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Bring your own good time too: BYOB Restaurants In Philadelphia

BYOB means Bring Your Own Bottle and, darn, if that doesn’t sound like a good idea. It’s the hot new thing in dining out and you might be surprised how many Philadelphia restaurants don’t mind if you do bring along your favorite six pack of beer or bottle of wine.

There are a few good reasons you might consider BYOB on your next jaunt to a Philadelphia restaurant: some restaurants without a liquor license are beginning to hop on board the BYOB train to attract more diners; maybe YOU want to bring your own bottle and skip the markup the restaurant puts on liquor; or maybe you just have your own home brew that tastes better than anything out there.

How do you know which places are glad to welcome you into their BYOB establishment? It just so happens we have a list right here in our back pocket… enjoy! Oh yeah, don’t even try to do this unless you’re 21+ years old. They’ll know. Don’t ask me how but they’ll know.

Al’Dana
8630 Germantown Ave

Audrey Claire
20th and Spruce Streets

August
1247 S. 13th Street

Ava
518 S. 3rd Street

Aya’s Café
2129 Arch Street

Banana Leaf
1009 Arch Street

Bistro 7
7 N. 3rd Street

Branzino
261 S. 17th Street

Butcher’s Café
901 Christian Street

Café de Laos
1117 s. 11th Street

Caffe Casta Diva
227 S. 20th Street

Cherry Street Kosher Vegetarian
1010 Cherry Street

Citrus
8136 Germantown Ave

Cucina Forte
768 S. 8th Street

Django
526 S. 4th Street

Dmitri’s
795 S. 3rd Street

Effie’s
1127 Pine Street

Fatou & Fama
4002 Chestnut Street

Figs
2501 Meredith Street

Four Rivers
936 Race Street

Geechee Girl Rice Café
6825 Germantown Ave

Gnocchi
613 E. Passyunk Ave

Jamaican Jerk Hut
1436 South Street

Kabul
106 Chestnut Street

Karina’s Ristorante
1520 E. Passyunk Ave

La Lupe
1201 S. 9th Street

La Viola
253 S. 16th Street

Lee How Fook
219 N. 11th Street

Little Fish
600 Catherine Street

Lolita
106 S. 13th Street

Mamma Maria
1637 E. Passyunk Ave

Marigold Kitchen
501 S. 45th Street

Matyson
37 S. 19th Street

Melograno
2201 Spruce Street

Mercato
1216 Spruce Street

Mr. Martino’s
1646 E. Passyunk Ave

Nan
4000 Chestnut Street

Nido
1540 W. Ritner Street

Palate
1033 Spring Garden Street

Pif
1009 S. 8th Street

Pumpkin
1713 South Street

Radicchio
402 Wood Street

Roselena’s
1623 E. Passyunk Street

Rx
4443 Spruce Street

Sabrina’s Café
910 Christian Street

Salt and Pepper
76 S. 6th Street

Sang Kee Peking Duck House
238 N. 9th Street

Sazon
941 Spring Garden Street

Sweet Lucy’s Smokehouse
7500 State Road

Tacconelli’s Pizzeria
2604 E. Somerset Street

Tamarind
117 South Street

Umbria
7131 Germantown Avenue

Vientiane Cafe
4728 Baltimore

Zorba’s
2230 Fairmont Avenue

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