Farmgate Cafe and An Spailpin Fanac

On Monday, Mike and I ventured over to the English Market for lunch. The Market sells all kinds of things from meats to vegetables to spices and almost anything else you could want. They have a small cafe on the second floor called the Farmgate Cafe. They use food and ingredients from the Market to make their menu items. Mike and I both had the Shepherd's Pie which had some meat and potatoes and I'm not sure what else inside. It had some carrots and potatoes on the side as well. Here's a picture of it:

A view of part of the English Market from above

On Monday night we decided to go check out a pub called An Spailpin Fanac. The Traditional Music Society from our school plays there on Mondays so we thought we'd check it out. Below is a picture of some of the musicians.

We ran into some people from Iowa State there as well as a couple Irish guys that we knew. As it turns out even the Irish guys had never really been to this place. The music was alright, but I think it would have been better with some sense of order. It was just kind of a jam session for the whole time. While a jam session could be cool in a sense, a jam session with fiddles and flutes and stuff is pretty weak. We stayed and listened for a bit, but eventually the Irish guys left and went to An Brog. We waited for a few minutes and then decided to leave as well. We got a table at An Brog and then just hung out there for the rest of the night. I was hoping that we'd get a chance to see some other live music this week, but we will have to wait til another day. We are planning on going somewhere tonight, but we haven't made any decisions yet. Also, I hope that the Gophers can win tonight. I probably won't be able to watch, but I will definitely check the score and stuff.