MacDinton's Reviews

I'm not a beer person, nor am I a outside frat bar type of person.
I don't know if it was the weather or the fun people around but this place was pretty awesome.

I adored the amazing BLUEBERRY BEER! This was my first encounter with this tasteful beauty.  I loved the fresh blueberries that reside on the bottom.  

There is an interesting crowd of people ranging from grown up frat boys to business men to weed smoking hippies.  It seemed to need more seating.  But above all I enjoyed it and will come back.

 

 

MacDinton's bar, Zingo hook up to keep impaired customers off the road

 

By Sharon Ginn, Times Correspondent
In Print: Friday, May 8, 2009

 

SOHO "Customers still pack the popular bar on weekends, but MacDinton's co-owner Barry O'Connor said they tend to choose happy hour specials and well drinks these days over top-shelf splurges.................read more CLICK HERE

Everytime I'm in Tampa, we end up here.

Whether it's a nice night in November and we want to chill to some live music and cruise the meat that is the band (how you doin', bass player?) or we want to just be outside (January, when Chicago is 10 degrees withOUT wind chill) or when my friend wants to show me how she got my airfare for $100 round trip in July (they have MISTERS out on the patio!)*...this place does not disappoint.

Love the giant patio here.  There's lots of seating and a huge bar outside for easy access to a frosty beverage.  There always seems to be something fun going on here, and it's a great place to just relax without being all fancy.

No doubt, I'll be back!

* This "Florida-in-July" incident led us to midnight swimming which led to a passive aggressive note in my best friend's housing community prohibiting "swimming after dusk."  Jerks.

 

 

 

Joshua Neiderer, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Friday, September 5, 2008

 

SOHO "A man sitting in the corner eats a traditional Irish breakfast, while keeping his eyes focused on the TV. It's still morning, but all along the walls other soccer enthusiasts hold pints of beer and wear their team colors...... read more here

 

MacDinton's opened in May 2002, same year as its chief competitor, The Dubliner (Oct 2002). Unlike The Dubliner, MacDinton's has a liquor license, which it uses to make an assortment ofmind-blowing "bombs" that are very popular with drinker sin their early 20s. An expansivebooze emporium, MacDinton's has a large patio and tiki bar plus five more full bars inside.There also dining tables, stage and dance floor. They serve plenty of authentic Irish grub, andshow soccer and rugby matches from around the world. Plenty of Irish soccer fanatics show upon game days.