Irishtown
11600 SE Mill Plain Blvd # F Vancouver, WA 98684Phone: (360) 253.1470
Located in: Vancouver, WA - Visit Website
BarFly's Review of Irishtown
In addition to the signs on the C-tran buses that proclaim "ITS THE LAW! No smoking within 25 feet!", there must be some sort of weird zoning laws in Vancouver WA that state (1) All drinking establishments are required to be located in a completely depressing strip mall and (2) All drinking establishments are required to provide karaoke.
True, one can quaff pint after pint of Guinness and the affable Irish owner, the legendary Peter Yeates, does generate a dominating presence of authentic authority, but the 'Couv's demographics require Irishtown to branch out from what one imagines to be the stereotypical Irish pub aesthetics. The kitchen serves up a cross cultural mélange of Irish fare (Banger in the mouth!), American pub grub, and dishes from the Orient to a diverse clientele.
Top 40 Djs, chicken strips, soft tip darts, and karaoke are lamentable necessities that enable Irishtown's survival, so you can't really find much fault there. If you find yourself on the north bank of the Columbia, you could do far worse.
5 x darts
2 x pool
15' TV screen
$2.95 menu, $2.50 well, $2.50 doms, $3 select micro 3-7pm daily
| Irishtown's Happy Hours | |
|---|---|
| Monday | $2.95 menu, $2.50 well, $2.50 doms, $3 select micro 3-7pm |
| Tuesday | $2.95 menu, $2.50 well, $2.50 doms, $3 select micro 3-7pm |
| Wednesday | $2.95 menu, $2.50 well, $2.50 doms, $3 select micro 3-7pm |
| Thursday | $2.95 menu, $2.50 well, $2.50 doms, $3 select micro 3-7pm |
| Friday | $2.95 menu, $2.50 well, $2.50 doms, $3 select micro 3-7pm |
| Saturday | .$2.95 menu, $2.50 well, $2.50 doms, $3 select micro 3-7pm |
| Sunday | $2.95 menu, $2.50 well, $2.50 doms, $3 select micro 3-7pm |
Good beer and great bangers 'n mash!! Decent stage area and building up a nice variety of acts! Not the most "pub-like" so I was a little disappointed in the "atmosphere" dept.(sorry) Otherwise a place I would go back to and recommend. P.S. They have real mashed potatoes!
Thats exactly whats keeping most of the music scene out of Vancouver and keeping most of it in Portland. Be willing to pitch out a few bucks you cheapos. At least your hear a band worth listening too. Point given lol. They do have cover charges at this bar time to time now. Good! Good! Good! That spells better music worth opening your ears up too!
So.. being in the industry for years... i have to say Taison (who claims to no longer be in the club) used to run this as Ghengis Khans or GK's to the many! used the be thugish and retarded has now come to be a bit comforting. Irish musica played on weekend with karaoke.. and Korey which i know personallly is now KJing there does superb! drinks so-so, food cheap say hi to pete yeates and crew for Peter for me ;) ... good stop in "couv" no BS and just fun ;)
Irishtown is a very comfortable bar-pub to sit with freinds, listen to music, and have some great food. I am pleased by all of the (free) parking available in the front and back lots....when I go to downtown PDX, I usually have to pay 5 bucks or more.
There is no cover for the music, and Peter Yeates himself is great......and he has been booking other great acts too.
This bar is economical, fun, and I love the Smithwicks on draft......
