St. Patrick's Day

Capucine's Restaurant and Siro to Close on Second Avenue

Capucine's Restaurant in Gramercy will close on April 1, according to Jeremiah Moss. A new sign was posted in the restaurant's window that said, "Our last day of this business is April 1st, 2013. Thank you to all our patrons for your 33 years of support. Rent not affordable." 327 Second Avenue P.J. ... More >>

Dropkick Murphys - Terminal 5 - 3/12/13

Better Than: Watching The Departed on loop while shooting Jameson in your apartment on St. Patrick's Day. It might as well have been at a sporting event. Chants of "let's go Murphys [clap clap clap clap clap]" and waves of amped attendees in black and gold jerseys egging each other on and fighting ... More >>

FEELING LUCKY?

This show’s hotter than a leprechaun with a pot of gold

Dropkick Murphys

Homophobic Fatso Sought In West Village McDonald's Slicing

Cops are looking for a homophobic fatso who slashed a gay guy with a razor blade at a West Village McDonald's earlier this week. But that was only after making homophobic comments to the man.The NYPD released photos of the 350-plus-pound man this morning. He's huge.According to authorities, about 7 ... More >>

Cast In Concrete #6: Scott Stenten And The Sound Of Two Hands Tapping (On A Guitar)

Cast In Concrete tracks Vijith Assar as he records New York City's street musicians. If you'll be busking nearby soon and would like to appear in a future installment, please let him know. Who: Scott Stenten Where: Grand Central Terminal, Graybar Passage When: November 10th, 2011, around 9 p.m. I ... More >>

Karaoke For The Blind? Jewish Guild Cancels Music Event, Lies to Elderly About Why (Part 2)

Part 2 in a series. Part 1 can be read here. Blind GuildCare client Rachel Gonzalez hoped things would blow over after their final concert, and that at the very least, music therapist Debbie Moran would be back for a St. Patrick's Day sing-a-long. After all the, Guild had told her in December tha ... More >>

OWS Resurges In Zuccotti Only To Face Eviction and Arrests; Floor Collapses At St. Patty's Day Party; Two Arrested In Chelsea Murder

Occupy Wall Street roared back to life yesterday, as protesters marched and attempted to re-occupy Zuccotti Park. They were met by police who closed the park and violently arrested occupiers. Head over to the account by the Voice's Nick Pinto, who was on the scene, along with photographer C.S. Muncy ... More >>

Nas Takes Illmatic To Texas As South By Southwest Comes To An End

Before the 2012 edition of South By Southwest blows out of town, allow Village Voice Media's editors to share their favorite moments from the festival's fourth, and final, day.

St. Patrick's Day, Columbia County

The Saint Patick's Day feast at St. Peters in Spencertown, NY As I drove down the meandering highways and country lanes of Columbia County -- just southeast of Albany sandwiched between the Hudson River and the MA border - I passed sign after sign advertising corned beef and cabbage. Every rickety ... More >>

Woman Testifies Against Officer Accused Of Raping Her While Off-Duty; Dharun Ravi Found Guilty; St. Patty's Day Hits New York

The woman who was allegedly raped by Michael Pena, who was an NYPD officer off-duty, in August testified against him yesterday. The 25-year-old teacher explained that Pena asked how to get to the 1 train. After she did so, he still showed her he gun, brought her to an alleyway, forced her to perfor ... More >>

5 Ways to Party on St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day doesn't have to be filled with leprechauns and cheap whiskey. Here are five different ways to celebrate this Irish fest.

This Week's Specials: Late-Night Eats, Taco Trials

See what we've been up to at Fork in the Road this week: Where should you go for drunk food on St. Patrick's Day? We've got the answer: our 10 best late-night eats. We're also giving you 5 other ways to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, including snacking on Burger King's free fries and green ketchup.

Top Hops' Ted Kenny on Growlers

After years of working as a bartender and a marketing guy for Anheuser-Busch, Ted Kenny decided to test out his beer chops by opening up a store of his own on the Lower East Side, Top Hops Beer Shop (94 Orchard St., 212-254-4677), where you can grab a pint to stay or a growler to take home. Of cours ... More >>

Join Me In Not Wearing Green For St. Patrick's Day

Wear some horrific shade of black, brown, or grey to make a statement. And that statement will be: I'm not going along with your festivities and acting like this is a day for merry-making when open gays are still banned from being represented in the parade!

Green Ketchup for St. Patrick's Day, Burger King?

