With fall now in the air we thought we’d check in with Dock Street Brewery & Restaurant to see what they have on tap this autumn. Among the newest beer are an Abbey and a dark cherry ale.

Full beer list and descriptions after the jump.

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As if the pizza weren’t enough of a reason to trek to West Philly Dock Street Brewery and Restaurant is now offering happy hour Monday to Friday from 4 to 6 PM with $3 beers.

Dock Street Brewery & Restaurant [Official Site]

Eat Beat might like beer but what might make you a regular at Dock Street Brewery & Restaurant is the pizza. And we have to agree, the wood-fired oven gives each pizza a perfect smoky taste that might even outshine the fresh beer.

Eat Beat [Philadelphia Weekly]
Dock Street Brewery & Restaurant [Official Site]

Back when we were taking some City Planning courses a couple years ago we had the novel concept of doing a paper on neighborhood gastropubs as a source of neighborhood rebirth. The basic idea being that these pubs served as a neighborhood living room and beacon of invitation. Well now Joe Sixpack is on board as he writes that the new Dock Street Brewery and Restaurant could be a catalyst for neighborhood improvement.

Joe Sixpack | Pub as urban tonic? Cedar Park thinks so [Philadelphia Daily News]
Dock Street Brewery & Restaurant [Official Site]

This week The Bite covers the closing of Independence and the Opening of Dock Street plus don’t forget that Restaurant Week is a mere month away.

The Bite: Hello Goodbye [Metro Philadelphia]

As we noted yesterday Dock Streeet Brewery & Restaurant opened to the public Monday and the Metro was there.

A pub with a conscience [Metro Philadelphia]

Dock Street Brewery and Restaurant officially opens today. Go check out the beer and of course the pizza cooked in their wood fired oven. Look for more on Dock Street in this Wednesday’s Metro.

As you may have noticed we’ve been kind of vacationing this week but we wanted to make sure you checked out Joe Sixpack’s article today. Joe gives a good rundown of what went wrong at Indepence Brew Pub, $43,000 a month rent for one. But the cool note he has is that Johnny Brenda’s is going to be at the Linc this fall. We’re having a hard time getting our brains around that but we’ll definitely try the grilled pork and meatball sandwiches when we get down there.

When beer comes second, brewpubs die [Philadelphia Daily News]
Joe Sixpack [Official Site]

The beer is brewed and the building is set for the highly anticipated Dock Street Brewery. Dock Street is coming back to Philadelphia, this time in a former fire house at 50th and Baltimore. The brew pub will of course feature Dock Street brews as well as wood fired pizzas. The doors open to the public Monday, August 20th at 11 AM.

Dock Street Beer [Official Site]

Marcie Turney and Valerie Safran of 13th Street fame plan to add to their portfolio of Open House, Grocery and Lolita. This time with an Indian spot, Bindi taking over the Grocery cafe side this fall. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]

Bookbinder’s of Linwood, NJ is now open and cheaper than the Center City location, plus more meat dishes and even a brick pizza oven. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]

“Euro-inspired bistro fare, with recognizable American and Asian touches” will be on the table when Swallow opens on Liberties Walk in late August of early September. [Feeding Frenzy, City Paper]

Looks like Dock Street Brewery and Restaurant will also be opening in late August or early September. Half the old firehouse floor accommodates the brewing equipment with the rest holding the dining area. [Feeding Frenzy, City Paper]

Nick Meglino, the owner of the now closed Felicia’s Café is working on a couple of new endeavors. He’s reportedly shopping for a new spot for a seafood Italian restaurant near Rittenhouse Square and is also planning an “an open-air Italian gastropub” on East Passyunk. [Blogalicious]

Georges Perrier has evidently had it with animal-rights activists who protest outside Le-Bec Fin over his serving of foie gras. Over the weekend he came outside to heckle the protesters back. [Dan Gross, Philadelphia Daily News]