{"id":15732,"date":"2014-03-15T03:29:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T10:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=15732"},"modified":"2014-03-15T03:29:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T10:29:16","slug":"san-francisco-honors-irish-heritage-turns-on-the-green-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/san-francisco-honors-irish-heritage-turns-on-the-green-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Honors Irish Heritage, Turns on the Green Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m part Irish (who isn’t?) The Irish in me becomes apparent when I visit San Francisco. There’s something so warm and familiar about the friendly atmosphere of an Irish pub, or the fact that San Francisco City Hall beams with green, turning on its green lights in honor of St. Patrick’s Day each year. This year’s lighting dates: March 7-17, 2014 at dusk. Even the\u00a0St. Patrick’s Day Parade<\/strong><\/a> takes a stand, this year honoring the Irish Workers of America. The Bay Area’s Irish heritage is well established, dating back to the 1800s. Irish immigrants were given land grants from the Mexican Government, especially in Marin County, which was nicknamed Little Ireland. The Irish population in San Francisco numbered 4,200 in 1852 and by 1880 there were more than 30,000, 37 % of San Francisco’s population!<\/p>\n

There are over 300 pubs and dining places in San Francisco considered Irish. Here are but a few where you can celebrate your Irish roots! (5 star is the highest rating you can get)<\/p>\n

4.5 Star Irish Bars<\/b><\/p>\n

O’Keeffe’s Bar \u00a0 598 5th Ave\u00a0 Tel: (415) 751-1449
\nDurty Nelly’s \u00a02328 Irving St\u00a0\u00a0 Tel: (415) 664-2555<\/p>\n

4 Star Irish Bars <\/b><\/p>\n

The Phoenix Bar & Irish Gathering House ,\u00a0 811 Valencia St\u00a0 Tel: (415) 695-1811
\nThe Plough & Stars 116 Clement St\u00a0 Tel: (415) 751-1122
\nIreland’s 32\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 3920 Geary Blvd\u00a0 Tel: (415) 386-6173
\nBlarney Stone\u00a0 5625 Geary Blvd\u00a0 Tel: (415) 386-9914
\nDanny Coyle’s\u00a0 668 Haight St\u00a0 Tel: (415) 558-8375
\nThe Chieftain Irish Pub & Restaurant \u00a0 198 5th St\u00a0 Tel: (415) 615-0916
\nThe Four Deuces \u00a0 2319 Taraval St\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tel: (415) 566-9122
\nThe Dubliner \u00a0 3838 24th St\u00a0\u00a0 Tel: (415) 826-2279
\nThe Little Shamrock 807 Lincoln Way\u00a0\u00a0 Tel: (415) 661-0060
\nMcTeague’s Saloon\u00a0 237 Polk St\u00a0\u00a0 Tel: (415) 776-1237
\nThe Bitter End 441 Clement St\u00a0 Tel: (415) 221-9538
\nMcKenzie’s Bar 5320 Geary Blvd\u00a0 Tel: (415) 751-2274
\nBlackthorn 834 Irving St\u00a0\u00a0 Tel: (415) 564-6626
\nDovre Club 1498 Valencia St\u00a0 Tel: (415) 285-4169
\nEdinburgh Castle Pub 950 Geary St\u00a0\u00a0 Tel: (415) 885-4074
\nParkside Tavern 1940 Taraval St\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tel: (415) 731-8900
\nValley Tavern \u00a0 4054 24th St\u00a0\u00a0 Tel: (415) 285-0674
\nThe Nags Head 5346 Geary Boulevard\u00a0 Tel: (415) 387-9510<\/p>\n

\u00a0See more…<\/a>><\/b><\/p>\n

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I’m part Irish (who isn’t?) The Irish in me becomes apparent when I visit San Francisco. There’s something so warm and familiar about the friendly atmosphere of an Irish pub, or the fact that San Francisco City Hall beams with green, turning on its green lights in honor of St. Patrick’s Day each year. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15732"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}