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“live crabs are delivered daily!”
The Hen House Restaurant began more than four decades ago in Frostburg, Maryland. In 1961, Buck and Ginny Warn started the restaurant by building a cement addition on the side of their house on Bowery Street, which accommodated only nine guests. The restaurant’s featured selection at the time, chicken, became the namesake of their business. Sons, Gary and Bill Warn, were busy helping their parents at the restaurant, doing whatever chores were necessary and by 1975 the brothers had purchased the business from their parents. Through hard work, the number of customers continued to increase. A decision was made in 1979 to look for a new location so growth could continue. The Warns moved to their present location along U.S. Route 40, which was previously the Colonial Inn, built in 1929. The family business continues to thrive in its Old National Pike location, commonly referred to as Long Stretch, in Garrett County. An unusual aspect of the Hen House is its poultry name, but quality seafood reputation. While chicken was the featured item during the 1960´s, the Warn brothers expanded the menu to include fresh seafood. The Hen House, with seating for over 400, is now the largest seafood restaurant west of Frederick. Live crabs are delivered daily; fish, scallops, shrimp, clams, lobster, crab legs, and soft shell crabs are offered for seafood lovers. A large charcoal pit provides for tasty barbecue ribs. Even steak lovers are not neglected as their favorites are cooked to order. And yes, fried chicken is still on the menu.
Ate dinner at the Hen House thanks to a recommendation from a friend who went to college nearby. The food was good, the waitress was great, and the owner was on the premises making sure the... Read more
Heard about this place on a PBS tv show. It was mentioned as having great crab dishes. No lie! We had the Crab Soup and it was one of best I've ever had with LOTS of crab. The Crab Cakes... Read more
I really like my last name, and I love my family. And so let's hope my father in law doesn't see me giving his beloved Hen House 4 stars...but I'm sorry dad, I have to. It's true, this is... Read more
Hen House Restaurant
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- Sun: 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Fri: 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Sat: 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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