Bad Martha Farmer's Brewery

I visited the Bad Martha brewpub in Falmouth. I appreciated the ample seating outside, and the picnic tables that allowed for lots of social distancing. If you want to spread out, this is a good place to do it. I ate on the patio with high chairs and a round table. The food menu is very limiting, some salads and mostly roasted oven pizza. Not bad but really limiting. You order using a QR code, which seems to be the trend now. I tried the 508 IPA and their flagship Bad Martha's English ale. I took a 4 pack of the 508 to go, the other "flagship" offering not so much. I actually was disappointed. Another thing that is odd is that the price for 16oz beers is almost identical to the 8oz versions. Watch for this a go for the 16oz, obviously. They sell t shirts, glasses, etc. There isn't much indoor seating so not sure what they do in the colder months. I liked the place, I thought the 508 was a decent beer, worth trying again. I wish I tried the DIPA rather than the flagship which was disappointing. According to the beer reviews, that seems to be the consensus. If you are in Falmouth, visit the brewpub.

 

On the road from Oak Bluffs to Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard Island rests this quaint little brewpub. Although they seem to be selling more swag than the usual microbrew, the place offers a convivial atmosphere with wood chairs and coffee tables. The building is like a barn with a concrete floor and wooden walls and ceilings.

Bad Martha’s offers some nice charcuterie and cheese trays for food. Unlike most places, dogs are welcome here and they ubiquitous on this Saturday in October. Given that this is the off-season, the place was quite busy with locals.

The beers themselves are rather pedestrian, but good for the setting. The choices lean to the malty without anything unusual in the mix, except for the Cran Vienna. Service was basically going to a bar and ordering your selection. While I wouldn’t go out of my way to come here, but I would recommend checking this out if you are on Martha’s Vineyard.

A very small place. Wish it was bigger. Went with wife friends and 5 kids. Only able to get 2 chairs for all us us. They have cornhole and "ring-toss" in the back and had some live music. The size was the only downfall....otherwise vibe was great. It was a very MV vibe and crowd looked the same. Beer selection was good. About 10 beers on tap. Good variety from Wit to IPA to Helles. Good cheese and meat platter. They had a veggie platter too and that was extent of food (but i was there to drink). As other person mentioned, taproom is 2/3 filled with merch. ($79 for a sweatshirt was a little ridiculous).

Hopefully they can expand their foot print a bit b/c its a nice place in MV. Service was great and location was easy to get to by bus (MVTA).

This is really more of a beer garden than anything else. The food selection, while good, is extremely limited. Somewhat disappointing is the fact that most of the taproom is taken up with about a 1000 things with their logo plastered on it.