This was a great find in Fishtown, Â a great selection of craft beers for a bottle shop, Â and a great place to sit and enjoy at their bar while there. Â The staff is also very friendly and greatly appreciates your business. Â Next time I need to stock up on some craft beer, I'll be taking a drive to Bottle Bar East, Â cheers!
Review Source:I really didn't have a very good experience here. While they do have a huge selection of single bottle beers and a nice bar in the back that's where it ended for me.
I really just needed two bottles to use in a recipe (beer chocolate toffee) so I ran in here to get what I needed. As I walked in the cashier didn't even look up from his phone as I walked in. I was clearly having difficulty finding what I was looking for and was never offered help. Once I found what I needed I had to wait while the aforementioned cashier broke down a cardboard box before he came back to the counter to cash me out. Â To put this in context I was the only one in the refrigerator area. Â So it was a big old zero for customer service.
The beers are ridiculously overpriced. $3.50 for a PBC bottle? Â There is a place in NJ that sells single bottles too at less than half the prices this place sells them for.
It might be cool to buy a few and sit at the bar but if you are looking to take them home you are being ripped off.
Swung by here last night and fell in love! Â The bottle bar allgedly has great quizzo, though its only 1x/month now for the summer. Â We were there to play said quizzo, so most of our crew wanted to leave when they heard it wasn't going on. Â
I, on the other hand, was taken aback. Â The space has a nice industrial feel with big high cielings, and a seating area upstairs. Â The bar has some obscurities and some fan favs on draft. Â Most overwhelming of all was the fridges of bottles. Â Thousands and thousands of bottles... and you can pick one, bring it to the bar, open it up, and pour it into a glass to enjoy. Â It's nice to enjoy that type of variety in a bar atmosphere. Â They will happily fill a growler with the draft beer which is always killer too. Â Finally, the food menu. Â I didn't eat, but it looked extensive. Â I can only give it 4 stars because I didn't give it a chance to wow me with the food... but I can assume its exceptional, and I look forward to coming back to check it out.
Why hello Bottle Bar East, thank you for coming into my life. I get to have my cake and eat it to!!!! I recently stopped in with some friends and we were ecstatic about the great selection of beers. When we found out they were the same price to take them to the bar and drink them (tax included in price) we couldn't have been happier. Once we sat, we had a wonderful time because of the bartender, she was friendly and very entertaining to say the least. She gave the remote to the projection screen to me, and I thank her for that. The menu had apparently just been changed over, and it was delicious. We had the chicken Club, pulled pork sandwich, shrimp tacos, bourbon walnuts, and...... some super tasty bread pudding. I wish I could have tried some of the specialty cocktails but the bottle selection was just calling my name over and over again, as was the bottle of powers. This is a place I will be stopping into over and over again anytime I'm on this side of the city. Thanks again Steph, and whoever orders all the great beers. Oh yes, one last thing, we managed to take home 2 mixed six packs at 1AM. Did I mention I love that bar?!
Review Source:Not easy to find a great bottle shop anymore in this town; but Foodery is still king. Bottle Bar East has some good bottles, nothing too exotic or hard to find. Most other run-of-the-mill craft bottle shops will have the same stuff. But this is good addition to the neighborhood. Taplist is OK, but I like how happy hour is divided (6-7, 10-11). Half off drafts is great, too.
Review Source:BBE has an awesome selection and is a welcome addition to the neighborhood. Â Since we're in PA, we just have to accept that we're going to get slammed on a six-pack price, which is unfortunate. Â Where BBE really shines is that you can take that beer back to the bar and drink it there. Â For takeout, $4 a bottle is pretty expensive ($24 six-pack?). Â For drinking in? Â A huge deal (Only $24 for 6 beers!?! Yay!). Â They also have draft beer which is priced right at happy hour, but probably $1 too much otherwise (Seriously, $4 Kenzingers? Â In Fishtown?) Â A bonus is the fooseball table upstairs (I will dominate you any time, buddy, you just tell me when!) Â
I haven't had the food, but the cheese is good and priced right. Â They also give you enough toast points, which is annoying elsewhere when you get a big chunk o' fermented love and they give you two little burnt shreds of bread and expect you to beg and/or pay for extra. Â My wife loves the pickles and my buddy always gets one of the soups.
I find myself there often, so that says what you need to know.
Take a Foodery style bottle shop, give it a laid back bar in the back with a street art decor and amicable list of specialty shots and craft beers, and add in a delectable bar food menu with plenty of vegan options; and you have yourself an amicable bar concept that probably should have happened awhile ago!
