Patch Picks: St. Patty's Day

Avoid the Midtown madness and instead stay closer to home for your St. Patty’s Day revelry this year – there’s plenty to do.

Here are some of our favorite things happening around the neighborhood tonight:

This upscale neighborhood bar and restaurant is pulling out all the stops for St. Patrick's day. There will be  live entertainment, courtesy of the Monaghan Bag Pipe Band and a $7 Guinness and whiskey special. Thistle Hill's kitchen will be also serve up a locally sourced lamb Shephard's Pie.

If you’re looking for a more family-friendly St. Patty’s celebration, PSBklyn is your best bet. The new eatery is dishing out bangers and mash, “from scratch” corned beef and cabbage and a whole list of holiday-themed cocktails like the Nutty Irishman and the Leprechaun Libation – all for just $5 a pop.

The reborn Freddy's will be celebrating  in style with a free music showcase featuring The Captures, The Telephones and The Highland Shatners, beginning at 8 p.m. Early birds are in luck, as Freddy's will also be doling out $2 Miller High Life and Pabst Blue Ribbon, and $5 whiskey shots until 8 p.m. (afterward, $3 and $6, respectively).

Avoid crowded bars and green beer this St. Patty’s Day, and instead head to Brooklyn Reading Works: Blarneypalooza. The monthly reading series will be hosted by poet Michele Madigan Sommerville, who will curate a reading of a celebration of Irish writers.

Head to Timboo’s for the classic St. Patty’s day experience – without having to hop the train to Manhattan. The bar will have complimentary corned beef, Irish tunes, and happy hour ‘til 6 p.m. boasting $3.00 Coors Light drafts and $4.00 Sam Adams, Newcastle, Brooklyn Lager, and Blue Moon.