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Bare
Bones Grill & Brewery
9150 Baltimore National Pike
Ellicott City, MD 21042
(410) 461-0770
www.barebonesgrill.com
They love
the music here! Music in the bar room - get there early for a booth; room for dancing. Nice restaurant with great
food w/large portions, full menu in bar area too. Best ribs as voted by Columbia Magazine. Saturday night Happy
Hour: after 9 pm, 1/2 price appetizers and house micros specials. Located in St. Johns Plaza shopping center (Advance
Auto Parts & Mars Grocery, on the left end) with plenty of parking.
Beach Cove Restaurant
8416 Bayside Rd.
Chesapeake Beach, MD 20732
(443) 550-3342
Remodeled
and reopened under new management! Located in quaint Chesapeake Bay town. Now one large room so everyone can enjoy
the music, nice, large wooden dance floor, outside deck, full menu/great food/large portions and dessert too! Home of the
every Wednesday open blues jam, 8pm - 12 am, hosted by Wolf with Hot Rods & Old gas! Wednesday food & drink
specials include $5 menu items!
Downtown
Compton at the Corner of Newtowne Neck Rd (Rt 243 ) and Bayside Rd., 3 miles west of Rt 5. Pool tables, horseshoes,
outside pavilion bar, music usually inside, room for dancing. Fun place!
Delta
Blues Juke Joint & Diner
2796 Old Washington Rd.
Waldorf, MD 20601
(301) 63-blues
www.deltabluesjukejoint.com
New! Live blues and great southern-style cookin' open for breakfast,
lunch & dinner every day! Full menu features great food such as catfish, whiting, ribs, chicken, lots of sides such
as collard greens, candied yams, mac & cheese and incredible desserts such as warm bread pudding and warm "dump"
cake - come hungry! SAVE ROOM for DESSERT!!! Late night appetizer menu available "till it's gone".
Live music on Friday or Saturday nights at 9 pm (spring & summer) or at 8 pm during winter months, and there's
great blues on the juke box too. Check out the article below, and come on out and support this new live music venue
with GREAT food!
Drift
Away Bar & Grille
12364 Neale Sound Dr.
Cobb Island, MD 20625 (301) 259-0333
Ebb Tide
985
Bay Ridge Rd.
Annapolis, MD 21403
(410) 280-2343
Fun place, great food, be sure to check the specials board, smoking patio
out back, room for dancing, booth and bar seating, cozy wood paneling, good sound, pool tables. They love live
music here! Cover. Article: http://www.whatsupmag.com/oct06/restaurant.shtml
Fat Boys
Country Store - new name!
41566 Medleys Neck Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650
(301) 475-6820 www.fatboyscountrystore.com
Room for dancing, fun & friendly crowd, pool tables, outdoor deck with fireplace, food available. Home of
the 3rd Fridays (new date beginning in March 2010) free & very popular Open Blues Jams hosted by Wolf with Hot Rods &
Old Gas, 8 pm. (Jam was previously held every other Thursday.) Host band plays (first, in the middle, at the end or some combination
thereof) so get there early! Jam nights have been well-attended - crowd of musicians and an appreciative, dancing audience too!
Come explore St. Marys:
http://tour.co.saint-marys.md.us/tourismtemplate2.asp?content=indexcontent.asp
DBarker@glenechopark.org
(Donna Barker, dance instructor)
Selected Sundays: Slow Blues Dance and lessons with Donna Barker & Mike Marcotte.
Selected Fridays: Swingin' with the Blues; your choice of lessons: West Coast Swing lessons with Ken Roesel or Slow
Blues Dance lessons with Donna Barker & Mike Marcotte. Dance follows after lessons.
No partner required.
HUGE wooden dance floor!
Magical & historical Glen Echo Park! Really cool art deco
neon lights at night. Dances held either in the restored Spanish Ballroom or the Bumper Car Pavilion. Both have
HUGE wooden dance floors. Dress in layers; not heated or air conditioned; fans in summer. Pavilion has clear plastic
panels & overhead heaters in cool weather and tiny white lights overhead. Ballroom has been magnificently restored.
Historic and magnificent carousel, $1/ride, limited hours/seasonal. Picnic tables outside the dance halls, so you're welcome
to bring a picnic. Clean, modern restrooms, water fountains. Cafe with drinks and some food open limited hours/seasonal.
No admission to park; admission for lessons/dance.
