Everett St. Paddy's Day Guide
It's the time of year for Gaelic festivities in the form of all green everything. Want to keep it local? Here's everything you need to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Everett.
For Adults (21+)
1. The Irishmen
11 a.m. - 2 a.m. Cover charge when music starts at 4:30 p.m.
There will be a special St. Paddy’s Day menu served all day—seven Irish food items including shepherd’s pie, Irish nachos, and soda bread. Of course, pints of Guinness and "Irish car bombs" will flow. There will also be live Irish music (the cover goes to the musicians!) to really get you into the mood.
2923 Colby Avenue
Everett, WA 98201
(425) 374-5783
2. Shawn O’Donnell’s
Tickets available. Multiple Days!
This South Everett establishment is Irish 24/7, but all the more so on 3/17. Their website has a countdown calendar to St. Patrick’s Day. So, yeah… they’re taking it seriously.
Shawn O’Donnell’s is having a week-long celebration, featuring lots of music and an Irish buffet. The actual holiday (Sunday) is a marathon of events starting at 7 AM, including a fun run, face painting, a beer garden, and music. Dance a jig and check out the full schedule of activities here.
122 128th St SE
Everett, WA 98208
(425) 338-5700
3. Dirty Irish Brunch at scuttlebutt taproom
Want to get your drinking out of the way early? From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. the Scuttlebutt Taproom will be pouring green beer pitchers for $10 and serving up shepherds pie.
3314 Cedar Street
Everett, Washington 98201
Get home safely
Party hard, and get home safe. Here are some numbers you can plug into your phone if you need help getting home.
Uber: download the app here.
Lyft: download the app here.
Yellow Cab: (425) 609-7777
Orange Cab: (425) 609-7777
Best Bets for Finding a Leprechaun in Everett
Before there was Pokemon Go, kids searched for magical Gaelic elves. If you’re looking to catch your own leprechaun in Everett (and I am—a pot of gold seems like a good retirement plan) I’d recommend the following places.
If there’s anyplace that mythical elves live, it’s in a place that’s forgotten. Look for little green men in this fern-covered gulch. Or just go there to swill a pint of Guinness.
2. The Library
Check the shelves behind the following books:
Ulysses by James Joyce. Follow protagonist Leopold Bloom through Dublin. But really you’re following Joyce through a truly epic stream-of-consciousness modernist novel with a ton of Greek allusions. This is for the literary marathon-runner.
The Guts by Roddy Doyle. Nobody writes about the working-class Irish like Doyle. His characters always have the odds stacked against them as they hustle to get by on the dole.
Poems, 1965-1975 by Seamus Heaney. Poet Laureate Heaney has a way of getting down to the bones of the Anglo-Saxon roots of the English language.
How Do you celebrate St. Paddy's Day in Everett?
Let us know in the comments section. Cheers!
Richard Porter writes for Live in Everett.