DJ Naylor and Aiden Naylor (Photos: Michael Donahue)

Maeve’s Tavern held its grand opening on June 28th to the sound of bagpipes. The bar/restaurant in Collierville, Tennessee, is at 78 North Main Street, the site of the old Highlander Scottish Pub. It’s another restaurant from DJ Naylor, Reny Alfonso, and Brad Allbritten of the Brazen Restaurant Group. These are the guys behind the Irish watering holes known as Celtic Crossing Irish Pub and Bog & Barley.

Guests at the jam-packed event bellied up to the bar as well as the buffet, where Banger Bites with house-made mustard, green pea hummus, beef brochettes with herb butter, and corned beef sliders were among the fare.

Guinness flowed.

And guests didn’t have to wear green. 

Michael Donahue began his career in 1975 at the now-defunct Memphis Press-Scimitar and moved to The Commercial Appeal in 1984, where he wrote about food and dining, music, and covered social events until...