The Broken Barrel Tavern

Nice place to drink a craft brew (from their reasonable tap selection) and have a tasty basic meal. Added advantage is the pool hall so great for a relaxing thirst quencher and to chill out. Great place to go with a few friends after work

Stopper by BBT with my son after a field trip of his. Waiter was right there with menus and took our order. Nice selection of regular and new taps and a wide selection. Nothing cutting edge but a wide selection of brews and types. Burger and chicken strips were just right and the crisp half sour dill was better than the limp over-sour pickles you usually get.

For a small market town, they do a great job.

Deeeeelish BBQ. Basically a bar/pool hall/sports TV place. The food is great, I had the brisket, which was the best I’ve had outside of Texas. The beer selection was great, we were there during a special Stone Brewing week. We will be back!

Thanks to GoT for bringing this place to my attention. Wendy and I spent seven hours in this place yesterday. I love almost everything about it. I love BBQ and the food is fantastic. Just about everything is smoked, including their huge, juicy buffalo wings. The tomato-based sauce is a little too sweet for me, but the pulled chicken was fantastic and I’ve heard the pulled rib sandwich is to die for. Appetizers are excellent as well. We ate a lot of food. The draft and bottle selection is very nice. Kevin is as friendly and accommodating as they come and the rest of the staff are very attentive and friendly as well. Kevin has the makings of a really nice beer cellar on down the road, so he will be selling vintage beers at some point. He broke out a 1999 Thomas Hardy yesterday. There’s a fully stocked bar and no fewer than twenty flat screens with two or three of them bordering on gargantuan. All the sports packages except the NBA, which is fine by me. Kevin even has Center Ice, so Wendy and I were able to watch the third period of the Caps game against the Flyers. Three pool tables and at least six dart boards... maybe more. Can’t remember whether there was foosball or not. There’s a Golden Tee game. There was also a back-room that may or may not be private. I didn’t get back there, so I have no idea what it’s all about or what’s in there. This morning my Dreadnaught t-shirt smelled like a campfire. Very nice, actually... unlike that “morning after” cigarette smoke smell on your clothes.

Great selection. Tons on tap and hundreds in bottles. Some barkeeps are very knowledgeable. Food is good. They tend to over spice stuff. Their mild wing sauce is hotter than most most places’ extra hot sauce. Their ribs have rub flaking off in quarter inch thick chunks. On the other hand their smoked wings (with the sauce on the side) are the best compliment to a fine IPA I’ve ever had. For a new place, they’re doing a great job.