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Reviewing The St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Hermosa Beach Pier Plaza Bar Scene

March 18, 2018 by kevinwilkerson Leave a Comment

Irish Smiles Shine Like The Sun In The South Bay’s Top St. Paddy’s Day Celebration

Hermosa Beach St. Patrick's Day parade 2018
PubClub.com’s blogger takes a break to find some smilin’ Irish eyes during the Hermosa Beach St. Patrick’s Day parade. Photo: PubClub.com




By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger

Perhaps it was the weather that had everyone in such a good mood.

After predictions all week of it possibly raining on our parade, it was instead sunny and even warm, and so, too, was everyone in Hermosa Beach for the Saturday St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Irish-inspired smiles were everywhere in this Los Angeles-area beach city.

The short parade ran down Pier Ave., and Hermosa Ave., and featured bands, floats, motorcycles and bicycles. I was part of the latter, riding my stylish Kona Brewing beach cruiser as part of the Hermosa Cyclery entry.

Since the parade moved so slowly, I was able to stop several times and greet friends, who were among a couple of thousand people lined up the length of the the route. It was the most fun I’ve ever had in my three years riding in the parade.

After it was over, fearing huge lines at the Pier Plaza bars, I went to the annual block party on Loma Street. That party started with a bagpipe band, I had brought some beers to enjoy (hey, I’m not a party crasher mooch!), the sun was blazing down and I was prepared to spend the afternoon dancing in the street.

Hermosa Beach St. Patrick's Day parade 2018
It’s another classic St. Patrick’s Day parade, with some classic wheels, in Hermosa Beach, CA. Photo: JC for PubClub.com
Hermosa Beach St. Patrick's Day parade 2018
Their ship has come in, once again, at the Hermosa Beach St. Paddy’s parade. Photo: JC for PubClub.com
Hermosa Beach St. Patrick's Day parade 2018
He’s banging the drums all day, or at least for the duration of the short parade. Photo: JC for PubClub.com
Hermosa Beach St. Patrick's Day parade 2018
This is the view down Pier Ave., from a participant’s viewpoint. Photo: PubClub.com
Hermosa Beach St. Patrick's Day parade 2018
This is the view Pier Ave., from a spectator’s standpoint. Photo: JC for PubClub.com

A couple friends, tho, kept texting me to join them at the pier. I figured I would take one look at the impossible lines and then head back to the block party, but was surprised to discover in fact there were few lines; I walked right into American Junkie, in fact.

I was confronted there, and later at Waterman’s, with a $5 cover charge. “Hey, I’m a local,” I said at both places and each time was waved through with a smile from the doorman (through a connection, I was able to avoid a fairly long line and cover charge at Tower 12).

When I went to the back bar to join my buddy Wild Dog at Junkie, I was thrilled to see Gabby pouring drinks. Gabby was one of the fantastic bartenders at Mermaid, and she’s been missed by several South Bay bar patrons.

Hermosa Beach bars American Junkie hot bartender Gabby
Bartender Gabby, formerly of the Mermaid, is now pouring drinks at American Junkie. Photo: PubClub.com
Hermosa Beach St. Patrick's Day 2018 Pier Plaza bars
Pier Plaza is calm on St. Patrick’s Day 2018 in Hermosa Beach, CA. Photo: PubClub.com

During the day, the sun gave way to cool and cloudy conditions and surprisingly, Pier Plaza never became overly crowded the way I had expected on this day. By late afternoon, there was only a small line at AJs, with lines of about 15-20 people at Sharkeez, Patrick Molloy’s and Tower 12, and about 10 at Hennesseys.

Because it had a band, the Deck on The Strand had a line of about a dozen people. Wild Dog and I passed on this and walked right into Waterman’s.

Fun, yes, most definitely. Out of control crazy? Not at all. Erin Go Brah!



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