This is the last Sandwich Of The Month for 2025. It’s also the 13th anniversary of MBIP! Yep, 13 years ago on December 10th, I posted the first entry on this blog and wondered what would happen.
I remember thinking, “If this blog is popular for a year, I’ll be happy.” Well it’s been 13 years, so I’m absolutely happy with what has happened with this blog and I want to thank each and every one of you who reads it. It’s really made my time interesting and fun here in Peoria and I truly appreciate each and every one of you who stop by here every day and I hope you know how grateful I am that you take the time to look at the daily posts here at MBIP!
I’ve met so many interesting people in the last 13 years and one of those people is Sean Kenny, the owner and operator of today’s sandwich destination, Kenny’s Westside Pub. This blog was just a little over four months old when I first met Sean and published the first of what would be many of posts about Kenny’s Westside Pub. We both started out about the same time and I feel that we’ve both grown and learned a lot through these last 13 years.
I thought the perfect place to get the last sandwich of the month for 2025 and to celebrate 13 years of MBIP would be Kenny’s Westside Pub, so let’s head on over there!
Here we are at Kenny’s Westside Pub in beautiful downtown Peoria. Let’s go inside and see what’s happening in there.
It looks fabulous in here, as always! I got an iced tea and chose a booth to sit at.
We have some special guests arriving today, but as always, I’m early, so we’ll snap some photos in here while we wait for them to arrive.
There’s the bar and the very first Kenny’s Westside Pub sign. The bar was born on St. Patricks’s Day in 2013, just a few months after MBIP was born!
There’s the large selection of beers on tap behind the bar.
I always love to look at all the pictures and art on the walls in here!
Here’s the anniversary wall, happy anniversary to Kenny’s and to MBIP! Cheers to both of us heading in to our teenage years, let’s see what kind of fun we can have as teenagers!
The live music happens at night behind this wall and Sean was kind enough to let me perform a Marty Monologues show here last month! If you missed it, you can see the video by clicking right here.
Thanks again to everyone who came to the show, it was a blast! And thanks to Sean for making it happen in here!
Meanwhile, back at our booth…
Our special guest stars have arrived!
Here’s Brian and Matt at our booth. Brian and I both worked together at Fleming Potter and Matt is Brian’s son. Great to see both of them and catch up on what’s happening in our lives!
Now, it’s time for lunch!
Jaime came over and took our order. She’s looking pretty as always and I love her festive earrings!
And through the magic of these here interwebs, our lunch has arrived already!
Brian got the Irish Stew, Matt got a Reuben with the house-made Tots and I got the Sandwich Of The Month, Sean’s Dublin Dip!
This is a fantastic and delicious sandwich that you can only find at Kenny’s Westside Pub!
It’s succulent and tender slices of roast beef that’s been simmered in the Irish Stew. It’s topped with melted horseradish white cheddar cheese and housed in a bakery fresh artisan hoagie roll.
It looks and smells absolutely fabulous, let’s dig in!
It comes with a cup of au jus from the Irish Stew and after you dip it in and take a bite, you will enjoy one of the most fresh and flavorful sandwiches in Peoria!
The roast beef is tender and so succulent from marinating in the Irish stew and the rich and sharp cheese compliment it perfectly. The roll is fresh and sturdy and the Irish stew au jus is the cherry on top of this delicious and hearty sandwich!
Thanks to Brian and Matt for joining me, it was a fun and fabulous lunch at Kenny’s Westside Pub!
Kenny’s Westside Pub has a fantastic choice of food on it’s eclectic menu and if you’ve never had Sean’s Dublin Dip, I highly recommend you try it today or tonight. Their kitchen is open till four in the morning, so there’s no excuse in not stopping by and trying it out!
Happy 13th anniversary to both of us and thanks to Sean and everyone at Kenny’s Westside Pub for the fantastic food, live music and good times from the last 13 years! Cheers to 13 more!
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112 SW Jefferson Avenue
Peoria
309-676-1693
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