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Irish Pubs That also Serve Great Food......
St. Patrick's Day ABC Philadelphia News Cast Live From Kelly's Tavern
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Bag Piper Schedule
Parade Day 3/7/10 Piper's will begin at 4pm
Sunday 3/14/10 Pipers will be playing 3pm - 7pm
Monday 3/15/10 Pipers will be playing 5pm - 8pm
Tuesday 3/16/10 Pipers will be playing 5pm - 8pm
Saint Patrick's Day 3/17/10 Pipers will open the doors for us at 7am - 3pm take a short break & begin again - 5pm - 8pm
Kelly's Happy Hour
Monday - ALL DAY $2.50 Domestic Bottles & Drafts
Tuesday- Wednesday ALL DAY $3.25 - $3.75 Import & Micro Brews
Thursday - All Day $3.00 Import Bottles
Monday - Friday 3-7 $2.50 Domestic Bottles & Draft
Friday - 3-7 ALL Specials Combined
Star - Ledger
Published: December 18, 2009
pete's best
These are my favorite food experiences/restaurants/dishes of the past decade, from Munchmobile and Eat with Pete trips. They're not ranked -- they're all equally good or memorable!
20 Jersey Food Experiences you must try before you Die
1. Sitting on the deck atop the WindMill, Long Branch.
2. The grease trucks, Rutgers University.
3. The White House Sub Shop
in Atlantic City. 'Nuff said.
4. Watching the sun go down
at the Oyster Creek Inn,
Leeds Point.
5. A burger at the White Manna, Hackensack, the state's most photogenic diner.
6. Enjoying an ice cream cone on a warm summer night outside Cliff's Dairy Maid, Ledgewood, or the Polar Cub, Whitehouse.
7. The large Reuben at Kelly's Tavern, Neptune City.
8. A visit to DeLorenzo's on Hudson Street in Trenton --
no bathrooms, great pizza.
9. Ordering a hot dog at Libby's Lunch in Paterson -- and walking across the street and eating it above the breathtaking Great Falls.
10. Soft-shell crabs and a pink lemonade at the Circus Drive-In, Wall.
11. One of the incomparable cream doughnuts at McMillan's in Westmont.
12. A slider -- Taylor ham, egg and cheese -- at the Summit Diner, Summit.
13. A cheese steak at Chick's Deli, Cherry Hill. Best in the state.
14. Enjoying a sandwich and the view at Smitty's Clam Bar, Somers Point.
15. A ripper at Rutt's Hut in Clifton; a chili dog at Hiram's in Fort Lee; an Italian hot dog at Jimmy Buff's in West Orange or Dickie Dee's in Newark. The Holy Hot Dog Trinity + 1.
16. Getting messy, and loving every minute of it, at the Blue Claw Crab Eatery, Burlington Township.
17. A soft-serve at any of the Kohrs stands on the boardwalk.
18. The fried fish at Allen's Clam Bar, New Gretna.
19. An afternoon at Charlie's Pool Room, Alpha. You'll never forget it.
Asbury Park Press 4/12/2004
Irish Guys Are Smiling - And Eating
When It Comes To Corned Beef and Cabbage, Kelly's is in a class by itself.
By Don Wilno
The challenge, Kevin Martin said, is to do something other than the traditional corned beef sandwich, especially as Irish pubs and taverns get ready to celebrate the day devoted to St. Patrick.
Martin, who owns the Celtic Cottage in Long Branch, concedes the best place for the Irish version of a Reuben on St. Patrick's Day - or any other day - is Kelly's Tavern in Neptune City.
"We don't do the Reuben," Martin said. "They (Kelly's) are known for the Reuben. They set the standard."
Being a smart businessman, Martin won't make any attempt to duplicate what Kelly's has made virtually world famous.
"I respect Kelly's and Clancy's (also owned by the Kelly family), and we're not going to go head-to-head with them," Martin said.
But the Celtic Cottage is an Irish place and you can enjoy Irish homecooking and traditional Irish music.
"We're a traditional Irish pub," Martin said.
But, as every Irish pub or tavern owner will tell you, Kelly's is in a league all its own.
While there will be green beer, corned beef and cabbage, bagpipes and countless days (and nights) when you might hear "Oh, Danny boy ... " at any number of Irish hangouts, Kelly's will always be considered the Jersey Shore's most Irish tavern.
"People come from all over the state,," said Kevin Kelly, co-owner of Kelly's with his brother, Ed, to visit on St. Patrick's Day, as you might expect.
"Sometimes you only see them once a year," he said. "They may take the train. It's nice just to see the people. We look forward to it. Everybody gets all dressed up. Everybody really goes out for the day."
It's a day - which begins with breakfast at Kelly's - when everyone is Irish, even those who are not even close to being Irish.
But a visit to Kelly's is not complete without the "Open-faced Reuben," which no competition can duplicate in any way. It consists of rye bread, Russian dressing, corned beef, sauerkraut and Swiss cheese and is garnished withe parsley.
For a more Irish version, diners may opt to hold the Russian dressing and substitute cabbage for the sauerkraut.
There is the large Reueben ($10.95), for the hearty appetite, and the "mini" ($7.95) for a normal appetite. Believe it or not, the "mini" is more than enough.
Kelly's will sell a combined 2,500 corned beef sandwiches next week, Kelly said. In preparation for the wearing of the green, Kelly's ordered five tons of corned beef, Kelly said. Just in case you have forgotten how many pounds make a ton, that's 10,000 pounds of corned beef.
"We have 1,000 pounds of potatoes and 1,000 pounds of cabbage," Kelly said of the preparations that take weeks.
The Reuben has been a tradition at Kelly's for the 55 years the family-owned business has been at the Jersey Shore.
"This is a good Irish place "
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