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Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago St. Patrick’s Day At The Irish American Heritage Center. 4-11 p.m. Monday, March 17. Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N. Knox Ave. While most St. Patrick’s Day events are happening the weekend prior, you can celebrate on the actual holiday with the Irish American Heritage Center. The bar opens early for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations so you’ll get to savor a whole day of Irish food and Guinness pints. Gaslight: Get ready for a St. Patrick’s Day brunch party at this popular neighborhood bar in Lincoln Park. As a live DJ amps up the energy, savor an impressive brunch buffet spread and sip on house cocktails and Most Authentic. Neighborhood: South Loop Yelp Rating: 3 Stars Another Irish bar that’s been around the block is Kitty O’Sheas. According to Forbes, the 35-plus-year-old pub was part of a $180 million dollar renovation of the Hilton in 1986, for which the hotel team visited more than 40 bars in Ireland to capture its authentic look and feel. The history of St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago goes back more than 175 years. Now a longstanding tradition, Chicago’s Irish parade was first held in 1843. The dyeing of the Chicago River was added in 1962, quickly becoming one of Chicago’s most famous events. I’ve rounded up the best ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago, including my own top pick. (Special thanks to my brother who lives in Chicago and knows how to drink.) If you want to keep digging into St. Patty’s Day fare, stick with Choose Chicago. Top 9 activities in Chicago for St. Patty’s Day #1: Watch the river run green Zoom in: Here's a list of St. Paddy's celebrations for foodies, families, teetotalers and more. For the diehards (and us!) My colleague Moyo will brave the throngs of green Saturday (so you don't have to) and board the St. Patrick's Day Clover Cruise on the First Lady. The two-hour cruise starts at 10am and includes two drinks, corned beef According to a well-researched 2024 Block Club Chicago feature by Linze Rice, the first St. Patrick’s Day parade in Chicago was held in 1843 and included citizens, a band and a military group of The Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade, the dyeing of the Chicago River, the Archer Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade and the Avondale St. Patrick's Day Parade take place on Saturday, March 15. The best St. Patrick's Day events in Chicago: Green River Cruises, Bar Crawls, Parties & more! Chicago St. Patrick's Day parade route The city's downtown St. Patrick's Day Parade is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The parade steps off at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 15, at Columbus and Hi Chicago, I hope I'm in the right place for this! We (a group of 4) are heading to you next weekend for the St Patrick's Day festivities. I've always wanted to see the river green, so today we bought tickets to visit from Baltimore. We have river view rooms booked on the Riverwalk. We know it's going to be pretty packed, and are prepared. It's less St Patrick's day, and more bro fight fest with green vomit beer. Where Bourbon st is, "wow! look at all this crazy shit going on!", Wrigleyville is, "oh my god, I hate every person here". The advice you're getting to stay away from there is good. But good news! Chicago is big city with lots of options, and cool places to go. Obviously for St. Patricks day the go to is to be part in the parade/river dye celebration. Don’t stay all day there, maybe go to other neighborhoods after that will be less crowded. Wrigleyville, Lincoln Park, Edison Park will definitely be partying up for Patties Day. But definitely dedicate one day to a few downtown touristy activities. Our real estate brokerages: Neighborhoods.com, Neighborhoods Home Source, Inc. CA BRE # 02003453 | (855) 744-2846 Chief O'Neill's offers several spaces to celebrate all things Irish. On St. Patrick's Day, walk-ins are welcome in the pub, dining room, and heated tent in the 300-person garden. Neighborhood Guide. Chicago Housing Information. Mental Health Resources. Preparing for Winter. ISP Guide. Best St Patrick’s Day Bars for late 20s group Top 10 Best St Patricks Day Brunch in Chicago, IL - March 2025 - Yelp - The Hampton Social - River North, Cindy's Rooftop, Emerald Loop, The VIG Chicago, The Green Door Tavern, Lizzie McNeill's Irish Pub, Fado Irish Pub, Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro, Chief O'Neill's Pub & Restaurant, The Irish Nobleman With a reputed 200,000 Irish-Americans living in The Windy City, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Chicago serves up a heck of a St. Patrick's Day parade.First held way back in 1843, nowadays the event, which will kick off on Saturday, March 15 at 12:00 p.m., is said to draw hundreds of thousands of spectators. 100%. Typically they start dying at 9am sharp. Its neat to see them dump orange dust into the river and it turns bright green. It is usually rowdiest from 10am-noon, then people start heading south for the parade. The best part of Chicago is our neighborhoods - many of which have tons of bars to hop around at and drink at that will still be busy, but will be at least a bit more manageable on St Patrick's Day. Old Town and Wicker Park are big drinking neighborhoods.
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