We want Bare Bones to be your favorite restaurant and drinking establishment!

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JUST ANNOUNCED!

Columbia Magazine 2007 BEST RIBS
2007 Best Happy Hour,
Honorable Mention
2007 Best Locally Made Beer,
Honorable Mention

Full Liquor Bar
Live Music Saturdays
Banquet Facilities Available


Location: 9150 Baltimore National PikeEllicott City, MD.
We are located on Route 40 West,a quarter mile west of Route 29.

If you still need help finding us, click on this link:
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Bare Bones is proud to be known as Howard County's first brew pub! We can't wait to serve you!

Restaurant Hours: Open 7 days a week from 11:30am serving lunch and dinner with a full liquor bar and hand crafted microbrews.
Monday - Thursday until midnight
Friday - Saturday until 1:30am
Sunday until 10pm

Stop in Bare Bones on your way home and try a happy hour beverage or our award winning ribs.  Happy Hour is Monday through Friday, 4-7pm, with drink specials and a complimentary buffet in the bar. The most celebratede Hayppy Hour in Ellicott City...right here at Bare Bones!

Looking for something to do Saturday Night? Bare Bones' Live Music from 9pm - 1am can't be beat. Plus, enjoy Bar Bones' late night Happy Hour in the bar with drink specials and half price appetizers until close. The area's finest bands are featured here.

At Bare Bones, enjoy our all-you-can-eat specials Monday through Thursday from 4-10pm, except holidays. On Monday it's Baby Back Ribs; Tuesday it's Beef Ribs and/or Chicken; Wednesday it's Texas Style Spareribs; and thursday it's (Yes, believe it or not!) All You Can Eat of our famous Prime Rib! Don't miss a bite this week...We have your table ready.
 

History:
Joe Reese and Steve McClune first met while studying Food Service at Pennsylvania State University, and later became partners to open Bare Bones Restaurant & Bar, August 1988 in St. John’s Plaza, Ellicott City. These fraternity brothers worked hard to develop what they call the "Bare Bones" concept. Baby Back Ribs were the house specialty from the start, along with other barbecue and grill items. The addition of a microbrewery in 1996 was the ultimate compliment to the Ellicott City menu and the restaurant was renamed Bare Bones Grill & Brewery. Beyond that point, the concept of Bare Bones Grill in South Florida came to be. Bare Bones Grill in Stuart, Florida offers the same charm of Bare Bones Grill and Brewery, but with many unique menu items and waterfront access. South Floridians have come to know what many in Ellicott City have known for decades...Our Ribs are the Best...No Bones About It!

Profiles:
Joe Reese
This Nittany Lion is a Conamaugh, Pennsylvania native who brought his degree in Food Service to Maryland. He reopened his first Maryland property as a rib restaurant and began working to achieve the perfect rib recipe. Reese saw an opportunity to combine his construction background with his food service experience, offered a partnership to a fraternity brother, and the Ellicott City Bare Bones location was born. As Joe began visiting family members who had moved to Florida, he saw the potential in a new market. Again utilizing his construction background and their food service expertise, the partners began to renovate another property taking on a third and local partner. Bare Bones Grill & Brewery in Stuart, Florida is a restaurateur’s dream - a property on the water – on the Manatee Pocket.

Steven McClune
Born in Willow Street, Pennsylvania, Steve attended Pennsylvania State University after a winning wrestling career at Solanco High School. While a PSU Food Service major, he began a friendship with a fraternity brother that would later become a business relationship. Steve began his restaurant career as the Banquet Manager for the Host Town in Lancaster, PA. Through the years he advanced through all levels of responsibility in both hotels and restaurants, and came to Baltimore as the Vice President of the local Holiday Inns. In 1987, that same old friend and fraternity brother asked Steve to join in on a new venture, and the combination was perfect. Steve brought a long background in Hotel and Food service to the venture, as well as the ability to experiment and create new food items. The partnership was formed and it continues today.

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