As if you needed a reason to drink and party, this weekend marks the beginning of many “Half-Way to St-Patty’s Day” parties on the calendar during the month of September. Bars and restaurants have so much fun on March 17th that they cannot wait until March of 2014 to do it again. So, here’s the plan: Sometime during the middle of the month of September, have a party EXACTLY like the one they had in March, complete with shamrock decorations, employees and customers wearing green, drink specials such as Irish car bombs and green beer, some Irish specialities such as Sheppard’s pie or Corn Beef & Cabbage and “voila!” you now have a Half-Way to St-Patty’s Day party!If you like being Irish at least twice a year, hear are some upcoming events this month where you can take your green shirt or dress back out of the closet.
Catch The Living Daylights Saturday night at The Black Rose Irish Pub in Boca Raton. Besides a great band, winner of this year’s Sunfest Battle of the Bands, Bag Pipers will be in the house playing between band sets, Free Irish temporary tattoos will be given away, drink specials include $5 Irish Car Bombs, and low and behold, you can order award winning shepard’s pie! To top it off, The Guinness and Jameson girls will be giving away free samples and giveaways.
Down in Davie the same night, Rough Shot will be blending their style of Country and Rock music at Luke’s Place while celebrating the half-way to Patty’s day with weekend long drink specials: $5 Irish Car Bombs,$1 Green Jello Shots and $2 Green Rolling Rock beer.
If you feel that you should wait until the 17th of the month, check out Packy’s Sports Pub in Lighthouse Point. Packy’s will be serving traditional Irish Dinners from 11am-midnight for $9.99 including Corned Beef & Cabbage, Bangers & Mash, Fish-n-Chips & Shepherd’s Pie. Live music with bOunce from 8:30pm-1am and more live music outside on the patio. Not bad for a Tuesday night!
Meanwhile, also on Tuesday the 17th, the Dubliner Fort Lauderdale will be hosting the Young Professionals for Covenant House with a happy hour from 6pm-8pm to raise money for a good cause. Admission to this event includes appetizers and two complimentary drinks while supporting Covenant House Florida, a residential crisis shelter for homeless youth under the age of 21, including moms and their babies.
Last, but not least, my favorite Irish Bar down in Davie, Cagney’s Saloon, has hired one of the best rockin’ bands in Broward to celebrate the occasion on September 27th. Although details are not available at the time of this writing, I’m sure it will be a packed house for Soulicide, green beer will be flowing along with lots of Jagermeister!
No matter what day you decide to celebrate Half-Way to St. Patty’s Day, have fun with it and remember that Halloween is just around the corner this time!
