Merlins Rest Pub

Tonight: Open Mic with Harrison Matthews
Time: 8:00/8:30 pm
Goodness! I nearly neglected to update this site while lost in transit today. But my traveling does not impact the general mayhem and good times and good grub at Merlins Rest.
Tonight, join our friend Harrison Matthews, who is a fine writer in his own right, for the Merlins [...]

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Tonight: Sunday Pub Quiz
Time: 8 pm
We’re serving brunch today (I’m about to head for a spot myself) from 9 am - 2 pm, per usual, and welcoming this Sunday morning sunshine. Lovely.
Tonight, we’re holding the weekly Sunday Pub Quiz at 8 pm. Twenty-five questions, two points per. Participation earns you one point that adds [...]

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Tonight: The Hot Club of East Lake (Jazz)
Time: 9 PM
First, let me say thank you to everyone who was out last night. Fantastic time! We had so many Celtic session musicians that one group played in the bar and the other in the restaurant. Even Tom Dahill showed up. Really quite lovely, that music. Eventually, [...]

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Tonight: Kilt Night and Katie’s Birthday
Music: Live Celtic music
Our good friend Katie has a birthday today! Happy days to you, Kate. We’ll be up at the pub to toast you this evening when you come in with the crew from the theater. What will you find here? Plenty! Kilts. Live Celtic music. Tasty pints. Loads [...]

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April is on the way! And that will mean a number of fantastic events here at Merlins Rest. We’ll have a single-malt tasting with the Whisky Wench (April 3), Irish dancing (April 9), the 783rd birthdays of Bill Watkins and John Dingley, numerous groups meeting in the pub, and, of course, our ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
A week’s [...]

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