Anyone, anyone coming to Marietta, Pennsylvania has to visit Shanks tavern! I'm 74 years old, and this is the most friendly place I've ever stepped into. The staff takes time to talk with you with smiling faces. The owner came over to our table, introduced himself ,we had a lovely conversation. There are no TVs in this tavern. It should be the highlight of anyone's visit to Marietta, Pennsylvania. We were just visiting here for two nights, having driven four hours to get here. After our initial introductions, these people knew they were never going to see us again, yet they took time to make us feel so welcome!
So great to see my long time friend and bartender "Andy girl" !!! I just love her to death 😍 ❤️ Great day for a misty candlelight holiday house tour. We are so lucky to have such an active, beautiful boro of Lancaster County and creativity I'm our communities. This was a special day to me , spent with my dear son Scott. Blessed Christmas 🎄 🙏 to all . Thank ✨️ you .
Has a good time. Tammy was a great bartender, very friendly and did the best she could with how busy things were when I was there.
Burger was pretty good, and the pesto pasta salad was excellent.
Will stop by again.
After a few years hiatus for no particular reason, we've gone a couple times recently and have really enjoyed it. Great food, great atmosphere, great Guinness (even if they don't use the traditional glass), and great desserts (made in house). Go there.
Very neat pub along the River Trail. Bike parking, lunch specials, cool atmosphere, historic building, and excellent beer on tap. Great mid way stop when doing the Northwest River Trail or in the Marietta area.
First time here. They were always closed whenever we went through the town. Sat outside. Wasn't crowded for lunch on a nice Saturday. Menu wasn't very big, but food was good. Portions were a little small, but that said prices were reasonable for the size. I'll go back again. Service was fantastic.
Such a historic bar and super friendly staff. I could spend hours just looking at the walls and the pictures and talking to all that nice patrons. Had the burger and a salad and it was perfect just as ordered. But what I really liked was the beer selection, out of the 10 or 12 taps only two or three IPAs, thus they had excellent other choices, really like that in a bar these days.
This is the type of place, although we do not go often but if you do, "Everyone knows your name." VERY good food, VERY friendly people, beautiful Tavern. Thank you for a great Quesadilla w/chicken and House Salad, delicious blue cheese dressing and Cheese Steak and Soup. This time had the Flatbread pizza, Vegetarian Spring Roll with peanut sauce and my husband was hungry for their Ham and Turkey sandwich, all delicious. Seems we are going more and more as everything is made to order and fresh.
Found it on a historical tavern web site so we thought we'd try it. We arrived on our motorcycle a half hr before they opened. I guess they saw us, and invited us in early. The food was awesome and the service was friendly and comfortable. Felt like we were one if the regulars! Definitely would stop again if in the area!
Friendly people and great food! They made us feel so welcomed! We loved that there were no tvs!
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