The whole staff here is great and the food is soooo good. Ducky, Mark, Matt, Patrick, Brandon are all phenomenal. Love he atmosphere and the regulars! read more

Stopped in for lunch while in town for business. Great place. Food amazing and service outstanding. Great bar and atmosphere. If in area again will definitely come back. read more

The Broad Axe has long been a part of downtown Hagerstown, however it has been renovated and reopened under a new owner, Bob Fausch. Bob has done a wonderful job of gutting and updating a space that had been tired, smelly, ugly, dingy and way past its prime. Now the space is cool, sleek, clean, bright and inviting. It looks like someplace that would be in an upscale warehouse district in Denver, Colorado or the Meat Packing District in New York City. Yes, that is what we now have in Hagerstown! Believe it. The staff is wonderful. Haley, Shell, Bob and everyone else recognize the smiling faces that come in there and they greet everyone warmly. If you are a regular, you get the kind of treatment you would hope you would get at an establishment where you regularly spend a lot of money and spend a lot of time. The place is busy, busy, busy but the staff still takes time to chat with the regulars and make them feel welcome and not a burden or a bother (Believe it or not, there are plenty of bartenders in town that when faced with a "regular" will give a "I don't have time for this..." look to you as they hustle on to the next customer who may or may not have spent one plug dime in the place before then. When faced with those bartenders, the phrase, "Not knowing which side their bread is buttered on" comes to mind.) They have a late night menu which is a boon to downtown Hagerstown. There is NOTHING else open after 9:00pm where hot food is sold (or ANY food for that matter. You can get something at Sheetz up on Canon Ave. :-P ) That includes all the other restaurants that are open on a Friday or Saturday night and have live music or dancing until 2:00am. For some unknown reason, restaurants in Hagerstown quit serving food though they will keep serving drinks until 2:00am (has no one heard that the less you eat the more drunk you get and therefore are more of a danger on the road? No?) That late night menu at Broad Axe is worth the trip to there and, honestly, we'll stop by there before or after going to other bars in downtown to get that food. Wings and some french fries are all I need at that hour and they have plenty at Broad Axe. I hope they'll make use of that swell Hamilton Beach milkshake machine by stocking some ice cream in the restaurant. Then we can have shakes too! Ask for "Elektra's Juice" by name the next time you want to try a new mixed drink. It is a drink made from Malibu Coconut Rum, Whipped Cream Vodka and Pineapple Juice. Tasty! Haley made that drink up with one of the Broad Axe's favorite patrons who happens to be a bit of a mixologist in her own right. They named the drink after the female patron and everyone who comes in to the bar gets to benefit from Elektra's presence. Notable Features: -Outdoor patio. Big enough to get away from the smokers who congregate there. I have chronic asthma and cannot be near people who are smoking cigarettes even if they are outside. It helps me to be able to take a table far away from the smokers. -The bathrooms have been refinished in tile and lovely fixtures. The old Broad Axe had painted walls with trashy grafitti scrawled or scratched into the paint. Hopefully the skanks who thought writing that mess on the walls was sexy have taken their business elsewhere. There is no sign of skanks in this new version of the Broad Axe and that is a good thing! -There used to be a pool table in the back. It has been removed and there is a large, sleek sofa in the back. It is a great place to snuggle with your honey. -The beer selection is still as good as ever. Drink specials abound. When Broad Axe was known as a dive bar, people remarked on the beer selection. That part has not changed (though, thankfully, just about everything else HAS changed over the old Broad Axe.) -The food is fantastic. Much better than the yucky stuff that used to pass for food at the old Broad Axe. read more

We were traveling through and found this restaurant in Yelp. The food was great! We started with Catfish bites which came with a great sauce. My husband tried their black & blue burger which he said was great. I had the crab sandwich with the old bay chips. It was really good. It looked like this place was a local hangout. I only dinged it as this didn't seem like best end of town, but perhaps that's just the way downtown is. read more

We were going to a show at the Maryland Theater so I was looking at where we could grab a few drinks and dinner and walk to the theater. There were a few right near the theater but were pricier and dare I say fancier than what we wanted. Two locations stuck out. We chose this one and do not regret that desicion. Walking the block or so to the restaurant, you do start to question why are we doing this?! Empty storefronts and not a ton of foot traffic and I did literally said outloud...Is it open? It doesn't look open...It's not open. It was indeed open and busy inside. Seemed like a lot of after work locals which to me is a good sign. We went in and sat at the bar near the beer taps. They had maybe 15 or so taps mostly rotating craft which is nice. We had a couple of people help us and they were both nice. I got the special that night of Chicken and Chorizo tacos. Nothing fancy but good. My husband got the Hangover Burger and was very happy with it. Now, I have to say, one way we judge good and meh are by the fries. There is no reason for a restaurant to serve frozen potatoes when it's just as quick and easy to cut your own. They had real hand cut fries and chips! and it is Maryland so they put old bay on them both. Not a bad thing by any means. It seems there is a patio but we did not go out there so I can't say how it is. We would definitely go back without any hesitation. read more

This is just one of the many hidden gems in Hagerstown, Maryland. Stopped in for a quick bite to eat and discovered this local find was everything as advertised and more. The atmosphere pairs well with the food and great service! The cheesesteak egg roll appetizer special was the perfect prelude to the wonderful muenster burger! A Hagerstown must! read more

Great food & beer selection. Staff was excellent and the place has a good vibe.

