Friday, March 16, 2007

Astorian Weekend Edition 16.03.07

Well, it looks like we'll be back to winter again, what with all the snow and cold weather coming. These are the kind of days that make you just want to stay inside and stay warm. However, it's St. Patrick's Day on Saturday! Time for parades, beer...and more beer. You can head over to Manhattan for the big parade at 11am, or stay in Astoria and watch it on tv. There are a lot of great Irish pubs in town, which I am sure will be celebrating - try the Irish Rover (28th Ave at 38th Street), McCanns (Ditmars and 37th Street), Cronin and Phelan's (Broadway near 38th Street) come to mind, among others. For a non-Irish setting, the Beer Garden is having a St. Patrick's Day celebration, starting at noon. They'll prepare a classic New England Boiled Dinner (corned beef, cabbage, carrots and potatoes boiled in broth). They'll also have a live DJ playing a great variety of music in the downstairs restaurant starting at 10pm.

If you're not busy whooping it up with the Irish on Saturday, consider heading over to Athens Square (30th Avenue & 30th Street) from 5-7pm. There will be a vigil in conjunction with UFPJ's call for local actions around the fourth Anniversary of the Iraq war.

On Sunday, you can sober up at newly opened Tell Astoria Cafe (37-05 28th Ave), or have brunch at Dillinger's (30th Ave at 47th Street). That night at 7:30, Quiz Night is back at the Irish Rover! It's tons of fun, and you get a nice chunk of change if you win (I know - I was on the winning team a couple weeks ago!). Then at 9pm that night Hellgate Social will be screening blaxploitation masterpiece Three the Hard Way. Have a Hellgate Lemonade (my favorite house speciality cocktail) while you're watching.

More fun, here.

1 comment:

StaceyBelle said...

Hey Joey and the gang,

I tried to find an email address for you, but couldn't. I'm Stacey at Just Braise (a local Astoria res & blogger). I'm helping to start up a Community Supported Agriculture program in southern Astoria: Astoria CSA (www.astoriacsa.com). I know you guys are active in the community and get a lot of readers and was hoping if you would post a heads up to the community? We're having movie night at Hellgate Social on Wednesday, March 21 @ 7pm viewing "The Future of Food" and a Membership Drive with our farmers on March 27 @ 7pm at Cafe Bar. Anything would be great and if you want more info please shoot me an email. Thanks!