It is going to be "Prohibition" brought to you by the same couple that owns "cafe lift" across the street....

Wonderful. Thanks very much. We used to go to the Carriage House for Dinner - I'm excited now. I love the food at Cafe Lift. Any idea when its opening?

Oh that's good news. We drove by a few times at night in the last month and the lights weren't on so we weren't sure if they were on vacation or had closed.

I didn't know there was (or used to be) a bar at 13th & Callowhill...is that the old Cavanaugh's ?

Also, does anyone know the name of the place that's opening at the old sushi place on 20th & Hamilton?

hey guys - sorry if this is a repeat at all for some, but does mckenna's have a trivia night?

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Thursday night I think.

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I just read in the local Art Museum paper (i forget the name; home news or something) that the General Lafayette Inn is coming to 20th & Hamilton! It's going to be called Tiedhouse & opening in mid Oct. Great news for the 'hood.

by the way. Green room got a new chef... Not a cook but an actual chef wotha nice resume. Food has drastically improved laid back dive bar setting food is incrediBle. Thoroughly impressed. Check it out.

Great!! I updated the map.

From the Sept 18 edition of the Art Museum Home News:

Tiedhouse Opening Nears
By Brian Rademaekers
Home News Staff Writer

While it may seem trifling in light of the General Lafayette Inn’s 275-year history, the Lafayette Hill brewpub and restaurant has been respected as a hallowed craft beer gem for more than a decade now.
Tucked into a sprawling Colonial-era building, the compact copper brewhouse acts as a laboratory of delicious innovation where brewmaster and proprietor Christopher Leonard concocts his brews, unencumbered by the demands of mass production or corporate oversight.
Each small handmade batch is prepared right there by the same guy who runs the kitchen and the bar — a level of care and passion that shows up wonderfully in his well-balanced and distinctive ales.
As a testament to the creative freedom that Leonard enjoys, consider the spectrum of beers that can be found on his taps at any given time.
In one glass, there is the massive, sparkling Raspberry Mead-ale, made with gobs of honey and more than 80 pounds of fresh raspberries. Weighing in at nearly 10-percent alcohol, the beer is potent enough to be served in a wine glass.
Beside that boozy treat, you’ll find brewhouse anomalies like Lafayette’s Escape, a mild and refreshing Belgian-style beer that, at less than two-percent alcohol, doesn’t even come close in strength to your average light lagers.
And, yes, Leonard and his brewing partner, Russ Czajka, offer everything in between, from bright, crisply hopped pale ales to rich and chocolaty porters the color of the blackest night.
It’s a true bastion of brewing creativity in an age of massive corporate beer mergers and watered-down brewpub chains.
The only glitch that has nagged Philadelphia’s pub-loving imbibers is the sheer isolation of the General Lafayette Inn — located on Germantown Pike a few miles north of Chestnut Hill. It’s hardly a drive one wants to make after sampling the extensive palate of beers offered at the Inn.
But, come mid-October, the Leonard family will be offering a solution to that dilemma when they debut the Tiedhouse, 19-tap, 150-seat restaurant and pub in the Art Museum area that will exclusively feature General Lafayette brews.
Filling the space at 20th and Hamilton streets that once housed the Japanese bistro Goji, Leonard said the new downtown location came about after the building’s landlord, a longtime patron of the Lafayette, suggested the brewpub give the site a shot.
“We felt like we could offer something a little bit more in tune with the neighborhood tastes, but still offer something different than what’s currently available,” said Leonard, who will remain at the helm in Lafayette Hill.
His line of thinking seems to have credence on both fronts.
The name “Tiedhouse” comes from a centuries-old British tradition where pubs that only serve the beers of a particular brewery are referred to as “tied houses,” as opposed to “public houses,” which serve offerings from a wide variety of breweries.
When the Tiedhouse opens, it will be one of only a handful of places in the country where craft beer fans can get Leonard’s award-winning beers outside of General Lafayette.
And, with the Fairmount area’s beer-loving tendencies well-documented, the new pub will also be in good company. Other respected beer bars, from the established watering holes like Rembrandt’s and Brigid’s to newcomers like the Belgian Café, are within a few blocks’ walk of the Tiedhouse location.
“We didn’t even know that the Kite and Key (19th and Callowhill) would be coming when we decided to do the Tiedhouse,” says Leonard. “But the area already has a nice pub-crawly, destination-type feel to it. We’re definitely excited to be part of this neighborhood at this time.”
While still in the final stages of liquor-license application, Leonard anticipates that the bar will be serving at least 80-percent General Lafayette beers, with a varied selection of imports and high-end craft brews to back them up if the demand outweighs the brewehouse’s production capacity. Patrons also can look forward to a bottled selection of the brewery’s aged reserve beers and a well-rounded wine list.
“The goal is to provide a full range of beer styles, so if you see a beer that’s not made by us, it is probably there to fill in that style gap,” explained Leonard.
On the gastro side of the equation, Leonard said the Tiedhouse will depart from General Lafayette’s loyalty to New American and Colonial-style fare, and look further afoot for inspiration.
“The food here is going to be as important as the beer, if not more so,” said Leonard.
Taking cues from a wide array of international and ethnic cuisines, the menu will aim to flaunt a diverse spectrum of flavors, with the hope of giving patrons’ boundless food- and beer-pairing options.
“It has more do with the variety of flavors than any kind of commitment to being pub food,” Leonard said of the menu.
Many of the dishes will be smaller, and priced in the $5 to $6 range. “We want to give our customers as full of an experience as they can get,” he said.
While, as of Monday, the banner at 2001 Hamilton still read “Goji,” Leonard said his family is actively “staffing and training.” He remains optimistic that the Tiedhouse will see an “early to mid-October” opening.
When the doors finally do open, the General Lafayette beers will find themselves in company to some tough competition, but also in an area that is already beginning to stir with a healthy restaurant buzz. ••
For updates on the Tiedhouse opening or more information about the General Lafayette Inn, visit generallafayetteinn.com.

thats cool..but why would anyone want to hang out at the green room?

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