 
If you're not already a loyal believer, come experience Tallahassee's only authentic Irish Pub!
We specialize in great food, including many Irish favorites, an extra long happy hour from 2-7,
including the best 30-cent wings you'll ever wrap your lips around, the largest selection of Irish
and Scotch whiskeys in town, live Celtic music every weekend and loads of fun, frivolity and
shenanigans, of course!!We believe the best menu is all about finesse: ingredients, recipe, method, timing and good old-fashioned karma! The atmosphere is cozy, casual and kid-friendly - at least before 10:00! The chef and the bartender prepare their products with pride, the music "rocks" - but all will agree that the magic of Shenanigans emanates from the wonderful folks that comprise our family: the staff, the guests, the musicians...the friends! Come tickle your shillelagh Monday through Saturday for dinner or lunch on saturdays, then while you're at it...try the award winning chili, MMMMmmmm good! About Cindy King Ross 
Cindy has been in the restaurant business all of her life, beginning with washing glasses behind her Dad's
bar when she was a wee tyke! She worked as a cook and server in High School, and as a bartender in college.
After acquiring her B.A. in Business Administration at FSU, majoring in Hotel and Restaurant Administration,
she was in management with Ruby Tuesday for 15 years, 13 as a General Manager. Cindy then spent 2 years with
a family-owned restaurant called Cosimo's Brick Oven. The family was from Italy and lived in New York. Cindy
trained in Sarasota, participated in the construction phase, did all the hiring, training and manual writing,
and opened and ran the restaurant for 2 years. Working for a family-owned restaurant gave Cindy the "I can do
it myself" bug! Oh, by the way, you did notice the Seminole head, oh yes, she's a die-hard football fan!What Ashby Stiff Says Shenanigans Irish Pub is a gathering place for families, friends and welcome strangers. It's a place where music, food, libations and merriment interplay, and where Liam Robert Ross, age 13 weeks, might greet you at your table in the arms of his mother, proprietor Cindy King Ross. When, that is, he's not rocking in his cradle on the bar to the rear. He'll be a fine innkeeper one day, will young Liam. It could be set by the roadside somewhere off in County Wicklow, this Shenanigans. Just look at all the pictures - Baby Liam, bands and performers, guests from home and abroad, even the pub's furry friends - that line the walls. Or the tree limbs that ramble through the ceiling. Ross, whose smarts and part-time bartending won her an early '80s FSU degree in business and hospitality administration, is a wee dynamo herself. She successfully managed Ruby Tuesday at Governor's Square for 13 years, then opened and ran the slick Italian Cosimo's at the Tallahassee Mall for another two. Like most restaurateurs, her dreams were of having a place of her own. When a possibility presented itself at Killearn Lakes, she held her breath and made the leap. That was nearly five years ago. And Shenanigans still cooks, serves and parties hearty with a faithful following and newfound friends. This month's entertainment bill features Irish songs and instrumentals by the Ned Devines and Two for the Brew; expands to the Celtic music of Crazy-Legs Craig Reeder and the McIlroys with fiddler Kate Brown; spills into the acoustics of Mickey Abraham and Kevin Robertson and Acoustic Uprising; then winds up with bluegrass by Newgrass Generation. Add to that the annual St. Patrick's Day blowout, and the celebration following the Scottish Games and Celtic Festival, and you have a glimmer of Shenanigans' goings-on. Mindful of the Irish love of the good libation, the bar stocks 10 Irish whiskeys, priced from $4.50 for Powers Gold Label and Kilbeggan to a hair-raising $16 a shot for Middleton Very Rare. As many fine Scotches, too, as well as Guinness and Harp beers on tap and a small variety of red and white wines by the glass. The expansive four-page dinner menu skips from Old Country dishes to American contemporary choices in soups, salads, steak, poultry, seafood, burgers and sandwiches. And "Gourmet Pizzas" that Shenanigans regulars Jim and Cathy Carver declare to be the "Northeast's answer to Barnaby's." In the appetizer league, a breath of fresh Eire finds its way into Irish Skins ($4.99), topped with corned beef, Swiss cheese and scallions. Calamari comes two ways, fried with marinara sauce, and Buffalo style with bleu cheese, offered mild, medium and hot. On and on goes the list, through wings and rings and fries and 'shrooms and shrimp in two guises. On a cool evening, a bowl of Shenanigans' award-winning, made-from-scratch Chili ($3.99) warms the cockles with its certified Angus ground chuck, kidney beans and spices. Speaking of certified Angus, Chef Bob's Favorite Steak ($14.99) sent out a tender, pink-rare cut, nearly two inches thick, and surrounded by a medley of vegetables and mashed potatoes. Equally nice work showed up in a salmon filet, similarly sided. Our prep school dietitian's Shepherd's Pie was downright scary. Not here, though. Not in this robust, comforting haystack of mashed potatoes surrounded by ground chuck in gravy, flurried with shredded cheddar. It's more than a meal for $8.99. Kick in an extra dollar for Bangers and Mash, an Anglo-Irish favorite that serves up big, grilled, highly flavored sausages with a trademark tower of mashed potatoes and crisply sauteed veggies. These meals, like most, come with homemade, raisin-peppered Irish Soda Bread, a treat that's almost worth the price of a dinner itself. Shenanigans. It rocks. SHENANIGANS IRISH PUB: 3 1/2 hats Address: 6800 Thomasville Road; 893-4663 Credit cards: Major Checks: Local Average: $14.25, dinner and a beer Dress code: Casual Wheelchair accessible: Yes Smoking: Separate Reservations: No |
