Town Hall Liquors

Local Neighborhood bar, nothing fancy, good specials every day. Yu can buy snacks next door at the liquor store and bring them in to snack on while you watch the game or wait for a UMD game to start. Good for pre-​gaming, much less expensive than anywhere else.

My favorite College Park bar. Odd, yes. Usually has interesting characters there, yes. Cheap, yes. Pool, pinball, juke box, yes. If you want a basic bar slinging drinks and to be left alone, here is your place.
LMB for life!!!

GF and I always go here because of the convenience of it, living in the View, and the selection. While it is not the most impressive it has the basics, Beer, Wine, Gin, Vodka, etc and some of the more top shelf brands. Their wine selection is good, but I would give it five stars if they had more local wines. Beer selection is very very good though. Like everyone mentions the place is very mellow, safe, and there is no crazy college kids running. I, myself, am a college kid and greatly like it for the atmosphere, if it was slightly updated I would also give it a five rating. its great if you just like a casual experience.

The management of Town Hall is unkind to veterans.
Hey Keith, if you can’t take a joke, take a cab.

Well, usually I wouldn’t give this kind of place 5 stars: it doesn’t look really good, you have to serve yourself (I mean, there are only bartenders), and there’s not really food menu there.
But in town hall, this is the magic…
This place is very old (I think since the 70’s). It’s cheap (depends on the time of day and kind of beer, but on average, one glass would cost you $ 4, and pitcher $ 11), they have large selection of draft beers (and they change them from time to time). There are pool tables, jukebox, you can bring in your own food (and there are several restaurants around), and the college kids don’t go there! :)
There are many tv screens there, so if there’s some game you want to watch they’ll screen it for you.
This is my favorite place in College park.

We all need to get a drink every now and then! :) pleasant time here. Loved it ! :-) keep up the good service :)

4.5 stars… heart of college area (UMD) so prices are a little above normal… nice selection, lay out is a little odd could use some remodeling to improve efficiency and flow… only place I have found that carried Terrapin Brewery Liquid Bliss… staff is always nice and friendly!

Great townie and dive bar. Service was good, you just have to go to the bar. Don’t expect a lot here, it is what you get, but the bartenders were nice and helpful. Great pinball. IMO the only place worth going to in the town.
Great prices on beers.

Sticky… everything is sticky. Believe it or not that is a plus. It keeps the «weary» (read «frat-​kids») at bay. This is the perfect place to get a cheap pitcher of craft beer, or enjoy the nightly drink specials. The pool tables are uneven, off colored and have probably seen more debauchery than most prison showerheads. Some bar stools have backs, some don’t, who cares. Did I mention the sticky? They always have whatever local sports is currently on one of the TVs. They will often hook a laptop up and stream the MD basketball/​football game if it isn’t being televised. This place is good and you are not worthy.

Pros: Cheap beer, pool, a couple arcade games, and you can bring in your own food. Drink specials are always on point – on Wednesdays I can get a vodka soda for under $ 3.
Cons: I would not order the food there, and once I had a glass of red wine that was mysteriously chilled… but tbh that was my own fault for ordering red wine at Town Hall.
Conclusion: Town Hall is what it is and what it is is a dive bar.
Cash only, but there is an ATM.

«wizard of oz» is GONE.

A venue generally reserved for anyone 40 and above having a midlife crisis, this bar is all around terrible with the worst customer service I have ever seen. The bartender, manager, and bouncers all treated me with a level of disrespect I have never experienced. If you are interested in having a night of fun and/​or dignity, I highly recommend you avoid this bar.

I’ve never had a pleasant encounter from anyone that works there either in the liquor store (Philly hat dude) or in the bar… absolute last choice in College Park

Many pros and many cons.
Your bar tender with either be great or terrible. The beer all tastes watered down or ill-​kept or something that makes even good beers tasteless. The floor of the bathroom will make your shoes sound sticky for the rest of the day. There really isn’t food and Town Hall is cash only.
Nevertheless, it’s the only dive bar in College Park and the only bar not overrun by frats. If you want a calm bar with friendly people with a few pool tables and pin ball machines, this place is your best bet in College Park. Plus it’s cheap and it’s got a lot of seating at the bar.
Added benefit is that there is a liquor store attached to the bar. So you can take some home with you or stop in for a quick beer before you leave the liquor store.
Great for groups because there is always room. It’s usually about half full. Good place to hit the bar alone and just chat up the other patrons if that’s your thing. The place looks sketch, but it is safe and friendly.
I like Town Hall for a number of reasons and I want to love it, but it’s got a lot of downsides too. But ultimately where else are you going to drink if you aren’t in a frat or sorority in College Park?

