Although it’s no Ireland (go!), it’s still good fun to go out to bars in DC on St. Paddy’s Day, particularly when it’s on a Friday that coincides with the First Round of the NCAA Tournament (bookmark this page for tip times). This list shows where to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in DC bars in 2017, sorted by Irish & non-Irish bars, as well as by neighborhood.
IRISH BARS
- U Street
- Duffy’s Irish Pub
- doors open at 10a
- $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 Domestic draft & green beer from 10a-2p + 1 corned beef sandwich (or tater tots) + 1 Duffy’s T-shirt
- Duffy’s Irish Pub
- Dupont
- Irish Whiskey
- Doors open at 10a
- Official Jameson Party
- Irish food/music/beer/whiskey
- James Hoban’s
- doors open at 11:30a
- reservations taken for lunch till 3p
- big tent outside
- specials on Irish beers
- leprauchans
- Irish Whiskey
- Adams Morgan
- The Blaguard
- doors open at 10a
- $6 everything Irish
- Irish food specials
- Shenanigan’s DC
- doors open at noon
- TBD specials
- The Blaguard
- Georgetown
- RiRa Georgetown
- doors open at 11a
- Bagpipers / Irish Dancers all day
- live music from noon-2a basically
- Jameson ice luge
- RiRa Georgetown
- Chinatown/Penn Quarter/Downtown
- Fado Irish Pub
- doors open at 8a (brunch til 11a)
- 19th annual celebration
- $10 cover starts at 2p
- Irish dancers & bagpipers all day
- live music starts at 2:30p; again at 8:3)p
- events all week
- Irish Channel
- Open at 8a
- Live music starts at 2p
- babpipers & Irish music all day
- Mackey’s Public House
- $3.50 16 oz. Miller Lite/Bud Light
- $5.50 Jameson
- $6 Guinness draft
- Fado Irish Pub
- Capitol Hill/Eastern Market
- The Dubliner
- doors open 9a
- 43 cent Guiness from 9a-10a
- 3 bands
- Kelly’s Irish Times
- TBD event
- Finn McCool’s
- Open at 11a
- TBD
- The Dubliner
- Cleveland Park
- Nanny O’Brien’s
- open at 10a
- live music at noon and 8p
- Limited food menu inc. Smoked and Stacked corned beef reubens!!!
- Nanny O’Brien’s
- H Street
- Star & Shamrock
- open at 8a
- Star & Shamrock
- Tenleytown
- Kitty O’Shea’s
- open at 11a
- Kitty O’Shea’s
NON-IRISH BAR CELEBRATIONS
- Capitol Hill/Eastern Market/Navy Yard
- Barrel
- The Smashed Potato pop-up bar downstairs in the Elixir from March 14th-18th, opens at 11a on Friday
- 7 themed cocktails ($11-14) / $8 22 oz Irish drafts / 4 bombs ($10)
- Food specials
- Boxcar Tavern
- Open at 11a
- $6 Guinness / $5 Jameson
- $14 Fish & Chips
- Union Pub
- doors open at 11a
- $14 Green Bud/Bud Light pitchers / $15 Green Bud/Bud Light buckets / $6 Jameson shots / $8 irish car bombs
- Barrel
- Adams Morgan / Cleveland Park
- Town Tavern
- Open at 3p
- HH from 3-9p $5 Guinness Pints / $7 Carbombs / $12 green pitchers /$6 Burger Baskets
- $12 “I Love Green Open Bar” from 9-11p
- From 9p-close : $5 Green Draft Pints / $7 Irish Whiskey /$8 Carbombs & More
- Ventnor Sports Cafe
- opens at 11a
- March Madness
- $5 Select Tall Boys + Specials on Jameson/Guinness
- tons of green giveaways all day long
- The Black Squirrel
- opens at 2p
- Irish beer (O’Hara’s from Carlow County, Ireland), green drinks, and Irish Depth Charges will be pouring.
- Irish food: homemade corned beef and cabbage, green eggs over corned beef hash, corned beef potato skins, and shepherd’s pie.
- Duke’s Counter
- $5 Jameson
- Town Tavern
- U Street/Shaw/Bloomingdale
- Ben’s Next Door
- $6 Guinness / Crown Royal / Jameson
- $8 mini Irish car bomb
- The Brixton
- 1st floor & roof open at 3p
- HH 3-7:30p
- $2 off drafts / $4 tecate/Miller lite / $5 rails / $6 wine .
