Pretzels & Pints

My better half gets together with her close friends about once a month to eat somewhere and to catch up. I'm usually accompanying her not to hang out with her friends, but to be her Uber driver. This time they were eating at Tribute Pizza in North Park, so I was trying to find a place to eat at and hang out to waste some time. Thank God, I stumbled upon Pretzels & Pints (P&P). Not only is it a cool place to chillax and beat the heat, but it also serves some delicious grub.P&P is located in North Park, which is pretty competitive considering the several popular eateries in the surrounding area. The restaurant is just down the road from Target and North Park Beer Co. It is next to Salvage Salon and across the street from the Army Navy Store Bargain Center and Verbatim Books. As you enter P&P, you see odes to iconic stuff from Philadelphia like Rocky Balboa, Philadelphia sports teams, colleges from Philly, and other knick knacks that hearken to Pennsylvania. There are also other decor that reminds you of the city we reside in, so just sitting in P&P makes for a fun experience looking at everything. There are several televisions that had sports showing, there's a pinball machine, and beer drinkers will have many beer choices to choose from. There is indoor table top seating with comforting AC and outdoor seating. They have a private parking lot and there's street parking. The gentleman who helped me behind the bar on Sunday after 6pm was friendly and provided quality customer service.I've been blessed to visit Philadelphia two times and never thought of Philadelphia to be a city known for its pretzels. When I visited the City of Brotherly Love, I made sure to chow down on a Philly cheesesteak and a pork sandwich. I'm a pretzel fan, so I was looking forward to trying P&P's pretzels. To enjoy one of their pretzels, you order from the bar, the kind gentlemen who helped me provided me with a number, and another customer service friendly employee brought out the pretzel I ordered. P&P has a simple menu that is primarily focused on serving pretzels and they have a good selection of beers, but I'm not a beer drinker. I know my buddies would be interested in their selection of beer. After perusing their menu, I decided to order their Meat Lovers Pretzel Pizza which is two opened faced pretzels topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, Italian seasoning, bacon, hot calicos, and pepperoni. The pizza is served with a bag of chips, pickle, and pepperoncini. I also enjoy eating pizza, but pizza on a pretzel is on another level. The pizza came out fresh and hot, the cheese was melted, they aren't stingy with the toppings, and it was hearty. From the first bite to the last, it was tasty and yummy. The menu says a bag of chips, but I didn't see the bag when my food came out. I enjoyed the chips, the pickle, and the pepperoncini.I had a great first time experience at Pretzels & Pints. 4.5 stars for delicious food and quality customer service, but I wish there was more of that delectable pizza, more of their chips, more of that pickle, and more of that pepperoncini. I plan on taking my family here, so I can try more of their menu.

Pretzel & beer w everyone before the semester ended!! Cheese dip was delicious. Pretzels were so soft. Reminded me of the pretzels I had at Oktoberfest, but I think Oktoberfest was better. Beer was okay, but that's because I'm not a fan of beerNice place to come to chill and hangout with friends, or to watch a game!

Came to check this place out for their Wednesday bingo nights, and just to relax and throw down some beer and pretzels, although I decided to be "healthy" by skipping the beer and just trying their food this time. The place has a chill vibe with both indoor and outdoor seating areas, with the outdoor space being dog-friendly. Looks like they have other events too like trivia on Tuesdays! MEAT LOVERS PIZZA PRETZEL: Pretty tasty, just the right amount of sauce and the pretzel was a good texture. I just wish there could have been more meat, it didn't really feel like meat lovers to me. Also came with chips, a pickle slice, and a pepperoncini. The chips you get might be random since I noticed my friend got barbeque flavored while I got regular chips. Maybe you can request what chips you get too but not sure! The pizza looked small, but with all the sides I ended up pretty full after finishing everything. Overall not bad, but it's pretty pricey for what it is, even for bar food. BINGO: You get 2 free cards and one additional card for each beer purchase! Each round of bingo progresses with various rules (such as straight line, four corners, X, blackout) with possible winners for each rule. Once all the rules have been cycled through, the round concludes, and you can swap your cards out for new ones. Not sure how many rounds they do as we only stuck around for one round. Sadly I didn't win anything, but my friend won a shirt! PARKING: It's North Park so street parking can always be a challenge, but since we came on a weeknight, it didn't take too long to find a spot within a few blocks. Overall, a pretty fun experience! I'd probably come more often if it weren't for the parking as well as the horrible traffic coming down during rush hour.

