Mount Vernon Stable & Saloon

From the service to the meal, we give this place 5 stars. Our meal was excellent: we had wings as an appetizer, crab cakes and the ribs for dinner. Ribs were the best I’ve ever eaten. Not to mention Carter, the waiter, best waiter we’ve ever had. Very knowledgeable of the restaurant and the city. Excellent restaurant… We will be back!

The food here is delicious but the downstairs bar service has always been quite slow. BUT they have a Simpsons pinball machine! (And it’s free! Shhhhh). It’s a comfortable place to go and drink beer and read the paper, and they seem to play a lot of 80s schlock-​rock which is cool too.

I usually visit this restaurant a couple or three times a month. it reminds me of Cheers — where everyone knows your name. The staff is friendly and usually very efficient. The food ranges from well beyond adequate to very good. I’m basically a meat and potatoes type of person, yet I can find lots of different things on the menu to eat, without having to resort to a hamburger every time. My friends with more adventurous tastes rave about most of the food there — particularly the ribs on Monday nights. If you’re there alone, the staff will make sure you don’t feel lonely, if you’re there on a date, there are several tables where you can be away from the bulk of the activity, and they are very accommodating if you bring a large group (but please call ahead to give them a heads-​up that you’re coming in). One thing that I really like about the restaurant is that there are no television sets upstairs. There are however, some downstairs in the bar area.

If you are looking for a spot with a good happy hour… look no further! They have $ 3, $ 4, and $ 5 drink specials and the same with food specials. I am talking about the Saloon and can’t speak to the restaurant itself.
I walked out of there with a full belly and a hazy head all for the low price of $ 28 and my bartender, Kara was amazing!!!
Not only that but it was quiet enough for my friends and I to talk and they played great music! In fact several Jack Johnson songs came on while we were there!
The only thing I would note is that the bathroom is pretty small so don’t try to do your makeup in there!!!
I will definitely be going back!

The place was pretty empty accept for a few locals who seemed to come there quite often. The host slash bartender slash waitress (did she cook our food too I wonder) was friendly enough. Me and my gf got the happy hour chicken nachos and potato skins. We also got an order of buffalo hot wings.
The nachos were very stale. Chicken was bland. The potato skins had an odd texture. Probably yesterday’s skins microwaved. Pretty awful. The wings were good. But they were just wings fried and dipped in a generic buffalo sauce.
Would probably never come here again lol.

One of the best places for me to eat, drink and unwind on any day of the week. Cara and Ashley are the bar tenders that works downstairs and in my opinion one of the best! Extremely attentive even when the crowd seems to be growing by the second!

Monday night is rib night, I repeat… Monday night is RIB night. Went here to meet a friend for dinner. The ribs were very tender and food. You can choose from with classic or spicy sauce. When I have gone, I have always had the ribs as they are what they are know for. They have standard foods ranging from soups, salads, sandwiches and entrees. The pricing is very affordable and you will find the atmosphere to be very eclectic.

This place is filthy & has roaches.
The staff is unqualified and the bartenders drink too much on their shift.

Went on a Sunday night.
Pretty good small bar beer selection.
I liked that they played adult swim on TV.
All in all a fun hangout spot with s few friends

Went here with a group of friends after going to a talk at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. I split the toasted ravioli appetizer and had a Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy. The food and drink were very good, they were what you’d expect. Summer Shandy is always a good choice. The ravioli were probably frozen and heated but the taste was great.
Nice casual atmosphere for talking and catching up with friends. Not too noisy. They have some pinball machines which is a plus since I am a pinball fan. They have a Spiderman machine and a Simpsons machine. Bathrooms were clean. Prices were very fair. I’d return.

Really fun neighborhood bar. Stopped in to watch the World Cup game and it was not problem to change the channel on one of the TVs for us. We ate and drank for a couple of hours. Although they do not have a dedicated gluten-​free menu they were willing to find something besides a salad for me to eat. The steamed shrimp with Old Bay were delicious. My partner got the Taco Tuesday platter and I enjoyed fajitas (sans tortillas, plus lettuce). They have Angry Orchard on tap. We left full and happy.

The drinks were strong, and the service was great! I was with a big party and our waitress Kristyna was very attentive. I like how extensive their menu is. They have ribs, steak, pasta, wings, salads, and whatever you have a taste for. The wings were good too. I’d definitely go back!

Customer service is less desirable. The bar host is less attentive to making me feel comfortable in dining experience as much as he is concerned about writing menus on a chalkboard. Wow, no real customer service.

Ambiance: four stars
Service: four stars
Food: three stars
Honestly, the food doesn’t particularly stand out and it’s pretty standard bar food. However, I’m a BIG fan of their Monday Ribs night. $ 6 for half rack, $ 8 for full rack. The portions sizes are pretty decent. Overall, the servers are hospitable.

