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Patch Picks: Where to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day
We scoped out the best local spots to have a pint—or maybe some corned beef—this St. Paddy's.
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Today’s list is a rundown of places to enjoy a Guinness or spin a bit of blarney.
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Where to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day: This Plainfield restaurant held its St. Paddy’s Day party on Saturday, March 12, as the host site for the Plainfield St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser. But the Irish-themed fun isn't over. On March 17, the restaurant will offer Irish entertainment and a special menu of stout onion soup; Rueben, chicken, corned beef or fish sandwiches; hamburger; shepherd’s pie; gardener’s pie (a vegetarian version of the shepherd’s pie); fish and chips; and, of course, corned beef and cabbage. The restaurant will also offer plenty of drinks, including an extensive beer selection with more than 27 varieties on tap, 208 in bottle and seven in cans. This Naperville Irish Pub is always counting down to St. Patrick’s Day in honor of its annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration. This year’s event will feature the restaurant’s signature Irish fare and drinks, as well as a lineup of entertainment beginning at 11 a.m. with the Trinity Dancers. The day will also include music by Larkin & the Moran Brothers, 3 Men in Kilts and the Highland Guard. Quigley’s Irish pub in downtown Naperville also has plenty of entertainment lined up, starting at 3 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day. The pub will feature music by New Element and Cirrus Falcon, as well as a complete menu of traditional Irish specialties. This pub is serving up Irish classics at all of its locations, including those in Aurora and Downers Grove. Start celebrating St. Patrick’s Day early with “Kegs & Eggs” at 8 a.m. Bagpipers and Irish dancers will get the music started at 11 a.m. to begin an entire line up of music and dancing until 1 a.m. at either location. And, of course, there will be plenty of Irish food and drinks available throughout the celebration. : This Lemont Irish pub is already celebrating St.Patrick’s Day. The restaurant's food specials include shepherd’s pie, Guinness stew, and corned beef and cabbage on marble rye. They also have plenty of Irish drink selections, including Guinness, Harp and Smithwicks.
