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As starred events on the calendar go, St. Patrick’s Day is a biggie. No occasion sees non-Gaelic types more passionately working to convince the world they are Irish born. That means a fervent crowd of emerald-wearing wannabes, waving clovers and swigging from mugs of green beer. Natural born or not, Torontonians can find lots of establishments to get lucky this St. Patrick’s Day. Here are five of the best:

Sometimes, you’re hungry. But sometimes, you’re really hungry. On those occasions, no artfully plated assortment of locally sourced, seasonally sensitive ingredients, drizzled in artisan this or accented with peppercorn that, is going to do the job. This is when the big guns are called for.

The frozen world in which we’ve too long dwelled notwithstanding, it is important to note that spring is almost upon us. Critical, even. And, with spring, come weddings. And, with weddings, come stags, stagettes, stag and does, hen and stags, buck and does, jack and jills and whatever other name you want to assign to the traditional exercise of letting out the sails before battening down the hatches.