This is easily a favorite craft beer destination with its adjacent garden. Rolling a hot dog truck (with fried pickles!) adds to the cool factor as well. [Ultimate Al Fresco List] Read more.
Go on the early side—before seven—to grab one of the mondo wooden booths that comfortably fit six.
This joint has games like Golden Tee, Trivial Pursuit and the obligatory pool table and dart board. Awesome bonus: they have cornhole in the backyard during the summer.
My favorite bar in Philly. It's dark, not overly scene-y and the staff is great. Love the rotating beer list; I try something new everytime and I'm never disappointed.
And now, in honor of having been honored by Philadelphia Magazine for its remarkable pies, Cooper’s is re-rolling out its legendary black mission fig pizza. Read more.
An oasis of sanity and refinement in Old City. Where neighborhood grown-ups come to drink something that doesn’t come in a 40-ounce can spiked with caffeine.
Philly is full of gastropubs, but it’s rare to find a place that gets all three elements—the atmosphere, the food and the drinks—right. St. Stephen’s does.
Don’t miss the best pretzels anywhere, elevated by a beer-cheese sauce that makes them a worthy addition to any last-night-on-Earth fantasy menu.
You’ve probably walked by this dive-gone-gastropub a million times without even noticing it. We love it because it’s got some soul—and because the Center City hipsters haven’t discovered it. Yet.
Try Captain Radcliffe's punch. It contains Sauterne, cognac, lemon sherbet, nutmeg. Read more.
Owner Doug Hager wants to do for German beer in Philadelphia what Tom Peters of Monk’s Cafe did for the Belgians. And he’s well on his way, with never-before-seen beers arriving monthly.
Six-dollar cocktails at the happy hour here (atop the Bellevue) are the perfect way to feel like a classy gent while getting loaded on less than $20.
Signature sandwiches and a constantly rotating menu make this a solid addition to our blue collar bar food scene. [Eater 38 Member]
