With so many parties and drink specials happening on March 17 for St. Patrick’s Day, you might feel like you have the luck of the Irish.
Durty Nellie’s Irish Pub
Enjoy live music indoors from 6-8 p.m. while grubbing on corned beef and cabbage, shepherd’s pie and fish and chips. At 7 p.m. the party moves outside with live music and $10 cover charge. After a few Guinness Stouts, Smithwicks Ales and Boddingtons Pale Pub Ales, you might be feeling brave enough for karaoke, going on from 8-11 p.m.
2915 Red Hill Ave. Ste. G101, Costa Mesa
714.957.1951 :: durtynellysoc.com
Memphis
Chef Diego Velasco and team will serve up traditional corned beef and cabbage with homemade soda bread at both the Santa Ana and Costa Mesa locations. Irish beer, Jameson Irish Whiskey and more will be on special from 5-10 p.m.
Memphis Café, 2920 Bristol St., Costa Mesa
714.432.7685 :: memphiscafe.com
Memphis at the Santora, 201 N. Broadway, Santa Ana
714.564.1064 :: memphiscafe.com
McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant
McCormick & Schmick’s menu will celebrate all day with Irish-inspired dishes like Guinness steamed mussels and shrimp, corned beef sliders and lamb stew. You can wash it all down with beers like Guinness Draught and Dublin Bulldog, as well as signature cocktails, like the Leprechaun Kiss.
2000 Main St., Irvine
949.759.0505 :: mccormickandschmicks.com
Muldoon’s Irish Pub
You can’t drink all day if you don’t start in the morning. Muldoon’s Irish Pub opens bright and early at 10 a.m., serving Irish breakfast and Guinness, Harp, Smithwicks Ale, and six other beers on tap. A live Irish band will play throughout the day and on into the night, while bangers and mash, fish and chips, shepherd’s pie, and corned beef and cabbage will be served. Party goes until 2 a.m.
202 Newport Center Dr., Newport Beach
949.640.4110 :: www.muldoonspub.com
Patsy’s Irish Pub
Live performances from an Irish band, Irish dancers and even bagpipers will take place throughout the day. You’ll also find specials on fish and chips, corned beef and cabbage, corned beef sandwiches, and ice-cold green beer.
28971 Golden Lantern, Laguna Niguel
:: 949.249.2604
Fitzgeralds Pub
Fitzgeralds will serve corned beef and cabbage and Reuben sandwiches all day for just $8.95. Enjoy live music from folk and honky-tonk rocker Michael Ubaldini at 7:30 p.m. as well as prizes and giveaways.
19171 Magnolia St., Huntington Beach
714.968.4523 :: fitzgeraldshb.net
Sidedoor
This gastropub will serve up its normal menu that includes Susie’s Cornish pastie, fish and chips and goat cheese bruschetta as well as Irish-themed food, drinks and cocktails. Guinness stout, Allagash White, Mirror Pond Pale Ale, Avery Old Jubilation, and Old Speckled Hen will be poured.
3801 E. Coast Hwy., Corona del Mar
949.717.4322 :: sidedoorcdm.com
Malarky’s Irish Pub
You can always count on a merry party atmosphere at this Irish beach bar, even when it’s not St. Patrick’s Day. Open from 10-2 a.m. serving Newcastle beer-battered fish and chips, corned beef sandwiches and Irish stew, and pouring Coors Light, Newcastle, Bass, and Blue Moon.
3011 Newport Blvd., Newport Beach
949.675.2340 :: malarkysirishpub.com
