Merlins Rest Pub

Join us tonight for a Samhain Celebration! Samhain is the Celtic New Year. And as it falls on a Wednesday this year, that means we’ll also have the weekly Old Molly’s Folk Jam with our boy Billy Watkins. And then there’s that thing we all call Halloween.
Got a costume? Wear it! Come as yourself or [...]

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The traveling Irish band CHULRUA will be in the pub tonight!
7:30 pm, $12 cover for Chulrua. Don’t miss this rare live-band opportunity, friends.
And speaking of DON’T MISS THIS: After Chulrua, the badboys of Bedlam will bring their weekly Celtic folk and jam session. They’ll fire it up probably around 9:30 or so. If you [...]

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After a fine weekend of brunches and bands, we’re turning the mic over to you. Join us tonight for the Merlins Rest Open Mic! Our friend Harrison Matthews leads the fun and our other friends (ie, you) provide the songs, stories, poems and so forth. The mic opens up around 8:00 pm.
See you tonight!
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, [...]

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It’s Sunday, friends, and we’re feeling smarter. Per usual we’ll gather in the pub for the Sunday Pub Quiz, hosted by our very own Welsh torturemaster John Dingley. Twenty-five questions, teams of up to four, and loads of laughs. Bring your friends or make new ones!
Quiz starts at 8 pm sharpish.  And 30 minutes prior [...]

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We’re serving breakfast once again! Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, friends. It’s the weekend at Merlins Rest, and that means brunch from 9 am - 2 pm. Lovely!
TONIGHT: The whole dang Hot Club of East Lake will be in the house. It’s rare that each one of them can be in the same room [...]

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