Before there was a New Jersey Turnpike, there was the Swift-Sure Stage Line — and a stop in Scotch Plains where travelers found a hot meal, a strong pour, and a seat by the fire. We've kept that job description ever since.
Today three taverns carry the name: the original inn, a garden in Somerset, and a stage on Route 22. Different rooms, same promise — honest food, proper drinks, and service worth the trip.
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Raw bar and wings, seafood pots and steak night, a burger worth the drive — and a Sunday brunch that fills the room by half past eleven.
See the full menuEvery Stage House has a patio. Somerset's garden alone seats seven hundred — first come, first seated, best enjoyed slowly.
Lafayette drank here. Lincoln's Union rallies were held here. You'll be in good company.
Built as the Stage House Inn in 1737, the Scotch Plains tavern hosted Revolutionary War officers, stage-line travelers, and nearly three centuries of neighbors. The original bars still pour.
The full story · 1737 → todayRehearsal dinners in the original inn, garden parties for hundreds in Somerset, private rooms in Mountainside — plus full off-premise catering anywhere you need us.
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