So where do you most love hoisting a pint on Saint Patrick’s Day -- or any other day of the year?
- photo by John Petkovic, The Plain DealerCLEVELAND, Ohio – Just about every bar in Greater Cleveland will be dressed up in green on St. Patrick’s Day, serving up Irish beer, booze, food, music and other fun. But if you’re in the mood for something more authentic, it’s best to celebrate at a pub with a Celtic soul, one that embraces its Irish heritage year-round.
Luckily, Cleveland has plenty of them -- real Irish bars where the craic -- that’s Gaelic for “fun” -- isn’t a one-day, wearing-of-the-green, amateur-night thing. We’re on a mission to identify the best of them, and then, with your help crown one of them Best Irish Bar in Greater Cleveland.How to enter Best Irish Bar contest:[email protected] contest is only open to local bars or pubs from our seven-county coverage area of Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Summit.
You may send along a photo if you like, but – due to copywrite laws – you must include the name of the photographer and their contact information, or written permission for us to publish the photo. The 10 most-nominated bars/pubs will move on to compete for the ultimate title of “Best Irish Bar in Greater Cleveland.” Finalists will be announced on March 9.Readers will be invited to vote once each hour March 11 through noon March 15.Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.