Only sort-of a club space, but I primarily drank here before going to Tripod; as well as the occasional birthday party; or when attending Eatyard next door.
Not massively my type of pub, but with a huge fanbase, this is a definite loss to the Dublin social scene. The replacement venue (N2405 Bernard Shaw) on the Northside isn't quite the same; but is at least in a much better condition building.
I have scoured my phone camera roll, cloud storage and so on to find a photo of the "Enda Kenny rolls shit joints" grafitti which adorned the toilets in here, and was one of the two main defining features of the pub - but I can't. If I ever do find it, I'll come back and update the post with it.
The other defining feature was a Daimler Fleetline double decker bus converted in to a pizza restaurant. This did not make it to the new venue, presumably being too tall for the covered areas there; but the bus lives on at a pub in Wicklow.
The pub lies empty at time of writing, but redevleopment is planned. The main building is a protected structure, but the rambling, shambling outdoor spaces that made up Eatyard and the smoking area are not; so what may re-open - the approved plans have three hospitality spaces - will not be anything like what was there before.
Its best feature was the bar on the roof which was used for special events, and by the staff. There was a kitchen with a fairly serious homebrew kit. Had a couple of fantastic afternoons there as part of the Social Hops project with Rascals.
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