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Noticed today that there’s a licensing application for Loungers at the old Strada unit in Cardiff Bay. Loungers are the people behind Cosy Club on the Hayes.

It's good to see a bar rather than a restaurant going there, Mermaid Quay is a bit restaurant centric at the moment. With the Everyman cinema too it's becoming a bit more mixed use.

Good move. Cardiff Bay suffers from a diverse lack of bars. This would be a good addition.

Cosy Club is a restaurant primarily though - why are we assuming it's a bar?

They also run the various "Lounges" dotted around Cardiff and Penarth - Juno, Fino, Octo etc. Although they do serve food these are primarily bars. It will be interesting to see what sort of format they go for with this new venture. I agree that a bar would be very welcome here.

The Loungers are all bars with a strong food offer but not restaurants like Cosy Club.

Another one bites the dust, The Meeting Place on St Mary Street

Cardiff Bierkeller is closing. News confirmed this morning.

Sad to hear about the Meating Place. I only ate there once but I thought it was pretty good - in spite it's terrible name. I also like the idea of more restaurants (as opposed to bars) on St Mary Street, as part of a wider mix of businesses to make the street feel safer and more family friendly at night time. Hopefully we'll see more of a move in that direction once the BBC and other offices around Central Square are opened.

I wish so much they would bring back a Hard Rock Café. It was out of the blue they closed it. Maybe, with Cardiff now on the up they could re-open in the near future with a better locality in the city, ie Central Quay
I could just see the Hard Rock Café neon sign down the side of the chimney, now that would look so amazing