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"oblivious":vwjjdgky wrote: Apparently there is a rumor that the pub may have gone out of business already[/quote:vwjjdgky]

Sadly I wouldn't be surprised. How far behind is the program? Four months or so? I thought they might get further, but I couldn't see it sustaining long-term.

"oblivious":pmbd9ny9 wrote: Apparently there is a rumor that the pub may have gone out of business already[/quote:pmbd9ny9]Well, they appear[/url:pmbd9ny9] to be taking bookings for Christmas.

Well its was just a rumor

Actually I have to say I think Neil Morrissey, the more 'celebrity' of the two is getting a lot of unwarranted flack (not from this site I might add).
I get the feeling that as [i:2wbjdnht]matey [/i:2wbjdnht]as they are deep down they both have different ideas as to what they really want. Morrissey is very much an 'in the pub, having a pint' type, and seems to favour the 'good beer good atmosphere' mantra. When they visited the pub first, while looking for somewhere to lease/buy his eyes lit up. Locals, in a pub; some eating; all drinking, and a very homely atmosphere. The kind of place any of us would love to spend a winter's evening.
Richard Fox, on the other hand was always geared more towards the good food good beer pairing. Much as he hates the term, a gastro pub is what he wanted, and a gastro pub is what they ended up with.

On reading Jim's, amongst others there's a lot of 'that bloody Bob the Builder ruined that pub' kind of talk going on.
I guess the business/series will live or die by his celebrity sword.

In fairness they (Morrissey fox)have posted a couple of statements like "we’ve actually graduated from home-brew rookies to master-brewers". When they have barely brewed and a lot of the volume was been brewed for them in another brewery.

A strong head in business can be a good thing, but stupid arrogance wont endear you to anyone

Apologies tot he fine denizens of Cork for my last comment. I am fitting a breathalyser to my computer to stop anymore such unfunny jokes.

[quote:2a49bnd8]"we’ve actually graduated from home-brew rookies to master-brewers"[/quote:2a49bnd8]
Its quite hard to put "brewed by rank amateurs" on a bottle.

What Irish Celebrity pairing could take over a brew/pub restaurant and make a TV show out of it? Hector and Conrad Gallagher? Rachel Allen and Lucy Kennedy? or the much anticipated reunion of Biddy and Millie?