people
I always thought you were a woman Harry
Always the rebel harry
I think that makes you an Irish trade union leader, Harry ;)
People who complain about hipster probably dressed like Blur/Oasis/Grunge/whatever the-fashion-was-at-the-time but seem to think that that was completely different to the young people who wear what is in fashion.
“every generation has its subcultures.”
Hipster is not a subculture. It has been become VERY mainstream and conservative since the middle class kids decided it was for them.
Strange how Hipsters get very righteous about Repeal the 8th but rarely so much about the glaring economic inequality in Ireland.
Sociology and Wikipedia disagree – and subcultures generally become mainstream – one example being skinheads and punk that came out of art school, great doco on BBC St the moment about this – especially when business starts chasing the money and richer kids take it on.
Funny how people get their knickers in such a twist about hipsters and assume they dont care about multiple issues. That’s like saying all baby boomers are greedy takers who don’t care about future generations and just want to pull the ladder up after themselves.
I rarely agree with Wikipedia. I prefer primary sources myself :0
A five second Google will give you loads of papers. Enjoy.
I know a worrying amount of Hipster Tory voters.
There’s no depth to it, it’s just being fussy and uptheirownhole about clothes, food and music.
Knowing some ‘mainstream’ hipsters doesn’t mean it’s no longer a subculture in its own right.
Sounds like someone’s jealous or maybe struggling to keep up with the jones’?
or fit into tight pants
The dreaded middle aged spread and irrational anger at the yoof comes to us all
Don is not even Irish, she has no idea what she is on about….
Do you have to be Irish to fit into skinny jeans now ? Get off the Island some day, there’s a whole world out there toto
I know you have a total boner for me
“or fit into tight pants”
This.
i worked there for a couple years way back in the day. it was never hipster. it was always just a bit mental.
Then hipster me up, mister!
You can never have enough dealz shops.
What would you do if, as so many of us have, you need to buy a three pack of scouring pads, a kilo of peanuts and a copy of “Fatal Attraction”on dvd?
Dublin is a nasty city…. cheap and ugly.
As is your comment.
The truth hurts party boi ;)
how would you know?
Ugly, it can be. Cheap, it most definitely ain’t.
That food hall never really took off. In one corner you might get a nice coffee, another a nice lunch but overall it seemed to be run by amateurs. Wrong part of town for it too.
Unfortunately Dealz will do better there.
Whats dealz? Like a poundshop/eurowhatever ?
Yep, a place where poor people stock up with silly amounts of halloween and xmas decorations, to run up a leccie bill that leaves them in debt for the remainder of the year.
It is the Irish wing of Poundland.
“Whats dealz? Like a poundshop/eurowhatever ?”
Stop pretending you’re so southside that you don’t know.
No wonder it closed when, after being there for over fifteen years, people were still getting the name wrong. It even has a picture of the name clearly stating Epicurean Food Hall not Food Emporium! Though in the last few years, it was more Epicurean Food Hole.
“…was once located off Liffey Street”
Lower Liffey Street, to be precise
Burdocks gone as well?
If city/town centres aren’t properly managed, all you’ll get are poundshops, charity shops and fast food
And bookies
And tanning salons
Management of town centres relies on us as well – more footfall in CBDs is needed, rather than always heading out to retail parks and mega-malls in lieu of well-established retailers and services. Town centres left to local authorities can result in a litany of failed ‘grands projets’ and pay parking as far as the eye can see, as well as the unhealthy retail mix that’s afflicting these islands.
Quite a lot of brands now with names that are like text speak, always makes them look cheap, so job well done in this case.
Dealz do a great six pack of Bacon Fries and Scampi Fries – €1.50
1.50 for 6? Stop the presses, I’ll be hitting up the local outlet for some salty goodness.
Epicurean has been terrible for years. Good addition to the street that provides a few dozen jobs the area. Fantastic stuff, look forward to getting down to check it out
Are we getting a bit snobby here
Since when are any of ye too grand for Dealz
Maybe me
I’m a Mr Price girl
But that food hall had great intentions
And ended up a manky dump
But a handy walk thru from the ha’penny bridge ta Arnotts j