St. Patrick’s Day – Our Guide

Let’s be honest, St. Patrick’s Day is the best excuse we have all year to wear weird clothes and drink lots of beer. Even if green isn’t your color, you throw it on, find a shamrock accessory and head out. Because, rules are rules and tradition is tradition. Here in Massachusetts and the north shore, we have no shortage of cool places to go on a holiday such as this. With a mix of Irish bars, dive pubs and restaurants embracing Irish cuisine – there is a place for everyone’s St. Paddy’s day preferences. Don’t worry about the Irish goodbye this time, you’ll never want the celebration to end.

[9:00 am] -Start with breakfast at the Irish Cottage in Methuen. It serves a traditional Irish breakfast which is what we’ll be having. They have lots of Irish dish options but we’re going with the Irish Omelette. If you’re feeling extra festive start with a shot of Bailey’s in your coffee.

[11:30 am] After breakfast we’re headed to Park lunch in Newburyport for our first Guinness. They are all about St. Patrick’s Day and will be celebrating all day long. They’ll have a DJ playing and serving up traditional Irish dishes.

[1:30 pm] Next up is lunch at The Port Tavern in Newburyport. We’ll be having Shepherd’s Pie but they are offering chicken curry and a boiled lunch as well. After lunch grab another Guinness and sit back and jam out to Shelia Linehan who will be performing at 2pm.

[4:30 pm] After lunch & music we’ll make a quick stop at Buttermilk Baking Company in Newburyport for something sweet. We love the shamrock cookies but they’ll have other Irish inspired treats.

[5:00 pm] Quick walk around downtown before dinner.

[5:45 pm] Dinner at the Grog. The dinner menu will feature Irish dishes and we’ll be having the boiled dinner. Live music all night.

[7:00 pm] Night cap at The Poynt in Newburyport. We’ll have a water & coffee and split a dessert. If you are still in the mood for beer, they’ll have Guinness on draft and other new craft beers.

Have a safe & fun St. Patrick’s Day!

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