Jetty Dock Bar Named Best Small Town Bar In MD By Thrillist

KENT NARROWS, MD — Whether you just want a drive to get out of the city, or are traveling to the Eastern Shore, there is a bar along the way that has been named the best small town bar in Maryland by Thrillist The website that covers food, drink, travel and entertainment has given the honor to the Jetty Dock Bar in Grasonville, which is known for its live music and crab legs.

Boaters can pull up to a slip if they find an opening and dig into fresh crab dishes. Every Monday the bar hosts Trivia Night, while live bands play every Friday and Saturday, and some Sundays.

Here's what Thrillist says about the Jetty Dock Bar in its analysis of the best small town bars in every state:

You wouldn't necessarily expect a tropical boozy paradise just across the bay from the urban sprawl of Baltimore... and maybe eight-to-nine months out of the year, you'd be right. But when the calendar rolls around to warmer climates in the Mid-Atlantic, the sleepy strip of beaches between the Chester River and Prospect Bay transforms. And no spot exemplifies the underrated fun of Maryland in the summer than the Jetty Dock Bar, a legendary dive bar known for cheap drinks, fresh crab legs, and a revolving door of quality live music, all sandwiched on top of Wells Cove in the Kent Island Narrows.
It's the kind of place where fresh-faced 21-year-olds and their 75-year-old grandparents will squeeze into those ubiquitous white plastic chairs every beach bar worth its sea salt owns to guzzle down rum buckets and listen to reggae covers -- and take part in the eventual Jimmy Buffet singalong, naturally. If the landlubber charms of the tiki bar don't appease you, you can always dock your boat and party alongside the Jetty (Just follow the rules, kids!).
And if you think the only things Maryland does right is crab cakes and football, you've clearly been spending too much time in the Old Line State's cities. Try the Jetty on for size this summer. You may never go back to your real life.

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You can find the Jetty Dock Bar at 201 Wells Cove Road in Grasonville.

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