There are many ways to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Drinking excessive amounts of whiskey, jumping into a green river, dressing up as a leprechaun are just a few things that come to mind. Burger King has yet another idea: delighting in free fries and green ketchup like a 5-year-old. This weekend, ... More >>

GET LUCKY

Redheads get the VIP treatment 
for St. Patty's day

What's Happening This Week: Hello, Choice Eats!

See what epicurean mischief you can get into this week:

The Chieftans

What's Happening This Week: Beer and More Beer, A Moveable Feast

Check out the food and drink events happening this week in NYC:

Shamrock Shakes Are Baaaaaaack

McDonald's might be best known for its Big Mac, but the true cult favorites are the McRib, occasionally available in the fall, and the Shamrock Shake, the mint-flavored milkshake served in a clear cup with whipped cream and a cherry on top, which makes its appearance around St. Patrick's Day. Well, ... More >>

Peep World to Be Replaced by Equally Obscene Gastropub

ChefMattRock/FlickrScrewed.​Scarcely a week seems to pass that doesn't bring news of some vestige of New York being remade in the image of the upwardly mobile, possibly inebriated, and very vanilla young men and women who want to make the city their own, or at least cover it in vomit.

Bobo Chef Patrick Connolly Is Getting Excited for Ramp Season: Interview Part 2

Adrienne GrunwaldPatrick Connolly: bad at school, good at cooking.​ Yesterday we celebrated St. Patrick's Day with Bobo chef Patrick Connolly. Today we shift gears back to the American heartland as he tells us about seasonally driven, local cooking.

Posts of the Week

It is a beautiful, beautiful Friday, and we're sitting here under fluorescent strip-lighting, taking a look back at the preceding four days. Bobo's Patrick Connolly talked about St. Patrick's Day food and getting excited about ramp season. Our 10 Best Soho Eats. A pictorial representation of put ... More >>

Japanese Nuclear Crisis Continues; It's St. Patrick's Day; Employees Fired for Shrink-Wrapping Coworker

​• The nuclear crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Tokyo continues. Americans within 50 miles of the plant have been told to evacuate. The Japanese government has issued an evacuation zone of 12 miles, and says that those within 20 miles should "take shelter." Meanwhile, officials are s ... More >>

Bobo Chef Patrick Connolly Celebrates Irish Heritage and Drinks Swiss Chard Juice

Adrienne GrunwaldPatrick Connolly can't get behind green beer.​ Happy St. Patrick's Day! The one day of the year when it's appropriate to drink green beer and start imbibing at 9 a.m. To learn more about the cuisine from the land of limericks and leprechauns, we called up Irish-American chef ... More >>

A Ghastly Gallery of Green Bagels

JeffreyWiden/FlickrThe mottled and scrofulous exterior of this green monstrosity is enough to put you off your feed.​ Let's face it: Culinarily, apart from soda bread and maybe corned beef and cabbage, St. Patty's Day is a horrible holiday. And the only thing worse than green lager beer is gre ... More >>

St. Patrick's Day Kitten Wears Ridiculous Hat

If you, like us, are still traumatized by the gross roommate story we mentioned earlier, this will take the edge off. Here is an adorable kitten wearing a St. Patrick's Day hat, marching to a bonny tune. Did we mention it's St. Patrick's Day? Now, go get drunk.

Yelp Staff Plied with Beer; M. Wells Starts Cocktails Today

​Combine chocolate and beer this St. Patrick's Day with Brooklyn-based Nunu Chocolates' line of "Beer Chocolates." [NY1] At Yelp's headquarters in San Francisco, employees have 24/7 access to a keg of beer, but staff has to log in to an iPad app that records how much they drink. [NY Magazine] ... More >>

IMMIGRANT TALES

Before you drink, learn some Irish history

Celtic Woman

Joan La Barbara

Carl Paladino And The Speedo Boys

​Dear Carl, Yesterday, I took apart your biblical hate against gay people, spewed in the wake of a horrifying batch of bullying, suicides, and torture that have millions of sensible adults breaking down doors to try and make the world safer for young gays. Your choice--supposedly ordained by ... More >>

GO GREEN

Ed Lover at Carolines

IRISH AT HEART

We've conditioned our liver for this day only

St. Pats For All

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Behind the Bar

McSorley's stocks the sawdust for St. Pat's

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Artsy Fartsy

New Art Parade doesn't suck; Tommie Sunshine wants Revenge

The Gospel According to the Hold Steady

On their great new album, Brooklyn's best band explores why Catholic girls start much too early

Music

Letters

Letters

Marching to a Different Drum

Irish Lesbians, Gays, and Straights Mix Pride and Protest

NY Mirror

Demonstration Models

Arresting developments