Restaurateur Nicole Marquis’ cheerful, vegan, Puerto Rican/Latin American bistro, known for excelling in punches, Buffalo cauliflower tacos, grapefruit margaritas, and Cuban black beans, has also exceeded streatery expectations. OUTDOOR DINING NEAR RITTENHOUSE SQUARE Bar Bombón Photo by Irene Levy Baker Happy outdoor dining.īy Irene Levy Baker, Josh Middleton and Katherine Rapin Some still require masks and proof of vaccination.

Just be sure to check the websites before you go: Most spots these days require reservations. Keep reading for spots across the city that offer all types of cuisine-and give you a chance to support locally owned businesses this spring. That said, there’s “outdoor dining” and then there’s “eating on a sidewalk.” The latter has its place-aren’t we still feeling grateful to be able to go out to eat?-but for this guide, we scoped out fresh-air dining destinations tucked away on patios, in gardens, or, in thoroughly transformed streateries-removed from the world just enough that you still feel like you’re in the city, just surrounded by foliage, fountains and strands of twinkling lights (rather than sidewalk gawkers and whizzing traffic).

In fact, thanks to the ingenuity of our restaurateurs, eating out(side) is one of the best things to do in Philadelphia these days. And why not? Inspired by the pandemic, lots of our restaurants have created amazing spaces for al fresco dining. Still, it’s spring: Philly diners seem happy to stay outside for their meals. Restrictions on indoor dining have further relaxed.

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