Readers' Choice: Last Call – Where to Party on St. Patrick's Day

Take our poll here: Go green and celebrate all things Irish this week.

It's time to get our Irish on, Port Washington. St. Patrick’s Day is March 17 and we’re green with envy at all the ways to celebrate. Time to weigh in. Port Washington Patch is looking to unearth the best spot in town to shout "Erin Go Bragh." Readers’ Choice is a new weekly feature where we’re asking you – our readers – to tell us your top picks. Each Monday we’ll list our nominees – this week it’s where to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day – and ask for your recommendations. Did we leave your go-to spot off the list? Add it in the comments. Wednesday we’ll narrow the field, taking your recommendations to put to a vote in the ultimate St. Patty’s poll. Friday we’ll announce a winner.  Our nominees: Finn MacCools JT Bullits Lennon's Pub Louie's …

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PatchCast: Northport Arrest, Irish Pride and Virtual Fitness

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Bites Nearby: Irish Food for St. Patrick's Day

Three Port pubs offer hearty Irish dishes.

Barbara Lennon, the owner of Lennon’s Pub, is busily preparing corned beef to get ready for the onslaught of customers who will be coming in Thursday for her free sandwiches of corned beef on rye. This is a tradition of 34 years at this popular pub. Lennon estimates that they cook 125 pounds of corned beef for the day. Free Irish soda bread is also part of the celebration. The pub will have Irish coffee – a delicious mixture of hot coffee, Irish whiskey and sugar that is topped with heavy cream – for purchase. Those looking to celebrate the day with a more elaborate meal would do well to visit two other Port pubs: Finn MacCool’s and Sullivan’s Quay. Neill O’Reilly, the owner of Finn MacCool’s, is offering a special menu of typical Irish …

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250th St. Patrick's Day Parade

Four additional trains for Port Washington commuters

It began before the Declaration of Independence was adopted; that is how old the St. Patrick’s Day Parade is in Manhattan. Today, March 17, 2011, marks the 250th St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the largest civilian parade in the world. For Port Washington residents who want to be there, on what promises to be a spectacular late winter day, the Long Island Railroad is adding four trains to its regular weekday schedule to accommodate parade goers. Westbound additions are as follows: A 9:40 AM train will depart Port Washington and make all stops through Bayside, Broadway, Flushing Main Street, Woodside, then Penn Station. A 10:50 AM train will depart Great Neck and make all stops through Bayside, Broadway, Flushing Main Street, Woodside, then Penn …

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A St. Patty's Day Filled with Food, Dance and Music

Sullivan's Quay was the place to be in Port Washington on St. Patrick's Day.

As is every St. Patrick's Day, the streets and buildings around town were flooded with green and merry spirits. Sullivan's Quay hosted its annual week of St. Patrick's Day festivities leading up to the big day, and what a festive day it was. On St. Patrick's Day, Sullivan's Quay was packed with patrons wearing green who were given a real taste of what Ireland might be like on this holiday. And you better have made a reservation, or you would have been waiting quite some time for an open table. "I thought the entertainment was beautiful and wonderful," said Marilyn Butler Murphey who indulged in a delicious Irish meal with her mother Mary Bulter. Patrons enjoyed a special Irish menu that was served all day and were entertained by the …

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Irish Step Dancing Provides Entertainment in Port

Students from The Donny Golden School of Irish Dance performed at Sullivan's Quay three times this week.

Students from The Donny Golden School of Irish Dance performed group numbers and solos at Sullivan's Quay this week as part of the bar and restaurant's week-long St. Patrick's Day celebration. Twenty students entertained the crowd with Irish step dancing to festive music during dinner time on Sunday and Monday and also preformed on St. Patrick's Day at 2 p.m. The dancers performed selections of reels, jigs, slip jigs, set dances and ceili dances.

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Who Needs St. Patrick's Day When There's St. Patrick's Week?

Sullivan's Quay hosts week-long St. Patrick's Day celebration.

Most of the Sullivan's Quay staff, including owner Brian Barry, are from Ireland. Although they are thousands of miles from home, Barry, who has recreated an upscale Irish pub on Port Washington Boulevard, wanted to make sure local residents get their "fill" for St. Patrick's Day. Instead of celebrating on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, Sullivan's Quay will be hosting a week-long St. Patrick's Day celebration, filled with live music, drink specials and authentic Irish entrees. World-renowned guitarist Victor Cunneen will be performing 7:30 p.m. on March 11 and March 12. Cuneen has performed for 35 years across Europe and the United States and has been a regular performer at Sullivan's Quay for the past 10 years. Cuneen will be playing the …

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