Readers' Choice: Glen Burnie St. Patrick's Celebrations

When I was a child, my mother would dress me from head to toe in green on St. Patrick's Day.

I always thought it was to ensure that I didn't get pinched—how did that tradition begin, by the way?—but it wasn't until I was in third or fourth grade that she let me in on the reason for participating so fully in St. Patrick's Day.

"If anyone asks you why you have on so much green just tell them about your great-great-great-great grandmother who was full-blooded Irish with flaming red hair that was long enough that she could sit on it," she said.

So there it is. Turns out I'm Irish.

That said, I've done my best to compile a list of the best places to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Tell me, where's your favorite place to celebrate on March 17 in Glen Burnie, Brooklyn Park or Linthicum?

• (5th Avenue)
• BBQ, Blues and Seafood (Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard)
• (Aquahart Road)
• (Ritchie Highway)
• Glen Burnie Moose Lodge 1456 (Crain Highway South)
• (Ritchie Highway)
• (Ritchie Highway)
• (1st Street)
• Pappas Restaurant and Sports Bar (Ritchie Highway)
• (Furnace Drive)
• (Chesapeake Center Court)
• (Greenway Road Southeast)

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This list is by no means exhaustive. Do you know a local business missing from the list? Write it in the comments on Monday and we'll see about adding it to the contest.

Also vote for the best place to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in:

• Crofton, Gambrills
• Edgewater, Davidsonville
• Pasadena
• Severna Park, Broadneck