A St. Patrick’s Day Meal Joplin Hasn’t Forgotten
Looking back, I can still taste the St. Patrick’s Day dinner I once had at Fusion Bistro on 4th Street a meal so good it ruined me for every “green beer special” that came after. It wasn’t just corned beef and cabbage. It was the owner’s mother’s recipes from Cork, Ireland , cooked with the kind of care you can’t fake. Traditional St Patrick's Day meal recipe card (recipe on the back) The corned beef was tender, the cabbage perfectly seasoned, and the whole plate came with warm, made‑in‑house Irish soda bread that melted under a swipe of butter. And then came dessert Irish Mist liqueur poured over vanilla ice cream , simple and elegant, the kind of thing you remember twenty years later. Irish coffee recipe card The place was packed that night. People lined up out the door, shoulder to shoulder, waiting for a taste of something real. And as if the food wasn’t enough, Rich Roberts stood in the corner singing “Oh Danny Boy,” giving the whole room that soft,...