Stogie Joe's Tavern

We had a nice meal. The server was very nice. Definitely more of a bar than restaurant, but the pizza was good.

Went here on Sunday 7/28/24 for the first time. We ordered a small Caesar salad, mussels in red, French onion soup, and a pizza - all the food was good. The service on the other hand, was inattentive at best. Multiple times our server looked at our table with empty water and did not come over to check on if we wanted refills. We had to flag someone down to take order, flag someone down to ask a question, and had to remind our server about a drink that she forgot to bring to the table. It was unfortunate that the service was so sub par or else I would recommend this place to others.

I've always wanted to try this spot but always would pass by since I already ate from somewhere else while in area. Forced myself to come in after eating Stargazy lol and went with the crab gravy which came out fairly quickly. Wasn't a huge portion and I do wish there was a little more crab but this was a good this to try at least once if in area

Got the eggplant parm pizza. So goood!!! Small was enough to feed two plus left overs. Pat at the bar was friendly and helpful. A great stop!!

Terrible service. Cesar salad and pizza was great though. Most likely will not be back

In town for a medical appointment, stopped in. Had drinks, their fried mozzarella wedges with their own marina. Very flavorful. My friend had a burger which he seemed to enjoy. I had the chicken parm sandwich which I requested open face. It was served on ciabatta bread. Once again their breading, the chicken and sauce was awesome. We're planning to go back to try more of their food! Nice place.

Food was authentic South Philly. Great sandwiches, pizza was old school and salads was huge. Cocktails were healthy. Service was prompt, consistent and friendly. Sat in the area with garage doors, great view, cool vibe watching the street. Owner stopped by and was quite nice.

Good pasta dishes! But it's not amazing... we also thought their pizza was okay. I just couldn't understand why they're cash only and still charge a bit more than we expected. Maybe it's because we felt like the vibes gave a more bar feeling? Either way, I would think I'd like this place more if I had different expectations! Probably a great place if you intend to come for good beer and some dinner. They're usually pretty packed on weekends.

Last Friday April 15th was a beautiful spring day on Passyunk Avenue. My son was hungry and wanted a burger. My wife and I saw Stogie Joe's Tavern it looked welcoming so we gave it a try.The place isn't very big but I liked the the decor. The have sit down tables, decent music playing and a nice sit down bar.The place was a little more than half full but they had 3 waitress and a waiter (I feel he was an owner or manager). We placed our drink orders. I got a Long Island Iced Tea it was very good, my wife a Basil Mojito she said it was also very good, my son got a Shirley Temple, was there every a bad Shirley Temple? Of course not, he loved it.My son order a plain cheese burger with american cheese, my wife got the bacon cheese burger with fried onions. I saw they had Linguine with Crab Gravy and had to have it. We also ordered clams casino and a house salad that was very good. It had romaine, cucumbers, rosted peppers, sharp provolone, olives and Salami (small was big enough for 2) The entrees came but we had not gotten our clams casino or had our table received any bread or grated cheese, we did have hot pepper, which for me is a necessity when having Crab Gravy. Having ordered Linguine with Crab Gravy I expected and need bread to make sure I didn't leave any Crab Gravy in the bowl. My wife and son really enjoyed their burgers and lucky for me (as usual) my wife couldn't finish hers. I finished it for her, the burger was very good it had a nice grilled taste which I prefer over fried.My Linguine with Crab Gravy was very good but the portion was small for $19.95. Usually Pasta dishes are plentiful, a pound of Linguine is less than $2.00 in a grocery store and the fact that nothing came with the Linguine but the Crab Gravy, I was expecting a big portion. Like I said the Gravy was tasty just would have liked more for $19.95. The bread was good but the butter was cold and hard to spread. Not a big deal I just like when restaurants keep the butter at room temperature for easy spreading.The reason I give Stogie Joe's a 3 and not a 4 star is because the clams casino and the overall service. First we didn't get the clams casino till after our entrees and they are not on the shell. They are more breding and salt, they lack clams, bacon and peppers. If I had known they were not fresh clams on the shell I would not have ordered them. Stogie Joe's to us seemed like they are more friendly towards regular patrons than to people off the street as we where. I can't say they were rude but they weren't very attentive.My wife and I got our drinks right away but they forgot my son's drink and I had remind them, took awhile between drink order and taking our dinner order, had to ask for bread and grated cheese. No one asked us during or after how we enjoyed our meals. Look, it's South Philly so I wasn't expecting over the top friendly and I have had a lot worse service. Just would have been a better experience to have felt more welcomed and slightly faster service.All that being said I would recommend you give them a try because as far as food and drinks we enjoyed everything with the exception of the clams casino. Also, you may have a different experience with the friendliness and attentiveness of the service than we did. Ourselves, I would go again and order extra Gravy next time!

Another Diners DriveIns and Dives spot in the books! We stopped here for lunch after a hike in Wissahickon. We really enjoy the East Passyunk area and how Stogie Joes has the garage door opening on the front so you can enjoy the street view without having to eat outside and be on the sidewalk with people walking right up on your table. We ordered the cheese pizza and Buffalo wings and I loved both. My husband did not like the pizza as much. It's a square pizza so not your typical NY style. The crust is thin and crusty and the sauce is on top. Overall, it's a solid place to try when in the area and it's Guy Fieri approved