Corkboard: What's your summer bar? Tiki Barge? Woody's?
It hasn't started feeling like Spring or summer outside yet, but I'm already getting e-mails from bars catering to the summer crowd.
The hearing over Tiki Barge's fate has been set for Thursday, where some of its neighbors will no doubt again complain about potted plants and say 'public urination' a thousand times.
Regardless of what happens then, manager Bud Craven has already set April 15 as the barge's opening day. Add that to the list of good Tax Day bar options.
Over in Fells Point, Woody's Rum Bar & Island Grill is already open for business. Its summer kick-off party is scheduled for April 23.
So when it's actually nice outside, which is your summer bar of choice?
Photo: Tiki Barge (Gene Sweeney Jr./Baltimore Sun)
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
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I'm pretty sure Woody's has been open year round for awhile now.
Posted by: Foo | April 13, 2011 1:37 PM
Little Havana is a fun option in the summer
Posted by: Jen | April 13, 2011 1:45 PM
I second Little Havana!
Posted by: Elizabeth | April 13, 2011 2:04 PM
@foo: only since april 1, according to their most recent blast email anyway
Posted by: maza | April 13, 2011 2:08 PM
@Maza - that's funny because I was there when they had the windows open in mid March when we had that unseasonably warm day.
Posted by: Rock Strongo | April 13, 2011 2:15 PM
@Rocky I was there February/early march myself, it's def. been open year round for at least the past year.
Posted by: Foo | April 13, 2011 2:17 PM
Definitely open year round, as proposed here: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/midnight_sun/blog/2009/12/woodys_to_be_open_yearround_ow.html
But maybe they're making a distinction between the summer bar and this:
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/midnight_sun/blog/2009/12/introducing_woodys_winter_loun.html
Posted by: Dave F. | April 13, 2011 2:52 PM
Oh yeah, and to answer the question, the outdoor seating at Shucker's has been fun in the past.
Posted by: Dave F. | April 13, 2011 2:54 PM
definetly the tiki barge, i've never even been in the pool!
i like hanging out around the bar w/ the squirt guns and the unobstructed views of so much of the harbor - this' my fav place for easy living
Posted by: hal | April 13, 2011 5:54 PM
Woody's has a nice view but bad service and truly overpriced food, Little Havana is great!
Posted by: karen | April 13, 2011 8:28 PM
you tell via Woody's facebook page that it has been open throughout the winter - perhaps try going to bar instead of relying on email blasts
Posted by: Foo | April 14, 2011 9:00 AM
Little Havana for sure.
Posted by: TS | April 14, 2011 10:12 AM
I have always been a sucker for Bay Cafe's Friday Happy Hours.
Posted by: AlvySinger | April 14, 2011 2:34 PM
Re: Woody's
They were open on that random beautiful day in late Februray/early March, but they told us that they just opened because it was nice out and they wanted to take advantage of the foot traffic. They were only serving from Slainte's menu and I don't think they had the full bar open.
They were definitely open full time last winter, but I don't think they were this winter.
Posted by: kateebee | April 14, 2011 3:28 PM
The Big Owl on Kent Island, Proud Mary's Dock Bar (at the Inn at Pirate's Cove) in Galesville, and Little Havana, of course.
Posted by: Deb Daly | April 15, 2011 9:03 AM
Nick's Fish House!!!
Posted by: Beth | April 15, 2011 12:39 PM
Woody's Rum Bar and Island Grill is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday all year. The Slainte Menu is served in the winter. It is now open full time and serving the Woody's menu. April 23rd is the Season Opening party. Stop by for lunch on a sunny day. Best day drinking in Baltimore.
Posted by: moondoggy | April 16, 2011 11:05 AM