
Although it’s one of the holidays for amateur drinkers that many loathe, it’s still good fun to go out on St. Paddy’s, particularly when it’s on a Thursday that coincides with the First Day of the NCAA Tournament (bookmark this page for tip times). To facilitate your day/night out, I’ve compiled a round-up of where to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in DC in 2016, sorted by Irish & non-Irish bars, as well as by neighborhood. Events are on Thursday the 17th unless otherwise specified.
IRISH BARS
Dupont Circle
James Hoban’s
- Irish lunch from 11-3p
- live music at 3p & 8p
- specials throughout on booze & food
- Live music on 16th too
- Beat The Clock Party Specials: 11a-1p: $2 green beer & $3 Guinness; 1-3p: $3 green beer & $4 Guinness; 3-5p: $5 green beer/Guinness
- patio party / giveaways / Irish Food / music
Mackey’s
- $5 Guinness til 7p
Georgetown
- Kegs & Eggs – 10a-noon
- Bagpipers / Irish Dancers all day
- 99.5 Live remote from 2-7p
- live music
- Jameson ice luge
- $5 Guinness imperial pints from 10a-noon
- events all week, including $5 Guinness on Wednesday
Chinatown/Penn Quarter
Fado Irish Pub
- 18th annual celebration
- doors open at 8a
- $10 cover starts at noon
- Irish dancers & bagpipers all day
- live music starts at 2p; again at 8p
- events all week
Irish Channel
- Open at 9a
- Live music starts at 2p
- live music all day
Capitol Hill/Eastern Market
The Dubliner
- Doors open at 8:30a
- 42 cent Guinness from 8:30a-9a (celebrate 42 years in business)
- live music starts at 10a
- Irish food all day
- house special Dubliner Irish whiskey
- Events all week
Kelly’s Irish Times
- no cover
- live music starts at 11a
- $5 Miller Lite / $6 Warsteiner
- Doors open at 9
- $3 shooters, specials on Guinness and Irish beer
H Street
Star & Shamrock
- doors open @ 8a
- HH from 3-7p ($1 off Irish drafts, $5 Jameson, $5 wine)
- $5 Irish Mules all day
- live band at 7p
- Events for March Madness all week from 14th-20th
Tenleytown
Kitty O’Shea’s
- Doors open at 11a
- new Irish whiskeys, specials on Guinness, Harp, and $3 Bud Lights
Cleveland Park
Nanny O’Brien’s
- doors open at 10a
- live music at 7p
Adams Morgan
The Blaguard
- open at 10a
- Doors open at 11a
- Irish beer, whiskey, and food specials
- fiddlers, jigs, & giveaways
- 9 day celebration from March 11th-19th
U Street
- doors open at 11a
- $5 cover (1st 300 ppl get shirt)
- $5 green beer / $2 green jello shots / $6 corned beef sandwiches
- Irish Dancers early afternoon / Irish pipe and drum corps at 5p / Irish tunes on jukebox
- $30 VIP tickets available in advance: open beer bar (inc. Guinness) from 11a-2:30p + 1 corned beef sandwich + 1 Duffy’s T-shirt
NON-IRISH BAR CELEBRATIONS
Dupont
- Glucklichen St. Patricks Tag party
- doors open at 4p
- $2 off all drinks util 7p
- free Irish Nacho & Potato Cake buffet by Sloppy Mama’s
- green beer
- Irish dancers / live music at 8p / green bier stein hoisting contests at 7p/9p
- contests & free giveaways
- 46th annual celebration
- green beer & Irish whiskey
- DJ starts at 5p
- Beat the Clock Specials
- 11a – noon – $.17 beer
- noon-1p – $1.17 beer
- 1p-2p – $2.17 beer
- 2p-3p – $3.17 beer
- $5 Guinness / Car Bombs / Irish Whiskey shots all day
- Food specials
- Sly Fox Seamus Irish Red Ale / Jameson Caskmates edition
- $6 Crown Royale drinks all day
- 4 day party (17th-20th)
- tent and DJ
- $3 green beer / $5 Baileys & Jameson / $8 car bombs
McClellan’s Retreat
- special cocktails
Bar Dupont
- event 17th-19th
- Irish flights of whiskey, Irish coffee & specialty drinks (e.g. the St. Kevin, crafted with Glendalough Poitin, OCG Hard Apple Cider and lemon juice.
