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Re: Nes Cafe
Posted: Thu 22nd Aug 2013 09:48 am
by Rob_OG
It's a real shame. Who'd have thought that when Nes dropped its coffeeshop licence to be a smoker-friendly bar, that they'd eventually find themselves forced to the wall by tobacco inspectors?
Re: Nes Cafe
Posted: Thu 22nd Aug 2013 10:37 am
by Balou
ftcarer wrote:elasticband wrote:
I asked the bar man if it was still allowed to roll and smoke, he replied telling me they had sadly received another fine for smoking, so it's not even a case of being sly with your tobacco, he told me if i wanted to roll a joint it had to be pure and he would have to stand and witness me roll.
Sadly this killed my buzz for the place, so i didn't bother rolling a joint, it seemed like a hassle for the staff. I did chat to the barman about the situation and i really do feel for them, it is almost as if they are being directly targeted as this is the second fine for smoking and they also got a fine for having a few seats outside the bar.
Ok , a fine for allowing/having peopled smoking baccy inside I get but , fined for having a few seats outside

WTF

, it's not like they take up any pavement space

They have had a couple of tables and at least six chairs outside this Summer. And since you have to smoke outside we were constantly spilling out into the street.
Re: Nes Cafe
Posted: Thu 22nd Aug 2013 03:44 pm
by ftcarer
ah , all your fault then Balou

Re: Nes Cafe
Posted: Thu 22nd Aug 2013 05:05 pm
by Balou
ftcarer wrote:ah , all your fault then Balou

Maybe, but I still think it was because of the fraternity girls that live upstairs. They had hundreds of pledges come by over the last week. And to top it off they would block the entire street singing and drinking Red Bull, annoying cunts.
Re: Nes Cafe
Posted: Thu 22nd Aug 2013 05:10 pm
by TwoCanucks
I heard that DC is no longer with Nes. Sad news.
Re: Nes Cafe
Posted: Thu 22nd Aug 2013 05:23 pm
by Balou
TwoCanucks wrote:I heard that DC is no longer with Nes. Sad news.
Indeed.
Re: Nes Cafe
Posted: Thu 22nd Aug 2013 05:31 pm
by ftcarer
Balou wrote:ftcarer wrote:ah , all your fault then Balou

Maybe, but I still think it was because of the fraternity girls that live upstairs. They had hundreds of pledges come by over the last week. And to top it off they would block the entire street singing and drinking Red Bull, annoying cunts.
no more DC

hope all is well with him and he's moved on to better(paid) thing's

might have to eat these choccy fingers myself then

Re: Nes Cafe
Posted: Thu 22nd Aug 2013 08:28 pm
by Willjay
I remember him posting, that if Nes didn't get a redo he was leaving, I wonder. When we were there last April you couldn't even get to the door for the crowds out front.
Re: Nes Cafe
Posted: Fri 23rd Aug 2013 02:22 am
by Epsilon
Dave gone ?!!? ... oh my .
I guess there was no refurb . Batavia ?
Re: Nes Cafe
Posted: Fri 23rd Aug 2013 02:34 am
by Lafe
Epsilon wrote:Dave gone ?!!? ... oh my .
I guess there was no refurb . Batavia ?
In fact remodeling was done maybe two years ago. It's nothing spectacular but it did help. No idea where DC is, but I'm sure he will chime in at some point.
Re: Nes Cafe
Posted: Fri 23rd Aug 2013 04:46 am
by Rob_OG
Saw him earlier in the week and he bought me a beer. Didn't realise he was on the move already.
Re: Nes Cafe
Posted: Fri 23rd Aug 2013 10:15 am
by treetop
geoffk wrote:After some thought, I think having a separate review section for smoke friendly bars might be a good thing. It'd be more current than the sticky and not be so confusing to new forum viewers and those whose first language is not English.
Agreed. A forum 'Cool places to smoke' would open out the topic to the correct margins IMHO. Why stop at smoke friendly bars? Can include night clubs and any other place we can think of.

Re: Nes Cafe
Posted: Wed 4th Sep 2013 09:31 pm
by talkrum
Best wishes to DC. First class service given to all ACDers by Dave & all the staff at T'Nes for many years. Thanks again.
We should have an annual award for best smokers hangout (other than the usual CS prizes)
Re: Nes Cafe
Posted: Thu 5th Sep 2013 12:04 am
by Lemming
Near where I live is a wonderful arboretum (Westonbirt). Whenever I go there I have Big Yellow Taxi running around in my head - They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum. They charge more than a dollar and a half these days but the song still works for me. Now another line is stuck in my (admittedly wasted) head.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
Re: Nes Cafe
Posted: Thu 5th Sep 2013 01:48 am
by notsofasteddie
Lemming wrote:Near where I live is a wonderful arboretum (Westonbirt). Whenever I go there I have Big Yellow Taxi running around in my head - They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum. They charge more than a dollar and a half these days but the song still works for me. Now another line is stuck in my (admittedly wasted) head.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
Joni spoke truth then and it is still truth today
