Best of Philly

2024 Bar Refresh

Friday Saturday Sunday

In the eight years Chad and Hanna Williams have owned their beloved bilevel restaurant, the downstairs bar has always drawn a crowd — for a first-date meet-up, for a bowl of brothy beans and octopus from the à la carte menu, for an aperitivo while you wait for your table upstairs. After a sleek spruce-up, though, envisioned by local firm Stokes Architecture + Design, with tiger-print stools and a custom wood back bar, it’s official — the first floor is a destination in its own right.

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