New Rule: If you're going to advertise your bar as an "Irish Pub" you have to serve something other

[ohiosmith]

than chicken wings, nachos, and chili-cheese fries. How about Irish food? And, you have to have either Murphy's or Guinness on draft with a bartender that knows how to draw a pint.

:beer:

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. And the occasional ceilidh.

[ohiosmith]

2. Yes!

:toast:

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. If you are thinking of a particular pub, we could send SKITTLES to kick its arse.

[kentauros]

4. You mean like this one?

http://www.brianoneills.com/modules/wfchannel

:D

[ohiosmith]

5. This is an Irish pub.

[kentauros]

6. In that case

no "Irish pub" in the US can be a "real" one because this isn't Ireland :P

[ohiosmith]

7. Curses! Foiled again!

[zipplewrath]

15. Been there

It ain't bad, but this one's better

http://www.mcgannspubdoolin.com/

[kentauros]

18. Okay, but that's not in the US, now is it?

;)

[zipplewrath]

22. And Dingle is?

There wasn't much American about Dingle.

[kentauros]

23. However, in the OP,

there is no mention of Dingle. Therefore, the OP is about US-based pubs as the OP is in Ohio :P

Plus it's safe to assume this because what self-respecting pub in Ireland would serve "wings" and nachos? ;)

[ohiosmith]

25. Not in Ohio.

[kentauros]

27. Ok

So, your sigline is the Japanese greeting instead? :P

[ohiosmith]

28. :

:thumbsup: It's a long, long story.

[ohiosmith]

19. My kinda place.

:toast:

[Rambis]

43. Been there

Had my last cig at front tables May bank holiday 2006- I liked McDermotts better tho

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. Ya gotta love it when they call it "Shepherds pie" and it is made with...

Sirloin steak!

That's a Cottage Pie, not a Shepherds pie. Shepherds Pie has SHEEP MEAT in it (either Lamb or Mutton) because alas, a Shepherd herds sheep!

I suppose it sounds better than "Drovers pie" or "Cattlemans pie"

[ohiosmith]

9. Or Cow Pie.

[A HERETIC I AM]

52. Yanno...I saw this response 7 hours ago and I hav been thinking of an appopriate response since then

and all I could come up with is....



LOL


:spray: :rofl:

I'm sure this means I lose what little Lounge humor cred I might have had, which I am willing to admit is negligible.

[MiddleFingerMom]

53. Beat me to it. n/t

[KamaAina]

10. And as likely as not it'll have cheese on top.

:puke:

[ohiosmith]

11. Nacho cheese.

[Arugula Latte]

12. They should call 'em "shep," then!

:hide:

[kentauros]

13. Of course, you might want to consider how many Americans

would even eat a "real" shepherd's pie...

As for the one I linked, I did meet all of the given criteria in the OP: Irish food and Guinness on tap. So there! :P

[ohiosmith]

14. You effort was gallant.

:toast:

[kentauros]

16. Thanks!

:toast:

Although when I get home I'm having some Texas ale :9

[A HERETIC I AM]

30. LOL....fair enough.

I'm sure it is a lovely place.

There is a small chain around here called "The British Open Pub" ( a name used in other locales as well) that has pretty good English pub fare like Sausage Rolls, Bangers and Mash and Roast Beef and Yorkshire pudding on Sundays.

[kentauros]

35. Actually, I don't eat at many British or Irish pubs any more.

I did when I was married to a Newfie (native of Newfoundland) and she liked these places. There just aren't too many vegetarian dishes at traditional pubs ;)

I used to play darts with her some, so maybe I'll go back to the few that have such setups, like the Black Lab. They have a lot of the same items on their menu, too :)

[A HERETIC I AM]

51. If you were married to a Newfie, you HAVE to know some Newfie jokes.

Come on....spill.

[kentauros]

56. No, I only know about some Newfie music

like Great Big Sea :)

We did enjoy that one South Park episode where it was done like the Wizard of Oz and Canada had only one road. Although in Newfoundland, where they started, there was no road and no land! Everything was underwater :P

My past-wife would mimic "Newfie talk" sometimes, but, like listening to New Zealanders, I didn't know what was being said ;)

[jmm]

17. When you change your menu to all Chinese food...

you defintely need to quit calling yourself an Irish bar. I know of one place that did that but thankfully they are now closed.

[zipplewrath]

20. At least 20 beers on tap

Okay, not if you're a small one. But you can't have Bud, Bud light, Coors Light, and Michelobe.

[ohiosmith]

21. Amen.

:toast:

[SoxFan]

24. At a minimum...

Guiness, Harp, Bass, Smithwicks, and Magners.

[ohiosmith]

26. Yep.

:toast:

[zipplewrath]

29. Murphy's

Either/or stout and/or Red.

And my lovely Kilkenny (which I almost never find over here and really only find in Wicklow and a few other choice places over there.)

[RandomThoughts]

31. Never had a Guinness before

Although I heard that the bartenders sign the beer foam in some of those bars.

Had some relatives travel to Ireland, but never been there myself, I plan on going there some day.

But I never really drank the heavy beers.




heh, saying some bar is an Irish, or Boston, or any other type of bar is putting yourself under that group in an organizations, best to not define any such correlations and move from one to another. Although I like the movie bar TV shows.


Cheers :toast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqaSWj8ygrc

[ohiosmith]

33. You have gotta have a Guinness draft. It will change your life.

:beer:

[RandomThoughts]

45. heh, I probably will some day.

[Rambis]

55. It will ruin you

Once you take that first sweet sip you will miss a decent pint of Guinness every day that you don't have one. The last time I was in Ireland I had one pint of Smithwicks (fantastic beer top notch I can't say enough good things about it) but that is one more pint of Guinness I could have had. My kingdom for a plate of seafood, a bowl of lamb stew and a pint of the black liquidation with the froth on the top.

