2009 L.A. St. Patrick's Day parties
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Tom Bergin's has been around since 1936, when it opened on Wilshire Boulevard as the Horseshoe Tavern and Kennel Club, and it's been at its current location on Fairfax Avenue for 50 years. Like a traditional Irish pub, it's a sort of community living room. It was recently remodeled, but it's hard to see what's new except for the handsome tiles in the bathrooms. The place seems to look as it always has: worn brick floor, walls the color of crude oil, cardboard shamrocks with the names of regular customers on the walls (but no longer on all the ceilings). If you want to tell who's been a regular longer, look for the shamrocks that have a brownish patina -- they date from when smoking was legal in restaurants.
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I may be biased because I live RIGHT next door to Bergin's, but it's an easy, chill hang out spot when I'm looking to get my booze on. Even with the excess...
Stumbled down the street from Molly Malone's ( http://www.yelp.com/biz/molly-malones-los-angeles ) for a few more pints. We agreed that the Guinness here...
I came here on St. Patrick's day and the service was still great! I had a large party (6) dinning and they went out of their way to make sure we had...
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