This place seriously has the best pizza I've ever had...and I've eaten A LOT of pizza in my day! Â (Even worked at a pizza place back in CA.) Â I've only been here once, but I was highly impressed. Â My date and I had the Flammenkuche (?) pizza....and it was out of this world! Â Side note: I don't typically eat red meat, including pork, and this pizza almost made me go back to eating regular bacon...almost. Â ;) Â Also, their beer was great. Â I had the Galaxy Pale Ale, which is hard to describe. Â It's a little on the fruity/hoppy side. Â You'll understand once you try it. Â My date had some kind of Porter which was pretty tasty as well. Â
The staff we had were friendly and informative. Â It's evident that they really care about this place, and about their customers. Â
I'm thinking of having a birthday get together here at the end of the month so I can introduce some of my friends to this awesome place! Â I hope it's just as good (and dare I say, even better) as the last time.
We visited Dock Street Brewing Co for an event, and I'm really glad we did because I would otherwise not have found this gem. Although I did not order any drinks, my friends who did said that the beers on tap were very good at very good prices. The servers and bartenders were also very friendly and chill.
We really liked the ambiance of Dock Street. It's not a very large place and since it was crowded, we sat at one of the high tables on high bar stools instead of at a table in the dining area. It has a rustic feel overall. Behind the bar, there's a huge brick oven where they bake their pizzas. On the way to the restrooms, in the back of the restaurant, there is a pile of logs that they use for firewood.
We ordered a large Fig Jam Pizza for 4 of us to share. My my, was it delicious! The sweetness from the fig jam combined with saltiness from the bacon in a synergistic deliciousness. The pizza description said that there was also goat cheese on the pizza, but I couldn't taste any (which is great, because I don't like goat cheese). The large was cut into 8 large slices- perfect for the 4 of us.
We really enjoyed our experience at Dock Street Brewing Co and will definitely be going back again for the food and drinks!
Beer beer beer. Royal bohemian pilsner, Prince myschkin imperial stout, sexy beast chocolate stout, rye ipa, Belgian pale ale, man full of trouble porter, yum, yum, yum. Wood fired pizza was delicious. Hello happy hour! Staff were great and sociable when they weren't waiting on customers. I loved the ambiance, especially the wood stacked by the unisex bathrooms, hey why not?
Review Source:Love the atmosphere and the pizza. Â They could probably add a few more selections of pizza but for the most part it's great. Â I am not a drinker but they seem to have a great selection of beers on tap.
It's sort of in an odd spot in W Philly but at least my car is usually there after I eat at Dock Street.
I love Dock Street, and not just because I used to live very close to it and have rosy feelings associated with West Philly. Â I honestly can't think of anything bad to say. Â Every experience I've had here has been wonderful.
There are always a few interesting options on the beer list, as well as standbys. Â Several different styles of beer are represented so it's not a wash for those with specific preferences. Â The percentages are in the moderate or better range, so two or three will have you feeling good.
The food is really, really good. Â My favorite is the pear and brie pizza. Â It has some other things on it...perhaps pesto, perhaps some kind of nut?...but that is unimportant. Â The beet salad is also bangin'. Â There are lots of veggie-friendly options on the menu which makes it a nice option for the herbivores in your life.
They also have occasional movie nights/events here. Â One time around Halloween I walked in with a friend and they were playing Night of the Living Dead projected on the wall. Â It turned into a really fun night, one that I have really fond memories of.
Some people complain about the ambiance, but I like the simplicity of it. Â It's a place to eat food, drink beer, and have good conversation. Â It's unpretentious. Â And it has one of my favorite things...that's right, you guessed it, outdoor seating! Â As for the comments about hipsters, well, if you don't like hipsters you shouldn't set foot in West Philly. Â Consider yourself warned, because you will be served by a bearded man with tattoos at Dock Street.
Come to think of it, maybe that's why I like Dock Street so much.
I don't live in the area, but from what I've seen while visiting friends there aren't a ton of dining options around here. Â I stayed with a friend last week who lives nearby and Dock Street is their go-to pizza place.
