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We here at Bloglanta know what’s really important to a community!  It’s the chance to Drink!  Sing! and chase those blasted sheep out of your head!!!
What mechanism does a city have to remedy this?  Irish Pubs! As Joe pointed out here, not everything labeled an Irish Pub is all that Irish, but there are several quality candidates.  We rated them on atmosphere, Irish music, food, & drink.  We also awarded bonus points where needed.   Thanks to Joe, Ted, Diane, Holly, Connie,& Andrew for helping out with this project!
Limerick Junction is the Champion of  all the Irish Pubs inside the Perimeter.  It’s a great value.  Food is very affordable and tasty.   They have Irish singing more nights a week than anyone else, it’s not pretentious and the crowd knows the words and when not to clap.   Drinks were good (they knew how to make an Irish nail right off the bat), and an actual Irish person works there!

We here at Bloglanta know what’s really important to a community!  It’s the chance to Drink!  Sing! and chase those blasted sheep out of your head!!!
What mechanism does a city have to remedy this?  Irish Pubs! As Joe pointed out here, not everything labeled an Irish Pub is all that Irish, but there are several quality candidates.  We rated them on atmosphere, Irish music, food, & drink.  We also awarded bonus points where needed.   Thanks to Joe, Ted, Diane, Holly, Connie,& Andrew
for helping out with this project!
Limerick Junction is the Champion of  all the Irish Pubs inside the Perimeter.  It’s a great value.  Food is very affordable and tasty.   They have Irish singing more nights a week than anyone else, it’s not pretentious and the crowd knows the words and when not to clap.   Drinks were good (they knew how to make an Irish nail right off the bat), and an actual Irish person works there!
food: 8
Drink: 7
Atmosphere: 9.
Music: 8
Actual Irish Person Works there +1
unpretentious, great value,
Total Score: 33
Fado… 
Oy, really we’re still waiting for Fado.  As Ted said, “if Disney did an Irish pub..” .  The building is great, though not well set up for music.  They force the musicians into the front.  What’s worse that only have actual Irish music on Mondays and it’s more a jam band than pros.  Still, it’s traditional and that’s cool.  Food and drinks were ordinary and considering the prices, not a great value.  The crowd were all jerks.  They talked over the music, didn’t know the rhythms and the words and want the keep to put on basketball…. 
Fado does traditional Irish only on mondays@8
Actual Irish person works there +1
musicians tell good jokes +1
food 7
drink 7
atmosphere: 7 building nice, patrons jerks
music 8 traditional but no sing alongs and only on mondays
Total: 31
Meehans was interesting.  For full disclosure the official visit was to the Alpharetta location as they are the ones that most often have actual Irish music.  The word is that the ITP others are not nearly as good.  The problem with Meehans was that the food was not great and it was pricey.  There were atmosphere problems as well.  There was not enough room for the people who wanted to here the music.  It was too loud and again, it was competing with sports on the TV.  Also, for house music, the played ABBA.  Not Luka Bloom covering Abba, but the Swedish stuff.   Not a good sign.  Also, when someone screwed up on ‘Finnegans Wake’ they did not buy the house a round as required.  Still the spontaneous jigging was a nice touch. 
Meehans
food 6
drink 7
atmosphere: 7
music 8
spontaneous jigging +1
played Abba Between sets -1
chain
music very loud
total 28
Irish Bred
is located in Underground Atlanta.  They don’t have live Irish music, but the food is good and reasonably priced.  Atmosphere is fine and the bar is well stocked.  Irish music was playing in the background.  Joe recommends the pie.
Irish Bred-
food: 8
drink 7
atmosphere: 7
music na
Total: 22
James Joyce has the most
potential and does the least with it of all the Irish Pubs in town.  It’s located in Avondale Estates, it’s a beautiful space, the people who hang out there are neat.  However, there isn’t much Irish food on the menu and their Juke Box has no traditional Irish music (U2 doesn’t count).  They also have no Irish Music performances.  It is a fun place and if you want a beer, I recommend it, but don’t go thinking it’s really authentic Irish. 
James Joyce
food: 7
drink 7
atmosphere: 9
music na
no traditional Irish music in jukebox -1
limited Irish menu
total 22
I didn’t think I would find a place better than Limerick and ITP, I didn’t.  However, I did find a better Irish place right beside the Gladiators arena.  The Loafing Leprechaun is terrific!  Excellent food!  Irish fare is the starting point but it’s all home made and has some cool twists.  Great Atmosphere!  Again, there was not enough room for the music and the people who wanted to here it, but the band, Keltic Kudzu was really worth hearing!  It was an excellent experience and came in just above it’s intown friends. 
Loafing Leprechaun
food: 9
drink 7
atmosphere: 8
music  9 keltic kudzu
dancers + 1
free chips +1
Total : 36

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