About The General
The General about The General
John Stark (August 28, 1728 – May 8, 1822) was a New Hampshire general who served in the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He became widely known as the “Hero of Bennington” for his exemplary service at the Battle of Bennington in 1777. He was married to Molly Stark. Mad River Glen is located on the mountain of his namesake, Stark Mountain. MRG’s pub also uses his name.
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The General about The General Stark’s Pub
The Pub is open daily from 11am to 7pm.
Lunch is served daily from 11am to 3pm. Apres menus are served weekends and holidays from 3:30 til… Click here for our Menus
There is frequently live music playing. Click here for the Pub’s Events Calendar. Click here for the Mountain’s Event’s Calendar.
Top Ten Excuses to head to The General Stark’s Pub before the lift closes:
- You have Frostbite. Nothing fixes that better than a hot beverage by a hot fire
- Your feet hurt. You clearly need to go in, take your boots off and meet your friends in a run. If you sit in the bar you can see your friends when they come down.
- You feel weak. The best way to solve that problem is to get some fuel and the pub has a killer menu!
- Your friends are visiting and they want to buy you lunch in the bar. Can’t say no to that!
- It’s a special treat for the kids! They just skied their first black diamond and they’ve earned a hot chocolate. And you’ve earned a Lawson’s.
- You’re saving seats. There’s some really great live music playing and you want to make sure you save a few seats for your friends!
- You just had an amazing lesson from the MRG Ski School and you want to buy your instructor a beer to show your appreciation! You are sooo nice!
- MRG is home to some of the hottest skiers around. They’re also quite good looking when they take their goggles and helmets off and hit the bar for apres. You need to go scope out the scene.
- You have been on the waiting list to get a numbered mug for a while now. You are due to look as cool as the rest of the 100+ glass mug holdin’ folks in the place.
- You skied your butt off! You’ve earned the right to consume a few extra calories, gosh darnit!! One Single Chair, please! And maybe nachos too…
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The Pub is also the day care center with tons of screaming out of control kids!
We do ask that parents be mindful of their youngsters!
You don’t want to show the guys up anymore on the slopes!
Good one – it’s always nice to make your friends feel like they can ski as well as you. Great reason to hit the bar early!