Topside Tavern
Venue Brief
Stone-clad Center City tavern on 20th Street near Market, with a barbecue-leaning kitchen, game-day screens and a rooftop that runs barbecue service into the evening.
Venue Details
- Vibe
- CasualSporty
- Age guide
- 25-45
- Dress code
- Casual
- Cuisine
- American
- Demographic
- Corporate ProfessionalsYoung ProfessionalsLocals
- Music genre
- Commercial Hits
- Price
- $$$$
- Open season
- Year-round
- Clientele
- LocalsAmerican
- Offerings
- Table ServiceBrunch
- Open times
- Mon 11:30 AM – 9 PMTue 11:30 AM – 9 PMWed 11:30 AM – 9 PMThu 11:30 AM – 10:30 PMFri 11:30 AM – 11 PM BestSat 10:30 AM – 11 PM BusySun 10:30 AM – 9 PM
- Vibe score
- 6.7 / 10
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About Topside Tavern
Behind a stone-clad corner facade on 20th Street, the tavern has a wood-floored dining room under iron chandeliers, a long bar with screens showing Eagles and Phillies games, a sidewalk patio and a rooftop upstairs. The kitchen mixes barbecue and bar food with more composed plates: burgers around $19, salmon and crab cakes at $28, sticky glazed ribs, tacos and mac and cheese, plus a bottomless barbecue deal on some days. It opens at 11:30am on weekdays and 10:30am for weekend brunch, closing at 9pm early in the week and 11pm on Friday and Saturday. Google rates it 4.4 from about 430 reviews. Diners like the cooking and the cocktails, but several describe an empty room at lunch, IPAs listed but unavailable, an automatic 20% gratuity and a rooftop that one couple found was serving only barbecue until 6pm, which the website had not mentioned. Event inquiries have also gone unanswered.