Who doesn't love pretzels and beer , I stumbled across this place in north park when walking in it was dark but honestly I didn't mind it honestly was a cute place to drink with friends. The service was good food come fast but overall the pretzels was really delicious.

Fun place to watch Philly sports. We ate outside. Had amazing Philly pretzel (good for breakfast the next day too). Service was good, fast and helpful. Not very crowded on a Monday night. Dogs welcome on large patio. Husband said hot dog tasted like a real ballpark dog. Only thing missing are CHEESESTEAKS!!! Loved the watermelon water ice.

We saw they were hosting Bingo night and decided to swing by to play!- PARKING -Street parking - either be ready to circle around the neighborhood for a spot, or go to the parking structure on 29th street!- SERVICE/ENVIRONMENT -Decent amount of picnic benches outside, and a bit more tight in room for the indoor tables. They have their pretzels on display but you order everything at the bar. The bar had a few visiting breweries on tap! After you order, you get a number tag - there was a mixup for one of our friend's orders but it got resolved. Took around 15 minutes for food to start coming out. Bingo started a bit late, and the rounds went slower than expected so it ended up being later than we'd hoped. - FOOD -I would definitely eat before coming, or plan to eat after. Their sandwiches are not very big at all, and many of our friends ended up wanting more food after eating here. Their pretzels are nice and soft though!The Philly: I only tried two Pretzels, The Philly and the Munich. I prefer the Philly as I liked the thicker dough. I also liked the sweet mustard over the beer cheese!- OVERALL -A nice spot to grab snacks and beer! Wouldn't come to get full off the food, but maybe will return for future game nights!

Was super excited to try this place. A bar themed around pretzels - yes please! We went on a Monday night and found plenty of seating (indoor and outdoor) and little to no line to order. You order at the bar, receive a number, and your food/drink is brought to your table. The food came out very fast. Quality was good - we got the pepperoni pretzel pizza, turkey sandwich, and an order of pretzel puffs with beer cheese and mustard. The portions seemed small given the cost - about $15 per item. But I liked the uniqueness of the menu and the atmosphere, so I'll probably be back.

Great place for trivia and bingo!! Such a wide variety of pretzels and beers. Fun for something to do with friends on the weekday. Friendly staff and good service!

I came down to SD to visit some friends and when they mentioned they were walking distance from my favorite SD Philly bar, we were there within the hour. We came late afternoon on Saturday of St Patrick's Day weekend. It was packed but for a group of 10 we got a large table outside with little difficulty. I'm not sure if they clean the tables or if we were suppose to take our dishes somewhere but we had to move the trays every time, even when we moved to a smaller table later in the day. I did ask someone to help but he seemed a bit frazzled. So did the bartending staff (it's wasn't that busy but maybe they were understaffed?)They did have a green beer special going on for $5 a cup. I did get one. I personally didn't like it (too watered down) so I passed it over and ordered something else. I could have sworn this location had Yuengling in the past? But not this time. So I ordered something else recommended that was similar. I did hear they had st Patrick's day specials earlier in the week, I'm bummed we missed them on the actual day/weekend. We did end up getting pretzels. Which were very good (more expensive than the beer though) and can come with a variety of sides like mustards and cheeses. We also tried the nachos. Which for $5 was perfect for me. Chips cheese jalapeños and no meat. Overall it's a no frills bar to find your fellow Philly folks.

Lost a bet so was dragged to this place to watch an Eagles game. Watching Philly fans be happy is my version of hell. And since this is a Philadelphia bar. There were tons of them. That being said. The bar and atmosphere was surprisingly not too bad. The crowd was spirited and passionate. It could have easily teetered on obnoxious but it was fine. About 16 beers to choose from. Had four of them. I wasn't fond of any of them except for the blackberry jam cider. I could drink that all day every day. Parking sucks. It's nestled in North Park so you'll never find anything good or remotely close since there's a cluster of businesses there and everyone competing for parking. Outside of the bar isn't well lit. If it wasn't for the music, I would have walked past it. Once inside, getting to the bar was odd. You have to line up single file in the middle of the bar which if it's long enough will wrap around itself like the 80s Nokia game of snake. Found myself bump into everyone and ask random people if they are in line for a drink. The food. Don't do it. I rather head to target and get clearance item food than eat here. But if you're too hungry, make sure you get nice and tipsy so you don't have to really taste the food. Only thing I'd get moving forward is the pretzels. It ain't good. Mine came out dry but it's the only average thing on the menu. It's a 2.5 star place. I imagine it's a place I'd go to if someone was late and I needed to kill time. Not confident I'd go back if it wasn't for a game or something to that effect!