Irish pub partners smiling, as Dullahan’s soon to open
While still getting things in order, they are hoping for a Friday, March 14, opening.
“We still haven’t gotten our sign yet and there’s a lot of cleaning to do, but we will have an official grand opening once we have all that,” Camp said.
They also are waiting to send in their application for their liquor license.
“The way Tennessee does it you have to have everything, every permit, every license you need for your business before you can send in the application,” he said. “What we’re going to do … we’re going to have beer only (at first).”
Then, as soon as they get their liquor license, “then we’ll have our grand opening,” Camp added. “We’re going to take our time, get organized, clean, get our sign … everything good to go and then boom, get our liquor license and everything will be all set.”
That grand opening may take up to four weeks.
“We’re going to update everyone on the social media,” he said. That includes Next Door, Facebook and more.
Once open, they plan on having an event calendar on their website.
“The community can actually look forward to having access to a consistent trivia night, a happy hour, a great food menu with traditional and Irish-inspired dishes and live music,” Camp said.
“We’ve been getting a lot of community inquiries,” he added. “One thing we want everyone to know (is) there’s going to be a lot of engagement, a lot of events: holidays and special events.
“We want to be a big part of that,” Harmon said. “We’ll be a source of many activities and events.”
Those events also will include a St. Patrick’s Day celebration and Oktoberfest.
Longtime friends, “we met in the restaurant industry over a decade ago,” Camp said about he and Harmon. “We’ve been close friends ever since.
“We stayed in touch over the years,” Harmon added. “We’ve always had a passion for this industry.”
Then, thoughts of opening a business together became more serious last year.
“One thing led to another, and we decided to pull the trigger,” Camp said. “I came across a listing (to sell Mind Yer P’s and Q’s). It started with an e-mail and went from there.”
Opening an Irish pub was a natural choice for both since Harmon is Irish and Camp is Scotch-Irish.
In coming up with a name, “we went through a list of names,” Camp said. “(Harmon) was doing some Irish research into history and folklore and came across Dullahan, one of the very, very old Irish mythological names.
“It just kind of did it,” he added. “That was the one.”
Once operation, they will be open from 3 p.m. to midnight, Monday through Friday, and from noon to midnight, Saturday and Sunday.
“We’ve heard there’s a nice little farmers market here, so we want to have sandwiches,” Camp said.
