Located off Lafayette Rd in Portsmouth behind the Market Basket plaza in the former Blitz Air Park…read morebuilding, Black Rock Social Club is a fun place to go for group outings, pub food, and drinks. The place is spacious with a full service bar & restaurant with seating at the bar and table seating and the indoor social club fun room with more seating, second bar, several games including golf simulator, shooting simulator, darts, axe throwing, mini candle pin bowling (soon), pinball machines, skeeball, virtual reality simulators, pool table, live band stage, and the owner's corvette & motorcycle. There are several flatscreen TVs in the bar/restaurant and in the social club fun room.
The bar & restaurant is open to the public and they offer daily happy hour from 4-6pm. The food menu offerings include a selection of appetizers, salads, wraps, sandwiches, burgers, brick oven pizzas, tacos, mac & cheese and bowls. The bar has 5 draft beers, beer bottles/cans, wine, mixed drinks and cocktails. The pizza brick oven is in the corner of the room.
I stopped by Black Rock after work. I took a seat up at the bar and the bartender greeted me and offered an ice water. For food, I ordered 2 Chicken Tacos ($6 plus tax - happy hour), 2 Fish Tacos ($6 plus tax - happy hour), and Mac & Cheese ($11 plus tax). I watched football highlights on the TV while my food was being prepared. The food came out together in 13 minutes. The chicken tacos came in grilled soft shells filled with diced grilled chicken, pico de gallo, mango salsa, cilantro & limes on the side. The fish tacos came in grilled soft shells filled with crispy fried haddock (oily), pico de gallo, mango salsa, cilantro, & cabbage slaw & limes on the side. The mac & cheese came in a hot skillet with firm Orecchiette pasta smothered in a cheese blend sauce and topped with brown buttered panko. The food I had was really good. After I finished my food, I got the check which was $24.96 with tax and before tip. The service was spot on and prompt with the used dishes being cleared quickly
After eating, I checked out the fun room. The owner gave me a brief tour of the games. I played a round in the shooting simulator (hunting), similar to playing Duck Hunt, lol. I will keep this place on my list for my next group outing in Portsmouth.