Irish Pubs

Is there any nice Pubs, to visit in or around Rapid City? My brother-law owns one and we usually try to find one where ever we visit. I%26#39;m talking about a real Irish Pub or one close to this type!!

Irish Pubs

I have not been to any of these but there are a few to be found in web searches...

Paddy O%26#39;neill%26#39;s in the Alex Johnson hotel

Murphey%26#39;s Irish Pub %26amp; Eatery...reputedly more sports bar than Irish. May now be named ';Murphy%26#39;s Sports Saloon';. On 9th St.

The Dublin Square Pub (in or near the Radisson Hotel) looks the most interesting abd probably the most authentic. http://dublinsquareonline.com/ (slight caution..home page is sort of PG-13).

Irish Pubs

Sequim named them. None are especially authentic but they%26#39;re OK. Paddy O%26#39;Neill%26#39;s is the most pub-like due to its small size. It%26#39;s certainly worth a visit along with a peak into the Alex Johnson lobby. Murphy%26#39;s and the Dublin Square are larger and I%26#39;d say Dublin Square is the more Irish-like of the two. Murphy%26#39;s is Irish pretty much in name only.

Paddy O%26#39;Neill%26#39;s and Dublin Square have live music on weekends (smaller acts Wed-Sat at Paddy%26#39;s, bigger bands Fri-Sat at Dublin Square). Both are smoke-free. Murphy%26#39;s is a smoking bar and usually doesn%26#39;t have live music. Murphy%26#39;s has the biggest happy hour crowd for bar food.

While you%26#39;re bar hopping downtown, check out the Firehouse Brewery.

The Black Hills Celtic Shop in Rapid City isn%26#39;t a pub but it%26#39;s a good stop if you%26#39;re looking for Celtic stuff.

Knight%26#39;s Cellar in Spearfish is pretty good for an English pub.

I just checked out the Dublin Square website. The photo that Sequim referenced kind of makes it look like a gentlemen%26#39;s club--which it is not. (Athough the building housed one about ten years ago!)

Please note that Dublin Square is no longer located in the Radisson as one other poster found on the web. It is in a building on the corner of Main St and Mt. Rushmore Rd or kitty corner from the Radisson Hotel. I would not consider Murphy%26#39;s to be an authentic Irish Pub. Though I%26#39;ve never been in a true authentic one I%26#39;m pretty sure that Murphy%26#39;s is now more of a 21ers meat market crowd on the weekends. They have a decent happy hour until around 8:00 when the crowd does an almost complete switch over. Firehouse is possibily one of the nicest establishments in the downtown area, they have a nice atmosphere and decent food, even though they aren%26#39;t considered an Irish pub.