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| - Sadly enough, Rosie McCaffrey's is like my Cheers --- not because it's so great, but because I can walk there, they know what my drink is, I can get schnookered and follow the breadcrumbs back to my house. Come to think of it though, there are people there who resemble Norm, Sam and Woody.
The crowd is all over the map depending on the day of week. A friend of mine sardonically describes it as a straight version of Padlock --which if you know what that means then great. But if not, it's better that way -- trust me. Let's just say it can be a bit of a meet market.
Weekends are crowded and tend to attract a fun upper-20s, early-30s party-hearty crowd -- the Tempe crowd 7 years later, I suppose. It attracts more of a mainstream crowd than say George and Dragon.
Bands perform on the weekends. But to be honest I can't even tell you what kind of music or what they sing. They have a lot of beers on tap (Harp, Guinness and such) and strong liquor pours. Tom is a rockin bartender. Weekdays are more laidback with a steady happy hour clientele of alcoholics, business crowd, Central Phoenix locals, Irish expatriates and rugby people. The jukebox is OK, but there are better jukeboxes in the area.
The feel inside is your standard Irish chotchky clutter, but it feels like an actual old house with the whole upper level.
Oh yes, and the pub grub is pretty good. The fish and chips here are deserving of their reputation. Great batter. The hot wings are also a good choice -- lots of meat and tasty Harp-soaked sauce. Stay away from the club sandwich -- the bread is soggy and the American cheese kind of ruins it.
BTW, St. Patty's day is CRAZY here. Yeah there are Irish pubs everywhere, but this is the only Irish pub for miles around -- so the crowd here was huge and spilled into the parking lot.
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