Durty Nellies West Irish Pub, 55 N. Bothwell St., Palatine, will hold its annual St. Patrick’s Day weekend events, featuring Irish food, music and dance, starting Friday afternoon. Friday’s Kickoff Festival will include Irish food and beer and rock bands Whitey O’Day, Bottle of Justus and 7th Heaven. A Family Day Festival on Saturday will include face-painting, balloon art, party favors and performances by the Trinity Irish Dancers. Bagpipers will perform Sunday, and Irish music will be played on two stages. Call 847-358-9150 or visit www.durtynellies.com for a schedule.
Emmett’s Tavern & Brewing Co., 128 W. Main St., West Dundee, will hold its St. Patrick’s Day parade and celebration at 11 a.m. Sunday. The parade, Follow the Firkin, will be led by St. Patrick and will include bagpipers from the Chicago Celtic Pipe Band and fresh firkins, 10-gallon kegs of Emmett’s Roscommon Irish Red Ale. The first 50 guests to join the parade will receive a free Emmett’s St. Paddy’s Day T-shirt. Head brewer Ryan Clooney will tap the firkins, from which handcrafted beers will be available all day. Dancers from the Mayer School of Irish Dancing will perform at 2:30 p.m. Carved corned beef sandwiches with coleslaw and homemade chips will cost $6.95. The celebration will continue on March 22, with a performance by Peter Mulvey. Admission is $8. Call 847-428-4500.
Capannari, 10 S. Pine St., Mt. Prospect, will reopen its ice cream parlor for 2002 at 3 p.m. Friday. Capannari, which makes ice cream on its premises, opened last year in a 120-year-old village building that once was the General Store of Mt. Prospect. The parlor will be open weekends until April 14, when it will be open every day. Events are planned for summer, including several outdoor movie nights and a first anniversary June 2. Call 847-392-2277.
D. Bob’s American Bistro, 827 Touhy Ave., Park Ridge, is hosting a March wine dinner featuring Spanish cuisine paired with wines from the regions of Rioja, Ribera del Duero and Penedes. The six-course, six-wine dinner costs $49 per person. For reservations, call 847-692-2829.
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