St. Patrick's Day events and cover charges

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend and I are planning on doing a pub crawl tomorrow. One of the things we're taking into account in our plans is the cover charge at the different venues. Does anyone have info about who's charging what for a cover and starting at what time? I know I can always call the various bars and stuff, but I figured if someone else has already found out some info, I might as well check here first.

Some places we're considering:

The Burren
The Black Rose
The Druid

EDIT:

OK, how about this, then, to avoid completely irrelevant stuff: Does anyone know the covers that are being charged by venues in the general Boston metro area that will be having Irish music of some kind or other nifty events for St. Patrick's Day, and what time those cover charges start at those venues?

Comments

[moireach.livejournal.com]

If you want to make it through a St. Patrick's Day in Boston without paying a cover, the secret is going to a Mexican-themed bar. And vice versa for Cinco de Mayo.

Seriously, in my experience unfortunately trying to do the Irish bar thing on St. Paddy's ends up being really crowded and expensive.

[ron_newman]

The only Mexican-themed bar I can think of is ... whatever Taqueria La Mexicana expanded into, in Union Square. Are there others in our area?

[bex77]

Rudy's in Teele Square.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Rudy's can't fail!

[ron_newman]

Right, how did I forget that? [slaps head]

[moireach.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this is more my general Boston-area rule than a Davis-centric one. Tho' there is Jose's in North Cambridge (about equidistant from Davis and Porter, I think), Ole in Inman and Border Cafe in Harvard, and Yelp tells me Tu Y Yo in Powderhouse Circle has a bar. (And now I really want to try it.)

[ron_newman]

Thanks. I didn't know Jose's had a bar. I've only been there to eat full meals. Border Cafe is often a crowded zoo no matter what day it is.

[mrboboto.livejournal.com]

Unless something has changed recently, Tu y Yo only has a beer and wine license.

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

The Forest Cafe, on Mass Ave between Harvard and Porter, is a bar that serves Mexican food, but it doesn't exactly have Mexican decor.