Weekend Picks, 3/8-3/11
Thursday, March 8
Wines of Northern Italy Wine Tasting
What: Wine Tasting
Where: Bin 604 (604 S. Exeter St.)
When: 6–8 PM, Thursday, March 8
Price: $29
Take a weeknight off to try some of northern Italy’s finest with Bin 604’s experts. Expect to taste reds and whites from Friuli-Venezia-Guilia, Piemonte, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto and more. Space is limited; advance ticket purchase is encouraged.
Friday, March 9
Pour the Perfect Pint Qualifier
What: Contest
Where: Slainte (1700 Thames St.)
When: 8 PM–10 PM, Friday, March 9
Price: PAYG
Win a trip to Ireland for you and a friend by simply pouring the perfect pint of Guinness. 98Rock will qualify four people from this event to move on to the finals at Looney’s on March 31.
Saturday, March 10
14th Annual Federal Hill Irish Stroll
What: Bar Crawl
Where: Federal Hill
When: Noon–9 PM, Saturday, March 10
Price: Starts at $7
In celebration of the upcoming St Patrick’s Day celebrations this conglomeration of 13 Fed Hill bars has put together a beer-drinking event of epic proportions. Enjoy $2 Miller Lites and High Life bottles, $3 Blue Moons, food specials, beads and of course it wouldn’t be a pre-St Patrick’s Day celebration without a strolling bag piper. Participating bars include Mother’s, MaGerks, Ropewalk, Crazy Lil’s, Ryleigh’s Oyster Bar, Illusions, Mad River, Stalking Horse, No Way Jose Cafe, Abbey Burger Bistro, Social, and C&R Pub.
Registration day-of is at Mother’s Parking Lot (1113 South Charles Street) or get a ticket in advance at The No Way Jose Café Alley (38 E. Cross St.) or online. Use promo code "FBSTROLL” for $2 off.
Sunday, March 11
Mick O’Sheas St. Patrick’s Day Parade Celebration
What: Parade
Where: Mick O’Shea’s (328 N. Charles St.)
When: 10 AM–close, Sunday, March 11
Price: PAYG
Who doesn’t love a good parade? The pub opens at 10 AM in celebration of the largest parade in Baltimore which will travel right past the front door of the bar between 2–4 PM. The afternoon continues with Irish music by The Donegal X-press and while you are there we suggest a Sheppard’s Pie or any of their Irish pub fare.
