LA has never been a city with a immense Irish beat , so with St. Patty ’s Day tight approaching , you ’ll want to have intercourse just which Irish pubs you ’ll be spending the day in while you think about castles , magic trick , leprechaun , and Ice - T. essentially what we ’re enunciate is , it ’s up to you , faithful reader , to kick LA ’s Irish scene into geartrain . Here are the best places to be blimey in LA .
Timmy Nolan’s
large whisky selection : apprehend it . Guinness on hydrant : of the essence . Irish favorites like bangers and mash , Irish stew , and … uh … mozzarella stick : always . Timmy Nolan ’s kills it at being a traditional Irish bar with a contemporaneous access ( which is believably why many multitude consider them the good Irish bar in the entire city ) . One thing ’s for indisputable : By our deliberation , you owe them a visit right about now o’clock .
Tam O’Shanter
The Tam has been rockin ’ the pulley block for over 90 long time now ( and isa longtime favorite of Grandma Connie ) , so you know they ’re doing something right – namely , horridly portion carvery solid food , like top - mountain pass prime costa cuts and corned beef sandwiches . Hit up their attached Ale & Sandwich Bar in the daytime for some discounted food and other goodies , like a deviled egg sandwich ) .
The Irish Times
Not to be a confused with an Irish newspaper , The Irish Times is about as shiver as an Irish watering hole can get ; they ’ve got pool table ( free on Sundays ! ) , live music on the weekends , Wednesday night karaoke , Tuesdays and Thursday trivia nighttime , and , duh , Guinness . IT is the cruise - control to cool with its mostly regulars clientele and its mega - well-disposed stave . Sláinte !
Casey’s Irish Pub
From tasty Irish transportation ( like homemade corned beef & cabbage ) , to live music on Fridays & Saturdays , to comedy shows on Wednesdays , to the tastiest damn picklebacks in LA , Casey ’s is load with goodness . And wanna know what goes expectant with some iced Irish coffees while you flirt ping - niff and darts on their Brobdingnagian terrace ? More iced Irish deep brown . Many , many more .
Tom Bergin’s
Though the wall - to - wall shamrock - breed ceiling ( adorn with names of the streak ’s regulars ) is the best ceiling in the city , do n’t concern , there ’s a lot more to fall in love with than clovers inside the legendary Tom Bergin ’s : namely their Irish coffee , since the bar claims Bergin is the one who brought the umber and whisky concoction to America in the first seat ( though so does Buena Vista Cafe in San Francisco – we ’ll have to postulate Mr. Owl , ‘ have the humankind may never eff ) . Either means , tell a bread maker ’s 12 of those risky boys , and keep an eye on them with the salmon Scotch eggs and corned beef cattle & cabbage .
Shannon’s
Sure , they do received Irish pub kickshaw , but they also do breakfast ( like omelettes , Benedicts , and even Mexican specialism ) , which is great when you ’re up ahead of time to watch a association football / rugby / professional horseshoe - cast away game on one of their many television receiver . You ’ll definitely want to experience one of their saloon - sole special like the “ Shoot the Root ” ( a shot of root beer schnaps dropped into a tumbler pigeon of Coors Light ) . And whiskey aficionado require look no further,‘cause they do tasting every other calendar month .
Rock and Reilly’s Irish Pub
Between their own house “ Reilly ’s Mother ’s Milk ” whiskey blending ( with the smoothness of Irish whiskey and the boldness of American Bourbon dynasty ) , Monday karaoke nights , a throng of parties ( like St. Paddy ’s day pulley-block company ) , a famously good - look staff , and motto from their not - in reality - a - real - person founder ( “ Sobriety is a treatable illness ” ) , R&R ’s is one of the most fun bars on the strip . Plus , they ’ve got bottomless brunches on weekend and Irish nacho , aka Irish Armerican cheddar , scallions , pelt Irish bacon , and maize salsa over theater - made kettle chips .
The Auld Dubliner
The food at the Dubliner is definitely not an reconsideration , as can be the case at so many Irish public house . This Graeco-Roman Irish haunt Rock everything from Guinness fret ( with potatoes , carrot , cultivated celery , and onion ) to shepherd ’s pie ( ground beef and lamb with carrots , pea plant , and onions pinch with Guinness beef stock and mashed spud ) to an all - day full Irish breakfast ( rasher , Irish sausage , pork pud , tomato , mushroom cloud , & scorched beans ) . And if that ai n’t enough for ya , they ’ve beat unrecorded medicine seven nights a week , and 16 beers on water faucet with almost 30 more in bottleful . They ’ve also got outside rugby toy on the TVs , so give thanks your lucky charms for that .
Ireland’s 32
If you crave a dive bar over a pub , Ireland ’s is for you . You ’d be wise to “ dive ” ( GET IT ? ? ? ) headfirst into their supernumerary long ( 2 - 8pm , Monday - Friday ) happy 60 minutes for $ 3 beers , $ 4 wells , and $ 6 20z beer ( not to note $ 5 Whiskey Wednesdays ) and even wiser to grab a $ 9 firecracker sandwich . Also : We ’d recite you that the “ 32 ” comes from the amount of county in Ireland , but like , duh , everybody knows that .
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Timmy Nolan’s
The Tam O’Shanter
Casey’s Irish Pub
Tom Bergin’s Public House
Rock and Reilly’s Irish Pub
Ireland’s 32
