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Cheers to
Paddy Malone's
Since 2000, Marilee and Allen Tatman have brought a little bit of the Emerald Isle pub experience to central Missouri at Paddy Malone's.

Jefferson City's Irish pub celebrates 21st birthday
by Sarah Joplin | info@ruralmissouri.coop
photos by Sarah Joplin & Zach Smith

replete with delicious traditional pub food, colorful regulars, an exceptional selection of Irish beer and whiskey and
live Irish music performances.
When the pub came up for sale in 2000, Allen was
t's no coincidence that the Irish word for pub, " tig, "
working as a historian while Marilee was a nurse at Capalso means house or home. Entering a local pub, you're
ital Region Medical Center. Allen was a regular customer
wrapped in a subtle but singular sense of place. There's
of the tavern by that time and wanted to purchase the
no fuss or formality here; take a seat and make yourself
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comfortable. Time slows and the patina of history settles
of refusal on the property when the lease was up. " A bar is
over you. Just such a homey atmosphere drew in both of
a place where you get a drink, but a pub is a community, "
Paddy Malone's current owners, Allen and Marilee Tatman.
Allen says. " People come here for the experience. "
With Irish heritage on both sides of his family, Allen named
Marilee found camaraderie at Paddy's, and as her relathe pub after his maternal great-grandfather
tionship grew with the regulars it also grew with Allen.
and outside the entrance you'll be greeted
With his gift of gab and early restaurant roots comwith the sign which reads " Tig Padraig Maoilbined with her management skill, their collaboration
eoin, " or the house of Paddy Malone.
provided a strong foundation for the restaurant's
In keeping with the storytelling traditions of
new incarnation.
Ireland, the tale of Paddy Malone's Irish Pub is
Jefferson
That experience is comprised of the key ingreboth animated and compelling. It winds all the
City
dients of any genuine Irish pub: drink, food and
way back to the 1860s, when one of the oldest
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continuously operated taverns in Missouri had
selection of Irish whiskeys and Scotch whiskys,
its beginnings. This watering hole has gone by
the bar is truly distinctive.
numerous names including, prior to Prohibition, the " First
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Kilkenny anywhere else, " Marilee adds.
drink coming from dry Callaway County or the last chance
Paddy Malone's takes pride in serving the best draught
to get one before you left wet Cole County. The buildGuinness you can get stateside. Firsthand research coning itself made history in 2014 when it was added to the
ducted by Allen and Marilee during a trip to Ireland in
National Registry of Historic Places. Paddy Malone's builds
2004 led them to the formula. They discovered that it is
on that heritage, offering a genuine Irish pub experience

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