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| - This is the third FM's I have gone to and they are pretty much the same. They try to be Irish-like, decor tends to be on the yellows/greens and also, tend to price their menu/drinks at a higher price point than say, the Firkin bars. Which in my opinion is not really warranted because FM's is only ever marginally better than a Firkin. Maybe they vacuum their rug a few more times a week?
Now this particular location is basically inside a building so, from the outside this places is completely nondescript. You could walk by it without noticing it. Their patio is what I could call depressing as it is simply tables set on an elevated block of concrete. No plants and nothing to look out aside concrete towards and a one way street, which during the day is busy with cars spewing CO2 in your face. So no, not the best patio I have ever been.
The food is pub food and as such, I do not generally eat it, but there was nothing in the menu that could/should have tempted me either.
Now, why the three stars? Remember that old saying that goes "In the land of the blind, he has one eye is king?" Well, Fionn MacCool's is the one eyed guy, as there is very little choice in this hood in terms of a watering hole that does not cost you over $50 for a meal or is a Subway or another fast food type of joint. And as you know people on their lunch hour are in a hurry and can't be traveling to King or Queen for lunch. So this place wins, and sadly, by default.
Hence I would avoid it during lunch and Happy Hour as this place gets packed from all the people working on the adjacent buildings rushing down, desperate for food and a few drinks after a day's work.
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