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DubPub Rolls Back Prices for 25th Anniversay.

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In 1997, 7 gentlemen, all with varied backgrounds, joined together to purchase a vacant eyesore property that formerly housed a Shell gas station.  The Shell station was built in 1965. This historic, but dilapidated site would soon tell the tale of an iconic Irish pub.

On Monday, their 35th anniversary they are rollin back the menu to price from 1998 for one day only:

Owner Steve  Tieber sat down with us to tell us the tale of how the Dublin Pub came to be;

DD: How long had DubPub been a concept in your minds before it actually opened?

ST: Well, it actually started as a cigar bar.  We all had a passion for Cigars and Guinness. When we realized we all had Irish heritage in common we knew it had to be some sort of Irish pub, and that’s when we heard about an authentic Irish pub concept that had opened in Buckhead I’min Atlanta called FADO. This was the first Irish pub concept where the Irish pub was built and designed in Ireland and shipped over. Although that sounded amazing, we did not have that kind of money.  So we knew that we were going to have to build it all in Dayton. When we were looking for a location at one time we had looked at the second floor of the building that Ned Peppers is in. Jim Schaefer who was the owner had just optioned the Shell gas station which had been vacant for six years because he was interested in putting a drive-through on the corner of fifth and Wayne but he was having some problems getting that done. That’s when he suggested selling the property to us.  He already had a liquor license which back then the Oregon district had a cap on 17 licenses and this was one of the original 17.  It was actually a license that at one time belong to Plums which was the lower level of the Wiley’s building before Wileys moved over there.  So all in all we opened May 15 of 1998 with 29 employees.  So all in all we open May 15 of 98, but this whole process started in early 97 so it only took about a year and a half from concept to opening.

DD: As one time there were plans to expand to Austin Landing that just didn’t seem to work out.  Any future plans?
ST: We are always looking at future opportunities to expand.  There might be something in the near future.   
DD: What’s the biggest think you’ve learned from 25 years of running the biz?
ST: Three things:  
1.  Treat the staff as family  
2.  You must always be working in your business and creating new events and keep your menus fresh.
3.  Customer service, Customer Service, Customer a service.  
This last one is key. Yeah,  there are times when things don’t work out for a customer, but we are proud that we have 4.5 stars out of 3,300 reviews on Google. And one thing I always want to stress to our customers is that no matter what we will make your experience right if something falls short in their visit. I had someone text me know that they came in just a few days ago and sat at the bar for five minutes and nobody said anything to them while they saw employees standing by just talking, and they did not acknowledge him, so he left. This was at 4pm.  I told him that he got there at shift change and to always make contact with the staff if they have not been acknowledged because they will go above and beyond to over compensate.  Sadly,  in this day and age,  there’s a lot of things we cannot control we can train an employee but they still may decide not to do things the way that we have trained and sometimes we are short staffed when employees call in for sickness or car trouble. No matter what our entire staff knows to do whatever it takes if something falls short during a patrons visit. Most important, we encourage our customers to let us know if something is not to their expectations and we will fix it.

The new addition

DD:  What can we expect next from Dub Pub?

ST: Future plans are to expand our front patio with a new design. We have had a hell of a ride with highlights of Sheryl Crow playing on our stage.  The Violent Femmes, Blue Oyster Cult, and Berlin have all played the pub. Quentin Tarantino had dinner at the pub after seeing “How the West was Won” at the Neon with the Cinerama wide screen experience.  Lots of great memories, now 25 more years of memories are on our agenda. 

 

It’s Time To Get “TIEBER TOUGH”

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tieberThat nasty C word.  I hear it and just shake my head.  Especially when I hear it associated with a women who is nothing but kind and strong and a marvelous mother.

Suzie Tieber, mom to Sydney and Chase, wife of Steve and co-owner of The Dublin Pub has been diagnosed with Cancer.  She’ll be undergoing a double mastectomy on Wednesday morning.

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Sydney’s  7th grade girls basketball team at Bellbrook Middle School was to play Preble Shawnee HS/MS tonight and the plan was  to present her with a special shirt made for her hospital stay five minutes before the game began.   They team was to then unveil as a surprise the special ‘Tieber Tough’ jersey which they would all  wear and dedicate the game to Suzie.

Additionally, over 300 T-shirts were made with the same ‘Tieber Tough‘ logo that friends and family will wear, sending pictures & messages to Suzie on her “Lets Support Suzie Tieber” Facebook event page. The shirts were donated by Ty Camacho from Miami Valley Team Sports and a donation has been asked for each shirt.

But alas Mother Nature put a kabash on that plan and the game was cancelled tonight due to the snow.