And despite a few new bar kinks that still exist, that's the winning menu that made Bottle Bar East such a winner for me when I checked it out before and after the last Elite event. And Fishtown is the perfect place to pay host to such a beer haven, especially once you factor in the fact that it isn't that far from Johnny Brenda's and Frankford Hall.
Being so enamored by the few varieties of brews that I haven't tried on the short list of rotating drafts meant that I didn't have the chance to fully check out the hundreds upon hundreds of bottled beers that their many coolers had to offer (especially when meeting Michael K. there before the event meant that I was able to take part in their impressive Happy Hour special. score!). But I was definitely impressed with the many quick glances I took, and the suggestions that the bartenders were able to give upon request and mention of preferred style.
Being famished after the event also meant that I had to grab a bite to eat, and their delicious sounding selection of veggie and vegan offerings made me stear clear of the usual chicken wings or shellfish order that I usually make to test out a bar. And the portabello mushrooms, collard greens, and hummus inside their vegan wrap made me smile inside; especially since it came with watermelon on the side as opposed to the usual chips or fries. But with thing liked littleneck clams, a Philly style Cubano, goat cheese stuffed peppadews, and a brisket sandwiched between a toasted pretzel there's definitely something for everyone.
The atmosphere can be dry and the employees can come off rough.  Its not welcoming, aside from the sight of a ton of beer, though I just realized that the foodery would have been cheaper for me to buy what I bought, though the bottle bar is still full of good deals, I guess I'm just alittle drawn back by the blind devoltion  The food needs less frilly food and more fun food in my opinion.
Review Source:I may be partially biased as I live only two blocks away from this wonderful circus of beer selection...but bias be damned; if you love beer, you will love the bottle bar, they love beer too. They're less expensive than The Foodery. And yes, I checked. sometimes only by a few cents, but almost always less expensive, (with the exception of bottles 22oz and above, which are also coming down in price at the BBE.)
The food is absolutely fantastic, I've never heard anyone speak of it, unkind words, healthy, hearty, good ingredients...just like the beer, (they just don't really eff around with your belly...The atmosphere is just fine, it shifts from packed event nights, to a couple of us regulars grabbing a beer after work, to alcoholics like me grabbing a six pack the second they open the door so we can commence day drinking off premises.
They've got discounts, sales, and all sorts of random little perks for the customers, financial or otherwise, such as a bucket with a sixpack...which I was wholeheartedly stoked about...They just recently introduced the Belly rewards program, which has a nifty little app that goes with it, gives you points for each visit.
overall, the clientele is diverse, the beer selection is phenomenal, the pricing is great, the food is spot-on, the deals are frequent, the location is fantastic, the atmosphere is fine and dandy, and let's hear it for the chalkboard walls in the bathroom for the win. (writing/drawing encouraged, chalk provided)
As you enter this Mecca of carafe beers, 15 refrigerators full of over 600 different beers are staring at you, almost daring you to drink them. This is the future bar of this area. They're ahead of the curve, with a health conscious food menu, and the largest take-out carafe beer selection in Philly. You get the ambience of a dive bar, but the visual of a crisp, clean, refreshingly new rendition of the notion. With a full bar downstairs and extra seating upstairs (Foosball and dart board), you have a neat option of either getting away from the crowd and playing some games, or mingling with the crowd and playing tunes on the jukebox downstairs. Definitely where I go for my carafe beer take-out, and one of my regular hang outs.
-Realtortainer
While my beloved Bottle Shop on Passyunk is dark, dated and a little musty, Bottle Bar is new-ish, clean, and bright. Â The refrigerators (with 600+ options!) blind you upon entry, but just a few steps and you're in a comfortable cheerful bar with extremely friendly servers. Â
The food is great and strangely healthy. Â Bill M got the vegan wrap, his friend got the chicken wrap, and they seemed to really enjoy them. Â I watched longingly as both wraps disappeared into their bellies, and was planning on getting my own. Â Weirdly, I settled on a hummus plate..but it was tasty as well. Â These were odd choices for a bar on a Friday night when I'd normally want to inhale wings and waffle fries, but it was still quite satisfying.
It is loud, especially on a Friday night, so I can't see board games happening here. Â Instead of being a store that lets you sit, play and drink, it's a bar that lets you shop for beer. Â But this it does quite well.
I love this place.
I hate to echo the obvious comparison others have already made but as a long-time Foodery fan, I think BBE has upped the ante as far as bottle shops go and created an ideal hybrid of both bottle shop and bar.
The staff is great. The food is good. The beer selection meets and exceeds expectations and the bar is comfortable and welcoming. Add to this a jukebox and a ginormous projection TV and you have a winning formula.
