He said: “People are coming in to taste the Guinness because they know the staff have been trained and have been shown the proper pour technique. There’s a thirst there.”Īnd James revealed the key factor behind the high Guinness sales. We are only open for seven months, and the Guinness sales - we are the best-selling Guinness bar in the state of Texas for the last six months, so I guess that’s a good enough sign. “And we are becoming known for the best fish and chips in town. “We didn’t have a chef at first, but thank God we have a brilliant chef now and he takes delight in Irish cuisine and comfort food so all these things have really helped the bar. Kelly’s Irish Pub opened last November (Image: Kelly’s Irish Pub) It is a proper neighborhood bar, a lot of returning customers.”

The neighborhood wood and are thankful for the place opening. “We have been quite lucky, the bar has gained traction since day one. And my partner and I both agreed that there was probably a niche in the market for a traditional Irish pub. “There had been some longstanding Irish bars that closed down and I think a lot of that was due to Covid, and Austin is a big enough town but a few Irish bars had closed and that kind of led it on. James told our sister site : “I had been down here for some time and I noticed there was a severe lack of proper Irish pubs. Seven months on since opening its doors, the Irish pub has bagged the title of the biggest Guinness seller in the state of Texas, and more importantly, for him, it has established itself as 'a home away from home' for the Irish community. And after spotting a gap in the market he also decided to make a career change from construction to hospitality, to open his new business, Kelly’s Irish Pub. READ MORE: Meet the Irish New York pub boss who's counted Madonna, Tom Brady and Demi Moore among his customersīorn 'the son of a poor Irish sheep farmer', his first stop on his American journey was Boston for six months, before moving to New York.īut when Covid-19 hit, he decided to make the move to Austin, Texas.

Now, an Irishman can take claim to running a pub with the best-selling Guinness in the state of Texas.įermanagh man James Kelly moved to the US ten years ago in search of better opportunities after graduating with a degree in construction management.

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