Celebrate St. Paddy's in Johnston
Let us know you favorite local watering hole and where you plan to celenrate all things green this weekend.
Whether you're Irish, know someone who is, or just wish you were once a year, you've probably got plans to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
Once a mainly religious holiday, the modern St. Patrick's Day has evolved into one of the most widely celebrated celebrated saints days in the world, albeit in a largely secular manner, according to wikipedia's authors. History.com notes there are nearly 7 million people in the U.S. with Irish roots.
We here at Patch want to know: What's your favorite spot to celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Is it a cozy bar with green beverages or a restaurant that cooks their annual corned beef dinner just right?
St. Patrick's Day is traditionally a boon to the local watering holes around town. Seeing as the holiday falls on the weekend this year, it could be a particularly busy day at the local pubs. We want to know what's your favorite. Is it:
- Crown & Anchor Tavern
- Bar 101
- Part II Lounge
- Ball's Sports Bar
- The Drunken Clam
- Mr. Bigg's Saloon
- W Lounge
- Ribs & Company
- Bishop Hill Tavern
- Corner Pocket Billards & Grill
- Atwood Grill
- Taso's
Whatever your choice, Johnston has several good places to celebrate the wearin' of the green. Let us know in the comments section below where you're headed on Sunday. And if we left your favorite spot off the list, note that in the comments as well.
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Crown & Anchor Tavern
1200 Hartford Ave, Johnston, RI -
Bar 101
1478 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI -
Ball's Sports Bar and Grill
198 Putnam Pike, Johnston, RI -
The Drunken Clam
8 Greenville Ave, Johnston, RI -
Mr. Bigg's Saloon
1463 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI -
W Lounge
8805 Chambery Blvd, Johnston, IA
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Ribs & Company
1383 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI -
Bishop Hill Tavern
2868 Hartford Ave, Johnston, RI -
Corner Pocket Billards & Grill
1428 Hartford Ave, Johnston, RI -
Atwood Grill
1413 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI -
Taso's
1500 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
The Shill
5:39 pm on Friday, March 15, 2013
Why would anybody want to buy Corned Beef for St. Patrick's Day. The Irish never ate the stuff. Beef was corned in and around the Cork region of Ireland from the late 1600s ( when the English took control) to the early 1800s but this was almost exclusively for export to England and Europe and was not commonly eaten by the natives. Most people in Ireland agree that corned beef first appeared in cans during the War and to my knowledge that is the only way it is still available there.
The true traditional meal would be bacon and cabbage.
Just so you won't forget, here is a little poem!
I just want to put something straight
About what should be on your plate,
If it's corned beef you're makin'
You're sadly mistaken,
That isn't what Irishmen ate.
If you ever go over the pond
You'll find it's of bacon they're fond,
All crispy and fried,
With some cabbage beside,
And a big scoop of praties beyond.
Your average Pat was a peasant
Who could not afford beef or pheasant.
On the end of his fork
Was a bit of salt pork,
As a change from potatoes 'twas pleasant.
This custom the Yanks have invented,
Is an error they've never repented,
But bacon's the stuff
That all Irishmen scoff,
With fried cabbage it is supplemented.
So please get it right this St. Paddy's.
Don't feed this old beef to your daddies.
It may be much flasher,
But a simple old rasher,
Is what you should eat with your tatties.