Indisputably the best bar/restaurant in the state. Come down to Arch Street Tavern and sample our famous pub food, watch a game on one of our large screen TVs, chill out in the spacious dining area, relax on the terrace, or party 'til late while enjoying our nightly music. In addition to being the city's primary hotspot for lunch, Arch Street Tavern is quickly becoming the epicenter of Hartford's burgeoning nightlife. Come to Arch Street and join the revolution!

Located in the Capital area, across from the Convention Cetner, the Tavern offers plenty of parking and is now easily accessible from the highway and anywhere in Hartford. The Tavern is now renovated and enhanced - both inside and outside. Click here to view a listing of the Tavern's monthly live entertainment. The Tavern has plenty going on in May - Visit our May Calendar for events and entertainment.

   The Arch Street Tavern's concept was conceived on a premise as old as Hartford itself - that people need an alternative. A place with a relaxed and personable atmosphere where the customer is offered a variety of quality food and drink. The Tavern will always strive for these ideals.  Arch Street Tavern is located in the heart of Hartford's original center. In the 1600's the original residents settled at the junction of the Great River (Connecticut River) and the Little River (today the Whitehead Highway).
    Columbus Blvd. (Front St.) and Arch St. (School St.) were among the earliest streets in Hartford for it is known that the Rev. Thomas Hooker resided on Arch St. (very near the Tavern's present site) along with many other of Hartford's leading citizens.
    In those days the Little River served as a watery highway on which barges ferried supplies to the heard of the young city.
    About 1895 the Hartford Brick Carriage Factory, which is the Arch Street Tavern today, was built, and it manufactured buggies and carriages, contributing to Hartford's then booming economy, until the automobile caused its demise some 20 years later.
    Today the homes that lined Arch St. are gone along with the Little River and the carriages; but their memory lives on here at the Tavern.