 

But let’s still show Suzie we support her and post the Tieber Tough image on your page in support of Suzie, who is indeed Tieber Tough.  And if you happen to someone who prays, some kind words to the big guy to support her and her family through tomorrow’s surgery and her healing ahead would be appreciated.

img_8834 You can also remind her she is TIEBER TOUGH through a custom t-shirt, designed by Nichole Rustad and generously donated by Ty Camacho.

TO ORDER SHIRTS PLEASE COPY THIS AND PASTE
then email to Steve: steve@dubpub.com
Name:
Email:
Phone:
Address (if need to be mailed):
Shirt 1
Men, Woman, Child Shirt:
Size:
Shirt 2  repeat as needed….

Each shirt is $25 and all proceeds will be donated by Steve in Suzie’s name to the Pink Ribbon Girls, http://pinkribbongirls.org/

Once you place your order, please immediately pay through PayPal to: PayPal.me/Tieber

NOTE! If you don’t have a PayPal account, it is easy to set up. If you don’t want to go through PayPal, still complete the form to order your shirt and you can reimburse Steve at a later time.
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Email pics of you wearing the shirt, along with a special message to Suzie, to Steve at steve@dubpub.com so he can put together a special gift to Suzie from her family and friends.

The “TIEBER TOUGH, Let’s Support Suzie Tieber” campaign has raised over $3,000 for Dayton’s local Pink Ribbon Girls, an organization that devotes unwavering support helping women fighting breast cancer.  If you’d like to make a donation in honor of Suzie, or one of your friends or family, it would be greatly appreciated!

 

 

 

Austin Landing Lands 3 Independent Restaurants

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Tom Sand and Chef Anne Kearney

Successful Washington Township restaurant Rue Dumaine will be moving  to the new Austin Landing, where it will share a kitchen with a second more casual concept , Alligator Annie’s,  in a 10,600 square-foot building.  Thomas Sand Jr. and Chef Anne Kearney, founder and chef/co-founder of Rue Dumaine, hope to use their location at Austin Landing as a way build on their passion for food and a good experience.

“When you walk out of our restaurants at Austin Landing, I want you to say you had an experience,” Sand said. “We try to create a place where you can go and be treated the way you want to be treated, experience good food and good service, refresh and rejuvenate yourself and let the worries of the day disappear.”

Rue Dumaine will continue serving the American bistro fare inspired by French cuisine for which it has become known, while

Alligator Annie's

Alligator Annie’s will take the form of a casual Southern-style social club and will offer lunch and dinner service 7 days a week.

Since their departure from New Orleans, Sand and Kearney said they have enjoyed becoming part of the Dayton community and sharing a bit of themselves with anyone looking for a good meal. They said they look at the choice to open at Austin Landing as a decision to put down roots in a community setting in which everyone is there to benefit each other.

“We are making a commitment to this village, city, state and region we call home.” Sand said. “This venue will allow us to showcase the partnerships we have formed with our nearly 100 vendors, local farmers and artisans and provide our present and future clientele with more food options. We look forward to exploring all the possibilities.”

And in a long talked about expansion, The Dublin Pub will be opening a 6000 square foot second location.  “Since the day we opened up, we’ve always had a focus on expansion and growth,” Tieber said. “We know that a lot of restaurants make mistakes with expansions, but we’re doing this right. We knew with Austin Landing coming, it would be a perfect fit for a pub location.”

Tieber said The Dublin Pub would be partnering with other local restaurateurs Dan Apolito and Mike Fullenkamp of Archer’s Tavern with the intention to create their flagship Irish Pub with hopes of a multi-pub chain expansion. “Dan and Mike have over 40 years of corporate restaurant experience between them.  We knew combining our talents and over 60 years of experience would make the transition and growth to a second location successful,” Tieber said.

He said the newest location of The Dublin Pub would have the same beloved recipes and provide the same atmosphere and live music as the original Downtown Dayton location, making it a great fit for the Austin Landing development.  “We’re blessed with being a restaurant that caterers to a lot of different crowds,” Tieber said. “We are one of the few restaurant concepts that can transition well from being a perfect location for lunch for the business crowd and dinners during the week to becoming more of a bar atmosphere on the weekend.”

Randy Gunlock, president of RG Properties, the commercial real estate firm developing Austin Landing, said it is fitting that the first restaurants to open at Austin Landing will be independents.  “Rue Dumaine and The Dublin Pub have garnered excellent reputations throughout the community, and Alligator Annie’s is poised to follow suit, making all three restaurants a perfect fit with Austin Landing,” Gunlock said. “We all want a unique experience when we go out, and Austin Landing will be the place where people will come to enjoy that experience. “

Work is set to begin this year on construction of the restaurants, and RG is looking toward a spring of 2013 opening date for each.  Gunlock said RG Properties is active in conversations with a number of other restaurants, working to bring the best mix to the Austin Landing development. He said the company is targeting small and large chains as well as independents and hopes to settle on between four and five full-service restaurants and four and five fast-casual restaurants.