Wash Heights Irish Bar Named Among Best Joints For St. Paddy's Day

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — St. Patrick's Day is on Friday, and a Washington Heights bar was just named among the best Irish joints in Manhattan to celebrate the holiday.

Eater NY just published a list of the "10 Irish Bars to Hoist a Pint in Manhattan on St. Paddy's Day," and a bar on West 181st Street made the list.

Le Cheile, located at 839 W. 181st St., was the first name on the list of 10 Manhattan watering holes.

"The premises — located on a precipice just north of the George Washington Bridge — is large enough to accommodate walk-in revelers, and the beer list begins with several self-produced brews that bear the pub’s name," reads a description of the uptown bar from Eater NY. "Guinness is provided, of course, both in bottles and on tap."

The name Le Cheile is a Gaelic phrase that has no English language equivalent, but most closely means "together."

It offers 12 beers on tap, a wide variety of spirits, and also will make you a cup of coffee.

The food menu includes tacos, wings, fries, mozzarella sticks, burgers, onion rings, mac & cheese, and lots of other bar-food favorites.

It even has a St. Patrick's Day menu.

• Chicken and Veggies Soup
• Smoked Salmon
• Irish Breakfast
• Traditional Irish Stew
• Banges and Mash
• Fish and Chips
• Curry
• Shepard's Pie
• Chicken Pot Pie
• Corn Beef and Cabbage

"Our corner has been a crossing — a trading post – for the people of this vibrant community, generation after generation," reads an Our Story section on Le Cheile's website.