They claim to be a "traditional Irish watering hole"
http://www.patrickconways.com/about.html
I've been served F&C on newspaper in a restaurant.
Obviously, we Merkins will believe anything is authentic, even Epcot.;)
No shame on you for believing it. I honestly thought that Dominos Pizza was representative of all American pizza. Until an American told me otherwise. It's how they sell themselves over here.
Modern Irish food is pretty much the same as any food from the British Isles. Expect to see fresh seafood, beef, lamb and fusion (ie being influenced by India and the Far East). Pleased to see Irish sausage and black pudding make an appearance. No baked beans though. And Eggs Benedict would puzzle the auld farmers :)
Traditional Irish food relied heavily on carbohydrates - potatoes are a given but also barley and legumes. Meat was stretched as thin as it could possibly last and salted meat was the cheapest to procure and the easiest to stretch.
I've been to Ireland a couple of times. This place is not
authentic, but it really isn't that bad because the flavour is there. It's just tweaked to the taste of the customers. I can hardly turn my nose up; I've eaten real Chinese food and found it almost inedible. And real Indian food which I found delicious, but too hot to eat on a regular basis. Cuisines adapt, it's how they spread.
No doubt our border Dwellars would froth at the mouth at my idea of Mexican food :biggrinba
