Philadelphia - September 10, 2008

There's the Pub

Pub & Kitchen Opens

You’ve skirted “that place” forever but dared not enter, convinced it was operated by hags and held together by bugs. Since 1971, it has stood at 20th and Lombard skeeving you out.

But now that it’s becoming Pub & Kitchen, you’ll have to revise that opinion.

P&K will serve traditional English pub fare (fish and chips, bangers and mash), modern gastropubbery (lobster BLT, chicken liver toasts), and Americana (burgers, wings), along with a great beer selection and an affordable wine list.

Exposed white brick, hardwood floors, tables made from floor joists, and an intimate dining room mean that the interior is as welcoming as the exterior (which bears the silhouette of a kindly pabbit — a pig with a rabbit’s head, babe).

The owners say P&K opens for reals this Friday. (But you might be able to sneak in beforehand.)

Just don’t say we told you.

Pub & Kitchen, 1946 Lombard Street (215-545-0350 or thepubandkitchen.com).