Rhumb Line Restaurant

The Rhummy is a great hang for live music. I lived in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village for 5 yrs and the Rhumb Line rivals all the live music clubs I used to frequent. Great food, fun and interesting mix of people.

Early Show Saturday; exceptional food, large portion of fresh fish and lasagna; music with Brian King and guess made a perfect evening.

Went for the first and last time. The good, Onion soup was great. Ned Nugent and DreadLocks bands were great. Waitress was non existent, two drinks were horrible never mind the wait, one other drink was un drinkable due to high alcohol content. Then waited an hour For bill and had to go to bartender to get it (WAITRESS Disappeared) and even that was wrong. Never again.

Great place with fun atmosphere. I had the best onion soup ever. There was a long simmered flavor of the caramelized onion, and topped with a generous amount of quality melted cheese. The lobster roll was full of fresh meat, with crunchy celery to add body. We all were happy with our local seafood based meals.
I also went at night when it was hopping. It was easy to find. There is an upstairs room too. Friendly and efficient staff too.

Closed at 2:15 PM. No hours listed on web page, no hours listed on door or window. Unilocalers show it as open from 11:00 on. My first visit, disappointed.

The best music you will hear anywhere. Wed/​Thurs are fantastic and the weekends are really great.

had a quick dinner here the other night before a meeting — a burger with cheddar and fries. i love this place because it’s a local joint and even though i’m not a ‘regular’, i feel like one. this is a great local bar and the burger was cooked as requested and had a nice char-​broiled flavour. the service was very accommodating without being intrusive. they also have great live music nearly every night — fly amero from orleans is there every wednesday night with a ‘special guest’. it’s a local institution. the décor is wood, brass, and well worn in. comfy.

WOOOHOOOO!!!
I rarely get to up this way but if I lived in the Gloucester area, I would see myself becoming a townie and a regular here.
The sights, the sounds, the food, the boooooze… you had me at it all.
The drinks are strong, the nachos were good. Hey, says a lot from me.
The live music I saw that night, incredible! It was a Grateful Dead group, such a great vibe. Hopefully I find myself up that way again.

This place is awesome! Great drinks, great live music EVERY night! bartenders are professionals and awesome at what they do. and food is great too! french onion soup is by far the best around, also the nachos are pretty amazing :) a great local spot! it’s hard to beat this place for a drink/​food/​music/​atmosphere/​reasonable prices combination… in fact, it’s impossible to beat it!

Great food, drink, staff, and entertainment. A locals bar, but enjoyable! Parking could be tricky but usually end up with a close spot. Have been there on promotional nights with up and coming liquors. Received some cool t-​shirts and shots! Overall, good place to stop in for a bite and drinks.

Great drinks and food. very reasonable prices. People are are always friendly and the live music 7 nights a week is fantastic. Lots of daily specials, prime rib, grilled scallops etc, very diverse menu with great appetizers nachos, potato skins, wings, etc. Cuban sandwich and burgers are a couple of my favorites. i would recommend the rhumb line for a great meal at a great price and some fantastic entertainment any night of the week.

Love this place. It is not somewhere I would describe as a family place but we brought our kids for the early show on sat this week. I realize most people would frown on that and we got a few looks, but the food is good and they love live music as much as we do. The music was great as was the atmosphere. There are very few places kids are allowed on a sat night with live music! Will be back with and without the kids!

I’ve been here twice, both times after work mid-​week. I didn’t eat because I didn’t realize they served food at that time — no other customer was eating, and neither bartender asked me if I wanted anything (I just figured it was dinner only, or lunch only, or some other time that wasn’t when I was there at that moment). Not a big deal.
The first time I went in, the bartender was really nice. Asked if I was new in town (I am) and whether I liked it (I do!). My beer had a fruit fly or 6 in the glass, but she quickly gave me a fresh one. Other customers weren’t friendly or unfriendly — it was almost as if I wasn’t there even though I attempted to make conversation here and there.
The second time I went in, people were less than friendly. The man sitting in the seat next to me even asked «Are you lost? Or just waiting for the train?» I just kind of laughed it off — I’m not shy and can hold my own, but it just kind of went downhill from there. I got up to use the restroom (leaving my keys and phone on the table, along with an almost but not quite half-​full bottle of beer) and when I came back, it was gone. The bartender said he thought I was done… and at that point I was.
The beer choices are pretty standard, with a couple of commercial microbrews thrown in (such as Magic Hat). The place could be cleaner — I know it’s not a 4-​star restaurant, and that’s cool. I dig those dark, dive-​y places that the yuppies tend to avoid. But the bathroom was pretty nasty for 5:15 on a Wednesday afternoon, and I don’t like fruit flies in my #9.

Went there on Tuesday night and figured no band because it said Jazz trivia on the sign. We were ready to go on to the Dog bar, but my father in law insisted we stay for a drink. Jazz Trivia sounds like one of those trivia nights that you must be really really drunk to play. What a great surprise to see this Jazz band. Not big on Jazz, but they blew us away!
Once again, another reason to love the Rhumb Line.

Food is great, as is the service. Every time I eat I’m a member of the clean plate club.

great if you go for lunch.
horrid if you go to hear music.
you trip over the wires or dancefloor, not sure what it was but I was not able to get by to go to the rest room. it was so loud and the music was BAD.
everyone thought they were a music expert, or they were drunk and dancing lamely. it is way too SMALL. expand or get a better layout.

Stuff they have:
*Decent tap list
*Delicious fries of the über-​crispy variety
*Buffalo chicken tenders that made our corner of the table swoon
*Cinnamon Sugar on the rims of your Shipyard Pumpkinhead
*A healthy love (or at least acceptance) for day drinking!
Stuff they don’t:
*Televisions
Come here for drinks and bites if you’re in the area. Word has it they have good live music on nights & weekends. Worked out as a great midday stop for our party of 9. Just don’t expect to catch college football on the big screen. But don’t worry– no one is judging while you pound beers and scream at your ESPN smartphone app (cough cough Damien S.)

Ok, the bhumb line, scum line, rummy or whatever you want to call it is great.
Rachelle already gave us a pretty extensive review. The food here is pretty good. I like the wings and the burgers. Yeah, the draft beer selection isnt wicked extensive, but certainly there is something there for your taste. I like the magic hat #9 draft. Theres plenty of bottles also. A dark and stormy or 3 will get your motor running also if thats your thing.
There are food specials throughout the week, prime rib on wednesdays I think and lobster rolls on saturdays among other things. Sports games occasionally are put on the big projector screen.
Parking can be somewhat difficult. In a pinch I will park at the train station and pay the 3 bucks or whatever it is.
The music that the Rhumb Line typically has is pretty good, with regular acts such as Fly Amero and Dave Sag. It WILL be busy when there is live music, get in early for a table and you will be very happy.
Im not sure how the Rhumb line profile got the $$$$ price range rating, which is «splurge: over $ 61». I set it at $$ and we will see if it sticks or not. The price rating is supposed to be for a meal, a drink and a tip… not the cost of going on half a bender.

Great burgers, great entertainment and cramped quarters. You gotta love this place. The drinks are always really really good, and the bartenders are always quick and nice. Gotta love this place!

I don’t fully recall being here, but that’s not the point.
The Gansett was plentiful, the cuban sangwich was stellar, the fries ruled, and the band played The Specials by request.
There were five of us. We were loud. We were rowdy. We may have peed out in front of the place. Our collective tab was $ 250. I got hit on by the Golden Girls.
I can’t wait to go back again. This meets Uncle Juggernaut’s seal of approval.