Auld Hang Sigh

Sunday night.

Grogan’s, South William Street, Dublin 2.

Thanks Graeme Kelly

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18 thoughts on “Auld Hang Sigh”

RuilleBuille December 31, 2019 at 4:18 pm

Ah the toasted cheese sandwich. Fine dining indeed.

Paulus December 31, 2019 at 7:33 pm

and most of their drink stock is in their squelchy carpet: Most overrated pub in Dublin…and that’s in the face of much competition.
But Happy New Year to all!

Clampers Outside! December 31, 2019 at 5:25 pm

Happy New Year to all Broadsheet Towers :0)

….a bit early, I know x & hugs

Zaccone December 31, 2019 at 6:00 pm

They’re never able to accept card payments. Its a ridiculous situation for a busy city center pub, and always just makes me suspect “tax scam”. Theres no other reason why they wouldn’t have a few card machines.

Amy December 31, 2019 at 6:18 pm

Time.
1. Zaccone December 31, 2019 at 7:14 pm
  
  Tapping cards, as most people do in pubs these days, takes far less time than paying with money and giving change.
  1. Amy December 31, 2019 at 7:48 pm
    
    True, but have you ever noticed that people who tap are generally knobs? I reckon they have the ‘no card’ policy to keep the knobs out.
    1. O’Sullivans John December 31, 2019 at 10:44 pm
      
      That’s really great Amy
    2. Custo January 1, 2020 at 5:11 pm
      
      Well their policy has failed miserably, it has the highest concentration of knobs of any pub in the city
    3. GiggidyGoo January 2, 2020 at 3:02 am
      
      Ambivalent Gendered Brit seems to have the inside track.
Ambivalent Gendered Brit December 31, 2019 at 6:42 pm

There’s no obligation to accept cards and they don’t need your custom enough to care
1. Bottler December 31, 2019 at 7:19 pm
  
  Also most Merchant Card providers have rapacious transaction fees.
  1. SB January 1, 2020 at 4:21 pm
    
    I asked a barman about this before and it turns out that banks charge a helluva lot more to accept cash lodgments than they do for tap transactions – something like 3% vs 0.1%. Of course, some pubs mightn’t be lodging all their takings…
    1. Carlosfandango January 2, 2020 at 1:15 am
      
      This ☝
Spaghetti Hoop January 2, 2020 at 9:22 am

I think the cash-only policy is designed to keep the pub in the last century – one of its many charms.
1. stephen c January 2, 2020 at 6:54 pm
  
  or just because taking card payments takes much longer than cash. Many pubs went cash only christmas eve / stephens day and it sped things right up . Some drunk hunzo out of taps for the day and forgets her pin and thats a barman down for 5 minutes trying to figure that out instead of serving drinks.