edpaffjr.comI started off the weekend with back-to-back appearances at the Irish Snug. I’m no stranger to this restaurant as it has become our latest Bengals bar in town, after the Bears fans reclaimed Wyman’s. I rode my bike up to the Snug on Friday after work to meet some friends for happy hour. They have a great two-for-one deal on draft beers during happy hour, including a couple of special brews from the Tommyknocker Brewery up in Idaho Springs. I would definitely recommend the Naked Tinker beer over the 5 Lamps Lager. Neither of them are outstanding, but at two-for-one prices, they are hard to pass up. Also on the happy hour menu are a variety of small plates. I’d recommend the jalapeno poppers, curry chips (slightly messy), or the soft shell tacos. Our group had nearly all the happy hour food items on the menu and I didn’t hear any complaints.
After Friday happy hour, I ventured back to the Snug on Saturday afternoon to watch the World Cup game, dragging Kim along to watch. I’m glad we ate before we arrived Saturday, as they were only serving a limited menu after getting slammed during the USA and England match a couple of weeks ago. They were serving their fish and chips, which always seems like a popular staple of the menu. Rather than wasting time with food I concentrated on a couple of Guinness and the game on TV. Speaking of TV, they bar is loaded with many of them throughout the two floors, all of great quality. It’s a wonderful place to watch a game, unfortunately the same could not be said for the results of the game on TV that day.
