Irish hot pockets are stuffed with corned beef, cabbage, stone-ground mustard and Swiss cheese in a puff pastry.

Year-round, Milwaukee’s blessed with many Irish pubs and eateries serving up classic fare like what you’d find in the Emerald Isle: shepherd’s pie, fish and chips, a Rueben sandwich, corned beef, and of course a pint of Guinness or Murphy’s.

If you can’t spend St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland, McGonagle’s Irish Pub & Restaurant is as good a substitute as any. There’s the proper pour and the Irish bar mates, but there’s also the live music and the food,