Smiles, Enjoyable Occasions At SHOP’s St Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl – The Newtown Bee

Published: Mar 21, 2026 7:00 am

Saturday, March 14 was a special occasion for Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity (SHOP), because it offered its eighth annual St Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl in Sandy Hook Center.

Participating institutions this 12 months included: Antoinette’s at Nouveau Monde, Cover Two Sandy Hook, Gino’s Parlor of Sandy Hook, Sandy Hook Wine & Liquor, HillTop Kitchen on the Village, tacobarn, and Mangia Mi East.

In addition to inexperienced beer and Irish margaritas, friends dined on shamrock inexperienced goddess dip with grilled pita, steak bites, bite-sized pizza varieties, mini fried provolone, caprese skewers, meatball sliders, and road corn croquets with Chipotle aioli.

Approximately 80 folks signed as much as take part within the occasion; extra friends entered as walk-ins over time, with bagpiper Chad Goodhue entertaining folks as they entered.

Many friends dressed up for the big day, donning their finest Irish regalia.

Guests obtained tickets for a drink at every of the taking part institutions, along with an appetizer and a goodie bag containing a inexperienced beaded necklace and a inexperienced plastic shot glass.

From left is Sharon Doherty, Katelynn Clark and Tess Gillette, who dealt with the registration/check-in of the roughly 80 individuals who participated within the eighth annual Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity St Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl on Saturday, March 14. The three additionally served as members of the pub crawl’s group staff.—Bee Photos, Glass

Guests on this 12 months’s pub crawl had been divided into three teams of revelers. One group is seen heading towards its first cease, Mangia Mia East on Glen Road.

Bagpiper Chad Goodhue welcomed friends with conventional Irish music as they signed in for final weekend’s vacation occasion.