I would like to start by saying Kara is an amazing server, bartender and showed the most hospitality I have ever seen in baltimore. The shrimp we ordered were cooked very well and portion and price were on point.
This is a great spot but kara was the star. My glass was never empty and she kept me smiling the whole time! If you want a nice bar and restaurant in beautiful downtown Baltimore I wouldn’t pass it up.

Great neighborhood restaurant! Everything from the burgers to ribs to salads to lasagna is Great! Eat there at least once a week — the service is great, and when they know you’re in rush, even faster than normal!
Great place for before show dinner — or post-​show drinks and conversation — and handling a large party of 20 is never a problem!
And — great Happy Hour menu!
Laurie, Jane, Sean, Lisa — they are the best!

A longtime staple of downtown nightlife, The Stable has a full-​service bar downstairs and a dining room upstairs. The menu runs from salads and wraps to Italian and burgers. They are also known for a solid selection of cakes, including their version of Jewish Apple Cake. I have dined here forever and have never been disappointed.
However, it is when you read the specials board, which they’ll also recite to you, that you see they have surprisingly changed with the times. So one night early this week, it was honey salmon special with a vegetable medley. In short: it was delicious!
Bonus: At certain times, usually late, they’ll let you chose your spot – for singles, it’s nice not being shoehorned into the dreaded «alone» tables.

It was a good, solid meal. Nothing to write home about, but not disappointing, either. I had fried calamari (mount vernon style, with the pepperocinis and vinegar) and that was the best part of the meal. The calamari was slightly chewy, but mostly delicious and I love the light vinegar sauce. It is a unique and well-​thought-​out way to serve calamari, which shows promise for the other dishes on the menu.
I also had a chicken taco salad, which was not bad but slightly disappointing. There was canned salsa instead of pico or tomatoes, thick sour cream in a ramekin (what am I supposed to do with this) and no dressing– I had to ask. No corn or guac or anything like that, either.
The salad plate was inundated with corn chips around the side, almost blocking access to the salad itself. NORMALLY I would be like, «oh, awesome, an excuse to eat a ton of chips instead of my salad,» but unfortunately these were very bland, cardboard-​like chips. And I had to move them off the plate in heaps to even get at the salad. The chicken was cooked well, though.
My companion had the flounder stuffed with crab florentine, and she said it was very good. Maybe the trick here is to stay away from the salads. Ribs and bar food are supposed to be their thing, and I’ve heard rave reviews. I would definitely come back here and try another selection.

I’ve been here a few times now. The last time was the Friday before last. I feel like this place keeps getting better. The younger crowd sits in the basement bar. The bar tenders are awesome; making excellent drinks at lightning speed (so you can go in at 6:55 when happy hour ends at 7 and get drinks lol). The food was worlds better than it was the last time I went (probably 6 months ago) and that’s not to say it was bad then. They have a plethora of options at different price points that satisfied my group of picky eaters, carnivores, and vegetarians.
I had a sampling of my friend’s cheese fries, which are hand cut and smothered in real cheese not sauce (did I mention I’m a french fry connoisseur?) I had a BLT wrap that was made with a spinach wrap and bursting with bacon (could have used a bit more tomato) that was good and a loaded baked potato with broccoli and cheese. I opted for Sam Adams’s seasonal. While the other ladies had strawberry lemonade, half & half, and coco loco. The coco loco was hands down the drink of the night. The coconut water vodka accompanied by pineapple and lime juices was so refreshing I felt like I was in one of those peppermint patty commercials only instead of being transported to a freezing mountain top I was transported to a Caribbean or Hawaiian beach. Overall if you’re looking for an amazing culinary adventure this is not it, but if you’re looking a for a fun atmosphere to enjoy some good drinks and cheap eats, I would go here again and again and you should too!

Recently I was entrusted with choosing a restaurant that would serve as the site for my job’s summer staff outing. I called ahead for a reservation for 12 and Mt. Vernon Stable & Saloon was more than accommodating.
The day of our staff Baltimore Scavenger hunt came to an end and I just knew that Mt. Vernon Stable & Saloon would have something for every hungry palate. We ranged from Vegans to Meat eaters.
As the 12 of us chatted about the hunt, the server seamlessly served us our waters and took our drink orders. From there he gingerly took our food order. With more than half of us getting ribs, I just knew our order would take a while to fulfill. Not so! In less than 20mins our food was on the table and piping hot! Everyone was so pleased with what they ordered it was dead silent for at least 10 – 15 mins. :) I for one ordered the ribs. They was perfectly cooked, the meat was tender and the sauce was fingerlicking good.
Mt. Vernon Stable & Saloon should be a staple in your restaurant queue when choosing a spot with flair, ambiance, good service and down right good food.
They also boast a pretty awesome brunch!
Oh PS! Monday is rib night! 6 bucks for a half rack and 8 for a full. How you love that?!