“Gourmet Irish food? somehow they do it” admit admirers of this “friendly” North Center pub serving an “awesome” brunch and an updated, “traditional” menu (shepherd’s pie, corned beef and cabbage, beef and Guinness stew); the setting “in an ex–funeral home” boasts “beautiful stained-glass windows” and an “imposing center bar” “imported from Ireland” that features an “impressive selection of...
There's something decidedly different---even a bit austere---about this Irish eatery, and it's no doubt due to the former funeral home setting. Still, soothing hues; oodles of interesting, Celtic-inspired stained glass; and a fab, if odd,…
The widow of Jim Murphy (of Murphy's Bleachers fame) opened this contemporary Irish restaurant with her sons in a former funeral parlor last year. But there's nothing creepy about the bi-level space with detailed woodwork, a massive bar with great ales on tap and upscale-yet-hearty takes on traditional Irish eats. Try fish and chips salad with battered cod and shoestring potato chips,...
Elegant North Center restaurant creates imaginative upscale fare by tweaking Irish standards.:
The Scene
The exquisite attention to detail in the remodeling of this former Lincoln Avenue funeral home extends from the lobby's mosaic tiling to the restrained Celtic designs in the...