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Whether you’re looking for Irish-themed food, drink or both to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, there are a variety of options in the Oklahoma City area. Dig into corned beef or get an authentic boxty (Irish potato pancake). Of course, there is plenty of green beer and Irish whiskey to go around for the adult crowd.

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Saints

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405-602-6308

Throughout the rise of 16th Street Plaza District, Saints has provided Irish-inspired pub food, cocktails and beer. The menu includes Irish classics fish and chips, shepherd’s pie, bangers and mash and house-cured corned beef (available Friday and Saturday only).

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The Bleu Garten

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Midtown is a hotspot on March 17. Head to The Bleu Garten for live Irish music and access to food trucks beginning at 11 a.m. While you’re hanging out at the beer garden and food truck park, you can also walk over to James E. McNellie’s Public House, where they will hold St. Paddy’s celebrations inside and outside its Midtown location.

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Black Raven Pub

theblackravenpub.com

405-390-1400

The drive down Highway 62 to Choctaw for a trip to the Black Raven might be the closest thing in Oklahoma to a trip to Ireland. The authentic Irish pub hosts traditional Irish music on Friday and Saturday nights. It’s a fair warning to those who try to avoid bagpipes. The menu includes Irish staples like salmon-topped boxty.

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Republic Gastropub

republicgastropub.com

405-286-4577

The green beer will be flowing at Republic for St. Paddy’s Day. Republic has a tremendous beer selection on tap and in bottles. Get an Irish Guinness or Smithwick’s on tap. Order a Guinness blonde lager or a Murphy’s stout to get Irish beer by the bottle. The menu includes updates to classics like a corned beef Reuben and Scotch eggs.

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TapWerks Ale House & Café

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405-319-9599

The beer list at this Bricktown establishment is as long as it is varied. There is a good selection of Oklahoma’s growing local beers and foreign imports. The food menu includes staples like a hearty beef stew made with Ireland’s most famous export, Guinness. You can also get fish and chips made with Pacific cod dipped in Marshall Atlas IPA beer batter.

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Blackbird Gastropub

gldining.com

405-928-5555

Open since 2011 at Campus Corner’s western edge, Blackbird is Norman-based Good Life Dining’s innovative gastropub. The eclectic menu features pizzas and salads, but it also features a few Irish-inspired dishes like a beer-and-truffle oil shepherd’s pie and ample ale-battered fish and chips. The Irish poached bangers with truffle oil mash is an update on a classic favorite.

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Stag Lounge

stagokc.com

405-606-7171

The location in Deep Deuce went through a name change and once again allowed cigar smoking on the premises over the last year, but the constant has been its superior spirit collection, particularly whiskey. With a selection over 300 varieties, whether it is whiskey from Ireland, whisky from Scotland or the spirit crafted elsewhere in the world, Stag is likely to have it in stock.