Are you wanting to enjoy this St. Patrick’s Day and avoid waiting in line for 2 hours at the Kells jerk brawl price-gauge Irish Fest? Here are a couple UPDATE–3 options for your drunken activities.
If it seems that all of Portland’s St. Patrick’s Activities happen on the West Side, East Burn will have some East Side Irish activity. They have great $2 pints every Tuesday and the luck of Irish came through this year.
From East Burn: St. Patty’s has fallen on our $2/pint Tuesday and of course we will be slinging $2 honest pints all day (not including Guinness). We will be serving Mike’s famous Corned Beef & Cabbage with a great beer line-up and featuring Church of Surf on stage @ 10pm.
Last year, I stopped by North 45 with Blizzle and C-Block for a couple beers at North 45*.They have a great back patio setup and their celebration is also a benefit. Also, they just bought Paddy’s, so that should be large as well.
From North 45: It’s officially Guinness drinking season now as we lead up to our 3rd annual St Paddy’s Day Bash. Come join us out back on our tented courtyard for plenty of Guinness, Harp, & Smithwick’s. Fill your belly with Corn Beef & Cabbage, Shepard’s Pie, and Sausage Banger Rolls. The bagpipes will keep you young, and the Jameson’s whiskey** will keep you wild!! Doors open at 4pm. $5 cover supports the OSU Foundation.
Update: Looking for a Gay Old (Irish) time?…or gay young Irish time I guess as well?…I just like the Flinstones. Anyway, this is also FREE and a benefit for the Q Center…
From Maria:
Ring in St. Paddy’s Day with the hottest gay and lesbian crowd in Portland! Join us at Vault Martini tomorrow night (3/17/09) for QT: Vault’s monthly queer night.
Lady Adie spins 6-9pm,
Happy Hour til 7.
Evening proceeds are donated to the Portland Q Center
The best whisky selection in the Pearl… we think!!
When?: open til close!
Where: 226 NW 12th Ave. (between NW Davis and NW Everett, in the Pearl)
Why: Cuties all night. No cover charge. Lots of whisky and irish beer. No fights or fraternities (we think).
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- St Patrick’s Day in Portland: Edgefield | March 14 | Free
- St. Patrick’s Day in Portland: March 14 | Barfly Bus Ticket Giveaway
- Barfly’s St. Patrick’s Day Guide (from 2008, but mostly still relevant)
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*After a few drinks at North 45, we went and made this fantastic review and diagram of the Muu-Muus’ burger. You can see that at Portland Hamburgers.
**Remember: Bushmills is Protestant whiskey & a clover loses its 4th leaf every time you drink it on St. Patrick’s Day
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Julian Chadwick started PDX Pipeline in 2005 because he discovered he could get free beers for writing about Portland. He continues to write about Portland and sometimes also gets free whiskey.
March 17, 2009 at 1:44 pm
The Luck of the Gay Irish? Should have gone with Luck of the Gaylic – hahaha!!