Bill’s Place

I stopped at Bill’s Place on a bike tour and was very disappointed. The lady tending bar acted like it was too much trouble to get off her stool to serve me. They had canned beer on sale for half the price of the bottles. Do you think she told me this? She was rude the entire time I was there. Typical bar food, which was ok. Racial overtones by the characters seated at the bar. I wouldn’t return.

it’s the only place around for miles, so you may think you’re about to be bamboozled, but the price is right and the food is good! Bill’s son, the current owner, is a solid dude, but i had to subtract one star for one of the patrons making my lady feel uncomfortable. oh well.

Stopped at Bill’s Place for lunch during a bicycle ride down the C&O Canal. I love local small unique places like this. I asked the guy at the counter what on the menu was a local favorite. He laughed and said, «Everything on the menu is a local favorite. We’re the only restaurant in town and for MILES around!»
We had a couple of the fried fish sandwiches, some onion rings and sweet potato fries. They were all good. Nothing I’d go on a 31 mile bike ride specifically to go eat, but good enough that we enjoyed our lunch in the middle of our bike ride.
Note to self: We should have paid when we ordered. As it turned out, we ordered, sat, they brought our food out to us, we ate… and then a biker gang of like 20 guys on motorcycles showed up. We had to get in line behind all the bikers to pay our tab before we could leave.
All in all, we had a great bike ride and this was a nice place to stop along the way (even if it was the ONLY place to stop along the way).

This place is awesome. Friendly bartenders, good food, and cheap beer. This bar has character, and was a welcome change from my local watering holes here in Los Angeles.
If you’re coming off of the C&O Canal Trail and want to end your day on a high note, grab a Lager at Bill’s Place.

If you are riding the C&O Towpath (or hiking or whatever), an absolute MUST STOP and have a beer and/​or food at Bill’s place (currently run by son Jack). This is just the sort of funky, friendly, awesome place one would expect to find in an out-​of-​the-​way but along-​the-​towpath place. We stopped for a beer on our way from the trail to our lodging. Later, being the only restaurant in town, we decided to walk on down and eat there. The menu is basic and on a white board — TOTALLY reasonable prices. The décor is fabulous — dollar bills plastered to the ceiling from hundreds of visitors over the years, a small «convenience store» in one corner, a big bar, a million interesting mementos on the walls, good conversation,. I have to say that my chili was just fine and my chicken sandwich one of the best I had on the trail. My friend ordered the fish sandwich (enough fish on that sandwich for TWO sandwiches). Nothing was greasy… just-​right crispy! Add a couple of beers to that and dang — dinner for two for $ 20 is a real deal. Best Restaurant in town!

I rented a canoe from Bill place over the summer for an epic camping trip. The canoes are the same aluminum ones I used when I was in the scouts in the 70’s and a bit pricey too.
Time to upgrade Bill.
But the service was good and the canoe help up fine.
Takes some warming up the help when you first arrive, but then its all good.
One thumb up for Bill.