New Irish Pub
 

The old Speckled Butter Bean is now an Irish Pub--O'Shays
Eddie drove past it today--it was open and not a parking place to be had--must be good! Any one tried it yet?

Please let every one know how it is!

I will wait until everyone else tries it and then go after the novelty wears off. Thats what i did with NYPD and was glad I did.

Wonder how many posts it will be before the bashing starts; poor service, cold food, not like it was up north, etc. My guess less than 25.

We went there last night......the service was terrible, the food was cold. We had much better places in Ohio. Only kidding, can't wait to try it now that I hear they're open and I wish them success!

We had several of us that went to O'Shea's last night. They were packed !!
The food was good, the service was great. The Shepherds Pie was very good.
We had 8 of us at our table. We all ate & drank and no one had any complaints.
We saw a lot of friends there as well & everyone had a great time.
Those of you who have been in the Villages awhile will see a lot of familiar faces working there. :thumbup:
Everyone did a fabulous job taking care of the customers.
They did a great job remodeling, there is a huge bar & they put in a lot of TV's.
Give it a try !!

In our years here we have found that it is best to go to a new restaurant after they have been "broken in"..we have learned to pay no attention to "early critics". Restaurants deserve a time to stabilize operations. Remember Whiskey Creek? They never got the kitchen thing right and a LOT of their primo servers quit to go elsewhere and Whiskey Creek died a rapid death and is now Sonny's. With that said, a good stablizing period is the first 30 days. If it is going to be good, it will be so after roughly that period of time. Not my "wisdom" but from someone who owned three restaurants, all total successes.

They have a big advantage at O'Shea's. There are a lot of experienced servers & bartenders who have been around quite awhile & definitely know how to get the job done.
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I am looking forward to giving it a try!

Where is it in Wildwood - have to admit I never went to Speckled Bean, so really have no idea where it is.

Went last night. Food was good, I had the rubin was hot, fries were real, prices were good,plenty of different beers. Hope it continues. I'll be back. hugh crowd.

s/s of Rt 44 accross from BuenaVista Blvd.

The entrance to the pub is on Signature Drive and 7/10ths of a mile west of Buena Vista along Rt 44. It's also directly across the southern end of Powell Rd where the county & DMV office is at the northern end. Here's a Google map showing the location:

https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=S...p=1&sz=16&z=16

It's not O'Shay's Irish Pub...
It's O'Shea's Sports Pub.
Been on the Gourmet Club's website, quite a while.
I'll have to check it out.

Can't wait for the big news article in The Daily Sun. :D

Skip

Do they have a porch-patio bar? We who fled the northern too-short summers like to dine/drink outdoors.....

Spelled O'Shea's on both sites???

Wife and I went and had a fabulous time. We sat at the bar, had some wings and then later some serious stuff, she with the Reuben and I with Fish n Chips.

The bartenders were familiar faces from City Fire and Cody's as well as the manager, himself from Cody's.

Wonderful place, expect it to be a weekly stopping place for us!

O Shays
 

It is on SR 44 right where Powell Road hits 44. I, for one can't wait to get back to TV ans try them. For now, it is fun in Minneapolis with the two youngest granddaughters!!!!!:MOJE_whot:

Mall of America today, MOA tomorrow. It is fun to see department stores again.

I thought is was going to be a place called The Twisted Kilt?

Kathy he did stop by,but know has nothing to do with it.

Skip...how is this going? Did a group invest in it or is it another location for an established restaurant? I think that whoever is behind it has an opportunity to make a good living if they dot their i's and cross their t's and can cook decently. It is a great location...if it didn't cost them too much and they have to pass the expense on to the patrons. We are a miserly lot of fixed income folks.

In defense of the SUN which IS a business, they give story space to advertisers as do all print journalism for pay.

The people involved have a lot of experience & should do very well !

Hopefully they have enough resources to hang on until the southern portions of TV build out further. Right now TV is at peak population, and they are the "newest attraction"..hence lots of "opening buzz" business. A month from now many more people will be gone and the newness of the place will wear off. Being at the far southern tip of TV puts them far away from the bulk of the TV population, so in the coming months there will probably be some very slow nights in the house. Hopefully they have the resources to hang in while southern TV gets more established and brings them a bigger crowd on a regular basis.

Thank you for pointing out my typing inefficiencies by bringing to everyone's attention my typo. I guess that's more important that recognizing the time I spent in finding and posting the information I provided. Someday I'll learn!

