The Commercial Hotel, 1854 with Paul Weber - Home of Country Music

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We are celebrating our 16th. year in business and would like to thank ALL our customers for making it possible.To those who have never been to the Commercial Tavern we invite you to come and join us and bring the family for Great music and down home Country food.

The Commercial Tavern is your one stop source of nightlife for the folks out there that love country & western music, two-steppin and just a plain ole good time, in a safe, friendly and historical setting.

In addition we are trying to help promote the country music scene here in Ontario as well as simply promoting the fun side of country western lifestyle.

We accommodate groups of all sizes, professionally and affordably and we are the perfect place for your party both big and small!

For all you RV Campers, who might like to spend a week-end with us, we have a large lot, and offer rough camping at no charge. Call ahead for availability.

Paul Weber

A Little History On Paul Weber

Paul Weber has been singing country music since childhood, cutting his teeth in a family band headed up by his late father, Howard 'Smoky' Weber, a popular singer on the S/W Ontario circuit at the time.

In his teen years Paul formed his own band to play local venues, and would later join up to become a member of Joe Firth's tour band The Promised Land, which also featured Paul's brother Mike Weber, a gifted steel guitarist. After an 8-year stint with Joe Firth, who Paul considers to be a mentor, he again formed his own Top Hand Band, and toured across Canada throughout the 1980's.

In addition to the Two Bits Worth Of Hurtin' (1981) and the Whiskey Tears (1983) albums, Paul Weber also released the 1991 CD Older & Wiser (Cardinal Records); and was part of the 1985 family album, The Webers – Together.

Paul left the hard life on the road in 1997 and purchased the Commercial Tavern in Maryhill, Ontario, determined to build a first-class establishment providing entertainment true to the authentic style of country music which he has performed throughout his life.

History of Maryhill

Maryhill is a small Canadian hamlet in Ontario near Guelph. Its main feature is the gothic St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church built in the late 1870s, which is visible from miles around. At its side is a cemetery with dozens of old stones, an iron gate, and a stone wall. Across the street is St. Boniface Catholic School and an original homestead, both from the same era.

A newspaper writer from Kitchener once wrote that if residents in Ontario can't afford to go to Europe, they should go to Maryhill.[citation needed]

The name "Maryhill" is derived from a statue of "Mary" Magdalene at the base of St. Boniface Church, which is on a small "hill" — Maryhill. Maryhill was renamed after World War II because its former name, New Germany, was no longer politically acceptable.

At the base of the same hill are two former hotels built in the mid 1800s. One is white, was a former stage coach stop, and is now a bed and breakfast.

The other is red and is named the Commercial Tavern. The Commercial was once the site of many up and coming rock acts but was in the late 1990s converted into a country music bar. It has an ornate copper ceiling and a storied past.

The Commercial Tavern . . . Maryhill, Ontario... 519-648-3644

Welcome To Our Web Site

A Little History On Paul Weber

History of Maryhill