St. Patrick's Day - Best Food and Atmosphere

[theresah]

A couple of years ago I went to the Irish Embassy on St. Patrick's Day, great place to spend the day. I was wondering if anyone can suggest a place a little bit further north that has the same flare and atmosphere. I am looking for great St. Pattty's themed food and of course great costumes.

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all of you.

[Finnegan]

A lot of places hire "Irish" musicians on St. Paddys...hence the cover charge...or maybe the price of green food colouring went up

[tjr]

And it's always Canadian Music Week, in which some bars may be participating.

[Finnegan]

Plan on getting to Allens or Dora's by about noon in order to get in

[domesticgodess]

Miller Tavern on yonge street is having a celebration...$25 suggested donation.
I went a few years ago. Great atmosphere, great food and of course, great drinks. LOL

[Squeakycheese]

Donation to what? thanks

[robgm]

is this a sad attempt at a cover charge? on what will may be their busiest day of the year?

[OnDaGo]

Donations are usually for charity.. Miller Tavern in the past has had events for brain injury research and also Leukemia research. I am assuming they are just taking the advantage of a very busy day where they know they will have lineups out the door of hundreds of drunken fools to do some good in the world... for me it is one day where I lock myself in my house..

[Rabbit]

Yeah, like Finnegan said... it gets crazy-busy.

[ChalkBoy]

re: Allen's/Dora's: And pay a $10 cover just to get in.

[theresah]

As I live near the Miller Tavern, I am curious as to $25 donation. I went to their website and they are not promoting St. Patrick's Day. Can anyone provide us with details as to the reason for the donation.

[Rabbit]

Dora Keogh is the real deal on St. Patrick's Day -
http://www.allens.to/dora/

[theresah]

Thank you Rabbit. I have never heard of Dora Keogh's. The menu looks fantastic. Do you know if you need reservations? Alright, silly question, hopeful I guess!