Happy St. Patrick's Day Milwaukee. Following only the Polish and German, Milwaukee's thrid largest ethnic group is the Irish with 82,000 residents claiming ancestry back in 2000.
Impress your bartender tonight by ordering your green beers in Irish, Beor ghlas, le do thoil (green beer, please)! For best results: try this before your 4th pitcher. If you really get into the Irish spirt, go ahead and try out these other Irish phrases and sayings.
If green beer doesn't do it for you, have no fear. There are plenty of venues offering live music and entertainment and specials tonight, especially downtown.
- The Superchiefs at Stonefly Brewing Company
- Pat McCurdy at Shank Hall
- Atlantic Wave at Paddy's Pub
- 5 Card Studs at Trinity Three Irish Pubs
- St. Patty's Day Block Party at Nomad World Pub
- Reilly at The Monkey Bar
For a great list of pubs check out this Milwaukee Irish pub guide.
However you choose to celebrate tonight be safe and remember that Miller is offering free rides tonight begininng at 6 p.m. Call 800-FREE-RIDES for more info.
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