20:00 Saturday 17th March

Is anyone interested in celebrating St Patricks Day in the Dubliner - Zurich on Saturday 17th March?

Just read through the thread concerning the events surrounding the demise of the Dubliner. So I thought it might be an idea to all get together and discuss variations on "Jerry - the truth is out there" rumour mill - not that i'm a gossip, any excuse is a good excuse to celebrate!!

Any takers........

maybe you could tell people that the pub is now called Paddy Reilly's to make sure they can find it .

Nah! If they don't know the Dub (AKA: Paddy O's) then they won't have much goss to swap
Just kidding Lou.

yeh yer done . . . . . .

I'll be at the bar, suppin a guiness. . .

Looks like it's just you and me then panama!!

Doesn't seem to be many takers?!?! Ah well.......I tried

saturday, paddy's day, it'll be heaving anyway. . .

gimme a bell closer the time if you still fancy it. . . . .

Of course. Will drop you a little reminder a few days before. Look forward to seeing you.

This could be do-able, depending on their rugby coverage (last day of the 6 Nations). But yeah, it's way to early to be planning a trip to the pub

Hey - it's Switzerland. I knew one or two people who had personal diaries booked out up to 12 months in advance and most people required 3-4 weeks notice to do anything out of the ordinary.....

I was a regular at Paddy's Day in the Dubliner for the last 5 or 6 years. I think it's by far the best place in the ZH area to celebrate it, there's just usually a really good atmosphere. Best one ever was about 3 years ago when it was _really_ mild and everyone was standing outside in T-shirts. It was a really chilled out evening and probably the closest I had in Switzerland to a typical really good UK night out. Everyone was relaxed, drinking copious amounts of alchohol with abandon and up for a bit of fun. It might have helped that just about every english-speaking expat in Zuerich and the surrounding area decided to go there that night.

Last year was pretty good too since the Irish embassy had a big tent set up near the river (within about 10 mins staggering distance from the Dub) where you could go to afterwards for music and more Guinness.

I doubt I'll be back in ZH this year though so I guess I might have to settle for going down to Dublin for the weekend Should be a great occasion with the rugby being on the same day too.


Gav

See Daniel!! (Thanks for sticking up for me there Gav)

I have clearly been in CH far too long and have taken up some the annoying habits of the locals i.e. lack of spontaneity.

I was there too - It must have been two years ago (i wasn't here three St Paddy's ago). Good craic.

Good point about the planning... I still haven't adopted that yet though. I don't know what i'm having for lunch, and it's in two minutes time...

You better make sure they are stocked up again! It was drunk dry of Guiness after the rugby yesterday.

I remember the (old) Lion running out of glasses after a game in 2005...

But what a game! Absolutely excellent, nail-biting stuff. Shows up football/soccer for the acting-fest that it has become in the last few years.

They're usually clued-up for Paddy's Day. Outside bar with extra kegs and lots of plastic glasses to eliminate the possibility of running out of glasses. The only danger is the weather. If it's cold/wet, everyone is going to be crammed in a smoky bar which speaking from experience isn't any fun. As long as they can open up the pavement area in front of the pub, happy days.


Worst plannning I ever saw in Zuerich at a pub was in the Twist on the night when both Ireland and Switzerland were playing World Cup qualifiers. The pub was packed to the rafters but they had TWO staff on, one at the front and one at the back. To compound matters they were both Swiss so weren't really very good at handling the situation. One of the barmaids was busy chatting to one of her mates half the time and whenever anyone ordered a Guinness she'd go and pour it first and wait for it to settle/re-pour before getting the other drinks instead of going and getting the rest of their order in the 'Guinness wait time'.

I stood at the bar from 5 mins before the match started to 10 mins before half time, no sign of getting served. THEN they announced that they'd run out of glasses (How? They'd only managed to serve about 20 pints all evening as far as I could see) and stopped serving. No chance of continuing to offer any of the bottles or cans that they also had behind the bar. We walked out in disgust.

(This was just after the authorities had clamped down on work permits in casual jobs ... Up until a few weeks before, the Twist had always had loads of 'backpackers' working as staff who really knew what they were doing and were friendly,fast and efficient.)


Gav

It'll be interesting to see the impact on the Twist of Zurich rugby club moving to the Nelson. I've only really seen that place packed when the rugby's been on...

Me and my mates have relocated to the Lion for the first two 6 Nations games.

Well DanielL as an old member of the club, I haven't seen the rugby club in there for two years, meaning during rugby games, for some individuals yes, but as a club no...so it would'nt make a difference I believe...I've been visiting the Twist as well for over 6 years, it seem you must visit it more it's been packed more than you would realise. And for rugby games, it's always been well visited...And Gav one swallow doesn't make a summer, so one bad night doesn't meen the Twist has bad service, anyway i am not here to make war with words...I enjoy the Twist and will for years to come...I'll have a pint tonight on all the hard working staff members at the Twist!

I'd have to agree with Quirky here. I've been going to the twist for almost a year and a half now and its always been good. I've found Paddy Reillys to completely lack in atmosphere.
I was in the twist last year for St Patricks Day and the place was absolutely rocking. I always find the staff friendly and the Guinness is very nice.
As for the rugby club not going there well i can't actually remember the place being full of rugby players at any time?? I'm trying and failing to see the down side of them not going there anyways???
I'll be there for Patricks Day with some friends over from Ireland too I can sense the hangover already!!!

Sounds like fun... I cannot make it but I have also advertised your event on my meetup (Zurich Night Life Collection).

http://nightlife.meetup.com/305/calendar/5496408/

Wish you a great time, hopefully those bacon butties will be available in the morning.

FunkyD

I don't know who's an actual player, just a few of the people i'd chat to during games seemed to claim to be.

I guess i'm just linking the regulars who are watch the rugby, to the rugby club by assumption.

Well DanielL most of us are part of the rugby club, but we don't play anymore...supporters ...old geezers like us always have something to say... ...come on Ireland