Can "cocktail bar" rumours about Edgars be true?

But when is it reopening? Sore distressed at not being able to get chicken schnitzel last Sunday.

Never Fear.

When Edgar’s was first being opened – their DA and their marketing promised a ‘classy wine bar similar to those seen in Melbourne’.
When it opened it was a pub with a view of a car park with urine scented floor cleaner, and chips on the menu – suitably placed in the ‘muesli belt of Canberra’.
They welcomed the old, the communists, the brumbies fans, the dog owners and even a few too many working families with overindulged toddlers.

My guess is they will reopen and charge a little more for their drinks to pay for the renos – but regulars will still be able to get a burger and beer for $12.

Can’t wait to see you all back there

bugalugs – I like the way you think.

I say keep Edgards as a Pub with Schooners and Pub Grub

Kick out the laundromat next door and put in a Das Kapital (Narrabundah) style Cocktails and Tapas setup

Also mandate Theos has to stay open later and sell Pizzas and Kebabs

luther_bendross said :

I also heard a rumour that IGA is on its way to being bought by Supabarn

I wonder if this aligns with Ainslie’s demographic?

Just because they want to offer a selection of decent cocktails at $15 a throw (presumably) wouldn’t be the end of the world.

Suburban does that and is still a solid pub.

I’d also guess they’re not going to try and be a nightclub at midday.

Anyway, with Trinity on the slide there’s a hole in the market.

Another cocktail bar in the inner north – surely you jest?! Love a good cocktail but seriously peoples…

Not sure if I would have reason to go to Edgars quite so often if it became a cocktail bar, as it has been one of the few places in Canberra that I could reliably get a takeaway coffee or a table for lunch/breakfast on the weekend – without having to darken the door of shopping centre or having to wait on around all day.

A couple of months ago

The chemist was moving to the vacant shops near 2602

Alcohol/Cigs etc. was being moved into chemist shop to become a bottelo

Deli to be expanded with cooked takeaway meals and then extra lines of groceries

now all they need at ainslie is somwwhere to park

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