St Patrick's Day is coming soon, and unless you live under a rock, you already know that it's a pretty big day for McNellies. You may have noticed regular ads in the Urban Tulsa throughout the year reminding you to “get your liver ready” for the big day. You only have two weeks left to prepare, so don't let yourself down. To celebrate the holiday, McNellies will have the streets will be blocked off (nothing really unusual for downtown these days), a huge inflatable Guinness pint will grace the front of the building, beer tents will be set up outside, and bagpipers will be marching through playing their festive tunes. Enough people to form a small army will flock to the pub in their favorite green clothing, and everyone will joyfully exclaim how proud they are to be "Irish."
The funny thing about St. Patrick's Day at McNellies is that we rarely serve any good beer. The tall boy domestics are (sadly) the biggest sellers by a long shot. Last year I recall looking at the boxes upon boxes of Anheuser-Busch products and thinking we couldn't possibly, POSSIBLY sell all that crappy beer. Yet, to my utter surprise and horror, we sold every single one, even ran out. I'm not sure which was more disturbing: the thought of having to look at a horde of green Bud Light cans for the months following St. Patrick's Day if we didn't sell them, or learning that when the masses are faced with a huge selection of good beer, they opt for Bud Light.
St. Patrick's Day at McNellies may not be the best day for people to see what the pub is really all about (read: beer), but it will be a guaranteed good time for all those who wish to paint the town green in spirit of the best holiday of the year.
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