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Decent Irish Restaurants

rufio

rufio

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Raglan Road is one of my new favorite Disney restaurants! So much, in fact, that we've decided to forego Magic Kingdom on our one and a half day trip in April in favor of DTD for dinner at Raglan Road! YUM! My problem is trying to find a decent Irish restaurant near my town! I live in a decent-sized coastal town in North Carolina and EVERY Irish restaurant here is a pub that serves burgers and sandwiches. There is no real Irish food to be found! I even looked in Raleigh near where my parents live and they have the exact same problem! Is this a localized phenomenon? Or is this happening everywhere?
 
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DisneyDebNJ

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vitani88 said:
Raglan Road is one of my new favorite Disney restaurants! So much, in fact, that we've decided to forego Magic Kingdom on our one and a half day trip in April in favor of DTD for dinner at Raglan Road! YUM! My problem is trying to find a decent Irish restaurant near my town! I live in a decent-sized coastal town in North Carolina and EVERY Irish restaurant here is a pub that serves burgers and sandwiches. There is no real Irish food to be found! I even looked in Raleigh near where my parents live and they have the exact same problem! Is this a localized phenomenon? Or is this happening everywhere?
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We have an Irish Pub in Atlantic City thats wonderful, along with two more close to the Cape May area. Raglan Road is still my fav :)
 
HouCuseChickie

HouCuseChickie

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Houston used to have one really good Irish pub, but it was located a bit too close to what has to be the city's most popular British pub- which also recognizes Scotland, Wales, and Ireland in their offerings (menu, drinks, sports, etc.). Needless to say, they only made it a few years. The city still has a couple of places that bill themselves as Irish pubs, but one is definitely more of a pizza joint and the other offers too many basic bar options to balance out more traditional fare for my tastes. i.e. quesadillas, chicken tenders and onion rings - even if mixed with more traditional stuff- doesn't say authentic to me.

And I still need to figure out a way to work in Raglan Road!:oops:
 
real mad hatter

real mad hatter

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Well since our bedroom window overlooks the Irish Sea,and on a clear day,we can see Belfast loch.We have no Irish restaurants on this side apart from a little bistro bar that serves ice cold ( as if we need that ) Dublin Guinness and Dublin langoustines with the occasion of the summer Irish invasion,it does Irish hot pots & a dish called " Cockles & Mussels " from Molly Malone.;)
 
zurgandfriend

zurgandfriend

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One of my good friends, who is from Cork, always paraphrases Somerset Maugham and says "if you want to eat good in Ireland eat breakfast 3 times a day." My dear wife is Irish-American and I like to tease her by saying “honey I’m going to boil a roast just like your mom” but I digress. There are a few good Irish pubs in Boston but again Guinness and Killian’s red are the high points of the menu.
 
Phonedave

Phonedave

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zurgandfriend said:
One of my good friends, who is from Cork, always paraphrases Somerset Maugham and says "if you want to eat good in Ireland eat breakfast 3 times a day." My dear wife is Irish-American and I like to tease her by saying “honey I’m going to boil a roast just like your mom” but I digress. There are a few good Irish pubs in Boston but again Guinness and Killian’s red are the high points of the menu.
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My ex wife's father was born in Dublin and was there untill his late teens, and her mother was first generation Irish in the US.

I have have enough mushy peas and boiled roasts. I'm sorry, but while I will eat it, I am not going to go out of my way for Irish fare.


-dave
 
xdan0920

xdan0920

Think for yourselfer
Phonedave said:
My ex wife's father was born in Dublin and was there untill his late teens, and her mother was first generation Irish in the US.

I have have enough mushy peas and boiled roasts. I'm sorry, but while I will eat it, I am not going to go out of my way for Irish fare.


-dave
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Unless it's a Sheperd's pie or an Irish Breakfast, I want nothing to do with traditional Irish fare. Bring on the burgers.
 
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Zman-ks

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Raglan Rd is once of my favorites....only place in KC that comes close is O'douds on the plaza.
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Tiggerish

Tiggerish

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My first thought was, "there are hardly any decent Irish restaurants in Ireland..." And I have a cousin who owns a restaurant in Ireland! o_O

I travel there at least every other year, as my parents were each the only ones in their families to emigrate, and I like to visit with my cousins regularly. Traditional Irish dishes are nothing fancy, due to the historical food issues in the country. However, modern Irish fare is trying to make a name for itself, similar to the "farm to table" movement here in the US. It's going to take a while.
 
copcarguyp71

copcarguyp71

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DisneyDebNJ said:
We have an Irish Pub in Atlantic City thats wonderful, along with two more close to the Cape May area. Raglan Road is still my fav :)
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We used to have a great restaurant/pub that was Irish owned for years...in fact I sat in the company of members of the IRA there more than once. Then they sold to some retired Airforce guys and it got homogenized:oops:. No more steak and kidney pie on the menu:(.
 

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