Flooded Brunswick pub to reopen St. Paddy’s Day, ‘come hell or high water’
There’s no need to panic for residents of Brunswick looking to celebrate their varying degrees of Irish heritage this St. Patrick’s Day — the owner of Byrnes Irish Pub said it will reopen for the holiday.
The pub and its neighbor, the eatery Scarlet Begonias, were forced to close following a second floor water pipe rupturing on Monday morning, flooding both businesses with thousands of gallons of water, Deputy Chief Donald Koslosky of the Brunswick Fire Department told The Bangor Daily News.
Complicating matters was the below freezing temperatures that firefighters had to work through as they used large squeegees to push the water from the second floor onto Station Avenue in Brunswick.
But 4,000 gallons of water isn’t enough to stop pub owner Joe Byrnes from throwing his annual St. Patrick’s festivities, which will include a 6 a.m. breakfast and a performance by the Maine Pipe and Drum Corps.
“We will be open by St. Paddy’s Day, come hell or high water,” Byrnes told the BDN. “Even if we have to run a tent across the street.”
Byrnes and Scarlet Begonias owner Doug Lavallee have said they plan to pay their employees during the closure, which could last three to four weeks.
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