If you still have taste for St. Paddy’s, try Hooley House

If the recent St. Patrick’s day got your mouth watering for even more Irish food, consider a visit to Hooley House in Mentor, where recently debuted menu items will remain around for a while.

At the corner of Route 306 and Tyler Boulevard, it’s close for lots of folks and its name is the Irish one for “party.” The Irish spuds, for instance, are potato skins filled with corned beef and sauerkraut and topped with melted Swiss cheese and Hooley sauce.

Even St. Patrick would sit up and take notice of the glazed maple bacon — a cup of thick and crispy bacon candied with maple glaze. The restaurant’s bowls include one with mashed potatoes, Guinness gravy, mushrooms and onion straws, while the Hooley Cuban layers corned beef slices with pulled pork, ham, Swiss cheese and pickle pressed in a Hoagie bun slathered with Dijon mustard and mayo.

There’s lots more, but these menu items will surely prompt a visit.

Call the restaurant at 440-942-6611 or visit www.1funpub.com.

Italian wine

A tasting of premium Italian wines on March 23 has room for just a handful of tasters at World Wines & Liquor in Mentor. Starting at 6 p.m., Santa Margherita Winery owner Vittorio Marzotto will pour five of his wines, which retail for up to $46. He’ll autograph bottles and talk about Tuscany — his part of Italy. The tasting costs $10 and only 50 tasters can be accommodated. World Wines is at 8760 Mentor Ave.

Call 440-255-1311 or visit worldwinesohio.com. Wine dinner A five-course wine dinner takes place starting at 6 p.m. March 27 at Lure Bistro in Willoughby. The dinner begins with fresh Mozzarella wrapped in prosciutto dressed with a balsamic reductions, while the second course is a portabella mushroom cap filled with Italian sausage and Tuscan baby kale served over polenta. The third course of fresh linguini in a white clam sauce will pave the way for the fourth course — a braised short rib and ricotta-stuffed half-moon pasta tossed in a ragu sauce of wild mushroom. Tiramisu is the dessert. It’s $50 per person, plus tax and gratuity, and reservations may be made at 440-951-8862. Lure Bistro is at 38040 Third St.

Call Lure at 440-9518862 or visit lure-bistro. com.

International sandwiches

International sandwiches will be the perfect-for-spring focus for Stefanie Paganini in a demonstration class at 6 p.m. March 28 at the Loretta Paganini School of Cooking in Chester Township. The menu served in the 2.5hour session will include Balsamic Roasted Veggie Panini, Slow Cooker Pork Cubano, Shrimp Bahn Mi, Croque Monsieur, Falafel, Muffaletta, topped off with a Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich. It’s $55. Register: 440-7291110; www.lpscinc.com.

Janet Podolak