Thank you for bringing our attention to a new pub--Irish or Sports it doesn't matter. My sons are visiting next week and it will be nice to try something new. Has anyone been to Hurricanes (formerly JJ Fins), another pub restaurant outside of TV? We ate at JJ Fins and it was fine but we've never been back since they changed hands.

George

Well they're open late, clean, decent food, prices are spot on, wide variety of beverages, many large screen TVs, trained bar & wait servers m managment is hands on. They have all the right ingredients. Let's all hope they can keep it up and help fill a void of eateries in the southern end TV.

IF you've ever driven on 44 right out of Brownwood you'd see it on the south side of the road. Sparr's (a hardware store) also shares the driveway going in but the driveway diverges. It's not hard to spot!!!

Maybe this will ring a bell - what was originally in that building?


Sonny's.

When I got done playing golf today I was real hungary and I thought we would try the place. My wife and I got there around 4pm, the parking lot was packed with about 30 cars, I was worried they might be too crowded.

When we got inside the place is much bigger than you would expect, about the size of Sonny's at LSL. The bar was packed like down at City Fire, it curves around the corner on the left when you're inside, probably 25 stools almost all taken. To the right is the dining room and then there is a patio outside, I saw mostly smokers out there. Fortunately it wasn't too crowded. I think most of the cars were the employees, they must of had 25 people on duty all wearing lime green shirts. We got a booth and I counted 15 TV's within the dining room. I almost didn't go because my Orioles were having their home opener on TV, I couldn't believe it when the TV right in front of me had the O's and Twins game on.

The inside reminded me of the Sonny's at LSL but not so dark, you could actually read the menu and see other people, I liked that it was well lit. It had much more atmosphere, reminded me of a sports bar up north but other than the TV's screens they didn't have a lot of memorabilia on the walls. We decided to get 20 wings and split them between my wife and me and then I got sweet tea. The tea was good size, tall but not a fat as those at Sonny's and was good but not great. I told the waitress we wanted wings that were like Buffalo Wings but not too hot. She said the medium were about right, not hot at all, maybe even we might try the hot.

The place began to fill up as we waited, probably a good 20 minutes for our wings. They were actually a little hotter than we liked, the taste was good but not great, I still prefer Sonny's wings. The waitress was nice but not very attentive, she stood at the end of the seating area and never asked if I needed more tea. I finally had to ask another waitress for more sweet tea, there must of been 20 servers running around the place, no joke. I guess they were training. When we were done she saw our napkins were filthy and said, when I ate ten wings the other day I must of needed 6 or 7 napkins, she never asked us if we needed more napkins, which we did. I guess you could say she seemed a little ditsy.

On the way to restroom I noticed the dining area had another room in the back with 4 or 5 booths that were not being used, maybe for parties or rental, I don't know. I will definitely go again but will try something else. One odd thing was when I pulled into the street at the red light a county cop was parked next to the entrance to the parking lot, I hope they're not going to be there all the time, could discourage some customers. The atmosphere was very hospitable and everyone was having a good time, and I don't see how the place is going to lack for business when they just opened Wednesday with no advertising and the place was packed at 5pm when we left.

My wife and I ate at O'Sheas today and it was excellent. We had a combination Quesidilla and something called Bangers in a Blanket. OMG that was wonderful!! We will go back and try more of the yummy sounding menu items. Also it was nice to see some of our favorite bartenders and servers from TV.

Bonny,

I understand that Mike who worked at Cody's and Evans plus others is involved with this new venture. Any info.

Bangers are a British sausage ... so it must be their "Irish" Pigs in a Blanket.

Bangers are typically eaten with mashed potatoes.

Yes, it is made with Irish sausage which is leaner and less spicy (compared to American or Italian sausage) But the preparation is very different according to the menu. Jalepeno peppers and cheese are added, then its rolled in mashed potato and fried.

O'Shea's Pub

Tilted Kilt is a chain that has lots of tvs large bar and the female wait staff wear hip level kilts about 12inches in length and low cut short tops....very loud .....food is ok....... but if sports is your game than its the place

Mikie is awesome & a lot of our favorite people that have been in the Villages for a long time are there ! It's definitely a class act !! A lot of experienced people are there. Please give it a try !!!

From past posts there were a lot of negative comments about the manager at Cody's regarding "mistreatment" of employees. I hope he's not involved with O'Sheas.

John