T.D.'s Old Time Pub: Hands Down, Readers' Choice for St. Patrick's Day

It's a little place with a big following. , while not the classic Irish pub, draws a huge following among the Irish in Milford, including those who are Irish but one day a year.

The pub owned and managed by Dana Larson drew 74 percent of the votes cast in the in Milford. That was 171 out of 229 votes cast.

came in second place, with 21 votes, or 9 percent of those cast. collected 11 votes, for 4 percent of the poll.

Larson manages the pub by night, during the day he works another job, at National Grid. He purchased the pub four years ago, with his late fiance, Tricia, whose family owned O'Toole's on South Street in Hopkinton (now the Marathon Restaurant). The couple's first names inspired the name of the little pub.

"When it opened, we wanted it to be like 'Cheers'," Larson said. "A place where everyone would feel comfortable."

The pub draws a big nighttime following, for it serves no food. The business has a small kitchen, but no cook. Occasionally there will be a performer, but not often. The draw is the local crowd, and the beer on tap. Guinness is on tap, as well as Murphy's.

Larson admitted he was "not surprised at all" to learn the bar had run away with the competition for St. Patrick's Day. "The past four years, it's just nuts here. People know, this is where people go on St. Patrick's Day."

readers chose Casey's Public House, in Holliston, as the best place to celebrate.

Next week, Milford Patch will have the Readers' Choice of Best Hair Salons or Barbers.