Paddy Burkes in St. Petersburg set to open July 1

If it had been a snake it would have bitten me. Sean Daly just got back from lunch and yelled, "Reiley, what's with the Irish bar?!" To which I responded with a sophisticated, "Huh?" Seems colleague Stefan Jaeger wrote a great Neighborhood Times story here that I utterly missed. Then, somehow, the massive construction project practically right out the front door of the Times building eluded me entirely. OK, there's going to be a huge Irish pub is going into the empty space that was once Sir Speedy. Sixteen different beers on tap, long bar. 'Sall I know for now. Maybe I should get out of the building for lunch more often.