St. Patrick's Day

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The Kansas City St. Patrick's Day parade is March 17, 2009. In 2009, the parade has been moved to Westport.

Here's a map of the parade route:

  • Here's a google map showing parking for the parade. There's apparently a shuttle from Crown Center and Union Station to points near the parade route.
  • More parade information is available at the official parade website

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Points of Interest on the Parade Route

Moving from North to South along the parade route, here are some of the places that the parade will pass:

  • The business that stands to gain the most from this year's move to Westport is Browne's Irish Market & Deli. It's located on 33rd and Pennsylvania, just East of the start of the parade route. Irish KC has more information about Browne's celebration this year.
  • The Kansas City Life Insurance Company building has a huge lawn that might make for a good place to watch the parade, if they let you
  • Cafe Trio
  • Outabounds
  • La Parrilla Mexican
  • hangout
  • New Cafe Tandoor
  • The parking lot of the abandoned mall on the East side of the street here might be a good place to watch from.
  • The Uptown Theater
  • The News Room will probably celebrate pretty hard. This bar has been there forever
  • Chubby's might be a good place to try to get breakfast or lunch, if you can get a table
  • Fitz's Blarney Stone - I've never been in here, so I'll have to look into this a bit more.
  • The Lava Room. I'm hopeful that it's still in business in March. There's a "for sale" sign on the building
  • Will the new building on the SouthEast corner of 39th and Broadway be done in time? I think it's supposed to be a Jimmy John's
  • The Riot Room
  • The Corner might be a good place to get breakfast on parade day.
  • Broadway Cafe
  • GoJo Japanese Steak House. I wonder if they'll open in time on parade day.
  • The Vietnam Veterans' memorial will probably provide a good place from which to watch
  • On the other side of Broadway is a rise that used to be a rail bridge across Broadway. It will probably offer the best view of the parade.
  • If you're really into parades, I guess you can get a room at Embassy Suites and overlook the route
  • I think the parade stops before it goes in front of Mill Creek Park.

Popular St. Patrick's Day bars

  • the Gaf in Waldo is usually pretty fun. It's actually somewhat Irish year round.
  • Also in Waldo is Walsh's corner cocktail. I'm not sure why, but this place gets absolutely packed for St. Patty's Day.
  • O'Dowd's is an old standby
  • Kelly's in Westport is an even older standby. One fateful St. Patrick's Day, Brandon got punched in the face at Kelly's and thrown out. Since he had bled all over his white t-shirt, he turned it inside-out in order to try to get back in. His ruse did not fool the bouncer.
  • Harling's is always pretty busy on St. Patty's Day. It will probably be even more popular in 2009 when the parade moves to Westport.
  • Lew's in Waldo is having an Irish Hooley all day, starting with breakfast
  • The Record Bar in Westport is hosting quite a bit of live music
  • Governor Stumpy's is hosting breakfast and serving green beer.

Other St. Patrick's Day Events

Other resources

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