Irish Pub entertainment in North America
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Katie Mullen's Irish Pub & Restaurant
Denver's largest Irish Bar – an enormous 11,000 sq ft – maintains a surprisingly snuggled down feel through dark wood, polished brass, book shelves and fireside seating (the faux embers glow even when the heat outside rages). If the environs are a bit mannish, it seems to suit the guys who loosen their ties and talk business over a Guinness.
There's also an extensive menu on hand. Don't mess around with the traditional Irish comfort food; go straight for the halibut.
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Plough & Stars
Stringed bands play Irish tunes in this charming neighborhood pub. While many Boston bars fraudulently and irritatingly exaggerate their ‘Irishness, ’ the Plough & Stars is the real deal. It serves up bangers, eggs and gastro-pub fare in a cozy wooden room with stout on tap and bottles of Fin du Monde and Narragansett (Rhode Island’s best worst beer). Weekend soccer matches on the telly.
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Kelly’s Irish Times
Kelly’s implores: ‘Give me your tired, your hungry, your befuddled masses,’ and the masses respond. Fans of the on-tap Guinness and Wednesday to Saturday live music tend to be younger than the patrons next door at the Dubliner – students and staffers and other suds-drinkers. The layout is like every Irish pub you’ve ever been in, but it’s an exemplar of the genre.
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Nanny O’Brien’s Irish Pub
Washington’s most authentic Irish pub, Nanny O’Brien’s has been a favorite with real and wannabe Irish people for decades. You won’t find any cheesy shamrock schlock or shameless promotions here; no, this bar would rather concentrate on serving stiff drinks along with fantastic music. The place is packed and gets pretty rowdy most nights.
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The Blaguard
The Blaguard, in addition to having an awesome name, is a great bar to finish an Adams-Morgan night on. After you’ve had too much time dancing and screaming into someone’s ear, you want a place that’ll keep the party going, but is a few notches lower on the crazy scale than a club. Enter this seedy, sticky, superb Irish pub.
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Mr Dooley’s Boston Tavern
With Irish bands playing traditional tunes several nights a week, and a decent list of appropriate beers, this cozy bar is one of the best bets in the area. Sit in a booth and linger over a copy of the Irish Immigrant or Boston Irish Reporter to learn about current events on the other side of the Atlantic.
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Druid
Inman’s main bar is a small Irish place serving pub food that costs a few dollars more than it should. It’s a comfortable spot, though locals grumble about the loss of Druid’s cool edge when the place changed ownership a few years back. Bartenders suffer the indignity of lame, logo-bearing polo shirts.
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Kells
Part of a small West Coast chain of Irish pubs, this location is the most atmospheric and authentic, with its exposed-brick walls, multiple nooks and crannies, and rosy-cheeked crowd. The perfectly poured Imperial pints of Guinness are divine and there’s live Irish (or Irish-inspired) music nightly (no cover charge).
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Ireland’s Four Courts
Buckets of Guinness lubricate the O’Connors and McDonoughs at Arlington’s favorite Irish pub. The sidewalk seating draws a lunchtime crowd for shepherd’s pie and fish and chips, while the verdant Irish grass-green interior attracts an evening crowd for cold drafts and live tunes.
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Matt Murphy’s Pub
For a friendly crowd and lots of bartenders from the Emerald Isle, this laid-back pub pours a fine stout and sometimes hosts folk bands. At dinnertime, tables are jammed together and are full more with diners than drinkers. Enjoy hearty Irish fare including fish and chips and a fine rabbit stew.
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Tom Bergin’s Tavern
Every neighborhood needs a Tom Bergin’s. Fish and chips, chatty barflies, and plenty of Guinness and Irish coffee. Rumor has it that the wooden, U-shaped bar was the inspiration for the one seen on Cheers. And of course the St Paddy’s Day celebration isn’t to be missed.
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Celtic Tavern
The Celtic Tavern is a warm and convivial place with 50 beers on tap and a selection of top-shelf Scotch, Irish and American whiskeys to sample. The bar menu features traditional Irish stew, potato and leek soup, welsh rarebit and the like, as well as classic American favorites.
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Farragut House
Owned by a real live Dubliner, Finbar Griffin, this is a favorite Southie hangout, within walking distance of Castle Island. Irish bands play music from the old country, while a roaring fire adds to the coziness. Live music on Tuesday and Thursday, trivia night on Monday.
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Ulysses
An Irish bar with big easy chairs and comfy couches, Ulysses is part laid-back lounge and part neighborhood watering hole. The crowd's diverse and fun, the choice of drinks immense, and the owners run a shuttle between this and their two other bars, Puck Fair and Swift.
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Lillie's
Awash in Victorian atmosphere, this quaint pub celebrates the life of Lillie Langtry, a former reigning beauty of Ireland. Snag a table or a seat if you can; otherwise stand at the gorgeous mahogany bar (sent from Ireland) sipping one of many imported Belgian beers.
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Emerald Inn
Old guys and post-work suits cloister in this pocket-sized, ever-inviting pub with a (real) Irish accent. There’s plenty of good food (burgers and shepherd’s pie, naturally). Seating’s a bit cramped if you can’t get the sofa by the front.
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Owl & Thistle
The schedule here varies, but most nights it books Celtic folk bands or acoustic singer-songwriters. It’s also just a comfortable pub to stop in for a pint if you don’t feel like committing to an evening of music.
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11th Street Bar
When a Liverpool game’s on, the place may go nuts, but at other, non-football times it’s about the homiest watering hole in the ’hood, with soft sofas, exposed-brick walls, pressed-tin ceiling and candlelit tables. There’s traditional Irish music jams on Sunday evening.
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Nallen's
Nallen's is Denver's oldest Irish pub, and since opening in 1992 seems to have started a craze. Happy hour is from 2pm to 7pm.
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Brian Ború
This sometimes raucous Irish pub, between Spring and Fore Sts, is a favorite hangout for the under-30 crowd.
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