They
love live music here. Now
smoke free with custom smoking booth for your convenience! Motto: "Ageless Charm Without Yuppie Bastardization" for over 60 years! T-shirts
with motto available & spotted on celebrities - get yours! Honky tonk - you gotta see the decor, signs & the
painting - with homecooked food/full menu, live music 7 nights/week. New: 2nd Mondays -> Wolf's & Matt's
Blues Night/Open Blues Jam with Chip Clemmer on drums and featuring a special guest each month, 8:30 pm, no cover. Check
the specials board - wings, chili, bbq, desserts, meatloaf - all Wolf-approved! At the corner of Arlington Blvd. &
Annandale Rd.; in the Jefferson Village shopping center next to Baskin Robbins. Cover sometimes, usually on
Fridays & Saturdays.
Washingtonian article, "Honky Tonk Thrives in Falls Church," http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/artsfun/3059.html
Falls Church News-Press spotlight: http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4216:restaurant-spotlight-of-the-week-jvs-restaurant&catid=18:arts-a-entertainment&Itemid=80
Lexington Market
400 W. Lexington Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 685-6169
www.lexingtonmarket.com
Famous
landmark and the oldest and largest of Baltimore's 6 indoor food markets; historic (over 200 years) and renovated with over
140 market stalls, eat-in or take-out, lots of choices for lunch while you listen to great music from 12 Noon - 2 pm on Fridays
and Saturdays, no cover. 4,000 parking spaces and easy access to mass transit. Check out their calendar - special
events include CHOCOLATE Festival & the Lunch with the ELEPHANTS!!
Mangos Bar & Grill
7153 Lake Shore Drive
Herrington Harbour South
Rose Haven (near North Beach), MD
(410) 257-0095
www.mangosonthebay.com
This place
is BEAUTIFUL - inside & out! Great menu, great food, right on the water in the picturesque Chesapeake Bay town of
Rose Haven. You gotta see all the boats here!
Murphy's Pub
6971 Indian Head Hwy
Bryans Road, MD 20616
(301) 375-9230
http://www.myspace.com/murphys_pub_md
Neighborhood
pub, great sound system, owned & operated by a musician. 9:30 pm. Located across the street and just south of the Burger
King. Just 20 minutes from Woodrow Wilson Bridge on Route 210, south of Accokeek and north of Indian Head. Smoking exemption.
No cover.
Old Bowie Town Grille
8604 Chestnut Ave.
(Corner of Chestnut & 11th)
Bowie, MD 20715
(301) 464-8800
www.oldbowietowngrille.com
Nice, new restaurant in quaint old Bowie! Great food/full menu including cream of crab soup and brownie
a la mode that Wolf loves! No cover on Friday nights. Owned & operated by a musician; located upstairs. Friday night music:
8:30 pm, no cover. Cover usually on Saturday nights. Some room for dancing on wooden floor! Wash. Post article,
"In Bowie they're glad to share the blues," http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/25/AR2008092501277.html
Quarry House
Tavern
8401 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 587-8350
www.myspace.com/quarryhouse
"Silver
Spring's favorite dive for 70+ years! Beers, burger, basement. 13 steps down." Great food/menu includes burgers/toppings,
tater tots, hummus, homemade dressings, fried pickles, beer floats & fried double-stuffed oreos a la mode (when available)
and 200 beers-amazing list! At the corner of Bonifant, near Silver Spring Metro. Tricky to find! Located
below the Bombay Gaylord Indian Restaurant.
Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/restaurants/quarry-house-tavern,797175.html
"At the top of any list of local neighborhood bars, Quarry House has great beer and bar food, served to a diverse clientele."
Never a
cover. This place is hoppin' & they love the music! Music starts at 9:30 pm. Located a few doors down
from Ram's Head. Good food/extensive menu! On the corner, adjacent parking lot for Stan & Joe's customers.
Check out their Happy Hour specials too!
Zoo
Bar Cafe
3000 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 232-4225
www.zoobardc.com
Across
from the Zoo. Friendly neighborhood pub with great pub food (great wings, salads, burgers, sandwiches, stir fry, hand
cut fries, hand cut onion rings & Wolf-approved chocolate cake too)/full menu! Outdoor patio with umbrella
tables alongside Connecticut Avenue. Runner Up in City Paper Readers' Poll - one of the best Blues clubs in DC!
Home of the popular Thursday night free Open Blues Jam hosted by Big Boy Little Band with Bret Littlehales, Matt Kelley, "Wolf"
Crescenze & Robby Leebrick, 8:30 pm. www.myspace.com/bigboylittleband Weekend music: 10 pm-2 am. Big Boy Little
Band plays 1st Saturday night of every month. Hot Rods & Old Gas plays 1st Friday night of every month. No
cover.
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