The Salon is Back - St. Paddy's Day Rager

Ladies and Gentlemen! We're back for round two! A bigger, badder, longer, and better version of what we did the first time around is about to hit San Mateo on March 17th - St. Patrick's Day!

We decided to start it earlier as well. It is a Sunday, afterall! Beginning at 3 PM we'll be opening our doors to lucky Salon ticketholders for an afternoon of Irish whiskey, Irish beer, Irish food, Irish music, and classic Irish cinema. We're still finalizing the exact menu, but we plan to offer drink cards just like last time around, brimming with fantastic Irish options. We'll have the 2012 Midleton Very Rare on hand for sure, along with some top shelf Cooley selections and most likely a bit of Redbreast. I'm looking to do six whiskies over all, plus include the keg of Guinness into the general addmission price. You're going to get your money's worth. We plan on keeping this up until about 7PM so that gives you plenty of time to try everything at a pace you can handle. You've got all evening to get your mojo back!

The Vault 164 outdid themselves last time with all the food. There was an endless amount of fantastic grub coming out of the kitchen. People were very pleased, as was I. We'll be pumping out the jams and showing some classic films as well on the three big screens. This time around you'll use your finished drink ticket to enter into a raffle for prizes! We've got a few tricks up our sleeves. It's going to be a blast.

Like the Bourbon event, we will have information on all the spirits being poured to peruse at your own leisure, however, the Salon is more about social interaction and entertainment than whiskey education. Just keep that in mind when I start dancing an Irish jig instead of beginning a lecture on triple distillation. This is a party! An all day party! The best kind of party. Don't forget, there's a full bar available for those who don't want the brown stuff.

Are you in?

Full admission tickets are available here for $55 per person.

Guest tickets are available here for $10 per person. The guest admission includes free non-alcoholic drinks for designated drivers and all the food you can stomach. You can also order beer, wine, and cocktails from the full bar.

Let's play some old U2 albums, watch some old Daniel Day Lewis films on mute, and drink some fine Irish hooch!

-David Driscoll