Parting Glass – Irish Pub & Restaurant

The Parting Glass is a family-run Irish pub and restaurant at 40-42 Lake Avenue in downtown Saratoga Springs, a few blocks east of Broadway. The pub opened on St. Patrick’s Day 1981 in what had been an Italian restaurant called Rocco’s, and the DiBlasio family still runs the place, now with a third generation involved.

The building holds a front bar, a dining room and a large back room with pool tables and dart lanes, and the pub books live music through the year. The menu runs to pub staples and Irish dishes, the beer list is long, and the back room can be booked for private parties.

What to know

• Opened March 17, 1981.
• One of the biggest St. Patrick’s Day crowds in the city.
• Darts and pool in the back room.
• Received a grant from the Barstool Fund during the pandemic, as the family told WRGB.