all right welcome back on this foodie
friday well after being canceled last
year a st
patrick's day celebration is back in
downtown portland that is music to my
ears
fun stuff yes patties on southwest yam
hill has reopened
to provide a safe place to celebrate the
holiday which
is coming up this wednesday joining us
live right now chef dan hegwood and
emily barnes from paddy's
top of the morning to you both good
morning good morning
good morning well we're so excited to
hear that you guys have been able to
reopen
just in time for st patty's day this
year i know things are looking a little
bit different so so
how is the celebration being planned for
2021
so we're having to keep things much
smaller obviously and but we're just
really happy to be able to get the doors
open again we have a really loyal
community of customers here at paddy's
and they've been really keen to get
back into the bar so getting getting the
boards down off the
off the windows getting the doors open
is is music to our ears
as well um we're gonna have live
irish music we've got the bagpipers back
irish dancers
of course corned beef and hat and
cabbage some
uh guinness the whiskey it's all going
to be here
um and we've got a really um
a much smaller uh capacity obviously but
people can come down as general
admission
tickets for 20 on the door so yeah we'll
be here
oh i'm sure i've been there one st
patrick's day and it was that was a
normal time
oh yeah so it was packed so yeah people
probably gonna want to get there early
if they want to get in it sounds fun so
we have this shepherd's pie
here dan tell us about uh this one of
the offerings that's there at paddy's
well this is our our cake on the
traditional shepherd's pie it's a
mixture of ground beef ground lamb
and we do sauteed onions garlic some
herbs and spices to go with it
and uh cup and some guinness beer just
to amp up the flavor and then we top
that with a
beef gravy some mashed potatoes and
brulee that the top of that with a
little bit of cheese on top and it's
good to go oh my gosh that's so good i
was gonna say shepherd's pie was one of
my
favorite dishes growing up still is one
of my faves have you had but jenny
wasn't sure if she'd had it before i
think i have had it
okay i mean the mashed potatoes that you
have in here takes it over the top it's
really good
it's like the best comfort food all all
rolled into
one dish i i love it do you guys have a
favorite
uh for saint patty's day i mean do you
go with the corned beef and cabbage what
do you think
um i typically i typically would
probably see her more
myself more towards the shepherd's pie
but corn beat the corn basin cabbage is
spot on here
and then we've got the bangers and mash
is always a
fan favorite yeah yeah that day those
are all
fantastic yes yeah you can always tell
when you have it with the lamb too
yeah it has a different different taste
flavor how has the reopening process
been for you guys in general
especially now with this 50 capacity
it's been like i said it's just been
great to get
the doors open we've had clear um
air filters put in to the air
conditioning here which i think is
helping people feel
more comfortable to dine inside and
we've also
got a great patio out on the street here
on yam hill which gives people plenty of
space and now that we've finally got a
bit of sunshine here in portland it's
allowing people to
take their food and their drinks out
there and sit and eat and dine
comfortably so it's it's great it's just
great to be back
yeah and we do want to mention to the
saint patty's day festival
um also benefiting children's cancer
association so
not only are we excited to celebrate
your reopening but this is a good chance
to you know give back and do some good
as well
chef dan hegwood and emily thank you
both for joining us this morning great
to talk with you
thank you and have a great weekend and a
happy st
patrick's day of course if you want to
get tickets to patty's st patrick's
celebration
we'll have all the details you need on
coin.com yeah go get yourself some of
this chef
shepherd's pie fantastic yeah it's
really good okay 851 before we