New joints
The other night I went bar-hopping to a bunch of places I’d been meaning to visit.
First was Tavern 17 at the Radisson (220 S 17th St., Center City), which isn’t actually new. But it had been at least 6 months since I was there, and I was there to work out details for an upcoming book-signing appearance. Just a heads up for big beer fans: Victory Storm King imperial stout was pouring. By the way, the old coffee shop on the other side of the Radisson lobby is now an acual coffee bar, which is to say they serve booze with the joe.
Prohibition Taproom (501 N. 13th St.) opened a couple weeks ago just a block from the Daily News building. It’s run by the same couple who operate the nearby Cafe Lift, one of my favorite workplace lunch spots. Walking up 13th street on a foggy, damp night, the neon BAR sign looked straight out of a David Goodis novel. I had a plate of fresh, beer-battered green beans ($5) and my first pint of Sierra Nevada Celebration of the year. Also on tap:
- Sierra Nevada Celebration
- Dogfish Head Raison D’etre
- Stoudt’s Winter
- Yards Philly Pale Ale
- Sly Fox O’Reilly Stout
- Dock Street Bohemian Pils
- Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
- Yards ESA (cask)
The Tiedhouse (20th & Hamilton, Franklintown) is the new, quasi “tied house” from Gen. Lafayette Inn & Brewery. My visit here was quick (no food, just a pint of Novemberfest), but it looked like the taps poured pretty much everything Chris Leonard has brewed in the past year. Some nice non-Gen. beers, too - I’ll return soon for a closer look.
Pub & Kitchen (20th and Lombard, Graduate Hospital section). This is the former Chaucer’s, which was a very good neighborhood bar. P&K is going the gastropub route, with linen napkins and an imaginative menu from Philly mag chef of the year Jonathan McDonald. I enjoyed the sauteed chicken breast and homemade biscuits and gravy with a glass of Yards Brawler. Make your way to the neighborhood today (11/21), and you’ll be treated to the the restaurant’s first Firkin Friday - Yards ESA & George Washington Tavern Porter on cask. Pair them with an outstanding bar menu of duck liver toasts, white fish “Roll Mops,” boiled eggs with sea salt; calamari cocktail; Oyster Crackers and horseradish; malt vinegar potato crisp; pork cracklings; and marinated olives, just 2 bucks per plate.
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