Ford City businesses hosting St. Patrick's Day crawl

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 17, 2025 12:19 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Ford City's practice is much French than Irish, but that hasn't stopped a radical of businesses successful the Windsor neighbourhood from coming unneurotic to observe St. Patrick's Day.

The event, featuring unrecorded music, nutrient and portion specials and a DJ, is jointly presented by Sawyer's Craft BBQ, Cookie Bar and Chapter Two Brewery.

"Last year, Sawyers – they hosted a St. Patrick's Day lawsuit wherever they unopen down Whelpton Street, and it was … massive," said Shane Potivin, the seat of the Ford City Business Improvement Association, which is not organizing the event, but is helping to beforehand it.

"It was crazy. There was similar truthful galore people. … So yeah, the Ford City Crawl – this was benignant of birthed retired of Sawyer's having their lawsuit past year."

People tin acquisition five-dollar wristbands astatine immoderate of the participating venues, then stroll from venue to venue, said Potvin, who is of Irish ancestry.

While the crawl is simply a caller summation to the Ford City lawsuit calendar, ample events specified arsenic Dropped connected Drouillard and flea markets successful April and October are portion of what marque the assemblage what it is, helium added.

"It's truly … has a vibe, and there's tons of art," Potvin said.

"There's a batch of aged murals and sculptures, and the street's truly narrow, truthful it benignant of has this small-town feel, much than you're successful a large city. ... The vicinity is precise villagey due to the fact that everyone is truthful close."