Shovel Handle Pub at the Whitney Inn

We wandered in to the Shovel Handle after looking around for a place to watch the big AFC championship meltdown of 2013. Any place with seats near a television was packed. We put our name in and headed downstairs to the hangout area, comfy couches, tables, and a big tv with the pre-game on. As we waited for a table the waitress came around and got us, and the 10 or so other people downstairs, drinks and apps.
With the game about to begin the hostess and our waitress offered to let us all stay downstairs and watch and have our meals delivered down to us. AWESOME. They could read the situation and adjusted accordingly, great flexibility on the staff's part. The service was fast, efficient, and friendly.
I had the Shepard's Pie which was incredibly tasty, my husband had the Ribs which were also good. They have a good beverage selection, as a cider fan, it would have been nice to have a cider on tap but they carried Woodchuck 802, which was great.
I would recommend this place to anyone and will go there again and again when I'm in the White Mountains.
You won't be blown out of the water with the food but it is better than most pubs and the atmosphere is great.

We found this off the beaten path pub and wanted to try something new.  Our party of six really enjoyed the spinach artichoke dip.  Entrees were excellent including my blackberry ribs.  Tiramisu is to die for!  We'll definitely be back.

I had read about the pub attached to the fantastic Whitney Inn and was excited to try it out. I have to say though that I wasn't blown away. The decor is really cool, especially some of the old ski posters. The menu (at least for dinner) is somewhat limited and pricey. The brews on tap are extremely limited for a pub! I got the blackberry bbq ribs and my partner got the duck. He loved his dish while I didn't think mine was that good; he ended up eating it too and liked it though. Our waitress seemed to be the only one for the entire restaurant and we rarely saw her. I noticed there were tons of kids at the tables so it got pretty noisy. For what we got, I felt the prices were a bit steep. We were both put off by our waitress showing up out of the blue and asking to take our plates when we had a ton of food left. I think they were running out of tables and wanted us to hurry along. It was nice to try it, but I wouldn't go out of my way to eat there again, even if I did stay in the inn next door. Lots of better options in the area.