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$10 gets you $20 at O’Toole’s

Groupon deal for O’Toole’s. The deal is for food only, no booze. Isn’t Guinness considered a food?

Restaurant Odds And Ends

Each of these stories might have deserved their own post but in the interest of saving space on the internet I’m giving you a quick roundup. The Force will be strong at Parkside Cafe.  They’ve announced a Star Wars night the last Sunday in November with costumed folks, Star Wars cookies, showing of a Star [...]

St. Patrick’s Day at O’Toole’s

Does anyone else miss the white tent they would set up out front signifying that St. Patrick’s Day was just around the corner? Yes I realize that the new addition is a vast improvement over standing outside but I really liked the symbolic nature. White tent or no white tent St. Patrick’s Day is starting [...]

Richmond Magazine’s Best/Worst Issue – Southbank Winners

Richmond Magazine’s annual Best/Worst of Richmond has been on the newstands for a little bit and I finally got around to getting a copy.  Nice to see the following H&H representatives getting some kudos from fellow Richmonders. Kathy Graziano was voted Future Mayor and tied for first as Best Local Public Servant. Barry Bless was [...]

News Flash: O’Tooles is Serving LOTS of Beer for Saint Patrick’s Day

Stop by O’Toole’s which hosts one of the biggest brawls on St. Pat’s. Richard is the one wearing the straw hat, green soccer jersey and the auburn muttonchops. Stop by, say hi, he’ll be there until 4pm at least.

Play Chess Drink Beer

Nearly every Wednesday at O’Toole’s a few of us gather to play chess and drink beer. It is an informal gathering and lately our numbers have dwindled, so I thought I would send out a request for those that play and never have an opponent or are looking for an excuse to drink beer. All [...]

Accordions Galore Wednesday at O’Toole’s

Not only will O’Toole’s be blessed with Bless and the rest of the Happy Lucky gang but there are rumblings of even more accordion fun. From the Happy Lucky Communique we hear; A while back Pippin and I made a vow to play with people who are better than we are. So in that spirit, [...]

Happy Lucky Combo at O’Toole’s Tonight

The Happy Lucky Combo plays this week, Wednesday, June 24 at O’Toole’s. Also featuring fellow Southsider John Winn and Emily Avesian.

Not so lucky tonight

Bad news accordian fans, The Happy Lucky Combo will not be performing at O’Toole’s this evening. I’m not sure how well I can play my weekly game of chess without the soothing sounds of klezmer music!

St. Patrick’s Days at O’Toole’s

The traditional raising of the white tent that marks  St. Patrick’s arrival into town is missing this week. That is because the addition at O’Toole’s will be open and all the revelry will be inside this year. As always O’Toole’s is not content with a one day celebration and instead goes for 3 straight days [...]

Special Guests With Happy Lucky Combo Tonight

Two musical guests Jonathan Greenberg on trumpet and John Winn on clarinet. As always the music starts around 8:00 at O’Tooles. If you see some people playing chess stop by and say hello. A group of us gather every Wednesday to play. We don’t take chess too seriously and welcome all levels, unless of course [...]

O’Toole’s Expansion Update

The walls seperating the expansion from the current dining area are down so you can see into the new area. I didn’t have a camera so you will have to check it out yourself. A good amount of work remains to be done but what I can see looks great. The new taps are up, [...]

Happy Lucky Combo & Guests at O’Toole’s Tonight

From the Happy Lucky Communique:  Come celebrate BIG FAT WEDNESDAY, February 25, @ O’Toole’s with The Happy Lucky Combo. Special guests this week include Jarene Fleming and trumpeter Jonathan Greenberg. As always we give Happy Lucky Combo two thumbs up and encourage all our readers to stop by O’Toole’s

Pippin Barnett Recognized by Brick Weekly

Brick Weekly posted an article in January discussing the power of the drum in a band. The article then goes on to highlight 8 great drummers in Richmond.  At the top of the list is Pippin Barnett local Hills and Heights resident and member of The Happy Lucky Combo. Richmond has spawned many great drummers [...]

Happy Lucky Combo at O’Tooles

Hills and Heights received the good news earlier today that Happy Lucky Combo will be continuing their Wednesday night performances at O’Toole’s for the next two months. The music starts at 8. If you aren’t familiar with the group take a listen to one of their songs here. If you are already a fan make [...]

O’Toole’s Expansion Update

Richmond Magazine blog reported awhile back that the expansion of O’Toole’s will be completed by March 1st. The delay has been due to zoning issues.

On the O’Toole’s Expansion

Today’s T-D briefly mentions the work underway. The Snelson’s signs have been down for some time now, and work seems to be moving along quickly…

The Ides of March brings…

…the big white tent in front of O’Tooles. Their annual St. Patrick’s celebration runs tonight through Monday with all sorts of live entertainment, Irish and otherwise.

Richmond Magazine talks up the neighborhood

The “South of the James” section of this month’s Richmond Magazine has a nice article on the retail state of Westover Hills. Much of this is old news to the neighborhood association folks, but for the rest of us, some juicy tidbits are there. More below the fold…

O’Toole on the proposed smoking ban

In an article on the proposed statewide restaurant smoking ban, Today’s T-D talks with John O’Toole, whose own O’Toole’s went smoke-free in 2007. “Our food business has increased,” he said. Sales have grown 6 percent since the Irish pub started asking smokers to step outside last March. “We lost a few customers,” O’Toole said. “But [...]