[RandomThoughts]

63. heh, having a beer someday is not the same as trading some kingdom for it.

I think there is a story of someone having said they traded some kingdom for soup, also something I would not do, but more importantly, I also would not hang around. nor respect, someone that demanded some kingdom for a bowl of soup.

However I also never wanted nor took a kingdom either, so that is not an issue anyways.

My point is both the idea of kingdom for something. Or taking a kingdom by giving something, are deals or trading concepts around things that should not be topics of trade. I don't do either of those.

If I have a beer, it will because I want to have a beer, not because I trade for it, if I have a kingdom it will not because I trade for it, nor because I make any deals for it.


So the whole concept makes no sense.

So having any type of beer will not ruin me. Nor will I give a kingdom for it, although some might lose a kingdom by there actions around that issue, or other similar issues.


Then again I might not have beer, I might not even have a kingdom. But I will have a beer again someday.

:shrug: But I also don't have any troubles, and many fun times.

300
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTXlWYdodnc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH3h70aRFxQ

Why do I find that ironic?

It is a comment based on a previous comment about how ironic it is that the far right goes against Sharia law while having their own Sharia law, I find that funny, but if you did not see the same context, it might seem like something else. But a few people that read both posts and see the soldier symbol on the shield, and T hair on the hats, and the cylon masks, would understand the irony of it. Then it shows what they think of as giving water is a bit different then other peoples thoughts on that topic.

The use of the word Someday, was a specific key for some I feel much empathy for.
Someday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqkSmpKkfdI

Same thing a few did in other countries.

[RandomThoughts]

64. Side note.

The leader of Iran is a tank, he does say some things correct, but he also takes the agro for things behind him that set policies in that nation. And the question is, does he do the same he says others might do, just with a different angle on it?

Side side note, I say it is funny as a defense mechanism for the pain such feelings also has.

The use of the word Demorepoplate is an anomoly.

It does not make sense to have a word that has no easily known meaning in the song, and is not in every search for that song.

It may be an attempt to see who sees the video, or it may be a coded entry, or creation of new words in the english language.

It is interesting, and has a few sub meanings also. So it is really interesting.

Demo re pop late.

Dem o re po plate.

Dem o repo plate.

Could be seen a few ways.

[SoxFan]

32. The Irish are usually better off steering away from food entirely

Cold climate means crappy food. Warm climates have better food.

Compare:
Ireland
Scotland
England
Sweden
Norway
Russia

Thailand
Acadiana
Szechuan Province
Mexico
India

[ohiosmith]

34. I've eaten in seven of those places. Can't say any of it was crappy, some just better.

My least favorite was Russia. My wife is Russian and an excellent cook so I had something to compare it to. :hi:

[SoxFan]

37. Very bland

My mother, daughter of Irish immigrants, is an excellent cook, but she never got caught in the boiled potatoes trap.

I prefer spicy food, so boiled fish gills and cabbage or whatever just doesn't do the trick.

[jobycom]

39. Yep. Serve Irish beer and Cajun food, and we'll call it good. nt

[ohiosmith]

40. Irish beer like Cajun food is good with anything.

:toast:

[jobycom]

41. Come to think of it, I have a pot (cast iron) of red beans and some Guinness in my fridge right now.

:toast:

[ohiosmith]

42. What time should we be there? I'll bring some crawdads.

[jobycom]

44. About beer-thirty?

Blech. I hate that cliche. :)

[ohiosmith]

46. shame on you

:spank:

[SoxFan]

54. Bring back O'Flaherty's!

O'Flaherty's was a wonderful Irish pub in the French Quarter. Good beer and excellent live Celtic music. Even better, there were great cajun and creole restaurants on the same block.

Unfortunately, O'Flaherty's was unable to open after Katrina.

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

36. How about Irish Nachos?

You use potato skins instead of tortilla chips, but other than that, all the same good stuff.

[ohiosmith]

38. Had some in Dublin with waffle potatoes chips, stilton cheese, and bacon.

Damn good.

[nolabear]

47. We have a place in the next town over called "Celtic Bayou."

Not a bad place but the wierdest mixture of Irish and Cajun you ever saw. You can listen to Flogging Molly while eating Jambalaya, or listen to Beausoleil while eating bangers and mash.

[ohiosmith]

48. I gotta go there. We may be up your way in October.

:hi:

[nolabear]

49. Look it up in Redmond, WA.

[ohiosmith]

50. will do

:hi:

[kimi]

57. I'm in Dublin right now

and people here say that Guinness isn't so popular. I dunno :shrug: Not a beer or ale drinker myself. But there is a store near Trinity College that specializes in Guinness clothing, knick-knacks, jewelry and such. And you see signs for Guinness just about everywhere. So how can people NOT be drinking it?

[ohiosmith]

58. You should go to the Guinness brewery at St. James Gate. The tour is pretty cool and afterward you

can get a perfect pint with a 360 degree view of the city from the Gravity Bar. Have fun. :hi:

[kimi]

59. Thanks! I would've prolly done that but . . .

. . . going off to Drogheda tomorrow and the sights at Newgrange and Hill of Tara. Probably lots of chances to get Guinness yet, though!! :hi:

[ohiosmith]

61. All cool places. Have fun.

[xchrom]

60. Great city, Dublin. I love it there. Nt

[Lady President]

62. I was in Ireland last week

And yes, I had many a properly poured pint. I'm a Murphy's woman without question.

Now, I'm back in Ohio. Judging from your nickname, you know my pain....

[ohiosmith]

65. I knew it for the 16 years I spent growing up in Columbus.

I'm in Las Vegas now. :hi: