Patrick's Pub

Patrick's Pub has been around for as long as I can remember. In my younger days, I did happen to pop in there every now and again on a Friday or Saturday. It has always been a popular night spot, so this is how I have always thought of it. As you would guess, they treat St. Patrick's Day as sacred with all the expected accoutrements. They do pull a hell of a Guinness! Basically, it was the bar on the rotary in Pittsfield, which was fun to go to, but a pain in the butt to find parking for.

Before today, only twice in my life have I gone there for a meal. In regards to their hours of business, it always seemed vague. I have gone several times during the day, but they always seemed to be closed. Very odd. It may have changed hands over the years and maybe that is where the confusion lay. Anyhoo... I called them to see if they were open and indeed they were.

Patrick's Pub offers the "Patrick's Burger" for $7.50. It is a "half pound hand made burger cooked to order and served on a hard roll." All their sandwiches and burgers come with lettuce and tomato and are served with potato chips and a pickle. One may substitute fruit or fries for chips for and additional $1.50. Beef Boy went for the fries and I, thinking about my girlish figure, went for the fruit.

The burgers arrived as you see it above. Both had two slices of American cheese, red leaf lettuce, and two thin slices of tomato. Both burgers has a nice sear with grill marks and upon biting into the patty appears to have the requisite pink center. Both were juicy, but not greasy, done medium, although mine was medium with a hint of rare and his was medium with a hint of well, but they could both qualify as being medium. They were really delicious and seemed to have a charcoal cooked taste, although the waitress indicated that no charcoal was used in the cooking process. The roll was a proper size.

As you may note, my fruit consisted of two slices of kiwi, a slice of orange, a slice of honey dew melon, a half slice of pineapple, and 9 grapes on a bed of lettuce. Very fresh and yummy.

Beef Boy's fries were typical frozen crinkle "Joe" fries, not a bad thing, just ordinary.

We enjoyed the meal (especially my perfect Guinness) and we easily agreed on 4 1/2 burgers as the final rating.

We are happy to report it is a Coca-Cola establishment.

Patrick's Pub
26 Bankrow
Pittsfield, MA 01201
(413) 499-1994