Welcome to the Water Street Tavern
  • Water Street Tavern: Official Post-Game Party Headquarters of KSU Athletics.
  • Best Neighborhood Bar in Akron-Canton
  • Scene Magazine: Best College Bar 2007
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  • Get some WST gear

Directions

Map of streets surrounding Water Street Tavern.

From Akron

Get on I-76E to Exit 33 (Rt-43/Kent/Hartville). Turn left onto Rt-43N. Go straight past Rt-261 to Rt-59 (Haymaker). Rt-43 is now called Water St. Go straight at Rt-59 (do not follow Rt-43 any longer). Water Street Tavern will be on your left one quarter mile before the next light (Main St.).

From Cleveland

Get on I-271S to I-480E (toward Youngstown, one exit past Broadway/Forbes). Take I-480E until it turns into Rt-14E in Streetsboro. Go straight to the 14/43 junction. Turn right onto Rt-43S. Drive straight for six miles until you come to Kent. Go past the Roosevelt High School to Crain Ave. Turn left (you cannot turn right here). Go over the bridge. At the light after the bridge, turn right onto Water St. Water Street Tavern will be on your right one mile up the road, just past Main St.

From Youngstown

Get on I-76W to Exit 33 (Rt-43/Kent/Hartville). Turn right onto Rt-43N. Go straight past Rt-261 to Rt-59 (Haymaker). Rt-43 is now called Water St. Go straight at Rt-59 (do not follow Rt-43 any longer). Water Street Tavern will be on your left one quarter mile before the next light (Main St.).