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Get in the Green with these
St. Patrick's Day Celebrations

CHICAGO (February 15, 2005) - Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day and the following Chicago area restaurants are no exception. Specials and promotions vary by location. Call the individual location for details.

BAR O'LOUIE PARTIES

All Bar Louie restaurants become Bar O'Louie on St. Patrick's Day with different specials and promotions at each location.

Bar O'Louie Dearborn Station, 47 W. Polk, Chicago, 312.347.0000

• Located right off the parade path
• OPENS AT 8 A.M. FOR BREAKFAST before the parade  (3/12)
• BEER GARDEN OPEN, rain or shine (3/12)
• Irish music (3/12)
• BAGPIPERS all weekend (3/12 through 3/13)
• St. Patrick’s Day décor (3/12 through 3/17)
• Drink specials: Green jello shots, green pints (3/12 through 3/17)
• Food specials: Corned Beef & Cabbage, Corned Beef Sandwiches (3/12 through 3/17)

Bar O’Louie, 226 W. Chicago Avenue, 312.337.3313

• Specials available 3/12 through 3/17
• SHAMROCK SHAKE MARTINI Special, $8
  (Crème De Caco Dark, Crème De Menthe Green, Vanilla Smirnoff, cream, Oreo Cookie crumb-rimmed glass)
• Other drink specials: Green beer, “Bailey’s Mini” bottles
• Food specials: Corned Beef & Cabbage with potatoes, Corned Beef Sandwich
• BEST IRISH JIG DANCE CONTEST (3/17 only between 5 – 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. – 12-midnight)

• Specials available 3/14 through 3/19
• Food specials:  IRISH NACHOS ($5.99), Baked Potato Soup ($2.99), Corned Beef & Cabbage ($8.99), Rueben Sandwich ($6.99)
• FIGHTING IRISH MARTINI Special (Bailey’s, Green Crème de Menthe, Jamesons Irish Whiskey) $5 each
• Shot special:  U2 Shot (Bailey’s, Jameson, Stoli) $4 each
• D.J. AT 8 p.m. (3/17, 3/18, 3/19)
• LIVE BAGPIPER (3/17 only, time tbd)
• LORD OF THE DANCE CONTEST (3/17 at 11 p.m. only)

Bar O’Louie Hyde Park, 5500 South Shore Drive, Chicago, 773.363.5300

• Available Saturday 3/19 from 2 –7 p.m. Only
• Straight from the movie, “Old School,” this Louie is throwing an Irish-themed MITCH MARTIN FREEDOM FESTIVAL
• Five hours of open bar & all-you-can-eat appetizer buffet
• Only $30 per person, purchase at door day of event

Bar O’Louie Bucktown, 1704 N. Damen, Chicago, 773.645.7500

• Specials available 3/12 through 3/17
• Food specials:  Corned Beef & Cabbage, Fish & Chips, Corned Beef Rueben, $7.99 each
• Shot specials:  “Pot O’Gold” (Bailey’s & Goldschlager), “Green Grass of Ireland” (Bacardi Limon, DeKuyper Melon, Sour), “Blarney Stone” (Amaretto, orange juice, sour)
• Green beer
• St. Patrick’s Day décor
• Irish music

Bar O’Louie Taylor Street, 1321 W. Taylor, Chicago, 312.633.9393

• Specials available from 3/12 through 3/17
• Food specials:  Corned Beef & Cabbage, Rueben Sandwich ($6.99 each)
• Shot special:  Shamrock Shot (Bailey’s & Crème de Menthe)
• Green martini special:  Irish Eyes a Smilin’ (Parrot Bay Coconut Rum, DeKuyper Melon Liqueur & pineapple juice)
• Green beer

O’Louie on the Park, 1800 N. Lincoln, Chicago, 312.337.3313

• Specials available 3/12 through 3/17
• Food specials:  Green Eggs & Ham ($4.99), Corned Beef & Cabbage ($9.95)
• Drink specials:  “Car Bomb” ($5)
• Green beer

OTHER ST. PATRICK’S DAY SPECIALS & CELEBRATIONS

One North Kitchen & Bar, 1 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, 312.750.9700

• Available 3/17 from 4 – 7 p.m.
• Complimentary St. Patrick’s Day buffet with traditional Irish fare
• Whiskey tasting and specially priced whiskey flights
• Drawing for a $100 RDGChicago gift card, must be present to win

The Grillroom, 33 W. Monroe, Chicago, 312.960.0000

• Specials available 3/14 through 3/17
• All entrée specials served with house-made Irish soda bread
• Corned Beef & Cabbage served with red potatoes, carrots and horseradish $13.95
• Guinness Lamb Stew with tender cuts of lamb, carrots, mushrooms and onions, braised in stout with a touch of teacle, served with mashed potatoes $13.95
• Fish ‘N Chips, beer-battered cod filets fried to golden brown, served with fries and coleslaw $12.95
• Cock-A-Leekie Soup, chicken soup with leeks and barley
• Add a pint of Guiness to any of the above specials for $4
• Martini Special:  Leprechaun-tini
• Dessert Special :  Shamrock Cheesecake

Nick & Tony’s Chophouse, 1 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, 312.467.9449

• Specials available 3/17
• Corned Beef & Cabbage with boiled potatoes, carrots and corn $14.95
• Green Mint Cheesecake $5.95
• Green Sour Apple Martinis $5 each
• Green beer

Nick & Tony’s Geneva, 1322 Commons Drive, 630.845.0025

• Specials available 3/17
• Braised Lamb Shank in a Jameson Whiskey Demi Glaze over mashed potatoes
• Shepard’s Pie, slow roasted beef tenderloin in a rich Guinness Stout broth with peas, carrots and mushrooms, topped with a potato crust
• Slow-cooked Corned Beef & Cabbage with boiled new potatoes
• Mile High Corned Beef Sandwich on marbled rye with coleslaw & pub chips
• Green beer
• Shamrock Martinis
• St. Patrick’s Day décor
• Irish music

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