A famous ape once said, there is no contradiction between science and faith. I say there need not be any contradiction between being a bar and a bottle shop.
At BBE, the aspects of both bar and bottle shop are easily admired as one happy fun place and it is a wonderful addition to Frankford Avenue.
Picture walking down the street with your dog Toto and seeing an F5 (EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale) tornado spooling up in front of you, whisking you and your yappy friend away to the magical land of any of the ~40 US states that permits the sale of alcohol in grocery stores. You marvel at the novelty of such an idea, being able to stroll endless aisles of IPAs and stouts and sours, choosing from the best selection you've ever seen. Then you wake up back in your bed in Pennsylvania, and realize that not only was it a dream, but it's Sunday, you overslept, and so it's even harder to get beer. You win this round, Oz.
Luckily for you, there is a place that will allow you this feeling of unfettered freedom, the feeling to walk through a dizzying array of beers in refrigerators and select the one that speaks to you (hopefully not literally). You can then take this perfect, reasonably priced beer back to a table and have a very pleasant server open it for you.
I think there is something to be said for the tactility of picking out your own beer from a case, vs. ordering off of a menu. Sometimes browsing the physical bottles will get you to try beers you wouldn't otherwise order off the menu. I'm a big fan of places like BBE and Hawthorne's that allow you to do this.
And so, until someone drops a house on the PLCB, BBE is here to fulfill all of your beer needs.
Take the long-loved Foodery, and kick it up a few notches.
Bottle Bar is pretty self-explanatory. It's a bar....that sells bottles of beer. This is one of the few places I can think of where you can get craft beer without buying a whole case in the area. They have a SPECTACULAR selection of beers from the Tristate, the US, and the world. You can mix and match, which is awesome for appeasing you and your drinking partners, or for trying new beers. Anddd you get a sweet 15% discount if you buy 6 of the same beer to go. The bottle prices are pretty reasonable to start so that's definitely a good deal.
I haven't eaten here yet but I'm pretty psyched that Bottle Bar East exists.
There's a lot to like about the bottle bar. Â First, the default TV station is NHL Network. Â A+. Â The draft selection is good, happy hour is awesome (M-F 5-7 half drafts, $3 wells, and $1 cups of soup).
It's a decent spot for take out with good selection and reasonable prices. Â The only failing of the bottle bar is food, the portions are far to small for the price. Â My $9 sandwich was appetizer size and didn't come with anything on the side. Â
Quizzo on Wednesdays, foosball upstairs.
Bottom Line: I like this spot, it beats the pants off the Foodery, and I'll keep coming here, just not for dinner.
As shops and restaurants seem to be trickling northwards along Frankford ave, here comes what a lot of people have been calling the "new Foodery." Now, I wouldn't agree that it's exactly that - Bottle Bar East a pretty decent bar with a pretty decent bottle shop attached, the likes of which we haven't yet had up this way. The two businesses are not really so comparable - while the Foodery has an expansive beer selection, BBE has a more restricted selection with somewhat more reasonable prices. The Foodery is more of a fancy self-serve beer cafeteria with a little deli and limited seating (and a lovely fake wedding venue, but that's another story), while BBE offers table service and dim lighting that makes getting drunk seem more normal. Both do seem to have very personable staff.
The bar area is somewhat overwhelmed by a large tv blaring sports down upon artisinal-sounding sandwiches with fancily presented soups, while the small but well-curated bottle selection sits darkly up front to spearhead the little identity crisis. Sports bar and/or craft brew miniature sort-of-gastropub? Seems to be working, though, since this is exactly where the diehard everything-hating hipster kingdom seems to be starting to meld with the weird commercial northern liberties trust fund migration. Hello, popped collar weyerbacher dudes.
So it's a little odd. But I like it enough and certainly appreciate that there's finally a place north of Girard to pick up a couple bottles of something other than miller lite and maybe stop for happy hour now and again.
Although the selection was great and its nice to have a bottle store on this side of the city the prices here seem to be out of whack with many other bottle stores I've been to. I did enjoy having a draft though and someone that works there was nice enough to speak with us about how they do their cheese pairings. If I am in the neighborhood in need of beer I will definitely return but I wouldn't go out of my way.
Review Source:Come on, Bottle Bar. One bartender working the bar on a Saturday night? Really? This place has an awesome selection of beer and the prices are right, but waiting 20 minutes for my check is ridiculous.
The bartender kept scanning over the patrons asking "You all good?" without waiting for anyone to answer before she walked away. Maybe it was an off night last night, but I'll probably take my 6-pack home next time.
