February 11, 2012

Erin Go Blog: Las Vegas St. Patrick’s Day Events


Bring your A Game for Revolver's St. Patrick's Day $300 Beer Pong Tournament. That's like 100 shots of Jameson!

EVERYONE’S IRISH ON St. Patty’s Day at Station Casinos as we have St. Patrick’s Day parties in Las Vegas planned around the Valley that include…well, mostly drinking, really. Music, too. Probably a jig or two.

Be safe, lass. Drink responsibility, laddy. Cheers!

Our St. Patrick’s Day Parties in Las Vegas

Where: The Railhead at Boulder Station

When: Sunday, March 13. Doors at 9pm.

Good to be Verde: Our normal Sunday night party at The Railhead is going green with music by El Moreno Y Su Banda Tierra Sagrada. Drawings all night for free drinks and prizes. $5 for naughty girls and $10 for bad boys.

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Where: Yard House, Grand Cafe & Rock Lounge at Red Rock

When: Wednesday, March 16 and Thursday, March 17.

Good to be Green: The Yard House at Red Rock has like 100 taps of beer so obviously a good place to get a pint, but they’re getting even more in the spirit of things by adding St. Patrick’s Day specials (two days actually) like Corned Beef and Shepherd’s Pie to the food menu and Get Lucky Lemon Drops and Celtic Mojitos to the drink choices. The Grand Cafe at Green Rock, ummm Red Rock, has a special St. Patrick’s Day menu with All-You-Can-Eat Fish and Chips and more!

Where else: Rocks Lounge on March 17 will have Venus Rising performing at 8pm. Our green party will have everything – Best Leprechaun Costume Contest, $2 Guinness, $2 Jameson shots – except Ralph Nader…get it?

LBS: A Burger Joint is serving the “LUCK OF THE IRISH” Burger! Try the 8oz beef patty topped with shaved corned beef, swiss cheese & green braised cabbage w/Marble Rye bread. March 17th only!

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Where: Cerveza Cantina at Fiesta Henderson

When: Thursday, March 17 from 1-9pm.

Good to be Green: Drink! $2 Guinness drafts, free pool with purchase of a pitcher of beer and Beer Pong! Eat! St Patty’s Reuben Sliders, Bangers and Mash, Guinness Onion Rings and more. Fun at the Cerveza Cantina!

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Where: Quinn’s Irish Pub and Ovation Lounge at Green Valley Ranch

When: Thursday, March 17. Starting early, ending late.

Good to be Green: $3 green beers all day (Quinn’s opens at 11am) and so many other festive drink specials we could barley fit them all on this poster to the right here. Loophole and Darby O’Gill & The Little People playing music on St. Patrick’s Day at Quinn’s. Atomic Punks and Motley Inc. at Ovation. Oh, me almost forgot: Beer Pong tourney!

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Where: Jack’s at Palace Station

When: Thursday, March 17. Food and drink specials 4-10pm. Music 8pm-midnight.

Good to be Green: The classic Irish pub, Jack’s is usually pretty “green” with sweet sweet Guinness always on tap. The Fab is making a special performance St. Patrick’s Day at 8pm.

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Where: Revolver at Santa Fe Station

When: Thursday, March 17.

Good to be Green: The Get Bombed St. Patrick’s Day Party at Revolver is in the capable hands of Dave and Mahoney from X-107.5 FM. $2 cover. DJ Sinner providing the beats. Guinness drafts are $3 with other St. Patty’s Day drink specials, of course. $300 Beer Pong Tournament.

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Where: South Padre at Texas Station

When: Thursday, March 17. Doors 9pm with show at 10pm.

Good to be Verde: La Nueva‘s Oscar “El Coyote” Ruiz and DJ Lee are the entertainment for our green/verde party at South Padre. $10 cover. $3 Verde shots! Get your jig ready for our $300 dance contest.

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Where: The Deck at Aliante Station

When: Sunday, March 20. Doors at 2pm.

Good to be Green: St. PETrick’s Day at The Deck at Aliante Station with all proceeds to benefit The Animal Foundation, a non-profit organization operating Nevada’s largest animal shelter (Lied Animal Shelter) and animal adoption center. Music, celebrity guest appearances, food, drinks and prizes will be part of this special day by the pool.

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Shamrocks Have 3 Leaves…St. Patrick’s Day is Fun at Stations

Like this? Read our St. Patty’s Day post for 2011!

Deep in red color and malty, Irish Red will be on tap for St. Patty's at Barley's in Henderson. It will be one of several special "Green" celebrations at Station Casinos bars.

IT SEEMS ALMOST every concept we have known from our earliest education has proven wrong as we grow up:

  • “I” before “E” except after “C” (see weird, Budweiser, etc.)
  • George Washington didn’t have wooden teeth.
  • “French Fries” are not from France.
  • The nursery rhyme doesn’t say anything about Humpty Dumpty being an egg.
  • Coriolis Effect does not determine which way water spirals down the toilet.
  • Shamrocks only have three leaves, not four.

There are also a couple of St. Patrick’s Day ideas that deserve a good strong dose of myth busting. St. Patrick, of course, is the patron saint of Ireland. He originally went to Ireland as a slave at age 16, taken by the Romans. He was given as a gift to a Druid Chieftain named Milchu. After six years he escaped and returned to his family. His father and grandfather were both Christian clergymen, and he chose to follow the family tradition. We’re not sure when he was born, but we understand he died on March 17, and that’s the day we celebrate the St Patrick’s Feast Day.

Go Green on Wednesday, March 17 for St. Patrick’s Day at Station Casinos

St. Patrick drank beer. Everyone did at the time. In fact, the church was active into beer making as a primary source of nutrition. Beer was pasteurized food thousands of years before Louis Pasteur was born, so it was safer to drink beer than water in many circumstances.

So for our first myth, green beer does not occur in nature, even in Ireland. Well, it may be out there somewhere, but I am leery of drinking things that turn green. (Had a bad experience as a kid…) Traditional Irish beer was red. The color came from the way the barley was dried in a kiln. Today, you can still get red ale from Smithwick’s (pronounced “Smithicks” with the “th” as in “the”), or seasonally at Barley’s in Henderson. Both are classic examples of the style, being very mild and malty. Black beer (i.e. Guinness) came along in the mid 1800’s after the introduction of Porter in England. Green beer isn’t Irish, it’s an American thing.

Second, the whole corned beef and cabbage thing is another non-Irish tradition. Cabbage was generally eaten with onions or leeks in a dish called “colcannon.” Beef was only for really wealthy folk. Occasionally it was served with bacon or lamb, but hey, this is supposed to be a feast. Go for the Irish breakfast! Eggs, bacon, sausage, hash, cheese, brown bread, sliced tomatoes, and maybe beans or black and white pudding if you can score it. Have a good Irish stew with soda bread for dinner, and top it off with Irish Red Ale and/or a spot of Irish whiskey.

Go traditional if you can, and don’t forget the wearin’ o’ the green. THAT’S traditional!

Cheers!

Jim Wilson
Brewmaster
Barley’s Casino and Brewing Co.