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Originally Posted by eschaton
Pittsburgh is not the most Irish city in the country these days.
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Incidentally, this post reminded me of something that might be a mere coincidence, but might be in line with what you mention - many of you are aware that most cities have a "Pittsburgh" bar, and the one in Athens, OH happens to be
Lucky's:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3298...7i16384!8i8192
Making the situation more interesting(?), the bar directly across the street is the "Cleveland" bar, meaning there is always trouble when the Steelers play the Browns. There are bar fights every night on the Athens sidewalks, but the bottle-throwing and the number of women trading blows accelerates on game day.
Oddly, there has never been a Bengals bar in Athens, although that might change given the rise of Athens native Joe Burrow.
Athens used to have an Irish microbrewery from the 1990s, that survived that microbrewery era's bust, and still operates, but under a new name. It was called O'Hooley's, and some of the old guys in the area went a little overboard trying to out-Irish one-another with the playing of obscure folk music on obscure instruments, at least on the weeknights. The place changed its name to Jackie O's around 2008, partially burnt down in 2014, but started canning thereafter and is now a fairly prominent craft brewer in the region.
https://jackieos.com/our-story/
The part of the bar that burnt down was formerly a place absurdly called "Skipper's", which still unironically served Monte Christo sandwiches up until The End, and had those gimmick table taps [
https://twitter.com/tabletap] way back during the Clinton years, if not much earlier. I have no idea how they sourced them and brought them to rural Ohio back then, but it was reality. The place had a lot of horizontal brass railings as decorations as well as fake plants.