bar help please

hello my husband and i are traveling from oc md to annapolis and are looking for help finding must see bars. we are staying downtown and will be walking. good happy hours, unique locations ect..whatever help would be great. thanks

bar help please

ocandhappy,

Well...the good news is Annapolis has lots of bars...so you have lots of choices.

Middleton%26#39;s is the oldest bar in town...one of those Revolutionary War places...I suppose it%26#39;s sort of a must see, but I neither like the bar or their food very much. McGarvey%26#39;s is next to Middleton%26#39;s on Market Place and is famous for things like oyster shooters. I believe Walter Cronkite is a regular...The bar is decent...but it isn%26#39;t a real old place.

A few other spots line Market Place...a nice small bar is in Maria%26#39;s...and The Federal House...a new restaurant (formerly Griffin';s) does have a spectacular old wooden bar...one of the finest I%26#39;ve ever seen. I can%26#39;t speak to the food in the restaurant...

Buddy%26#39;s Crabs and Ribs has a bar...and while I%26#39;ve gone to the occasional brunch buffet in the restaurant (not highly recommended...I%26#39;ve been dragged by groups...it%26#39;s OK)...I%26#39;ve never gone in for a drink. It is on the second level and has a view of the dock...

Across from Buddy%26#39;s you%26#39;ve got the premier meat market bar, O%26#39;Brien%26#39;s. To me...this is the greatest mystery in Annapolis...but hey...I%26#39;m not a kid...but this type place didn%26#39;t appeal to me when I was.

A few more spots as you climb Main St...but nothing especially noteworthy...the little Irish pub I%26#39;ve never managed to walk into...or the very small bar at Piccolo Roma.

A lot of ';local'; action occurs up around Church Circle...on the first few blocks of West St...the Ram%26#39;s Head...with the classic little down bar...and the big upstairs bar...and the outside sitting area and the food specials and happy hours and the nightclub...is rather popular. The rest of West St. has lots of options...the cozy atmosphere of 49 West Jazz and Wine Bar/Cafe (they have a full liquor menu...but no bar)...the hi-tech shimmer and sushi of Tsunami...and a bit down the block, Metropolitan%26#39;s glitzy rooftop bar...

Now...these are just some of the bars in this stretch...then you have Harry Browne%26#39;s and Galway Bay over near the State House...and Armadillo%26#39;s and a few others on the other side of the dock from Middleton%26#39;s....

Bottom line...you%26#39;ll be stumbling home happy.

bar help please

Don%26#39;t know where you are staying but you cannot miss ';Pusser%26#39;s'; the bar/restaurant in the Marriott waterfront. Get a table outside right next to ';Ego Alley'; the small waterway where local and visiting boats go into to show off and have a look around. Order a ';pain killer'; and you will be off to a good start.

Also the Chart House Restaurant, across the small bridge in Eastport (still Annapolis, and yes walking distance, or take a water taxi from the City Dock). Beautiful bar with awesome water and town views. A nice sophisticated place for a before dinner drink.

Ram%26#39;s Head has the best happy hour in town. $2 micro brew drafts and free munchies. It it 4-7, but try to get there before 5 for a good table. If it is nice outside, try sit out back in the beer garden.

I would also recommend going to Davis%26#39;s pub in Eastport for a more local experience.

The recommendations by the others were also great. Not a bad bar in the bunch.

mac rvd