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Best Irish restaurants

A full Irish breakfast is served at Paddy's

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While it's true these days that Ireland has its share of cutting-edge restaurants, here on Long Island, Gaelic gastronomy usually means meat and potatoes. Plus some batter-fried fish. And lots of beer.

You can get an authentic taste of Ireland at any of these local restaurants:

-- Joan Reminick

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    Cannon's Blackthorn in Rockville Centre.

    Cannon's Blackthorn $$$ | Eclectic, Irish, Lunch, English 49 N. Village Ave. Rockville Centre Year-round St. Patrick's Day, with some side trips involving other cuisines. ...

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    Declan Quinn's in Bay Shore. (March 2, 2013)

    Declan Quinn's $ | American, Irish 227 Fourth Ave. Bay Shore Wood floors and simple white tablecloths belie the Irish theme at Declan Quinn's, but with ...

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    Finn MacCool's $$$ | Pub 205 Main St. Port Washington The first recommendation about Finn MacCool's is not to go on St. Patrick's Day (otherwise, ...

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    The dining area at The Irish Coffee Pub

    Irish Coffee Pub $$$ | American, Irish 131 Carleton Avenue East Islip This elegant and fancy eatery serves a wide variety of meals, with an emphasis on ...

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    Jeannie Doyle and Linda Raymer chat at the

    Irish Times Pub $$ | Pub, Nightspot, American, Irish, Karaoke/Open jams, Rock and more, Dance club 975B Main St. Holbrook With 20 beers on tap and seating for up to 70 diners, you can have ...

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    Lily Flanagan's $ | Burgers, Pub, Irish 528 Main St. Islip This pub serves burgers, steaks and other pub grub, along with specialty Irish dishes like ...

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    Kendel McKenna, Cindy Buonincontri and Mark Boyd have

    Meehan's of Huntington $$ | Irish 371 New York Ave. Huntington At this spacious pub, the crew is friendly, the kitchen adept. Classics include crunchy Guinness-battered ...

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    Guests fill into the dining section of Monaghan's

    Monaghan's $$ | American, Irish, Beer, Pub 48 North Village Ave. Rockville Centre Warm and genial Monaghan's is an Irish family-run restaurant serving traditional, vegetarian and gluten-free fare. ...

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    A family lingers over a cozy dinner by

    Paddy's Loft $$ | Irish, Pub, Sports bar 1286 Hicksville Rd. Massapequa Baked oysters kick off the festivities at Paddy's Loft, an Irish restaurant and pub. Likewise, ...

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    People drink and mingle on a Friday night

    Stinger's Irish Pub $ | American, Nightspot, Pub, Rock and more, Irish 300 Sunrise Hwy. Rockville Centre This Irish bar draws a youngish crowd with its nightly specials (for example: Saturday offers ...

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