During the Indy stop of MTTS, a few of us were turned away from this fine dining establishment due to arcane Indiana state laws regarding minors in "bars". Apparently a 10-year old might pick up bad habits while eating dinner.

Anywho, it ends up that the Claddagh Pub is a 17-location-strong chain of pubs, all of which have the same suppliers and recipes (according to the bartender at the original Indianapolis location). Which means that the King of the Claddagh will most likely be the same delicious half pound slabs of whitefish in Geneva, as they would have been in Indy. If you don't have the belly for the King, you can also get the 'Heir to the Throne', which is one piece instead of two.

So, we disenfranchised diners discussed the possibility of getting together at one of the northern Illinois Claddaghs for dining and fun. Their locations are in Geneva and Algonquin, so we could also put together some sort of back road journey to snake our way to the pubs. There will likely be some drinking involved, so it probably couldn't be a sanctioned CMMC event, but that doesn't mean we can't have some fun.

Any takers? I'm pretty free on dates, except for the last weekend of September.

Jeremy

 

Count me in! I live 2 minutes from the Geneva location.

Were you with the rest of the club in that corner lot? There were a few guys there that wanted to go to Claddaghs.

oh ya- last weekend of Sept is bad for me also.

 

I am all over it as I live about 20 minutes away. We will have to bring Austin so we can get him started on bad habits!

Yes Paul, that was us that wanted to go, but as Jeremy stated we couldn't get in with the kid in tow. That is ok though, he is a cool kid.

 

It sounds like a good time Count me in as a maybe. Both locations are a bit of a jog for me. But I'm always up for a good drive

 

I'll say that Austin was bummed we couldn't get it. How's he suppose to learn properly! Not at some Italian place but at a good old Irish Pub where men are men and the ladies are...well lovable.

Any dates good with me, Geneva sounds fine for the location. As for Austin, I'm sure he won't have hurt feelings if he skips this one.

 

The Irish meatloaf at Claddaghs is really good! Now I'm hungry... time for lunch

 

So what is everybody's feelings for this coming weekend?

 

This weekend would work for me.

 

Fri, Sat, or Sun?

 

I like Sunday better, myself.

 

Sunday is good for me...

 

Hmm, I have the Knauz run on Sunday and don't forget there's the Fall foilage run up in Winconsin that other's are doing on the 17th.

I should be done around 1ish, what time are you guys thinking?

 

I'm doing the Fall Foliage with MMC. Lunch is at noon on Sunday. I'd like to meet you guys, but I don't think I'll be able to trek back in time (it'll take 90 minutes to get back in the general area) if you guys were thinking about doing lunch. I'll definitely be back in time for a dinner meet. Post your final decision and I'll let you know if I can make it.

 

I was thinking dinner... say 6pm (Sunday)? What about Friday night?

 

I am open at this point. If it is Friday night could it be a bit later? Jeremy is downtown and I will be coming from Schaumburg.

 

I just read throught the menu and it's making me hungry... and I just finished dinner

whatever you guys decide. I'll try to make it for dinner. If it's Friday, I get off work around 6pm and I'm coming from Elk Grove Village...

 

later also. My train doesn't show up till about 7:15. How does 8pm sound if we do Friday?

 

Good here.

 

I'm interested, Fri. night would work best for me.

 

So now it's fri night...8pm to start and who shows, shows?

I'll be coming from O'Hare.

Here's a link for those that need directions...

http://www.claddaghirishpubs.com/loc....php?loc_id=18

 

I can get there early and put our name on the list.

 

It might be good to know if Jeremy can make it, I mean it was his idea in the first place.

 

of course

 

Friday isn't my best night, but if it works out for everyone else, I can be out there. As long as I'm back in town by midnight or 1, I can still salvage an evening of going out

 

So.... who's in... and when???