Episode 271 — “You've got to squeeze the boll*x out of it\"
The hilarious story how a Dubliner became a US Bar King: The Wild, True Story of Shane Carty and the Trinity Bar, Connecticut”
What does it really take to succeed in the cut-throat US hospitality business?
Forget the glossy Instagram stories and the “living the dream” nonsense — this is the true, outrageous, impossible-to-make-up journey of Dublin man Shane Carty, now co-founder of one of New Haven’s most successful Irish bars: The Trinity Bar & Restaurant.
Fires. Covid shutdowns. Insurance battles. 70-hour weeks. Local politics. Massive US taxes.
And somehow… a thriving business, a packed bar, a community of veterans, and a Guinness volume that is...impressive!
On this VERY different episode Shane reveals:
– How a Morrison Visa changed everything
– Why his first days as a US bar owner involved a bomb-site renovation and a 400-person event with no warning
– The real cost of doing business in America (spoiler: EVERYTHING is taxed)
– How feeding US veterans built a following no marketing budget could buy
– Why Yale students, Liverpool fans, and random Irish blow-ins all treat the bar like home
– Covid horror stories you will not hear anywhere else
– What it actually takes to run a bar in the US: graft, grit, Guinness, and gallons of coffee
– The secret to creating a true Irish bar atmosphere — and why most Irish bars don’t do it
– Why he still loves America… and will never move home
– And why his daughter’s US college fees may kill him before the hospitality industry does
This is not a standard business episode.
It’s a raw, hilarious, unvarnished masterclass in survival, luck, stamina — and pure Irish stubbornness.
That Great Business Show — Episode 271.
You’ve never heard a story like this.
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Irish business abroad, US hospitality, Trinity Bar New Haven, Morrison Visa story, Irish entrepreneurs America, running a bar in the US, veterans support, Yale New Haven, Covid hospitality survival, Irish pubs USA.
New Haven CT, Connecticut, Yale University, Dublin Ireland,Dublin Ireland, Manhattan, Boston, Hamden CT.
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