We dined in for dinner. Â There were some interesting pizza flavors but I played it safe with a spinach and cheese calzone. Â I was tasty and I was happy.
My friend ordered a vegetarian calzone. Â After the first bite, we realized it was actually a sausage calzone (with extra sausage, it appeared.) Â Luckily she's not a vegetarian, or I imagine she would be pretty pissed. Â The waiter apologized and made her a new calzone at no charge but she had to sit and watch the rest of us eat. Â It wasn't the waiter's fault and he gave us a free beer, so no hard feelings.
Dock Street is one of our city's only brewpubs and it is a relatively shameful one at that. Nothing compared to Nodding Head (which, apparently, receives a great deal of criticism from some of my friends) or even Triumph, but nevertheless, Dock Street, up until recently, was really the only option. I don't think that Dock Street is particularly moving or intriguing. I like it's Rye IPA, and it's Bohemian Pilsner all right, the problem I have though is that it's just an average brewpub. Furthermore, the environment, despite the excellent pizza there, is insane. It's far too loud and crowded--proving, again, that West Philly simply doesn't have a lot of options in terms of beer drinking.
Review Source:Nice place. The beer is quite tasty! The beer list usually pretty stout heavy, which is perfectly fine for me, but might be annoying to people who aren't into stouts.
I got a chicken sandwich of some variety last time I was there and it was awesome! I haven't ever actually eaten the pizza though, which is silly.
One con: it seems like it's usually uncomfortably hot in there!
This place is simply amazing. Â I always try to bring friends new to Philadelphia to Dock Street. Â It's especially nice to come on a warm day when you can eat outside and watch the trolleys go by. Â
While the tables aren't as fancy as the local artwork for sale on the wall, they've got their priorities straight: Â Good food and delicous beer!
My goal is to try all of the yummy pizzas! Â My favorites are the Vegetarian, BBQ Chicken, and Fig Jam. Â You really can't go wrong with any of them. Â The Trio Fries are also amazing!
When it comes to the beer, I enjoy their seasonal brews most. Â I'm still learning the intricacies of beer so I enjoy tasting and learning what I like and don't like. Â
All in all, Dock Street is awesome. Â Very hipstery and laid back and I never leave disappointed.
I lay awake and think about this pizza they have there...its a greek style pie that will change the way you think about pizza! Beer is awesome and the staff is really cool and friendly. I'll admit that the cement floor and lighting is a bit dank, but its a brewery first and a restaurant second...it just happens to have some of the best food in the city!
Review Source:PROS: Delicious pizza and good beer + chill, unassuming atmosphere
CONS: Lacking in ambiance
I quite like the crispy, thin crust pizza here --- the veggie ones are awesome! It's a good spot to hang out with a group of friends on a lazy Sunday afternoon if you happen to be in the area. Due to the location though, it's not a very "happening" place that you would want to go out of your way to visit on a normal basis.
Sigh I wanted to like this place. I just moved further West and was excited to try a place in my neighborhood especially since it was rated highly by Zagat.
I was immediately turned off by the decor of the place. Lots of random art, black tables and a cement floor that used to be painted. It looked like hipster had been vomitted over the place. Also we got there at dusk and it was dark when we left but they never turned the lights up which was also weird.
My guy had the Rye IPA and it was pretty terrible. Horrible after taste.
I had the Sahti and it was pretty great. I love a good fruit beer and this was great, but the Rye was enough to turn me off of trying rye beers ever again.
We ate the mozarella sticks and they were okay. Nothing amazing there for 6.95 We ordered the sausage pizza minus the onions and peppers. It was descent but not amazing. I was pretty underwhelmed by the food but we were both super hungry so we at it all. Â
I will say, we had an attentive waitress and things came out timely. Which is why I gave them 2 star.
Want to know what it would be like to get a beer from the DMV?
Come here.
 Im surprised they dont have PBR on tap and sell skinny pants here.
I have been drinking Dock st since 1992, illuminator was one
of my favorites.
 The beer is really good, as is the food but the
waiters/waitreses were too cool to be bothered with us,
neither of us had beards,(wife just shaved hers) Â visible tattoos or rode a fixed
gear bicycle.
