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$3 Irish-inspired snacks all week at Swift Half
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$3 Irish-inspired snacks all week at Swift Half
Tomorrow, green-clad revelers will crowd neighborhood bars and corporate chains alike, toasting with Irish whiskey and sharing cheer over Guinness. They can credit their day of revelry to the Irish-Catholic tradition of celebrating the religious feast day and death anniversary of St. Patrick with an evening off from the privations of Lent. With the 40-day ban on flesh-eating and boozing temporarily lifted, our predecessors were free to consume bacon, cabbage and beer and generally carry on.
Swift Half in the Piazza at Schmidts (1001 N. Second St.) is prepared for the green tide of the Irish High Holiday with $3 Irish-inspired snacks and $3 draft half-pints beginning today and running through Sun., March 21.
The $3 menu by chef Jessica O'Donnell includes potato pancake "boxty," mini fish and chips, stuffed cabbage, ham and cheese potato pierogies in Guinness brown butter and bangers in a blanket, described by co-owner and Cork native David Garry as "just like the sausage rolls I had every morning in college back home." Among others, Sly Fox Seamus' Irish Red Ale and O'Reilly's Stout are on draft.
I don't know if I can suffer through even my last 3 days working in Wilmington when I know that yummies like these exist on the lunch plates of philadelphians. mmmmmmmmmmm. want. need. now.
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