Animal Collective's latest, erm, not animal named bar was announced months, if not actually about a year, in advance - as the flagship tenant of the ground floor of the Bolands Mills development. And indeed, the bar is actually in the retained former mill structure.
Named, it seems, after one of the stage names of the musician also known as Caribou - Caribou being the name of their (lamented) original bar in Galway and its replacement in Dublin - this premises is quite like their others in Dublin, albeit everything in it is very new.
It is also exceptionally busy already - I was unable to get a seat *or* a perch and drank my pint standing. At 5:20. They have the staffing to cope with the crowds, and I presume there will be outdoor seating in summer - indeed there might have been some already, but it was way too cold to check.
It's close to my office so I'll almost certainly be back. The drinks lineup is good, and if I could actually have sat down I'd definitely have had a few more.
The pub's logo is a drawing of a dog, so possibly Daphni is actually a specific dog rather than a reference to Dan Snaith.
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