THE BEST IRISH COFFEE IN ORANGE COUNTY

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December 14, 2024

THE BEST IRISH COFFEE IN ORANGE COUNTY

IRISH COFFEE IN ORANGE COUNTY

In honor of all you Orange County Lads & Lassy’s, we’re listing places that offer Irish Coffee in Orange County. Irish Coffee is always a favorite way of ending a nice meal or warming up on a cold evening.

Several places claim to have developed the modern recipe in the 1950s. One version is attributed to a Joe Sheridan, head chef at the restaurant and coffee shop in the Foynes Airbase Flying boat terminal, in Foynes, Ireland. In 1942 or 1943 he added whiskey to the coffee of some of the disembarking passengers.

Stanton Delaplane, a travel writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, maintains he brought the Irish coffee recipe to the United States after drinking it at Shannon Airport. He says that he worked with the Buena Vista Cafe in San Francisco and they started serving it on November 10, 1952. Chef Sheridan later emigrated to the U.S. and worked at the Buena Vista Cafe.

If you are looking for a delicious Irish Coffee in Orange County, check out our list below. If you’d like to add one to the list, let us know. And if you go, please let them know you saw them on My Local OC. This is just one more way that we at My Local OC are serving the OC Lifestyle. “See You Around the OC!”

If you’d like to make it at home….here’s the “original” recipe courtesy of Barman Dara Cruise, Four Seasons Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
Level:
Easy
Total:
10 min
Prep:
5 min
Cook:
5 min
Yield:
1 serving
1 cup freshly brewed hot coffee
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 jigger Irish whiskey (1 1/2 ounces or 3tablespoons)
Heavy cream, slightly whipped
Fill footed mug or a mug with hot water to preheat it, then empty. Pour piping hot coffee into warmed glass until it is about 3/4 full. Add the brown sugar and stir until completely dissolved. Blend in Irish Whiskey. Top with the whipped heavy cream by pouring gently over back of spoon. Serve hot.

Written by: Patricia Braun – Publisher My Local OC
Research Assistant: Tina McNamara

IRISH COFFEE IN ORANGE COUNTY

Brea    Macallans Public House 330 W Birch St (714) 529-1224 Website
Costa Mesa    Durty Nellys 2915 Redhill Ave 714-957-1951 Website
Costa Mesa    Hennessey’s Tavern 1773 Newport Blvd (949) 688-1123 Website
Costa Mesa The Harp Inn 130 E 17th St (949) 646-8855 Website
Costa Mesa    Patrick’s Pub 2645 Harbor Blvd (714) 966-2721   Website
Dana Point Hennessey’s Tavern 34111 La Plaza (949) 488- 0121 Website
Fountain Valley    Silky Sullivan’s Restaurant & Irish Pub 10201 Slater Ave (714) 963-2718 Website
Fountain Valley Blarney Stone 11761 Edinger Ave (714) 775-9987    Website
Huntington Beach Killarney’s Irish Pub 209 Main St (714) 536-7887 Website
Huntington Beach    The Irishman 424 Olive Ave (714) 536-6776 Website
Huntington Beach    O’Connell’s Sports Pub & Grille 19047 Bushard St (714) 964-6741 Website
Laguna Beach    Hennessey’s Tavern 213 Ocean Ave (949) 494-2743 Website
Laguna Nigel The Original Patsy’s Irish Pub 28971 Golden Lantern (949) 249-2604 Website
Mission Viejo Patsy’s 25571 Jeronimo Rd (949) 587-0253 Website
Mission Viejo Mulleady’s Sports Pub & Grill 27695 Santa Margarita Pkwy # B (949) 380-3752 Website
Mission Viejo    Dublin 4 Gastropub 26342 Oso Pkwy (949) 582-0026 Website
Mission Viejo    Pub Thirty Two 23962 Alicia Pkwy (949) 716-0687 Website
Newport Beach    Muldoon’s Irish Pub 202 Newport Center Dr (949) 640-4110 Website
Newport Beach    Malarky’s Irish Pub 3011 Newport Blvd (949) 675-2340 Website
Newport Beach    Shamrock Bar & Grill 2633 West Coast Hwy C (949) 631-5633   Website
Orange O’Hara’s Pub 150 N Glassell St (714) 532-9264    Website
Placentia Kelly’s Korner Tavern 907 E Yorba Linda Blvd (714) 961-9396 Website
San Clemente    Blooms Irish Pub 2391 S El Camino Real (949) 218-0120 Website
San Juan Capistrano Paddy’s Station 26701 Verdugo St Suite B (949) 661-3400 Website
Seal Beach   O’Malley’s On Main 140 Main St (562) 430-0631 Website