Philadelphia's St Patrick's Day, Neighborhood by Neighborhood
Where to eat, drink, watch the parade and post up on March 17 — from Rittenhouse to Fairmount.
The center of the Erin Express universe.
Rittenhouse Square is the geographic and social capital of St Patrick's Day in Philadelphia. If you're on the Erin Express, you'll be here — probably in line at Cavanaugh's.
West Philly's Irish anchor.
University City's St Patrick's Day energy centers on Sansom Street, where Penn and Drexel meet at New Deck Tavern.
The Erin Express's south terminus.
Anchored by Cavanaugh's Headhouse, the Queen Village / South Street neighborhood is the second leg of the Erin Express and a great daytime alternative to the Rittenhouse madness.
The Art Museum neighborhood — parade country.
The Philadelphia St Patrick's Day Parade steps off from 16th & JFK and marches up the Ben Franklin Parkway to Eakins Oval, right in front of the Art Museum. Fairmount is where you watch it.
History, McGillin's, and the theater-district Irish.
Midtown Village — the blocks around 13th Street between Walnut and Locust — is home to McGillin's Olde Ale House, Philadelphia's oldest continuously operating tavern.
Philadelphia's longest-running St Patrick's Day bar crawl. 30+ bars, free cover, free t-shirts.