Town Pump Tavern

Great bar, friendly service, nice crowd

We were in town and found this great little place. We were meet at the door by a great welcoming committee. Best group of different dogs that were so friendly.

Town pump is a great spot to wet your whistle in downtown black mountain. Very much a local spot and if Shannon or Melissa are behind the bar, it doubles down on your guarantee of a good time.

Great Bar. Great prices on drinks. Clientele was good and the band playing was awesome.

Perfect dive bar! Locals, darts, and a bonus, a really good and free live band playing the blues.

My band "Endelouz" played here. The bar was nice and clean, bartender was great, and the crowd was awesome! We had a blast!

Passing through on the way home we had to make a last minute stop in black mountain. I ran in town pump tavern to pass some time why my husband attended a work meeting. My bartender Ariana was absolutely amazing!! The environment is very welcoming and the people talk to you like you have known them forever. We will definitely be back!!

Also they don’t take cards! There is an atm inside.

Great stop with a friendly crowd, amazing staff, and free darts! Just be aware, it's cash only but an ATM is on site. I hear they often have live music, but I missed out on that part.

The Pump will always be a good place to go. Good vibes, good prices, and usually some good music playing, often live. You may not always start here but you'll almost always end-up here.

Update: Been a minute since I was last here. No longer steps down to a fenced area out back. Now it's a deck so less stair stumbling when you're in-n-out the back door all night. Not much else has changed and that's a good thing imho.

I first stepped foot in this place around 1995 when I played music there with my buddy Lance. Over the years, I played show after show at The Town Pump with Second String Bluegrass Band. My picture still hangs on the wall (The Black Mountain Times article about the Town Pump) from 1998. Love this place. I hope it's going to be there forever.

Bar tender was friendly. They have darts, the newest Golden Tee machine and a stage for live music. Laid back local atmosphere.

I've always loved this place! The restoration looks great and there's always friendly faces there. The darts always suck me in for hours. Plus there's a really pretty blonde that works the bar now!

Fairly inexpensive drinks. Decent ginger ale when a break is needed from adult beverages. Good live music on occasion. Dog friendly. Easy place to hang out in Black Mountain.

My band, The Sulphur Springs String Dippers, played there last night and we had a blast! The folks at theTown Pump are great! Do yourself a favor and stop in while your in Black Mountain! A "real" tavern. Cheers!

One of Western North Carolina's most notable "dive" bars. A few more recent changes have spruced up the place a bit (new wood floor), but it still has that old school dive vibe. Another notable change is in their offering memberships. Doing so has allowed liquor sales. Don't expect a bunch of frou-frou beverages. It's a 'straight no chaser' kind of place. Always recommended.

The workers are great. Robin is the sweetest face on earth.

The woman who go to the Town Pump Tavern in Old Fort, NC are the most beautiful, pretty, intelligent, sensitive, mischievously marvelous, well-read, playfully perceptive, tender-hearted and deliciously captivating in every way. Yup.

Great dive bar in Black Mountain. They have a good selection of beer at great prices, some great live music, and they're one of the only bars that always stays open till 2 A.M.!!

Best place for whiskey in town...and for handstands!

I love The Town Pump!
Look up at the ceiling! 😃
Great energy!
Great atmosphere!
Great live music!
My favorite dive bar anywhere!!!