17 Mar Top 10 places to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day tonight

“[Today] is St. Patrick’s Day, and you could hang out at Pioneer Square all night”
—PubliCola

So here you go: the top 10 places to party in Pioneer Square tonight:

1. FX McRory’s
419 Occidental Ave S
206-623-4800
Open until people go home!
Live music all day and a marching band with Irish dancers coming in the afternoon.

2. Collins Pub
526 2nd Ave
206-623-1016
Open until people go home (1am-2am)
Nothing special for St. Patrick’s Day, but were packed last year.

3. Swannies
222 South Main St
206-622-9353
Open until 2am/people go home
Traditional Irish menu (corn beef + cabbage) and selling 16oz budweiser shamrock bottles

4. Fuel Sports Bar
164 South Washington St
206-405-3835
$7 Food Special with Irish Stew and Soda bread all day long. Happy Hour from 3 to 7pm with $1.99 appetizers $3 well drinks and $1 off draft beer and wine including green beer
Specials for St Patty’s day
$6 shots of Jameson Irish Whiskey
$5 shots of Tillamore Dew Irish Whiskey
$3 Shots of Irish mist Liqueur
$5 Guinness on draft
$1 Green Jello shots
$6 Irish Car Bombs
Green Beer all day long
Starting at 9:30pm we have Karaoke with your host Scotty G also celebrating his Birthday.

5. McCoy’s Firehouse Bar + Grill
173 South Washington St
206-652-5797
Open until midnight/1am or people go home
Irish food + Irish beer specials

6. New Orleans Creole Restaurant
114 1st Ave S
206-622-2563
Open until people go home
No cover tonight – have a great live band playing and are offering $1 discount on beer

7. Merchant’s Cafe
109 Yesler Way
206-935-7625
Open until people go home/12am

8. 88 Keys Dueling Piano + Sports Bar
314 2nd Ave S
206-839-1300
Having a fundraiser for Quake Rugby ($5 cover) — Piano Show with drunken Irish sing-a-longs, and bar games.

9. Elysian Fields
542 1st Ave S
206-382-4498
Open until people go home/1am
Nothing special tonight

10. Fado Irish Pub (just North of Pioneer Square)
801 1st Ave
206-264-2700
Open 7:00 am – Kegs and Eggs. Line that stomach, you have a big day ahead of you. Remember, you can’t drink all day if you don’t start in the morning!

So — I think that’s it — have I missed any?

In any event — if you come to Pioneer Square, I think you will find plenty of great atmosphere, inexpensive beer, and entertainment.

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