While spending a few days in Hagerstown, my parents and I ended up at the Broad Axe. We were there at about 3pm for a late lunch so it wasn't very crowded. The place was clean and the service was very friendly. My parents each had a cup of the chicken noodle soup that was very good. I had the crab soup and it was delicious! There was tons of crab meat and the spice was great. Definitely not a mild soup. We also had an order of the hand cut Boardwalk fries and the appetizer sampler plate. My mom is very picky about fries and she loved these. They were cooked perfectly. The sampler had catfish bites, crab balls, fried ribs and chips and queso dip. Everything was wonderful. The catfish and crab balls were very tasty as was the queso dip. The fried ribs were so good!! If we were going to be here longer we'd go back and if we were local we'd be regulars. Definitely check this place out! read more

Haven't tried any food, but love the atmosphere and the huckleberry drink(I believe that's what it's called). Delish!!!!

From the street, the Broad Axe looks unassuming, but open the door and you will find a good sized, attractive interior. We had the shrimp po' boy, which was full of large breaded shrimp in a great sauce. (Eat it with a fork - it's huge and messy.) The midwest trnderloin sandwich was also huge. All in all, food and service was excellent. read more

My favorite bar! Good music, good beer, and great food. The queso is a must! Nice outside eating area as well. Most of the staff is great and super friendly. Two of the bartenders don't know anything about the beers on tap and are always snobbish when I bring my girlfriends out. Other than that it's a great place to hang out. Happy hour all day on sundays which is $1 off drafts. They have jazz nights on thursdays. Worth checking out especially if you like local beer and ipa's. read more

Great renovation!! Under new management and it's certainly worth giving this place a try. Many microbrews on tap!! More domestics and imports available in bottles. Pool table is gone and in its place a nice lounge sofa with pillows. Plenty of bar seating and high tables, plus an additional room off to the side if you don't want the bar atmosphere while eating. We ordered Crab balls and chips and queso. Real large chunks of crab meat in batter and fried. They were not heavy and a had a great taste. Chips and queso, alway a steady good bar treat. Only draw back is the bathrooms are quite tiny with only one toilet. But the building is very old, so not much they can do about that......... read more

Food and service were really good. We ordered a chicken sandwich topped with crab cake and a bacon chicken sandwich. Both were excellent and the bread was fresh. They also make their own potato chips. read more

I love this place and go there often. It was recently renovated and has a classy atmosphere, it has the best looking women patrons in town, and it often has live music that plays well past midnight. The menu doesn't grab me, but otherwise I highly recommend it. read more

The only thing preventing five stars is the service tonight. My fiancé and I come to Broad Axe once or twice a week to get a couple drinks and dinner and have wonderful service from Ducky. Tonight we had the total opposite. There were no table seats so we decided to sit at the bar. I had a long day and really wants a few drinks and a chicken sandwich. What I got instead was one drink and an appetizer because the bartender decided to pass my empty glass 4 times before asking if I wanted more. We ordered our appetizer and couldn't order our entree because the bartender already walked away. Then he gave us the check , therefore we couldn't order our entree. I love coming to broad axe and will continue to because of Duckys amazing service, but your bartender tonight needs to make all customers feel important and not feel like they are being pushed out. I'm very upset that I had to get dinner elsewhere tonight. read more

Worst service ever. A group of 5 of us went for our lunch break. A party was going on in the side dining area but there were only 2-3 other diners in the restaurant. We sat at the pub tables directly out from the kitchen door. We ordered burgers and fries. After 25+ minutes we still don't have our burgers and others have come in and had their food served. Meanwhile they're running food to the party room. We ask them how long it will be and were told ours was coming. We tell them we will need it to go because we have to get back to work. We've now been in the restaurant for over 40 minutes. Finally they bring our checks and food to us almost 25 minutes after we asked for it to go. We get a half hearted apology as we exit but other than that not one word was said to us about running behind. It's like they really didn't care. So we take our food back to work where we are now almost a half hour late and our burgers were over cooked, small in size and the one person that ordered the burger with jalapeños got 2 whole pieces on her burger. This isn't the first time this has happened with people in our office but I'm betting it will be the last. At least 4 others decided not to go with us because of the poor service. I've certainly learned my lesson. read more