A LA CARTE; ST. PATRICK'S DAY.Byline: Larry Lipson The obvious places for revelers to gather on St. Patrick's St. Patrick's or Saint Patrick's may refer to:
But what about the others, those non-Irish restaurants that cook up big batches of corned beef and cabbage and other Irish fare and pour Irish drinks? Some of them really go all out and totally green for this festive day on Friday. Here are a few of those Irish-for-a-day restaurants worth considering: Barron's Family Restaurant Address: 4130 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank. Phone: (818) 846-0043. Cuisine: Homestyle American. Food: Corned beef and cabbage dinner ($8.95) includes boiled potatoes, carrots, turnips, onions and rutabagas; also soup or salad and house- baked bread. Entertainment: Connie Barron may break out in song. Derek's Address: 181 E. Glenarm, Pasadena. Phone: (626) 799-1696. Cuisine: Californian. Food: Corned beef and cabbage meal ($45) begins with oyster shooters canape and parsnip Parsnip, river, Canada Parsnip, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, rising in central British Columbia, Canada, and flowing northwest to join the Finlay River at Williston Lake and form the Peace River. pancakes with smoked salmon; it finishes with rhubarb rhubarb: see buckwheat. rhubarb Any of several species of the genus Rheum (family Polygonaceae), especially R. rhaponticum (or R. rhabarbarum), a hardy perennial grown for its large, succulent, edible leafstalks. crumble, green mint truffles and Irish coffee. Gioia Address: 20969 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills. Phone: (818) 347-3413. Cuisine: Italian. Food: Three-course Irish lunch ($14.95). Four-course Irish dinner ($25.95) includes green cocktail, Irish beer and Irish coffee. Entertainment: Nick Tancraitor on piano. Miscellaneous: Festive Irish decorations. McCormick & Schmick's - Los Angeles Address: 633 W. Fifth St., Los Angeles. Phone: (213) 629-1929. Cuisine: Seafood. Food: Festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. kick off at 8 a.m. with a green eggs and ham Irish breakfast ($3) served until 10:30 a.m. At noon, the mayor will greet the downtown parade crowd from the patio here and attend a VIP luncheon. There'll be an Irish buffet of corned beef and cabbage and Irish stew for $3 and green beer ($3 each) in the bar and on the patio for the rest of us (abuse) for The Rest Of Us - (From the Macintosh slogan "The computer for the rest of us") 1. Used to describe a spiffy product whose affordability shames other comparable products, or (more often) used sarcastically to describe spiffy but very overpriced products. 2. . Entertainment: Live band. Bagpipers List of Bagpipers Uilleann Pipes
McCormick & Schmick's - Pasadena Address: 111 N. Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
Phone: (626) 405-0064. Cuisine: Seafood. Food: Corned beef and cabbage, shepherd's pie, trout, halibut halibut: see flatfish. halibut Any of various flatfishes, especially the Atlantic and Pacific halibuts (genus Hippoglossus, family Pleuronectidae), both of which have eyes and colour on the right side. . Happy hour: $1.95 munchies munchies Substance abuse A popular term for the craving for salt-rich and/or high-carbohydrate 'junk food,' associated with use of marijuna, amphetamines, and other recreational drugs. See Junk food. include corned beef sandwiches, lamb stew, corned beef and cabbage, and steamed mussels. Entertainment: Bagpipers 3 p.m. to midnight. Irish rockers Sally's Gap on patio from 5 to 10 p.m. Steak Joynt Address: 4354 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood. Phone: (818) 761-9899. Cuisine: American. Food: Guinness lamb stew in two sizes: queen $8.95, king $10.95. Taix French Restaurant Address: 1911 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles. Phone: (213) 484-1265. Cuisine: Country French. Food: Four-course corned beef and cabbage meal with all the trimmings (lunch $9.95, dinner $11.95). Weber's Place Address: 19312 Vanowen St., Reseda. Phone: (818) 345-9800. Cuisine: American. Food: Reuben-style corned beef sandwich ($5.99), corned beef plate ($4.99). Green beer is $2.25. Entertainment: Bagpipers. Leprechaun leprechaun (lĕp`rəkŏn), Irish fairy represented as a tiny old man. Leprechauns are mischievous and elusive creatures, said to possess buried crocks of gold, the location of which they will reveal if forced. . Miller, Bud and Coors girls. Miscellaneous: Hunt for missing Blarney Stone. Prizes. |
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