Coakley's Irish Pub

If you're even remotely close to Havre De Grace, you must go to Coakley's and order a bowl of the cream of crab soup.  Thick, rich and full of crab chunks, it is to die for.  Plenty of meat in their other crab-related items as well.  A great surprise for a couple of PA landlubbers.

This place wasn't bad. We went on a Saturday night and besides the fact that there was no parking, we had a good time. We actually had to park across the street, sort of near Tidewater and Magerk's parking lots. We got seated in an awkward part of the restaurant though, with only about 4 or 5 tables in a small room. There was only one other table filled in there, and it was two parents and two young kids under 5. The beer came out quick and the prices are ok. They have things like Sierra Nevada listed under import bottles though, so don't go here expecting a big beer selection.

I was actually pretty disappointed in their beer selection. They have mostly mass market stuff you find everywhere and their draft selection was weak. Their "seasonal" beer was just non big brews they usually don't offer. They did have Newcastle Werewolf though. I ended up getting a Dogfish Head IPA and my wife got a Smithwick's. Each beer was about 4.50 which I thought was pretty high.

For food, we got the crab pretzel which was really good.The crab imperial that is topped on the pretzel had a really unique flavor, different from what I'm used to. It was very filling. I ordered the Cajun chicken sandwich for my entree with steak fries (not my favorite...very soggy) and my wife got the black and blue burger w/ waffle fries. Both came out quick and were cooked pretty much to order, except for my wife's burger being a little undercooked. She ordered medium well and although the outside was dark and near charred, the inside was still rather pink (I dont know if it was a frozen patty). Both sandwiches were a nice sizes.

Overall, we left full and the prices weren't awful. All in all we spent $40 bucks for two sandwiches, an appetizer, and two beers. Service was also good. I think it would probably take a lot to get me to go back there though. As far as bar food, I have a few other places I prefer  (like Dark Horse Saloon in Bel Air). Also, I'm sure the actual bar areas are much better... but where we were seated was just awkward.

Very good bar food!  Crab cakes, burgers, Ruben they have it all.  Reasonable price but bar atmosphere.  Woulddefinately do lunch here again.