 I could see coming to this place again and again, but
the employees made us feel like we were bothering them,
which seems like a stupid thing when your livelhood depends
on giving people decent service.
Get out..... eject...... escape from the HIPSTER planet.
You know, you pay about 19$ for your shitty delivery pizza, the kind with maybe a few sad veggies or greasy blobs of meat on top. Â Pack it up and head over to Dock Street, where for 18.50$ you can get eight slices of mouthgasm. Â Seriously, mouthgasm.
The Parma has a TON of different cheeses and prosciutto, BUT you don't get swamped in cheese as the pizza has a lot of tomato to balance out the flavors. Â I've also had the pie with bacon and caramelized onions. Â It was a little sweeter than I was expecting but superb once I got past my expectations.
The beers are obviously great. Â I am not a beer person, so I get whatever is closest to candy ... the cherry one does it for me.
Service here is weird. Â It is always slower than average, even when it's not terribly full. Â I have waited 30+ minutes to be served my one pie, and the waitress was not particularly attentive or apologetic in that horrible hungry lull. Â There is definitely a certain kind of person serving at Dock Street, but it's West Philly (ie, other Yelpers who are complaining about hipsters are clearly not natives).
However, the food is more than worth the wait time, and Dock Street is definitely getting to be one of my regular indulgences.
Damn. I love me some Dock Street. Brie, pear and walnut pizza? Just shut the hell up. This place makes the best pizza in West Philly with fantastic beer to boot. On this occasion, however, I'm knocking off a star for being closed the night before the recent holiday.
*Gets up on soapbox* Come on now, Dock Street. West Philly hipster types don't go farting out to the Jersey Shore for summer holidays like the rest of Philly, and the night before a midweek holiday is essentially a bonus Friday night. Friday night = pizza and beer. As one of the few non-BYOB establishments in West Philadelphia, you have a responsibility -- NO, DUTY -- to serve beer to the thirsty.
My friends and I tried to get there early anticipating a crowd, and arrived to locked doors. Then we had to hoof it all the way out to Local 44 in the heatwave, by which time we were all sweaty, it was decidedly no longer early which meant that our party had to wait 30+ minutes for a table, and we all got the hangries.
Is this what you want from your clientele, Dock Street? The HANGRIES? I hope you consider this next time you decide that you want to have a day off. I'll probably update this to five stars next time I'm in a happy pizza coma, but until then you have a good long think about what you did.
I absolutely love this place. The atmosphere is really cozy and fun, great for both large groups and dates. The pizza is amazing and the beer brewed in house is also extremely good. In particular, the Summer Session beer is great. Some of the other beers have very particular tastes so I would recommend asking for a sample before you order because some are not for everyone.
One of my favorite spots.
Dock Street is a fantastic casual neighborhood hangout. Â The beer is good, the pizza is good, and the atmosphere is fitting. Â This is one of those places I find myself defaulting to often. Â It's great for lunch, dinner, or late night (Friday & Saturday specials). Â It's always buzzing, but not uncomfortably busy. Â Thumbs up.
Review Source:Oh Dock Street how I have missed you :-(
I used to be a regular... Tuesday movie night, random weeknight, any excuse for delicious pizza kind of regular. Unfortunately I moved and cannot get here fast enough or often enough.
I hate artichokes and mushrooms, kinda weird dislike for being a long term veg but whatever. Â I will gladly eat these two nasty veggies upon a Dock Street, thin crust, flavor bursting pizza.
Beer is also good stuff, although I wish Bubbly Wit was always in production with my name on the vat.
In order to work here (male) you must have an awesome beard or mustache or combination  of the two.  If you know this before entering then I believe you might enjoy your experience more.  This is West Philadelphia.  This is not a fancy, uppity, let's impress the masses kind of establishment.  This is a drink good beer, eat good pizza, relax and enjoy your time kind of establishment.
Here's some advice to all of you meat lovin' midwesterners out there: nix the beef, add some leeks and consume potatoes. Leeks and potatoes - Dock Street does it right.
