Shannon's Pub & Grille — Restaurant in Maryland

My daughter was in a musical in Brooklyn Park down the street so I started coming here prior to the show for dinners. The first time I had the prime rib and veggies. Some of the best I ever had. I'm not one to walk away from a plate, but I brought home leftovers. I brought my wife in the second time and she said it was the best Greek salad she's ever had. I would concur because she ate the entire meal. I tried the reuben and wouldn't you know it was on point. Lots of tender corned beef and a super fresh bun. The THIRD time my wife and I came she was so impressed w/ the Greek salad she got another one and I ordered the blackened Salmon w/ veggies. It was amazing. You'd think an Irish pub in the middle of nowhwhere would have middle of nowhwere food. WRONG! Not only is the food great, but if you want to come watch an O's game, these are your people. I dont' drink anymore, but they have happy hour bucket specials, Tue/Thu night entertainment and on the weekends... The owner himself is as Greek as Greek gets, I think he even sweats olive oil? and takes extreme pride in the quality of his food. Lastly, we love the wait staff/bartender ladies - they are pleasant, pretty, funny and are very attentive. I wish I had taken more food pics, but you'll have to take my word for it; this...

I did not expect such great food here! I went to meet some friends from an online group here. I live about 20 minutes away and did not know about it. Parking was easy and there was plenty of room to get a table or sit at the bar. I sat at the bar, ordered a Guinness and waited for the others. While I waited, I ordered my meal. The regular menu has many of the typical favorites such as burgers, wings and desserts. The specials menu expanded on that with fish and chips, smoked pork chops and a variety of other options. I ordered the smoked chops on the recommendation of the waitress. As you can see from my picture, it is a lot of food and served more like a high end restaurant. It also comes with a salad. Pub food usually means plastic baskets and such to me. The taste was amazing! The sauce was light and allowed the smoked pork flavor to come through. Veggies were cooked well and retained their crunch. The generous helping of mashed potatoes did not need anything as it was seasoned perfectly. Service was snappy even when the group grew to 15 of us. We were seated in the basement dining area which allowed us a quieter space to talk. Looking forward to our next...

Wild. We just moved to the area and were so excited to check out the local spot. It's summer time. I didn't realize there was a DRESS CODE for a hole in the wall community pub. Waaaay to posh for us anyway with that attitude. Boyfriend was wearing a tank top (not a wife beater, not something torn up and tattered, a nice tank because it's 99 DEGREES IN MARYLAND.... okay... So we walk in and immediately get asked to leave. Is this Annapolis? Is this high school? I've never been so turned off. "You can't wear that here" HA only go in a suit and tie I guess. Can't wait to never go back "appropriately dressed"...

Edit to reply: just as snarky as your staff. Not surprised. And this obsurd dress code is posted.... Where...? Oh right... It's not. You let white men who are in all leather and patches come in nightly, but a Mexican man walks in with NO tattoos, just a target pocket tank and we gets asked to leave . Hmmm.... Okay... Love that white washed look y'all got going on. The fact that you've been in business that long to service only the same regulars... Your crowd and business will die out soon.

NOW you can thank me for the...