Lucy's Irish Pub closing

News from Sam Sessa's Midnight Sun blog that Lucy's Irish Pub, the former Maggie Moore's in the old Baltimore Equitable Building across the street from the Hippodrome Theater, is closing at the end of business Sunday night. Supposedly closing to reopen in September, but you probably know how likely that is in the bar business.

This might explain why I wasn't getting returns for my calls about setting up a Guinness/Beamish/Murphy's taste-off for Baltimore Beer Week. Let's see, who else is available in Irish pubs in Baltimore? J. Patrick's, Mick O'Shea's, James Joyce...... Slainte, Cat's Eye (honorary)..........