In recent months, the once dull and desolate area of South Street west of Broad Street has become vibrant and lively. Places like Indian Restaurant, Sawatdee, Quick Fixx, Rex 1516 and Magpie have all added terrific and diverse food options to the neighborhood. On the drinking side, the folks who run Hawthorne’s have just opened up The Cambridge, next door to Rex 1516. Taking over the space from former music venue Tritone, The Cambridge offers up some excellent food and drinks, including one of the city’s best beer lists.
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Come to Dock Street Brewing Co. for the Beer and Pizza
Baltimore Avenue in West Philadelphia is an evolving area. Greater numbers of university students and professors as well as hipsters have gravitated to the area. Summer farmers markets at Clark Park have become big draws.
Over at 50th Street and Baltimore Avenue, in a converted fire station, is Dock Street Brewing Company. Dock Street has a long and storied history in the Philadelphia beer scene. Founded in 1985, it was the city’s first microbrewery. It continues to brew some pretty exceptional craft beers, such as its pilsner and Rye IPA.
At the brew pub, beer, of course, is the specialty. The food menu, and specifically, the pizza, is also worth checking out. There’s a pretty good menu selection of pizzas and calzones as well as appetizers, burgers, wraps, salads. Dock Street offers twelve different pizzas, each of them hand thrown, using stone ground flour and heated in a “hardwood-fired” oven. Continue reading
Philly Beer Week Is Coming and Is Bigger Than Ever
For area beer enthusiasts, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Next week marks the beginning of Philly Beer Week, the annual beer festival of America’s Best Beer Drinking City.
What started out as a festival with modest goals has grown into the largest beer festival of its kind in the country in terms of number of events. Check out my prior article about its origins here. This year, there are over 200 venues having well over 1000 events over two weeks.
Eat, Drink & Run Philly 