I was disappointed in my experience at Fado Irish Pub. My friends have really enjoyed Fado for lunch in the past and so I thought I would give it a try for St. Paddy's. Probably a mistake going to a very busy Irish pub on St. Patrick's Day but I thought it would be fun to check out the live music under the tent and reasonably priced Killian's Irish Red. It wasn't the immense crowd that make me unhappy, but the fact that on a day when Fado knows they are going to be turning a huge profit, they still charged a $15 cover charge just to get in and wait in line for 20 minutes for a cup of beer. In principle I usually refuse to pay a cover charge but my friends and I had already made plans to meet another friend there and so we felt obligated to stay. Plus, the doorman said that I would be receiving a $10 gift card for entering, really only making my cover charge $5. Too bad he didn't mention that you had to spend $20 on items other than alcohol in order to get the $10 discount. That's not called a gift certificate, that is a coupon. By the time my other friend arrived only 30 minutes after I did, the line was so long (around the block!) that she would have to wait at least an hour to enter, so all of us ended up leaving and going to another restaurant/bar. $15 per head cover when you already know you are going to turn a huge profit is just greedy. On a positive note, there was no line for the ladies room inside of the bar due to the crowd control at the door. Perhaps contributing to my negative attitude is the fact that I am possibly just getting too old for this kind of experience, with the meat-market atmosphere and drunk idiots everywhere. If you are young and looking to hook up, this might be just the place! Next St. Patrick's I will probably go somewhere more low-key where there is no cover charge.