Sunday, September 17, 2006

Clanagh (or something like it) Restaurant

This weekend the boyfriend and I went up to Madison, Wisconsin to see a friend. Our biggest excursion most surely (in my mind) our trip to an apple orchard but seeing as I'm going to write that up (along with a recipe for applesauce) for Chicagoist tomorrow I'll give you the rest of the highlights. We arrived around 9:30 and went to a Irish themed pub/restaurant. Our friend lives in a recently developed area of Madison where everything is a bit shiny and unneeded...lots and lots and lots of chain restaurants and stores and their inevitable parking lots, sultry teenagers and stay-at-home moms. The restaurant was no exception. It was next to a 'Cheeseburger Paradise' restaurant, across the way from a World Market and Cold Stone Creamery and there was a TGIF just at the other side of the parking lot. They did, however, have guys playing Irish type music and whisky flights.
And large portraits of Michael Collins.
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:47 AM

    Did you immediately identify the painting as Michael Collins? Could that have been in part thanks to Irish History with George Robb? Or was it because of a memorable performance by Liam Neeson?

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  2. cc12:12 PM

    Actually there was a little plaque below the thing but I didn't read any more than the name thanks to a) George Robb's class b) Liam Neeson's movie and c) The Wind That Shakes the Barley (movie not book)

    I then told the guys all about Collins...though I could have made some stuff up.

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