Rooftop Bars and Drink Spots in Lynchburg
Lynchburg, Virginia — updated August 22, 2026
Lynchburg's rooftop scene comes down to a single seventh-floor address on Commerce Street, so this list starts there and then covers the ground-level bars that keep the latest hours, plus one genuine rooftop worth the drive to Roanoke.
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Lynchburg has exactly one bar that is actually on a roof, and it sits on the seventh floor of a Commerce Street building downtown. Everything else here is at street level: steakhouse bars, a sports bar with pool tournaments and a craft beer shop that also serves food. We dropped a downtown bakery that appeared on the previous version of this list, since a place that closes in the early afternoon is not a bar by any reading.
1. 7 Rooftop Bar
The only rooftop bar in Lynchburg proper, seven floors up at 1208 Commerce Street. The weekly schedule is the real draw: cigars and trivia with Ben on Wednesdays at 6pm, rooftop karaoke Thursdays at 8pm, and a Sunset Session with live music every Friday from 6 to 9pm. Doors open at 4pm Wednesday through Friday and 3pm on Saturday, with Friday and Saturday running to 12:30am. The 4.1 rating across 282 reviews is the lowest here, and worth knowing before you go: this is a venue people visit for the view and the programming as much as the food.
2. Six and Sky Rooftop Grille
Not in Lynchburg. This one is on the sixth floor of Center in the Square at 1 Market Square in downtown Roanoke, and it earns its place because it is a true rooftop with a full kitchen. Hours run 4pm to 10pm Monday through Thursday, 4pm to 11pm Friday, and an earlier 2pm start on both weekend days, with Saturday going until 11pm. It holds 4.3 from 389 Google reviews, a reasonably settled figure. Plan it as an afternoon trip rather than a weeknight drink.
3. The Crown's Ember
The strongest bar rating in the city on a large sample: 4.6 across 697 reviews, which is proven rather than promising. It bills itself as a modern charcoal grill with premium steaks, seafood and craft cocktails, and it has been a Lynchburg steakhouse address since 1970. Dinner runs 4pm to 9pm Monday through Thursday and 4pm to 10pm Friday and Saturday, with lunch 11am to 4pm on weekdays and brunch Saturday from 10am to 2pm. Note the closure on Sunday. There is a half-off wine promotion advertised, so ask about it when you sit down.
4. Fleming Mountain Grill
The bar opens at 4pm, an hour before the kitchen on most nights, which makes it one of the better early-evening drink stops on this list. It occupies the old Mitchell's Grocery Store building on Lee Jackson Highway, and the menu covers steaks, seafood and chicken alongside a salad bar and signature cocktails. The hand-cut ribeye and Mitchell's fried chicken carry over from the previous tenant. Dinner runs 5pm to 9pm Monday through Thursday, until 9:30pm Friday and Saturday, and 4pm to 8pm Sunday. It holds 4.7 from 459 reviews.
5. Clubhouse Sports Bar Restaurant & Grill
The latest-closing option in this group, running to midnight Wednesday through Saturday and to 11pm on Monday and Tuesday. Sunday it shuts at 10pm. Thursday through Sunday it opens at 11:30am; earlier in the week service starts at 3pm. The Crowell Lane location also hosts 9 ball tournaments, with doors at 9am, a player meeting at 10am and a strict sign-up cutoff at that hour before play begins at 11am. A 4.5 rating over 807 reviews is a well-tested number for a bar serving beer, mixed drinks and food.
6. Charley's Restaurant and Catering
The most-reviewed place on this list at 1,158 reviews, holding 4.5, which makes it the most settled rating here. The Graves Mill Road menu is broad: steaks and ribs, seafood, chicken, fajitas, pasta, burgers and sandwiches, plus soups and sides. Monday lunch specials have included beer-battered cod on a sub roll with fries and a sweet heat chicken sandwich on a pretzel bun with sauteed onions. It is a sit-down restaurant first, so treat the bar as somewhere to wait out a table rather than a destination for a long night.
7. Lynchburg Beer Cellar
A craft beer bottle shop, restaurant and growler fill station on Wards Road, and the pick if the drink matters more than the setting. It rates 4.7 from 252 reviews, a strong figure on a moderate sample rather than a fully settled one. Opening is 10am Monday through Saturday and noon on Sunday, so it is available far earlier in the day than anything else here. Alcohol can also be ordered online for delivery or curbside pickup, useful if you are stocking up rather than staying.