While seasoned fries always trump regular fries, and sweet potato fries always win the prize, there's not a fry dish better than the one served at Dock Street: crispy leeks, mixed with seasoned regular fries (or season them yourself with red pepper flakes, generic green Italian seasoning mix, garlic and salt), and sweet potato fries, this trio is one worth sacrificing calories for.
And to compliment your hipster leeks and frites, do yourself a favor and consume an entire pizza made with fig, gorgonzola, and bacon. (Bacon isn't meat...it's in a food group of its own.)
I have had three positive and one negative experience at this place. Three times I had waiters that were awesome, friendly, and patient. I've sat outside and inside - I prefer outside, but sometimes that isn't possible. One time I had a waitress and was with a group - she was so incredibly rude to us. However, I'll go back because the pizza is DELICIOUS. I'm not much of a beer drinker, but my friends that are say they love the beers at this place. I wish they would spice up their alcohol menu a bit so you could get wine and other drinks as well, but I get that they want to uphold their image.
Review Source:The pizza is awesome and are definitely worth the trip and the price. Â the trio fries are also awesome.
I always enjoy their beers and have spent way too much money there drinking them. Â the rye ipa is a solid beer. Â
the only downsides are that prices can add up quick if you have a few beers and pizza. Â Their happy hour is from 4-6 so its hard to actually be there for it considering the location, and I'm pretty sure its a 1 or 2 off of one particular beer, not everything. Â The place also doesnt have a tv, which might make alot of hipsters happy, but it would be nice to be able to watch a phils game or something while there.
With Scott Morrison as brewmaster, Dock Street's beers have become better and better. Â I can't wait for the start of Big Bottle sales on Sunday, May 6.
The restaurant is a rather gruff, minimalist space, but the service is nice and accommodating and the pizzas are really, really good, mostly because of the satisfying dough and the expert cooking of the pie over wood fire.
The Flammkuchen - a serious take on that ubiquitous and delicious Alsatian specialty, made for a great if a bit greasy accompaniment to various beers, including the Rye IPA and the Man Full of Trouble Porter (seriously, when do caramelized onions and bacon cooked in crème fraîche not make a great accompaniment to beer?), the Greek pie could have had a bit more feta for my taste but if you like sun-dried tomatoes, it makes for pleasurable eating (the spring mix salad would be better served separately, properly dressed, instead of simply throwing oily greens on the pizza). Â
I think you will be hard-pressed to find better pizza for the money in Philadelphia. Â The large pies are LARGE and the pizzaiola who made our pies made them perfectly in their char-flecked glory. Â I'll be there on May 6!
I'm very skeptical when it comes to pizza. Maybe because I grew up with Brooklyn pizza. Or maybe because I don't like cheese and tomato & end up peeling the cheese off most pizza. Probably the latter one.
But I can't express how much I love Dock Street's pizza. They have non tomato-sauce pizza options which I look for  since I hate tomatoes.
My absolute favorite is the Flammenkuche. I initially tried it because it sounded German and I have an unexplainable mild obsession with German things. Â
It has caramelized onions, bacon, gruyere, and a creme fraiche sauce (instead of tomato, +1). It's the only pizza I get now. 5/5
I did try their BBQ chicken. While it's no flammenkuche, it was still pretty good and very saucy. 4/5.
An awesome thing about this place is that they have movie night (Tuesdays @ 9pm, I believe). One night I was there for dinner, and they were setting up for Run Lola Run (German movie, +1). Haven't actually got to sit down for their movie night but thought it was a great idea.
If I could rate it higher than a 5, I would.
(They participated in the Baltimore Dollar Stroll last year, and I got a Dock Street Brewery beer pint glass for $1)
Dock Street is one of the very few places in Philadelphia that has good pizza. Â The toppings are fresh, the crust is thin and crispy, the sauce is never too sweet, and it is always consistent.
The beer is hit or miss. Â Sometimes, I just order something to try it and am disappointed, but I would say that's usually my fault.
The service could be a little better and I would be THRILLED if they were open for lunch during the week.
Dock Street was our very last stop after about 8 hours of Erin-Expressing. I've never been so far west in West Philly.
