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Right in the heart of Phoenixville sits another one of the Scene’s more historical beer drinking destinations. Today, The Pickering Creek Inn, once known as the Mansion House, is a casual bar & restaurant serving up great beers, local music, and a few ghost stories.

The Mansion House was one of the oldest hotels in Phoenixville offering accommodations for about 25 guests. It featured a restaurant and bar on the first floor serving up a fine wine list and liquor list as well as cigars. It has even been said that Abraham Lincoln once dined there and it was a destination that slaves escaping the south often frequented as part of the Underground Railroad.

With so much history throughout the last 170 years of the Inn’s existence, it is no surprise that with Phoenixville’s reputation as being one of the state’s most haunted destinations, The Pickering Creek Inn would be a featured location of “Ghost Tours of Phoenixville.” It is said that there have been several ghostly encounters some noted by paranormal researchers and common workers such as the men that refused to continue working on renovations after an encounter at the Inn after unsealing a few hidden rooms which haven’t been opened in nearly a century.

Today, the Phoenixville Inn offers a quite casual atmosphere with plenty of seats at the bar and tables in their dining room if you’re looking for a meal. They feature a great beer list including plenty of local crafts like beers from Phoenxville’s Sly Fox, craft beer from throughout the country, and even a few notable imports. The menu offers pretty a limited selection of pretty standard pub and American fare but the quality does not disappoint.

The most notable attraction, other than the beer, that the Inn offers is its constant rotation of nighttime entertainment. Other than a constant schedule of featured local musicians, the Inn also gives any budding star the opportunity to conquer the spotlight either on their Karaoke nights or Sunday Open Mic Nights. My personal favorite though, is Wednesday’s Grateful Dead Nights where live recordings are played throughout the bar.

If you’re ever in the area, be sure to drop by for a beer. Or if you are looking for a fun-filled night with some good crafts, the Pickering Creek Inn is the perfect spot. You can even make your own little pub crawl by starting off here and hitting some of the other Phoenixville destination such at Iron Hill and Molly Maguire’s. The Pickering Creek Inn is located at 37 East Bridge Street, Phoenixville, PA 19460.