650 types of beer on the wall,
650 types of beer,
Take one down,
To make a six pack,
And drink 'till you have to lean on the wall!
Food was delish too. The old fashioned a bit too sweet. I'm guessing they use simple syrup instead of a sugar cube. Â
The sammys here are creative and tasty. I hope one day, I will have a woman that can make me sammiches as tasty as the ones here.
She's got a lot to live up to.
Maybe I aim too high. T_T
Great place! As far as the take out is concerned, they do it right. Prices listed under the bottles makes managing your six pack a lot easier. Places that don't do this do one of two things: either your forced to choose beers you're familiar with to keep the price under control or you do experiment with some new selections only to be slammed at the register. BBE makes exploring new beers worry free since you have the ability to avoid the 30$ six pack if you choose.
Aside from that, ownership is beyond friendly, the staff is knowledgeable and they have some great beer events every so often. Sign up for their mailing list to stay on top of them!
Take out (or in) beer, draft and a relaxed atmosphere - perfect.
I've been waiting for something like The Foodery to pop up in my 'hood.
Bottle Bar offers a plethora of take out beer options (everything from PBR to the loveliest of craft beers). You can also buy any of their beers and drink it right then and there (just take it to the bartender and she'll open it and ring it up for you). They have a full bar, too, if you want to have a cocktail. Bottle Bar does make food, but I haven't had a chance to try it yet.
While Bottle Bar has a general friendly vibe to it, there is a bit of  a hollow feeling that I attribute to the actual building itself. Otherwise, the staff are helpful and assist you in finding some great new beers. There's also a foosball table upstairs if you want to do that.
AND THEY TAKE CARDS THANK YOU SWEET BABY JESUS.
While Bottle Bar might not necessarily blow you away as a bar/restaurant, this is definitely what Fishtown needs in the takeout beer arena....
I really enjoy there cider selection so I would like to give more stars buttt.... I'm assuming he is the owner and he's super rude! He id's me every time I go in and here's why it's an issue. 1. remember your customers 2. how come you never id those you served before me?!?! I know I look young but dude, come on id everyone or no one....
it's always smokey inside (assuming a lot of food is begin burnt??) HOWEVER great beer selection
Fantastic selection of beers to take out or have the bartender pop open for you. The prices are reasonable, and clearly labeled, ahem Foodery, take a note. Â The upstairs boasts a foosball table and darts, plus extra seating. Â My only gripe is the limited veg food selection, and I wish the grilled vegetable sandwich wasn't always the go to veg option, it's just never really good. They do sell snacks and bread too, which is nice if you're stopping in for some to go action. Welcome to the neighborhood Bottle Bar!
Review Source:Why 5 Â stars? The answer is easy, Pennsylvania liquor laws. Due to the fact that finding a good ol' fashioned 'six pack' is next to impossible this place automatically gets a better than "C" average. But, once you factor in the simple yet elegant charcuterie menu coupled with a minimalists approach to the Fishtown-warehouse aesthetic, you're an intoxicated winner.
I can buy a couple bottles & a tall boy of PBR at 1 a.m. & put on a card! yes, please...
This place is awesome, great beer selection and decent prices. And competing with a monster like the Foodery has to be rough. From what I saw the staff was quite friendly and knew a good amount about the beer in the store. However, the only reason I didn't give them 5 stars is because of the rarity of beers they do not have. Compared to the Foodery they have a selection you can find anywhere in the city. But, the cheap prices for this place will keep me coming back!
Ps the cheese guy from the Farmers Cabinet relocated to the kitchen for Bottle Bar East. This dudes the best!! Whhazzup cheese man!
Fishtown was lacking a walk-in place where you could buy good craft beer in smaller quantities, like so many of the corner pizza places from my former neighborhood on the border of U City. You can mix and match to create your own 6-pack. If you're looking for good quality, friendly service and a cool atmosphere, this is the place. It even has a bar and kitchen so you can chill out for a bit and watch a game or something. (AS if I cared about sports.)
Review Source:Great staff. Great beer selection. At a reasonable price. I have not eaten there yet but the food seemed as moderately priced as the beer - and I was pleasantly surprised to see the great cheese plate selections. Mmmm beer and cheese, at the end of my block. Good bye diet.
DO NOT BOTHER VISITING FOODERY EVER AGAIN.
YES!!!!!!! THIS IS EACTLY WHAT FISHTOWN NEEDED!!!!!!!!!! the beer selection is insane and you can mix your own six pack and take it home OR you can drink any of the beers from the cooler at the bar!!!!!!!! great chill place to hang, nice lounge upstairs with darts and foosball. staff is extremely friendly and helpful. love.
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