An Irish Good Friday

Being that this Irishman had the honors on Good Friday I decided we should celebrate at the closest thing to a Catholic Church I know... An Irish Pub! I hemmed, I hawed, and ultimately decided we should start at the Owl N' Thistle in lower Post Alley. They have a good Happy Hour and there are other Irish Pubs within a short jaunt or two if we decided to move on.

The Owl N' Thistle could be called the working man's pub and their Happy Hour reflects it! It runs from 3:00 - 6:00. There is plenty of value on both sides of the menu with $2-3 draft beer, $3.50 well, $3 apps, and $3.50 "Fish N' Chips Voted Best in Town" so they claimed. I briefly searched for a list of references to this claim to no avail. But we Irish are a trustworthy bunch so I take them at their word.

As I said the Owl is definitely a working man's bar. I could tell my fellow revolutionaries had their reservations when I arrived to find them bunkered in off at the bar's corner table. I think they felt a bit out of place... But this was nothing a few beers and vodka sodas didn't cure. We started off with beer and well drinks. Once all revolutionaries arrived we ordered up a couple orders of the Fish N' Chips and a Hummus plate. While I'm not ready to say "best in town" they were very good. You get two decent sized pieces of fish and a good portion of fries. The fries were extremely good actually... greasy and crispy!

The Owl has several areas to relax in... The front dining area, the bar, the bar/stage area, and the pool table area. Its all very old world feeling. A lot of brick and such gives it more of an east coast bar feel. You won't find a whole lot of fanciness when you go... just people looking to drink and have a good time.

One Note: the bathroom is through the pool room and down a separate hallway that is not part of the bar. Which means you can't bring your drink with you and multitask.

Our Irish adventure does not stop their however... But before heading on the guys celebrated Good Friday with a couple shots of Jameson to close things out at the Owl. All told we spend $65 for 5 people for a couple hours of happy hour. Not bad at all!

Next we went up and around the corner to Fado to catch the end of their Happy Hour (runs till 7:00). Fado has a completely different feel than the Owl. Less working man and more business man. Which we were equally happy to settle into. Unfortunately it must be noted that their Happy Hour menu also reflects this attitude. Our choices were as followed for happy hour: one Hef on tap for $3.75, one type of wine for $4.75, Vodka well drinks for $5, along with a few uninspiring food options. Nonetheless, we still managed to have ourselves a good time for another couple hours. A few more revolutionaries joined the group along the way to close out a very Good Friday.

So the moral is that if you are looking for value check out Owl N' Thistle, if you are looking for atmosphere check out Fado, but if you are a true Revolutionary... GO TO BOTH!!