Outdoor Dining
Your Guide to Dog-Friendly Bars and Restaurants in Philly
August is National Dog Month, and what better way to celebrate your four-legged best friend than by raising a glass together? (Well, you raise yours, […]
Philly’s Best Restaurant Patios and Rooftops for Outdoor Dining
Outdoor dining season is upon us, and we simply could not be more excited. Wednesday afternoon happy hour when it’s 72 degrees? Say less. Friday […]
The Table-to-Farm Event Outstanding in the Field Really Does Live Up to the Hype
When I first heard of Outstanding in the Field, I thought it was basically going to be a picnic for rich people. At a ticket […]
Bok Bar and More Outdoor Drinking Spots Open This Week
With the city in bloom and this week’s temperatures reaching the 70s and 80s, it’s officially outdoor drinking season in Philly. Here are the openings […]
Our City Chose Illegal Parking Over Its Vibrant Dining Scene
I love Philadelphia, I love Philadelphia restaurants, I love the people who operate them and work in them. I always have. For 25 years, I’ve […]
Philly’s Biggest Restaurant Ever — Five Years in the Making — Is Now Open
1,400 seats. That’s the size of the Liberty Point (the new riverfront property from Avram Hornik and FCM Hospitality), which officially opened on Tuesday, May […]
I Learned to Love Outdoor Winter Dining — and You Can, Too
For the most part, the rhythms of life that defined my pre-COVID existence have disappeared, suppressed by months of anxiety, grief, frustration and restaurant shutdowns. […]
On This Warm Fall Weekend, Philly Is Shutting Down More Streets for Outdoor Dining
Earlier this year, as COVID wrecked everything, the city began shutting streets down to allow restaurants to offer expanded outdoor dining in Philadelphia. Back then, […]
Philly Restaurants With Insulated Greenhouses, Warm Cocktails, Fire Pits, and Other Tricks To Keep You Warm This Winter
At this point, basically every restaurant in Philadelphia still offering outdoor dining has a handful of heaters ready to go the moment the temperatures drop. […]
Burgers, a Beer Garden and Live TV: This New Indoor-Outdoor Dining Experience Is What Philly Needed
Liberty Bell Gastropub is taking its “pivot” to the next level by bringing its menu to the Parx Casino Beer Garden. With a combination of outdoor dining and indoor open-air seating, the beer garden will allow the farm-to-fork menu to continue to provide diners with their favorite meals from the pub.
Philly Health Commissioner Refuses to Eat Indoors or Outdoors at Restaurants
Indoor dining is a hot topic for discussion right now among Philadelphia restaurants and the public — well, in all of Pennsylvania, really. The city […]
Northern Liberties Is Closing Its Streets for Outdoor Dining
On Saturday, July 11th, from noon until 8 p.m., a half-mile of Northern Liberties’ North 2nd Street will be closed to traffic to allow neighborhood […]
Philly Is About to Start Outdoor Dining. But How Safe Is It?
Weeks after Governor Tom Wolf said outdoor dining would be allowed in the yellow phase, Mayor Kenney has decided Philadelphia is ready. In an updated resource […]
Dining While Black: Race and the Philly Food Scene
It was a five-star feast of epic proportions. We were a lively party of 13 people, devouring 13 courses of arguably the finest Southern Italian […]
5 Great Restaurants to Try Along White Horse Pike
Mickey and Minnie’s Inn Ignore the Cajun fries. And the veal parm. That’s not what you’re here for. Ask for the German food menu, and […]