- Irish food including Guinness Brownies
- HH from 5-7p: 1/2 off raw bar / 1/2 off all drinks
- all night drink specials: $3 Bud Light / $5 drinks / $7 Guinness & Jameson / $16 Bud Light bucket of 6 / $150 Moet Rose
- 2 for 1 Jameson / $5 Guinness
- food & drink specials
- DJ
- $4 Jameson
U Street/Shaw
- doors open at 3p
- $3 Jello shots / $4 Miller Lite / $5 Jameson / $6 Guinness / $7 Car Bombs
- live music 3p-close
- Irish dancers
- $4 Bud Light / $5 Guinness & Jameson / $7 Car Bombs
- $5 drink specials (Irish Mules, Jameson, Irish coffee)
- $5 green chicken wraps
- doors open at 5p
- $4 Guinness Tallboys / Jamesons/ Bushmills / Powers
- $12 special Irish burger
Logan Tavern
- Irish fare and special cocktails
- Hip Hop HH from 6-9p
Brixton
- green beer, etc.
- doors open at 3p
Adams Morgan
- March Madness specials on Terrace (1/2 of food, $5 pints / $7 Irish whiskey) till 9p
- $35 /$45 Irish whiskey flights in 1st floor saloon
- specialty cocktails in Dram and Grain basement which opens at 7p ($10 Irish-inspired cocktails & $9 Guinness-and-Irish whiskey combos
- March Madness HH til 10p ($5 Guinness / $7 carbombs / $12 green pitchers / $6 Burger baskets
- 10-11p: $10 open bar
- 10p-close: $5 green beer / $7 Irish whiskey / $8 carbombs
Mintwood Place
- fiddler starts at 6:30;
Smoke & Barrel
- small distillery $5 Irish whiskeys from 5-8p
- Irish menu
The Black Squirrel
- doors open at 2p
- food & drink specials
Capitol Hill/Eastern Market/Navy Yard
- 11:30a-7p – $4 22 oz. drafts of Troeg’s Hopback & Fordham Gypsy
The Bullpen at the Fairgrounds
- live music (The Pietasters headline) starts at 5p
- $4 green beer / $5 Smithwicks, Harp & Guinness / $8 boilermakers / $9 Irish car bombs
- $11 Reubens / $13 Corned Beef and cabbage
$5 Guinness / Jameson- $12 Fish & Chips
- doors open at 11:30a
- $12 pitchers of green beer / $5 Irish whiskeys
Columbia Heights/Petworth
- $2 Irish whiskey / $4 Guinness special can
- doors open at 5p
- live music starts at 9p
- $5 Irish drafts / specials on Jameson, Caskmates, & Redbreast / $12 Irish whiskey flights
- Irish food
Petworth Citizen
- Dan Searing’s Punch and Barrel series in Reading Room from 7p-midnight
- whiskey flights & classic cocktails
Lou’s City Bar
- doors open at 11:30a for March Madness
- $5 Irish drafts / $6 Jameson / $17 green pitchers
- Irish food
H Street/NoMA
- $9 Straight Outta Dublin Burger
- $6 Guinness Thurs-Sun
Vendetta
- $5 Stouts/Irish whiskeys (all weekend long)
- HH from 4-9p
- $5 green beer / $6 Jameson / $8 Irish Car Bombs / $15 green beer pitcher
- food specials
- HH 5-8p
- $5 Guinness & Jameson / $8 Irish car bombs / $3 off Irish whiskey
Chinatown / Penn Quarter
- $5 Tullamore Dew shots / $5 Sly Fox O’Reilly Irish Stout / $10 Irish beer flights
- Irish food
- $4 Murphy tallboys / $5 Red Breast / $7 Boilermakers
- $4 Bud Light & Jameson shots / $5 Guinness / $8 Car Bombs
- Irish lunch & dinner specials
Rocket Bar
- doors open at 4p
- $4 Irish Red Ale
Downtown
- live Irish music
- Jameson Old Fashioned cocktail
- doors open at 11a
- 1/2 off drafts & oysters after 5p
- $6 Jameson & Jameson Mules / $5 Flying Dog S.O.B. all day
Georgetown/Glover Park/Foggy Bottom
- St. Patrick’s Day Blarney Bash
- doors open at 4p
- HH all night
- Top 40 DJ
- two beer releases: St. James Irish Dry Stout & Tori’s Rockstar Irish Red Ale
- Bagpipers every 2 hours beginning at noon
- Irish food and drink specials
Bourbon Steak
- St. Pappy Day celebration
- $255 5 1-oz. pours of Pappy
- HH all day
Mason Inn
- doors open a 3p for UVa game
- $5 Guinness cans
Mr. Smith’s of Georgetown
- $3.50 Harp Irish Lager / $5 Jameson, Murphy’s Stout & Tullamore dew / $7 Irish Red Head combo (Murphy’s Stout & Fireball)
- Irish Food
Cleveland Park
- doors open at noon
- live music in The Abbey starts at noon
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