At O Caine s Irish Pub in Rancho Mirage Tuesday, St. Patrick s Day came early.
People were already starting to celebrate on the outdoor patio as the restaurant geared up for its biggest day of the year.
The phone was ringing off the hook, with customers excited for indoor dining to make its comeback at 25 percent capacity Wednesday as Riverside County returned to the red tier of reopening. Everyone here is excited, said owner Brenda Johnson. We re just scrambling as fast as we can to get ready for tomorrow.
Johnson said it was a stark difference to St. Patrick s Day last year, when the pandemic took its first sharp turn for the worse. Kinda put a damper on it last year because we had to close early, she said.