With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner it is important to think about what you want to do for the festive, green holiday. There are many fun and exciting things to do on the Irish holiday other than just attend the St. Patrick’s Day Parade ranging from cooking Irish cuisine to rocking it out to live music. These are some of Gotham’s favorite ways to celebrate the holiday, all made better by a New York Limo.
At Cook&Go you can take a 90-minute class and cook a three-course Irish meal. This year the meal consists of a tomato whisky boxty, Guinness and licorice flavored steak with cabbage and lard stuffed potatoes and then you will get to bake a Bailey’s chocolate cake. The class costs $59 per student with an additional $25 for additional participants or portions.
If you would rather enjoy your festive meal at home, then Balducci’s will do right by you. You can buy their already prepared Apricot Glazed Corn Beef that will feed 6 for $16.99. Add in some of Balducci’s Irish Soda Bread and Irish Cream Mousse Cake to complete a meal that is fit for your family to celebrate at home.
On Saturday March 16th at 11am, you can be part of a historic walking tour for $20 or $15 if you are a student. This tour starts in from of St. Paul’s Chapel on Broadway between Fulton and Vesey streets. This 2 hour tour will be ran by a knowledgeable guide who will walk you through the former “Little Ireland” on the Lower East Side. This is a good way to have fun, get into the holiday spirit and check out some historical sites downtown.
The website PubCrawls.com has invited New Yorkers to dress in green and partake in a weekend long pub-crawl. If you go to the site and navigate to your locations registration page you will be able to check out details, buy tickets and ask any questions you may have about the event. Before 9pm you will get $1 domestic draft beers (venue dependent), $2 domestic bottle beers, $3 well drinks and $4 Irish whiskeys. All of these prices rise by $2 after 9pm.
If you have a taste for beer and want to experience a stout as Irish as soda bread or maybe just some new beers, you should check out some the local breweries. This weekend the Brooklyn Brewery and the Great South Bay Brewery are hosting some fine beer tasting events that are perfect for the Irish holiday. Check out the event calendars on each brewery’s respective site to get details.
St. Patrick’s Day is a favorite in New York and many flock to the city to celebrate with the locals. It is important to make sure everyone gets home safely during holidays such as this so think about renting a New York Limo for the weekend to drive you around, do some sightseeing and at the end of the night make sure everyone in your group is home safe and sound.