Venues in Hallowell, Maine

Just reopened under new ownership and my new favorite cocktail place in the area. Amazing selection of delicious cocktails. Blueberry Lemon Tini our favorite so far. Super friendly and excellent service, good tunes at a great volume, nice lightly, overall great atmosphere for drinks with friends or a date. Small bites menu looked good!

Great food, live band, cool atmosphere. They even have art for sale. Only downside is the parking, seating options, and long wait for service during the busy times. Even then, I'd still go back because it's worth the wait.

Rude staff. Waited for over 30 mins for a pool table and they wouldn’t allow us to play over an hour before closing because of “last call”. We also asked for an exchange of quarters and the bartender/staff rudely said “no” because he was “annoyed at the other customers”. This is completely unacceptable and for this place to have a 4.6 review doesn’t make sense.

Went to this lovely place last night for the first time. Was greeted by the amazing bartender Matt. Made me feel welcome and I couldn’t have asked for a better night. I plan on going a lot more, would love to meet some friends.

This place has lots of potential to be the best eatery of inland Maine, but lots of little things add up to an overall disappointment. My family went during lunch time on Labor Day so I didn't mind waiting 45min to get and outdoor table. When we were finally seated, it took a little patience for drinkts to eventually get delivered, but luckily none of us were starving or else the 30min it took for our food to be served would have been crippling. Unfortunately, after easily over an hour of waiting, a simple plate of chicken tenders and fries was one minute away from being burnt. I'm no food snob, but expecting golden brown tenders is not a high bar to clear. Mine were brownish black and the batter had absolutely no seasoning so the oil that it was bathing in was the only flavor available outside the sauce I could dip in. The fries they came with, which were their own separate menu item described as "sprinkled with salt and pepper" simply were not. Again, no seasoning at all. Just cut potatoes that tasted like the oil they were made in. The saving grace was the cole slaw and aoili that gave the plate a flavor that wasn't...oil. All in all, I technically could have gotten tastier chicken and fries from McDonalds and spent 1/2 the price. My waitress was attentive and kind, but the chef may have been silently protesting on Labor Day which I totally support because I would've rather the place been closed than have had such a bummer of a basic dish.

I had outstanding fish and chips at The Quarry Tap Room. I started with the Tubular IPA it was perfectly balanced, a little hazy, and a little fruity and had some bite. Now, the fish and chips was one huge haddock filet fried and seasoned to perfection. My brother had the smash burger, and it was also very good. I went on a Friday and there was live music that was great. Service was also very good. I look forward to coming back for more delicious fish and chips.