Once glance at the menu and it was settled. Three of us would share the "Sicilian" pizza, which was in no way like your standard thick, square-cut tray pizza. Super thin and crispy, this giant pie was topped with olives, capers, walnuts, roasted garlic, sun dried tomatoes, mozzarella, red sauce and basil. HOLY FLAVOR.
Same goes for the completely unnecessary cocktail I ordered, which was a mere $5 and made with sriracha sauce and oranges. A bloody Mary of sorts, for the night time hour.
While pies run a bit steep ($18.50 for our large), that wood fired taste is absolutely worth it. Dock Street is my #1 reason to return to West Philadelphia.
I saw this place while running errands and thought it looked pretty cool, the unique hipster place that makes me like this neighborhood.
My boyfriend and I ordered take out from there just tonight and we were fairly pleased. I got the magherita pizza, which had a flavorful, hearty sauce and fresh mozzarella on top. The crust was somewhat undercooked, but still fairly tasty. My boyfriend got the fried mozzarella, which was like no mozzarella sticks we have ever had before. These were crisp and flavorful. Finally he got the bacon and onionish pizza with sausage added. The sausage had a great zing and the cheese was good, but just a little undercooked.
Other than the undercookness I thought it was really really good and will definitely be back.
A gem of a brewery in an old firehouse, Dock St is one of my favorite places in West Philly. They brew great beer and make great pizza. I've tried a number of the pizzas, and honestly didn't understand what all of the fuss was about, but once I tried the simple Americana--- whewww the crust is so thin but crispy and the sauce has the right amount of tang, it is my favorite pizza in Philadelphia! Because the crust is too thin to bear the weight of a lot of toppings, some of the other pizzas don't work too well (I would especially avoid the one with creme fraiche-- it is just an oily, slide-y mess), but even when we're ravenously hungry, my boyfriend & I order a small Americana, a small greek salad, and two beers, and are sooo satisfied.
As others have said, it's pretty hipstery, but if the punky waiters can make the right kind of jokes so that my schmoozey/businessy mom will simultaneously love them and understand that she is being an annoying customer, I don't think anyone else should have a problem. When it gets busy, service does get pretty slow, but just relax and drink your beer, and everything will be fine.
Other things I especially like: the Rye Shandy (served only after 6pm!) and sitting out on the sidewalk in the summer. It's also nice that the beer menu has descriptions of the different beers and bitterness units; it helps someone like me who enjoys drinking a nicer beer but is still learning the lingo.
This is a cool little spot. And, I like that it's 5 minutes from my house.
I was there as part of a beer crawl tour. At this spot, we were treated to a tour of where the beer was brewed.
It was cool to go in the back, but it really was just a cramped room where they talked about making beer and we stared at large metal canisters.
What made it worth it was the free beer on the tour.
The first was an unfinished beer which is going to be released in 2 1/2 - 3 weeks. The beer is called the Prisoner of Hell. It was at the stage before going through the larger, where it's said to get much of it's flavor. Well, I sure hope that's true becuase it didn't have much flavor.
Thankfully, the next beer was one that was complete. It was the Nutmeg IPA. It was quite tasty.
When the tour was done, we had to jet out to the next stop. I will need to come back when I am not in a rush to get to the next spot.
Came in on 9pm on a weeknight, the place was not crowded and I was starved!
I tried the porter which was good, and ate a pizza that had spinach, creme fraiche, and tomato, the pizza was good. I enjoy thin crust pizza a lot.
I have been here in nicer weather and have sat outside, I definitely prefer sitting outside. I wanted another beer but the waiter never came over to check in.
Tasty pizza. Love the espresso stout. Man full of trouble porter is not bad either. Too many ipas for my tastes. Rather cold despite the wood burning oven. Pizza made in aforementioned oven was thin and crispy. The tomatoes sauce had a nice kick.
Since I rate beers on the pint scale (0-5 of how many pints I can drink) here's the rating of the Brews that are on tap today.
Kolsch- a little sweet but very smooth, 2 pints.
OMG pale ale- 0 pints. I'm not an ipa person.
DS Belgian pale ale- 1 pint. For an ipa its not insanely bitter.
Rye ipa- 0 pints see above review of omgipa.
