Comments on: Devil’s Den: Opening Night

By: Ritz

Ritz — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:14:21 +0000

Been there a few times and the real standout is the beer selection. It’s phenomenal down to every detail and you can see that it received the most thought and care.

The food is something else entirely. It just really misses the mark. The Frites were burnt, the ceasar was bizzare (and burnt), the nachos had a skimpy portion of dried out sausage…I just was just very disappointed in it.

By: smw

smw — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:15:55 +0000

Stopped by for a looksee on Wednesday, and it wasn’t busy at all.

Beer selection is truly phenomenal. Totally beer geek heaven. They have every imaginable type of glassware. Prices on most of the beers were quite reasonable…I’m pretty tired of seeing nothing for under $5 or $6, so I was happy to see PBC’s Rowhouse and a few others for $4. Huge bottle collection, too.

Atmosphere could use a little tweaking, as could attentiveness of bar staff. It’s a neighborhood bar, people…pay attention to the customers instead of chatting amongst yourselves at the end of the bar. Yeah, even when it’s slow. Those fluorescent lights in the under-counter fridges should be covered or axed — they’re crazy uncomfortable on the eyes and cast an undead-like shadow over everyone at the bar. And please please tell me that there’s going to be more than one bathroom. And that the second bathroom will not contain a urinal.

Looking forward to seeing the place get settled in.

By: Buckethead

Buckethead — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:24:16 +0000

Whoa, they have Aventinus on draft?!! Awesome!

By: HappyH

HappyH — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:06:09 +0000

Went for beers last night, place is fantastic – can’t wait to eat there!!!

By: kevin

kevin — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:13:57 +0000

Beautiful interior, nice atmosphere, and probably south philly’s best beer selection at this point in time. You missed a good time.

By: Buckethead

Buckethead — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:45:01 +0000

We were going to stop by but the place looked like it was packed to the gills. If there was no food, maybe we’ll give them a week to get it together first..

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:53:55 +0000

there’s a who’s who of the philly beer scene?! wow

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:16:40 +0000

It rocked! Phenomenal beer selection, gorgeous interior. Too bad the kitchen had a problem, so there was no food. Many in the who’s who of the Philly beer scene showed up to support the new place. Definitely worth a re-visit.

By: Sundeep

Sundeep — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:03:01 +0000

Opentable.com refers to it as a gastro pub

http://www.opentable.com/rest_profile.aspx?rid=19918

By: smw

smw — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:26:37 +0000

It’s right around the corner from my house, but we opted to sit out opening night, as it was PACKED.