Souris' Saloon

This place has a large space to work with, but it seems cramped inside. They use Fantastic on the tables & you can smell it when you're seated. Also, there are very noticeable dusty spiderwebs on the light up beer signs.  

I came in for their great draft selection, but it wasn't so great that I will come back. The gravy fries & onion rings were a little greasy (and made my tummy hurt a little later), but they were hot & delicious. Street parking is free after 6 pm, but is tricky in such a busy area. There are pay parking garages nearby.

Great local pub. Good pub fare with great service - Cassie is awesome! Lots of beer choices.

I broke my previous recommendation and tried the food. What a mistake.

Food review/Dining Experience Review- just got back from Souris Saloon 20 minutes ago.

We went there because we had a livings social deal. I bought it for $15 for $30 worth of food+drink. When you show up at a place at 7pm on a Saturday night and you are the only ones in the place that should raise the red warning flags. I ignored them and we proceeded to sit down in an empty booth. Immediately we smelled a strange smell. I recognized the smell, it was very familiar. It smelled exactly like my old fraternity house basement the morning after a party... awful.

My date and I figured, what the hell, it is a dive bar, lets get drinks. She ordered a Guinness and I ordered a jack and coke. The Guinness came with some extra protein. There was a fly that rose to the top of the glass, disgusting. The Jack and coke was alright, however I would of preferred it in a small glass. It was in tall pint glass with a lot of soda. The way I usually drink them is more Jack and less coke in a small rox glass. I believe most people drink Jack and cokes that way.

On to the food.... oh man. The crab dip had zero crab in it. They must have bought crab flavoring instead. It is a recession after all. I ordered the fish and chips and expected fried flounder or white fish equivalent and fries. I got 3 fish sticks that may have been frozen Gordon's brand. It was unreal. My date got a chicken cheese steak. How can you mess that up you ask? Apparently it is not as impossible as one would think. They never broke up the frozen chicken meat they threw on the grill and it was under cooked. It had no melted cheese on it and the bread was awful. Top that with loose tomatoes and lettuce and you have the worst dried out cheese steak on the planet.

I did not complain b/c the waitress was nice. However when asked what is good here, she should tell the customers truthfully and say NOTHING. The only redeeming quality of this bar is too pregame before you go out in to other spots in Towson, as their drinks are decent, at least they are if there are no flies wandering around. But after today I am not even sure I would order anything off tap ever again. If they are promoting the place with living social deals, they should improve the food quality. Has the owner ever eaten here?