Irish veteran of the US hospitality industry ‘very proud of what Irish America is’

Before you step foot in O’Connor’s Restaurant and Bar, you are promised top class hospitality . The tagline is: “Welcome… and we really mean it!”

That’s the kind of service Brendan O’Connor and his wife Claire wanted each and every guest to have when they walked through the doors of O’Connor’s Restaurant and Bar in Worcester, Massachusetts . The family owned business became a legendary institution, delivering classic Irish food and warm welcomes for the best part of 40 years.

Brendan, 60, told IrishStar.com : “We cashed in our chips, sold everything in Ireland , headed out and said ‘we’re not going back’.”

Brendan and Claire both studied at Shannon College of Hotel Management in Co Limerick , where they grew up, but met years later while training in Scotland. They opened several restaurants together in cities around the world during their 20s.

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