- special Jameson Caskmates cocktail
- Ice Luge / DJ on roof
- Crisp
- Opens at Noon
- HH from Noon-8p
- $5 drinks
- Shaw’s Tavern
- Opens at 11a
- $3 Jello Shots / $4 Miller Lite / $5 Jamesons / $6 Guinness & Guinness Blonde
- Irish dancers at 6:30p
- Live music at 8p
- DJ 2nd floor 7p
- Boundary Stone
- live music, all day party
- DCity Smokehouse
- $10 Jameson + Guinness combo
- Ben’s Next Door
- Dupont
- Sauf Haus
- doors open at 11:30a
- $8 Irish Trash Can (??) drinks / $5 Jagermeister & Jameson / $2 off Radeberger Pilsners / $20 Irish whiskey shotskis
- $9 Brat/Bier combos or St. Paddy’s Brat Combos
- Green Bier stein hoisting & pretzel eating contests
- HH from 4-7 with $2 off all drinks/pretzels/wurst platters
- live music at 10p
- Barcode
- doors open at 5p
- Half off all drinks from 5-7p
- Duke’s Grocery
- $5 Jameson
- Black Rooster Pub
- 47th annual celebration
- live music, drink specials
- Sauf Haus
- Capitol Hill/Navy Yard
- Capitol Lounge
- $14 green Budweiser/Bud Light pitchers / $15 green Budweiser/Bud Light buckets
- $6 Jameson / Irish car bombs
- $5 Goose IPA drafts / $5 rails
- $6 Great Lakes Conway’s Irish Ale / $7 Smithwick’s Irish Ale
- Bluejacket
- North Strand Road. Classic dry stout. $4/16oz.
- Capitol Lounge
- H Street/NoMA/Ivy City
- Big Board
- $9 Straight Outta Dublin Burger
- $6 Guinness Thurs-Sun
- Suburbia at Union Market
- ShamROCK & ROLL
- 5-10p
- $10 ($15 at door)
- free pint of beer (in souvenir cup),
- Buffalo & Bergen Bloody Mary Saturday morning
- $5 frozen Irish Coffees, Guinness Pints & Jameson Shots
- DJs + Irish dancers
- outdoor event
- Driftwood Kitchen
- Doors open at 2p
- $5 Guinness bottles /$6 Jameson Shots, $5 Flying Dog Lucky S.O.B. Irish Red Ale / $8 Irish Mules (2pm-10pm)
- Happy Hour (5pm-8pm)
- RedRocks
- open at 5p
- specials
- Big Chief
- $4 Abita Amber / $5 Abita Strawberry cans
- The Haymaker Bar
- $6 green beer (Eggenberg Pilsner with 4 leaf clover extract)
- specialty cocktails
- $2 shot of Irish whiskey with purchase of specialty cocktail
- Big Board
- Chinatown / Penn Quarter
- Rocket Bar
- $3.50 16 oz. Miller Lites
- Bar Deco
- starts at 4p
- $6 Guinness / $8 Irish Mule / $10 Irish Car bomb
- food special
- roof open
- Bar 7
- $6 Jameson all night
- Rocket Bar
- Downtown
- Blackfinn
- $2 Mystery Shooter / $4 Well Drinks / $5 Jameson Shots / $20 Jameson Shot Ski’s
- P.J. Clarke’s
- $6 Irish drinks (Guinness, Conway’s Irish Ale, Jameson, Jameson Mule)
- Irish food specials
- The Bottom Line
- $3 Green Bud Light pints + $5 Guinness pints / Jameson drinks / Car Bombs
- Irish food specials
- Blackfinn
- Georgetown/Glover Park/Foggy Bottom
- Mad Fox Brewing Taproom
- open at Noon
- brunch specials, shamrock shooters, and the release of St. James Irish Dry Stout & Tori’s Rockstar Red Ale
- $6 Shamrock Shake shooters
- At 8pm DJ + food & drink specials, party favors
- Martin’s Tavern
- Bag piper from noon to 10pm every 2 hours Friday & Saturday
- Irish food and drinks
- The Sovereign
- Open at 5p
- 18 Fantôme beers (6 on draft)
- GREEN BEER – Fanntôme Vertignasse, a slightly viridescent Saison brewed with fresh spinach juice and Indian spices, on draft.
- Mad Fox Brewing Taproom
- ColHi/Petworth
- Acre 121
- live 90s/00s cover band from 8p-1a
- Specials on Irish drafts, Celtic Mules, Guinness & Jameson combos and more all night long
- Wonderland
- open at 11:45a
- Guiness AND green beer.
- Corned beef & cabbage AND green trinkets.
- Acre 121
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