Nestled in the Inner Harbor entertainment hub known as Power Plant Live, the Rams Head Tavern and Rams Head Live! concert venue are a great source of homemade beer and cutting-edge musical talent.
The Rams Head complex sits on Market Street just west of President’s Street and is, therefore, in an ideal location to attract locals coming down I-83 as well as tourists staying at Baltimore area hotels.
The management team for Rams Head Live! also runs Pier Six Pavilion, the outdoor concert facility in the Inner Harbor.
State-of-the-art audio, visual and lighting equipment makes Rams Head Live! one of the top places in the city to see a show. Within the 26,000-square-foot space, there are three main viewing levels overlooking the stage. The third floor, called The Loft at Live, is an upscale enclave reserved for private parties, winners of radio promotions or small groups of band or club VIPs.
There are also three food kiosks—Little Italy, Viva Mexico and It’s American, Hon—and five bars. And those in line for snacks or drinks don’t have to worry about missing the musicians: there are more than 40 video monitors spread around Rams Head Live!
The Ram’s Head Tavern is adjacent to Rams Head Live! and while the music may be pumping next door you can get away from it all—for the most part, anyway—at the bar.
Late in 2007, Rams head Tavern discontinued its food service and now just serves alcohol.
In 1703, a young brewer named Benjamin Fordham crossed the Atlantic and established a brewery at 33 West Street in the new provincial capital, soon to be called Annapolis. In the earliest documented mention of the tavern, in 1794, it was called Sign of the Green Tree and referred to as a “house of entertainment.” Part of the entertainment, apparently, was of the unearthly variety: The ghost of a young girl named Amy was said to haunt the building and supposedly still does today.
In 1989, the tavern, which featured 100 bottled beers, offered a “make your own sandwich service and the Buttercup Tea Room Restaurant upstairs began serving quiches to Rams Head patrons.
In 2002, Rams Head began expanding beyond its Annapolis roots. That February, the restaurant opened a location in Rehoboth Beach, Del. In April of 2004, the Rams Head Roadhouse was opened on the border of Annapolis and Crownsville, Md. And in December 2004, the company cracked Maryland’s largest entertainment market with the edition of Rams Head Live! and the Rams Head Tavern in Baltimore.
Rams Head Tavern
Location: 20 Market Place; Power Plant Live!
Phone: 410-244-8856
Hours: Monday-Saturday: 11 a.m.–2 a.m.; Sunday: 10 a.m.–2 a.m.
Rams Head Live! Calendar
Box Office Location: Adjacent to the Tavern
Box Office Phone: 410-244-1131
Box Office Hours: Monday-Saturday: 12 p.m.–7 p.m.; closed Sundays; 12 p.m.–10:30 p.m. show days
