The Everyday Adventures of Mohawk Valley Girl
Irish Cultural Center in utica
At long last, the doors of the new Irish Cultural Center in Utica are open and welcome in guests.
by Cynthia Quackenbush
When I had last seen the Irish Cultural Center, it was a big hole in the ground across the street from the So Sweet Candy Café. Which goes to show how often I get to Utica. However, I have seen the error of my ways and hope to return more often. My husband Steven, our friend Kim Darling, and I recently took the short drive from Herkimer with the specific purpose of checking out the new center. We stopped first at So Sweet, to say hello to Margaret Rienzo, the owner, who is pretty sweet herself. Who, me? Buy candy? Say it ain’t so! We told her our plan to go to the Cultural Center, and she assured us that it was a lovely place. “Be sure to ask about its history,” she said. We actually went to the Five Points Public House and Event Center, which is part of the Irish Cultural Center. We walked in and were immediately charmed by the old-world atmosphere. They were serving lunch, but we decided to sit at the bar and order drinks, not ruling out the possibility of also getting food.
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