St. Patrick’s Day is coming up, which means get ready to dodge parade routes, brave hordes of drunken revelers, and, of course, hang out at the pub. The good news is that you don’t need to spend your holiday in one of those blandly uniform, uninspired stereotypically Irish-style establishments. We’ve scoured the world to find bars that combine the unpretentious casualness of the humble pub with more sophisticated, and modern, design.  From airy breweries to a ping-pong lounge, here are the nine places in which we’d most like to have a beer (or five) on St. Patty’s Day. Click through to see them all!

Abbot’s Cellar
Lundberg Design
San Francisco
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RePUBlic Gastropub
Rand Elliott, FAIA, Brad Buser, AIA, LEED AP
Oklahoma City
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Bar in the Caves of Porto Cristo. Mallorca.
A2arquitectos
Porto Cristo, Spain
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Dogfish Head Brewery
DIGSAU
Milton, Delaware
Photo: Pixelcraft Inc. / Roman Torres

Kook
Mohamed Keilani, luca gasparini, Noses Architects
Rome, Italy
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Comet Ping Pong
CORE architecture + design
Washington
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Hillhead Bookclub
surface-id
Glasgow, UK
Photo: courtesy of surface-id

Little Creatures Brewery
Paul Burnham
Fremantle, Australia
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Gloria Library Lounge – Roskilde Festival 2012
Roskilde, Denmark
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by Raquel Laneri

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