Lounges in Philadelphia

Bar Hygge is Philadelphia's most warmly designed Scandinavian cocktail lounge — a Spring Garden establishment celebrating the Danish concept of hygge (the warm, convivial atmosphere of comfortable togetherness) through exceptional cocktails, outstanding natural wines, and the most genuinely welcoming bar atmosphere in the city. Philadelphia's exceptional cocktail culture finds one of its most creatively distinctive expressions in Bar Hygge's Nordic-influenced menu and design philosophy.

Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co. is Philadelphia's most celebrated craft cocktail bar — a Rittenhouse speakeasy consistently ranked among America's best cocktail bars that presents extraordinary cocktails in the most beautifully designed bar interior in Pennsylvania. Its consistent recognition in national top-100 bar lists, its extraordinary cocktail program, and its role in establishing Philadelphia as one of America's serious cocktail cities make it the flagship of Philadelphia's acclaimed bar culture.

Philadelphia's Old City cocktail lounge scene represents the most historically resonant bar culture in America — establishments serving cocktails steps from Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and the most important constitutional sites in American history. The extraordinary combination of early American history and contemporary cocktail culture creates a bar experience available nowhere else in the United States.

Ranstead Room is Philadelphia's most beloved speakeasy — a Center City cocktail lounge hidden in a Rittenhouse alley presenting extraordinary cocktails in the most genuinely intimate and exclusive drinking environment in Pennsylvania. Its hidden location (accessible only if you know the address), its extraordinary cocktail craftsmanship, and its reputation among Philadelphia's bar community as the city's finest cocktail experience make it one of the most sought-after bar destinations in the mid-Atlantic.

Tattooed Mom is South Street's most beloved dive bar — a multi-level Philadelphia institution with extraordinary visual décor (covered floor to ceiling in outsider art and cultural ephemera) that has been a gathering place for Philadelphia's alternative and punk communities since 1997. South Street's legendary status as Philadelphia's most countercultural corridor (where do all the hippies meet? South Street!) and Tattooed Mom's extraordinary atmosphere create one of the most visually and culturally distinctive bar experiences in Pennsylvania.

The Twisted Tail is Philadelphia's most beloved whiskey and blues bar — a Society Hill establishment presenting an extraordinary American whiskey collection alongside live blues music in the most authentically soulful bar atmosphere in Philadelphia. Society Hill's extraordinary preservation of colonial-era architecture and its transformation into one of Philadelphia's most sophisticated residential neighborhoods create the ideal context for a bar celebrating the deep American traditions of whiskey and blues.

Trestle Inn is Philadelphia's most unique whiskey bar — a Callowhill establishment that presents country music DJ nights and an extraordinary American whiskey collection in the most stylishly designed bar in north Center City. Its extraordinary combination of country music aesthetics and craft cocktail execution creates a bar experience that has attracted national media attention and made it one of Philadelphia's most distinctive nightlife destinations.