156 Main St, Bar Harbor, Maine
Irish classics, fresh Maine catch, and the largest whiskey list in town. Est. 2007, open every day.
Bar Harbor fills up for summer and empties back out. Leary's stays: same room, same taps, all four seasons.
Well-behaved dogs are welcome, and there is outdoor seating when the weather cooperates.
Walk in and grab a stool, or put your name on the waitlist when the room fills up.
The kitchen serves 11:30 AM to 10 PM daily. The bar stays open after the kitchen closes.
The closest Irish pub to Ireland in the U.S.
Maine blueberries keep showing up across this menu: in the wing sauce, on a burger, in the house made jam behind the bar, in a draft from Orono Brewing.
Buffalo, Harissa Honey, Spicy Barbecue or Blueberry Barbecue; ranch or blue cheese
6 for $16 / 12 for $28
“Phenomenal ambience, great service, and the blueberry barbecue chicken wings were off the chain!”
Google review via Restaurantji, Apr 2024
All natural beef, cheddar, bacon, fried onions, blueberry-barbecue sauce
$20
Titos, ginger beer, house made blueberry jam
$14
Maine blueberry ale, Orono, ME
$9
The whiskey wall runs from Irish classics to rare pours, browsed by QR code at the bar. Guinness arrives as a proper 20oz pour, and Magners comes over from Ireland.
The draft list reads Maine-first: Mast Landing out of Westbrook, Maine Beer Co from Freeport, Rising Tide from Portland, Orono Brewing.
“This small-town watering hole takes its whiskey very seriously... cozy as all get out, with killer fish and chips.”
Thrillist, naming Leary's the Best Small-Town Bar in Maine, March 2018
Cody was working behind a Bar Harbor bar and Lina was serving tables when the two of them met. Today the Gordons own and run Leary's, and by 2020 reviewers were already describing Cody as the owner working the bar himself.
Home is the floor above the pub. Their other rooms, Project Social in Bar Harbor (open May through October) and Mountain Social over in Bethel, run in seasons. Leary's is the year-round anchor, holding down 156 Main Street across from the Village Green.
The pub itself has been here since 2007. The founding year is stamped right on the badge.
“The best pub food on the entire Eastern Seaboard!”
Google review via Restaurantji, Jul 2025
4.5
stars across 1,494 Google reviews
Read them on Google“The atmosphere feels like a true Irish bar - warm, welcoming, and full of character.”
Google review (Vladimir), Sep 2025
“Best shepherds pie I've ever had, and my wife's steak was incredible.”
Google review (Chad M.), Nov 2025
“The food was amazing especially the fish and chips. Bryce our server was great.”
Google review via Restaurantji, Nov 2025
156 Main St, Bar Harbor, ME 04609
(207) 664-3919
Monday - Sunday 11:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Online ordering runs 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM. No reservations, walk-in and waitlist only.