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22 | May 9, 2019 | the lockport legend dining out lockportlegend.com The Dish The Irish Patriot: a taste of Ireland in Orland Park Alex Ivanisevic Assistant Editor Rather than travel the 3,600 miles across the Atlantic, one needs only to head to the Historic District of Orland Park to get a taste of Ireland at The Irish Patriot. Owners Vincent and Fiona Tuohy came to America from Ireland roughly 10 years ago and purchased the building at 9875 W. 143rd St. in 2010. Today, they are serving classic Irish and American food to locals in a traditional pub atmosphere. “It’s a historical building here; it is the first brick building ever built here in Orland Park,” Vincent said. “When we bought it, it was crumbling down and the roof was caving in and the walls were falling down. It was a little piece of history falling apart. We’ve left this place in good shape for another 100 years, I hope.” After two years of remodeling and much-needed repairs, The Irish Patriot opened in March of 2012. “We tried to use the classical Irish pub look, like you’d see in small villages in Dublin,” he said. At the center of the dining room is a large, stone fireplace. “Wouldn’t be an Irish pub without one,” Vincent said. The pub is open from 11-2 a.m. Sunday through Saturday, and serves “a pretty extensive menu of American and Irish fare,” Vincent said. “Since we opened in 2012, our three top sellers are our fish and chips ($14). They’re really famous here. We use North Atlantic cod, and we make our own batter with a One of the Top 3 items on The Irish Patriot’s menu is its Kinsale Fish & Chips ($14), made with North Atlantic cod. Photos by Alex Ivanisevic/22nd Century Media secret ingredient, and then our burger ($12) is hugely popular as well as our Reuben ($13). They’re always in our Top 3.” Also on the menu are traditional Irish dishes, such as corned beef and shepherd’s pie, among other options. In addition to serving guests at the hardwood bar in the pub section and in the dining room throughout the week, The Irish Patriot allows its dining area to be booked for parties. Vincent said the restaurant sees a lot of wedding parties, communion and confirmation parties, “as we’re quite close to St. Michael’s Catholic Church here. ...We got a church down the street and a funeral home across the street, so we do some funeral work, too.” The Tuohys also own The Irish Legend in Willow Springs and the Burbank Pub in its namesake town. They take pride in the connection they have made to the communities around The Irish Patriot Pub 9875 W. 143rd St. in Orland Park Hours • 11 a.m.-2 a.m. daily For more information ... www.theirishpatriot. com their pubs. “We see a lot of regulars here,” Vincent said. “We are classically a neighborhood bar. It is something like ‘Cheers’ with the characters that are in here.” Fiona said the time commitment to running the pub is “completely 24/7,” and she also remarked on the regulars they see come to The Irish Patriot. “I love it, because we get to know so many people here, and I call them regulars but they are actually friends,” she said. Similar to the way Vincent described their “neighborhood-bar vibe,” Fiona said, “There’s a lot of people who came here on their own and just became best friends.” The Irish Patriot owner Vincent Tuohy was sure to include a fireplace in the pub, something he says no pub is complete without. She said she appreciates how friendly and outgoing people are, and it creates a “family atmosphere, which is really nice.” There are a few special events The Irish Patriot enjoys celebrating with its guests — one of them being St. Patrick’s Day. “We have a very special party here for St. Patrick’s Day,” Vincent said. “It’s basically a week here. The weekend before [the holiday], we have a trolley bus and work with all the fellow pubs in the area and have a trolley bus crawl, and then I fly in musicians from Ireland every year for the holiday, and they stay a few days. We have a lot of fun.” Vincent said they are looking forward to opening the pub’s patio for the summer, which he said can get crowded in those months but provides a fun atmosphere for patrons. “You got to love this business,” Vincent said. “It’s the long days I don’t love; they’re a bit daunting. But I love the people, and every day is different. When people are in a pub, you know they’re relaxing. You’re getting people at their best who are coming here to enjoy themselves.”
lockportlegend.com puzzles the lockport legend | May 9, 2019 | 23 crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park Across Down Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 1. Medical diagnostic procedures 5. Very bright light 9. A sacred song 14. River to the Rhine 15. Annexes 16. Skylit courts 17. “Saving Private ___” 18. Hindu writings 19. Sublease 20. Where New Lenox village governmental operations are based, goes with 9 down 22. Survive, barely 23. Interior design 24. Hooter 25. Bitterly pungent 28. Attached with a hammer 32. Eat 35. Middle East snack 37. Kind of question 38. Tommie of the Miracle Mets 40. Rage 41. Tease 42. Amazon’s talking assistant 44. ___ stone; final 47. Frisbee or Slinky 48. Informal eatery 50. Capital near Casablanca 52. Unburdened 53. Lucy’s best friend 56. New Lenox middle school 59. Frequent flier 62. Too proper and modest 63. Moore of “G.I. Jane” 64. Do followers 65. Gofers 66. Major or Minor Bear 67. Hoity-toity 68. Henhouse 69. Benefit 70. Top model, Banks 1. Sportscaster Albert 2. Having spokes 3. About to explode, maybe 4. Five Nations tribe 5. Ancient Spanish kingdom 6. Well known garden 7. 15 and 23, e.g. 8. Government security agency, abbr. 9. See 20 across 10. More resolute 11. “Alice’s Restaurant” singer ___ Guthrie 12. In ___ of (instead) 13. First name in the “Ocean’s Thirteen” cast 21. Gibraltar feature 22. Eternity, almost 26. Wading bird 27. Evel Knievel, for one 29. Aspiring atty.’s exam 30. Ferrari founder 31. Nodding 32. Car from Sweden 33. Tangelo 34. Mind your ____ and Q’s 36. Phi__ Kappa 39. Squeezes out 43. Least damp 45. Person from the Spanish peninsula 46. Abbr. in many org. names 49. Flowery verse 51. Water need 54. “Behind __ Lines,” 2001 Hackman film 55. Madagascan monkey 56. Train 57. The Supremes or Cream 58. Kind of chop 59. Sleekly designed 60. “Ooooh, ___ scared!” 61. Baltic capital 63. Bestow a knighthood How to play Sudoku Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. LEVEL: Medium Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan answers LOCKPORT Port Noir (900 S. State St., Lockport; (815) 834-9463) ■■4-7 p.m. Monday- Friday: Happy Hour ■■8-10 p.m. Thursdays: Comedy Bingo ■■8-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays: Live Band ■■7-11 p.m. Sundays: Open Mic Night Strike N Spare II (811 Northern Drive, Lockport; (708) 301- 1477) ■■9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Mondays: Quartermania ■■10 p.m.-midnight Saturdays: Cosmic Bowl HOMER GLEN Front Row (14903 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen; (708) 645-7000) ■■7 p.m. Wednesdays: Trivia ORLAND PARK Traverso’s Restaurant (15601 S Harlem Ave, Orland Park; (708) 532-2220) ■■5-7 p.m. Mondays: Free bar bingo Fox’s Restaurant and Pub (9655 W. 143rd St., Orland Park; (708) 349-2111) ■■6-9 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday: Eman FRANKFORT Pete Mitchell’s Bar & Grill (21000 Frankfort Square Road, Frankfort; (815) 464-8100) ■■6-8 p.m. Wednesdays: Free N’ Fun Bar Game. Free to play. MOKENA The Alley Grill and Tap House (18700 S. Old La- Grange Road, Mokena; (708) 478-3610) ■■9 p.m. Tuesdays: Karaoke To place an event in The Scene, email a.ivanisevic @22ndcenturymedia.com.
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