Man full of trouble porter- 2 pints. Rich and full bodied. But it needed something extra to it. A smoke flavor or something. Â
Satellite espresso stout- 4 pints. Rich and coffee like with a nice bitterness from espresso instead of hops.
I finally made it to Dock Street. Â Halle-freakinglujah!
I have no excuse for taking this long to get here. Â I've been drinking Dock Street beers for a few years and I've lived in Philly a few years. Â This is my tale.
I finally came here after work on Friday with some co-workers. Â We walked into the Man on Fire taproom and grabbed seats at one of the rickety high tops. Â I began with a flight of beers. Â From light to dark, I didn't prefer the kolsch or the pilsner but the Rye IPA and the Satellite Stout definitely made it in my book.
We ordered fried calamari and a Flammenkuche. Â The calamari was perfectly cooked, not rubbery in the least and had a tangy dipping sauce. Â The pizza which I probably would have passed over was thin and crispy just the way a pizza should be. Â The creme fraiche really made it.
I'm sold on this place. Â It took me too long to get here and well I'm going to have to start making up for lost time.
Wanting to get out of our section of town for dinner on Friday, the boyfriend and I jumped in the car and headed to West Philly. Destination: Dock Street Brewing Co.
There was one large, open area with tables, and a long bar that stretched across one side of the room with plenty of seating. We grabbed two bar stools near the open door to take advantage of the cool breeze on a lovely spring night.
I immediately gravitated towards the OMG Pale Ale, which was absolutely delicious and had just the right amount of hoppy flavor. We shared a Caesar salad, which wasn't super special but did take the edge off. Then we shared a margherita pizza and a parma pizza, with crispy prosciutto, crushed tomatoes and a four cheese blend. Both had light, crisp crusts and hit the spot.
Our bartender/server somehow managed to keep our beers and water glasses filled while handling take-out orders and answering the phone as well. Hats off to him!
Many of the other pizzas caught my eye, along with the fry trio featuring white and sweet potatoes and leeks. I'll likely go back soon for more of that OMG Pale Ale, and hopefully my appetite will return with me.
I went here with a group of fellow yelpers last week. Â Dock St has been on my list of places to visit for a while, but had never made it before. Â West Philly can sometimes seem a world away, but in reality it's pretty easy to get to, whether driving or taking the trolley.
Walking in, I was a bit surprised that it wasn't quite as upscale as I was expecting. Not that it was bad, just that it shows that it's a former firehouse. Â The ambiance was great though, with lots of activity and a good noise level.
The staff handled our large party well, and never left us waiting for another drink. Â I sampled the Pilsener and the Bubbly Wit, preferring the Wit. Â The other beers looked fantastic as well, but I like a light, crisp beer with my pizza.
We started with trio fries, which were fantastic, and sweet potato fries that were also quite good. Â Then we went on to the main event, the pizza. Â I tried the Flammenkuche, and came away very impressed. Â The crust was a bit soft and doughy, but everything else was excellent. Â It's a great choice of toppings, and one that I'll have to have again. Â I also tried a slice of the Parma, which was quite good as well.
If you love good pizza and beer, you'd be remiss not to visit Dock Street. Â I'll certainly be heading back there.
Q: You are meeting a group of friends at Dock Street Brewery. Â You are presented with the following set of circumstances:
1) You do not know the size of your group, so you start at the bar, waiting for people to arrive. Â Once the group reaches five (5) people, you move to a table. Â Once additional members join the group, you move to an even larger table. Â The staff accommodates the changes with good humor.
2) Your server is swift with drink orders. He checks back regularly. Â He splits off your bill for you since you are paying by credit card. Â He is, by any metric, awesome.
3) You order both the Trio Fries--fries, sweet potato fries & fried leeks--and the flammenkuche pizza. Â The fried leeks are a revelation, tasting like the essence of movie theater popcorn. Â The pizza, quite popular with your group, is likewise exceptionally tasty.
