Ale House 1890

Ale House 1890 is a downtown Lancaster bar and restaurant in a historic building that has housed a bar since 1890. The menu is made from scratch with locally grown produce where possible, and the bar pours eighteen beers on tap along with craft beer, spirits and cocktails. Guests have mentioned Buffalo Chicken pizza and Ale House Pretzel Bites, and the kitchen serves lunch, dinner and happy hour.

The kitchen closes at 11 PM each night, and the bar stays open until midnight on Friday and Saturday. Parties can call up to 30 minutes ahead to join the wait list, though that is not a reservation and waits can still run long. The restaurant also has an event space and ticketed events, and the building sits on West Main Street in the heart of downtown Lancaster.