It was my first time coming here. I never knew this place was liquor store /​bar. I drove it past a few times before. But never thought it was a place to hang at and drink play pinball and pool. My friend told me there was a good pool/​bar if you was trying to have fun. I said yeah where is it my friend said college park. So we get there they I’d you once you enter the door. So have your I’d even if you’re not drinking. I like this place. The staffs were friendly. There specials are crazy too Monday through Saturday except Sunday. What other place would do that? They also serve food but I didn’t order any food here. I have it a 4 star because the bathroom was filthy. But I will return back here. It’s a nice friendly crowd.

I’ve always seen this place driving by, it always looked like a dive. Finally went here looking for a place in CP to play some pool, fancy digs this is not, but we were greatly entertained by one of the regulars singing a song to another patron, «Why don’t you just kill yourself». I see someone here referred to them as townies, yeah, that sounds about right. I’ve been in CP some time now, and I have never run into anyone like that in this area… I have no idea where they come from.
I don’t know much about pool tables but apparently these are slightly smaller than regulation size, and required quarters.

So let’s just get this outta the way, Town Hall is an absolute sh! thole dive bar. Cement floor, dilapidated booths, sketchy restrooms (with condom dispenser *bonus*), and less of a liquor selection than flying coach. I’ve heard there are scuzzier DMV dives, but this has to be in the top 5.
Now what they have to set themselves apart from the other sh! tholes is pinball! They have about 7 machines in there at any given time and they range from ‘80s classics to the latest pinball innovations. According to some of the regulars, it’s all due to a local guy who collects the machines as a hobby and ran out room in the garage. If you desire real pinball, this is definitely the place to go. As a warning, bring your own quarters, there’s no change machine.
Other than the pinball, they do have a surprisingly diverse draft beer selection that almost seems under-​priced. Also there is an attached liquor store that definitely caters to the local U of MD crowd. But where else can you go get a local draft beer, play pinball, and walk out with a $ 68.00 Natty Ice 150 pack?

Pinball! This place is the best spot to play pinball in College Park! They have a couple different league nights and some good beers on tap too. Good prices and staff are really nice as well.
Went there every day to play some pinball. Note if you go and the machines are off, they are probably working, they just turn them off when they’re not in use so power them up or ask the staff to help you.

This is a great dive bar yet very well lit, lots of TVs and it’s not smelly with spilled beer. It’s just the perfect place to hang with old friends, and you can grab stuff to take home also.
Town Hall was old already about 1990 when my gradual school buddy and I got beers here on those late evenings when we just couldn’t stand schoolwork any more. Anyhow fast forward twenty odd years and it’s still the same place!
Six of us crowded into a booth that was about 10 degrees off level, I kid you not, it was funny. No table service of course! The bartender sold us pitchers of an outstanding IPA, very fresh and a steal at just $ 10.50 each. The music was never too loud.
Last visit I noticed a booth that sells some kind of junk food but it was unstaffed so we didn’t get any food. Anyhow this feels like a place to drink :) not eat.
Free parking out front too!

I haven’t hung out in the bar area for years, but I will say, when I went back here this weekend to pick up a keg from the adjoining liquor store, it smelled exactly the same! Divey, beery, stale, glorious.
This is part bar, part alc store in CP that’s very different from the bars right by campus. The median age here is significantly higher, and the dress code is significantly lower. There’s a small parking lot, pool tables, a juke box machine, and brighter lights than should really be had in a place like this. That said, it’s a chill place to hang out without anyone expecting you to be cute or cool or really anything but drunk and somewhat friendly. I’d say more, but like I said, I haven’t actually spent time in here for a few years.
What I do have recent experience with is the liquor store; the bar and the store are adjoined by a doorway, but you can also enter either through separate doors from the parking lot. The important thing to note here is that they have the best keg prices I know of within convenient driving distance to me (I live in Silver Spring). Huge! A full-​size keg of yuengling lite is like $ 54. If you’re not picky about what you’re drinking (or at least what your guests are drinking), that is awesome. The deposit, tap included, is $ 70, and they accept cash only (ATM on site). So, go forth and get wasted! And get many of your friends wasted! It’s cheap!