I didn’t know that the Irish Pub Company has designed more than 2,000 pubs in over 100 countries…
The fun little opening story makes me wish we walked more places. (or more accurately, I wish we were able to walk to more places)
How the Irish Pub Became One of the Emerald Isle’s Greatest Exports [Smithsonian Magazine] – “But founder Mel McNally is not in the business of just shipping pub-in-a-box packages around the world. Each one is custom-designed to fit a specific space in collaboration with the local owner, who has creative control over the many, many, many details involved. The company’s stock-in-trade is not the Irish pub as a commodity; it’s the Irish pub as a vibe. You can’t sell the history and lore and memories intrinsic in a community’s longstanding institution. But you can sell the craftsmanship inextricably linked to a nation’s cultural legacy.”
Irish pub as a vibe. Gotta love it!