4) You drink the Dark Mild (an English session style ale), the Bubbly Wit (similar to Nodding head's Monkey Knife Fight in many ways) and the Prince Myshkin Russian Imperial Stout (tastes like plums, cherries, espresso & chocolate). Â You are delighted that the stout, with a profile halfway between a great milk stout and a barleywine, derives its name from a literary reference that you get, giving you a smug sense of self-satisfaction at your education. Â (Note that all three beers were purchased at happy hour prices, during a happy hour that was extended for the benefit of your group.)
5) In addition to those items, you also ask for a pint glass and a 25.9 oz bottle of barleywine for takeout.
6) The total for these items is $38.18. Â The takeout items account for $19.00 + tax of this total. Â The bill lists the cost of the barleywine at $16.50 and notes that it is for takeout; you are uncertain if this means an additional charge has been added on. The pint glass costs $2.50. Â Your typical practice is to tip starting at 20% and going up from there for exceptional service, which was indeed delivered on this occasion. However, you are conflicted by what to do in this situation since you infer there is a different type of accounting when some of the total covers takeout items rather than service received at the restaurant. Â This is further compounded by the fact that the takeout items are the exact same things the server would have brought to you if you had enjoyed them at the restaurant. Â
How much do you tip and how did you arrive at your answer?
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Even if you live nowhere near West Philly, Dock Street's worth checking out. Tucked away on the corner of 50th and Baltimore, this monstrosity of a building offers the yuppies of the now gentrified West Philly an oasis for freshly and finely brewed beers. The building's exterior looks like a bank turned brewery.
I'm a fan of the pilsner, and the pizza even lives up to its reputation. I only tried a slice of the plain, but the rest of the menu's offerings looked pretty appealing. The desserts, not quite as tempting and should I say, slightly boring.
It's great to sit outside and enjoy the soundtrack of kids playing in the park across the street. It's definitely one of the best spots for beer in the city, and being there makes you feel like you've discovered something no one else knows about...until you run into a fellow yelper.
Oh, Dock Street. Â There's a lot of love and a lot of hate in these reviews, so I'm gonna break it down into pros and cons:
Pros:
*The food is always incredible. Â Well worth any wait. Â Those who are hating on the pizza seem not to have tried the Flammenkuche.
*The beer is nothing short of amazing. Â In particular I recommend the Espresso Stout. Â It's rich but with a smooth, slightly sweet finish.
*The music is always enjoyable AND entertaining. Â (Flaming Lips, Wilco, The Walkmen...)
*The decor is excellent--perfectly dim lighting, a ceiling bright with perforated tapestries in bold colors, the ambiance of being in an old firehouse, the exposed vats in the back...
*(See my New Years' story at the end. :) )
Cons:
*The waitstaff are just a little too tragically hip. Â (though this isn't too much of a con, since the hipster quotient is balanced by the 'painfully attractive' quotient.)
*Service is slow, often because they're understaffed.
...that's all I've got for the cons. Â I honestly love the place.
I went there on New Year's Eve for dinner, and as you might expect, they were understaffed. Â In fact, the only people working were ToniVictoria (best waitress ever), and the manager. Â They worked with incredible speed (i.e. It was no slower than usual, despite the shortage of workers), they gave us free beer, and ToniVictoria was cheerful and accomodating--cracking jokes and smiles every time she passed our table-- despite the fact that she was covering 3/4 of the restaurant on New Year's Eve. Â In a situation where most people would have trouble simply being civil, she was completely gracious and attentive and managed to make sure our food was prepared perfectly.
Every time I go to Dock Street, I leave feeling full, satisfied, and buzzed from their completely awesome beer. Â What more do you need to know?
Well, my first trip to West Philly was well worth it. Bill M. wasn't kidding when he said I'd love it!
I had a blast with my fellow Yelpers the other night when we all met up for drinks and food a go-go. But ale drinkers of the world, be warned: the double bock packs a serious punch. For realz...and because I was with such a well-mannered group of pals I was never sans-drink (if this isn't a ringing endorsement to join our community, then I don't know what is).
My pizza was yummy and everyone seemed happy. The space was cool and reminded me of my beloved Roebling Tea Room in Williamsburg. Oh yeah-clean bathrooms too!
Five stars all around for food, service from the cute waitress in the even cuter Johnny Cupcakes hoodie, awesome company and some of the best beer I've had in a while.
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