Field note Eat
Montgomery County trivia: eight bars and a 1919 tavern
From a distillery tasting room to a four-generation tavern, the bars keeping quiz night alive across six towns.
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This weekend
374 things on this weekend, 5982 on the calendar across 27 towns.
- Mon, Aug 31 – Mon, Sep 7Young Frankenstein
- FriSep 4Friday live music at Animated Brewing
- Mon, Aug 31 – Fri, Sep 4Crafts and Games Week
- Tue, Sep 1 – Sun, Sep 13The Aspen Tree Pop-In at SHIFT
- Fri, Sep 4 – Sun, Sep 6Labor Day Weekend Train Excursions on the New Hope Railroad
- FriSep 4September First Friday
- Tue, Sep 1 – Sun, Sep 13The Aspen Tree Pop-In at SHIFT
- FriSep 4Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
- FriSep 4Controla Friday at Pivot Ballroom
- FriSep 4Jug Carver, Jonny Alba, Ben D Straw and Steven Singer
- FriSep 4First Friday Historic Walking Tour: Main Street Hill
- FriSep 4Gay Street Open-Air Market
Running now
- Sep 4–20SALT Performing Arts presents CarouselDowningtown, SALT Performing Arts
- Aug 22 – Sep 6Exhibition on Screen: Dawn of Impressionism, Paris 1874Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr Film Institute
- Aug 28 – Sep 20Rachmaninoff and the TsarMalvern, People's Light
- Aug 31 – Oct 18Pet Photography Competition and ExhibitNew Hope, Peddler's Village
- Sep 2 – Dec 13Evolving Freedoms at the Maguire Art MuseumNarberth, Frances M. Maguire Art Museum
Worth reading
Dough4872, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Best-of list Eat
The Best Restaurants in Doylestown
Picking a State Street dinner starts arguments. This is our side of the argument, ranked.
Field note Things to do
Seven reasons Monday night is better than you'd think
Karaoke in Downingtown, trivia in Doylestown and Lansdale, and telescopes on a library terrace in Kennett Square.
Field note Eat
Ten cheesesteaks worth the trip, one served at 3 a.m.
A shipyard namesake in Phoenixville, a 3 a.m. post-bar stop in Doylestown, and a Lansdale steak sandwich that comes with fries on top.
JJonahJackalope, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Best-of list Eat
The Best Restaurants in Phoenixville
Bridge Street is more than brewery stools. The tables we actually book, ranked.
Field note Shop
Nine antique shops out here, one funds a shelter
A pickers' spot in Quakertown, a cottage in Ambler, and a thrift shop where every dollar funds a shelter.
Newsletter
Good Burbs 4: Bird Walks & Bee Gees
Field note Things to do
Four art house theaters, one weekend, 35mm and a sing-along
Sing-alongs, 35mm prints, stage captures, and Leonardo on State Street.
Field note Eat
Eight bakeries worth a Saturday, one opens before the sun
A French patisserie, a job-training sourdough shop, and a pretzel bakery that opens before the sun.
Montgomery County Planning Commission, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Best-of list Eat
The Best Restaurants in Ambler
For a borough this size, Ambler eats remarkably well. Ranked, reasoning shown.
Field note Drink
Wednesday is trivia night out here, five bars to prove it
Five bars, four towns, all on the same night. The only question is which one.
John Mueller, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Best-of list Drink
The Best Coffee in the Burbs
Twelve counters across three counties, ranked on the word of the people who line up at them every morning.
Field note Drink
Eleven coffee shops that beat driving into the city
Four decades of organic roasting, a two-day cold brew with chicory, and a latte that tastes like French Toast.
Field note Drink
A brewery in a Victorian house, and eleven more out here
Twelve breweries, eleven towns, and not a chain among them.
Field note Things to do
Ten last-of-summer stops with actual closing dates
Farm stands with closing dates, patio bars with October hours, and a disc golf course someone drove two and a half hours to play.
Field note Music
Seven rooms with live music this Sunday, one set is free
From a free afternoon set at a Lahaska tasting room to jazz fusion at the 1894, all on one day's calendar.
Field note Shop
Ten bookshops out here, one of them open since 1788
One made Atlas Obscura's global list. Another was founded in 1788. A third has board games and coffee behind the shelves.
Newsletter
Meditations, Markets, and of course MUSIC
Pick your town
Bucks Montgomery Chester Bigger dot, more on this weekend. Tap a town.
What this is
The good stuff is already here. We just make it easier to find than the checkout button.
Every dollar spent out here keeps a bookseller stocking shelves and a projectionist threading film in a 1903 movie house.
The whole map
27 towns, three counties, 2,200+ places. Nobody else made it past one.
Not our opinion
What the people who actually go there make of it: ratings and counts come straight from Google, kept current, shown on the place itself.
Saturday to moving van
Dinner this Saturday, or the town you'll live in next. When visiting starts to feel like house hunting, take the field test.
