Oak Forest Fleadh 2015 Lineup: Specials Offered at Pubs, Restaurants

Oak Forest will paint Cicero Avenue green Saturday, with the 5th Annual Oak Forest Fleadh (pronounced “flah”) on Saturday, March 7 on Cicero Avenue between 151st and 159th streets. The Fleadh—Gaelic for “festival”—includes the CNB Oak Forest Fleadh 5K, an open streets event, a family parade, and a pub and restaurant open house.

The latter half of the day features a bar and restaurant open house that kicks off at 5 p.m. and runs until the early morning hours. Eleven Oak Forest watering holes will participate in the open house. Free shuttle buses will make continuous stops from 7 p.m. until 2 a.m. at participating pubs and restaurants. And don’t forget the free parking available all day and night in the Arbor Commuter Lot at the southwest corner of 159th Street and Oak Avenue, across from the Metra train station.

Who’s Participating in the Pub Crawl, and Why Should I Stop In?

Beggar’s Pizza, 15600 S. Cicero Ave.

Open at 9 a.m. No cover charge.

• $7 Absolut Bloody Mary
• $6 Irish car bombs Irishcar bombs
• $5 20-oz. Guinness
• $5 house Bloody Mary
• $5 Irish funeral shots
• $4 Bailey’s Irish Coffee
• $4 Hot chocolate with peppermint Schnapp’s
• $3 Green apple pie shotsgreen apple pie shots
• $3 Shamrock Shooters

Blarney Stone Pub, 15400 S. Cicero Ave.

Open at 7 a.m. No cover charge until after parade; then $5 cover

• Bloody Mary bar at open
• Heated tent
• “Sean and Charlie” live after parade
• $4 16-oz Bud Light & Bud aluminum bottles,
• $4 Select Craft Bottles & Cans
• $3 Bud light Pints,
• $3 Select Shots,
• $2.50 PBR Tall Boy Cans,
• $2 PBR & Blarney Brew Draft
• Corned Beef Dinner

Marcotte’s Bar and Grill, 15501 S. Cicero Ave.

Open at 8 a.m. $5 cover charge starts at 5 p.m.

• $2 Shamrock (UV) bombs
• Yard stick drink (alcoholic or non). Prices vary.
• $7.95 Breakfast from 8 to 11:30 a.m.: french toast with bacon, omelette with hash browns, ham and cheese croissants.
• $9.95 Corned beef and cabbage dinner
• $8.50 Reuben sandwich with a side
• $7.95 mini-Reuben sandwiches

Chicago Gaelic Park, 6119 W. 147th St.

Open at 12 p.m. No cover charge.

• $14 import buckets
• $10 domestic buckets
• $4 Guinness
• $3.75 Magners draft
• DJ in the pub
• Guinness glass engraving
• Corned Beef and Cabbage
• Bacon and Cabbage

Oak Forest Bowl, 15240 S. Cicero Ave.

Open at 9 a.m. No cover charge.

• $15 16-inch Reuben pizza
• $14 Jager buckets
• $5 Anti-Hero pints
• $4 UV bombs
• $4 Reubens
• $3 16-oz. aluminum bottles
• $3 well drinks
• Live music: 21 Lincoln from 2 to 6 p.m., Frequency 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
• Bowling specials: 2 games and shoes for $9/per person, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Performances by Bagpipes and Drums of Chicago Police Department

Oliver’s Bar and Grill, 6150 W. 159th St.

Open at 11 a.m. No cover charge.

Cindy’s Pub, 5230 W. 159th St.

Open at 6 a.m. No cover charge.

• $10 domestic buckets
• Free Corned beef sandwiches

Taps Pub, 15427 S. Cicero Ave.

Open at 8 a.m. No cover charge,

• $5 Guinness
• $4 Lucky Leprechaun (vodka and fruit punch)
• $2 Chicago-style hot dogs and bag of chips ($1 goes to Oak Forest Warriors Wrestling)
• Bob Mitchell Band at 9 p.m.

O’Brien’s Pub, 15548 S. Cicero Ave.

Open at 8 a.m. No cover charge

• $3 generic bombs (UV, O-bombs, Jaeger Bombs)
• $3 apple pie shots
• $5 Guinness and Harp drafts
• Tented area
• Ronn Barany playing live at 8:30 p.m.

Nite Games, 5544 W. 147th St.

Open at 8 a.m. No cover charge.

• $3 breakfast bowl
• $2 domestic drafts
• $12 domestic buckets
• Live music at 1 p.m.
• DJ at 8 p.m.

Rockin’ Horse Saloon, 5200 West 159th St.

Open at 11 a.m., no cover until 9 p.m. ($5)

• $4 Jack, Jack Fire or Jack Honey
• $4 Tito’s Vodka
• $12 Domestic buckets
• $10 High Life buckets (16-oz. can)
• $4 Summer Shandy draft
• Not Your Father’s Root Beer
• $2.50 22-oz. Miller Lite, Coors Light
• $2.25 22-oz. Bud Light
• $4 Kentucky Bourbon Ale on draft
• $3 Fireballs
• $4 Moonshine
• 2 for $1 Balls of Fire, (cherries soaked in Fireball)

Copper Still, 14301 S. Cicero Ave.

Open at noon. No cover charge.

• $12 Domestic buckets
• $6 Mint paddy martinis
• $6 “Lucky Lady” martinis
• $5 Corned beef sandwiches
• $4 CD Vodka mixers

Durbin’s, 14753 S. Cicero Ave.

Open at 7 a.m. Cover charge.

• $3 Green beer draft
• $4 Emerald Isle vodka, Shannon River rum
• $12.95 corned beef and cabbage
• $7 corned beef sandwiches
• $7.95 Shepard’s pie
• $7.95 Irish stew
• Live music: 1 p.m. The Walk-ins, 5 p.m. Rockstar Rodeo, 9 p.m. Infinity