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New Bar: Paddy O Splaine s
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:09 pm
by unsaved_Archive
Josef K wrote:I avoid 'Irish' bars unless I'm in Ireland.
Wikipedia wrote:"Plastic Paddy" is an often pejorative term to describe non-Irish people who harbour a nostalgic claim of Irishness due to having some degree of Irish heritage. The term is also applied to Irish-themed pubs in countries outside of Ireland — especially if those pubs feature the most stereotypical characteristics of Irish culture, and do not accurately resemble actual pubs in Ireland.
New Bar: Paddy O Splaine s
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:43 pm
by tocharian_Archive
vockins wrote:Please keep updating this thread. If this place can get to Worst Irish Public House in America, it'll be on my Chicago to do list as much as Hot Doug's.
I will gladly brave Paddy O'Splaine's with whoever is game. I fear though, given its total lack of customers, it will soon shape up or close.
Ooo, I can't believe I forgot to mention this. One night I was in there I asked the bartender to make me a cocktail with Amaretto. Sure, he says, how about a Sicilian Kiss? Um... ok... that's a new one...
Most vile thing ever. Even with the stirry straw shoved way back past my tongue I could not drink it. By some advanced alchemy the bartender had managed to combine Disaronno and whiskey and make Robitussin.
"Sicilian Kiss", however, was a brilliantly appropriate name. Not exactly a good thing, right?:
New Bar: Paddy O Splaine s
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:50 pm
by tocharian_Archive
itchy mcgoo wrote:Someone needs to open a dark bar in Lincoln Square that has no modern country on the jukebox and a girl can get a decent glass of wine. Fortunes stand to be made.
I know, right? Or at least a dive bar with
Safe As Milk on the jukebox. Is that too much to ask?
New Bar: Paddy O Splaine s
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:20 pm
by alandeus_Archive
One night a while ago after playing ball down the street at Welles Park, it was time for adult beverages, and the choice was between the hell that is Lincoln Avenue or this 'new' place.
I have to agree with everything negative ever written about this place, and yet at the same time express puzzlement that as bad as it is, it still doesn't come close to approaching an "it's so bad it's good" feel. It's not a local watering hole, it's not a destination spot, it's not a dive, it's not high class...it's the purgatory of bars.
New Bar: Paddy O Splaine s
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:50 pm
by Mason_Archive
clocker bob wrote:John George Peppers wrote:Seriously, the names of those bars drive me up a wall. The only thing worse are the names of our Taco/burrito shops:
Taco Burrito Express
Taco Burrito Express Jr.
Taco burrito Express #3
Taco Burrito King
Taco Burrito King Jr.
Ever notice that of all the taquerias that have both 'taco' and 'burrito' in their name, the 'taco' seems to always come first, even though, alphabetically, 'burrito' should come first?
Well, it's not about alphabetical order.
Say "Taco Burrito" out loud. Now say "Burrito Taco". Which one just plain sounds better?
New Bar: Paddy O Splaine s
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:21 am
by chopjob_Archive
I admire the fact that it abbreviates to "POS".
New Bar: Paddy O Splaine s
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:29 am
by Colonel Panic_Archive
Well played.
I laughed.
New Bar: Paddy O Splaine s
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:00 am
by Sock OR Muffin?_Archive
alandeus wrote:...it's the purgatory of bars.
Like an Irish Hard Rock Cafe?
New Bar: Paddy O Splaine s
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:11 am
by caix_Archive
New Bar: Paddy O Splaine s
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:15 pm
by jurgis rudkus_Archive
ebeam wrote:That's walkable for me.... My favorite place in the 'hood is Leadway up at Damen and Foster. They have free pool and free painting and when I've gone with my Romanian friend, free beer (the owners and some staff are Romanian). Otherwise it's a bit dismal, bar-wise, in these parts.
Free what?
