I’m going to be honest: When I decided to hit up the South
Street area’s
Tapestry for my first event of
Philly Beer Week, I was expecting
something a little…bigger. I believe that is a little bit my fault. I chose the
place because it was advertised as an outdoor street fair. I figured that if I
was going to choose a Beer Week festivity to go to with my wife and kid in tow,
an outdoor one with a balloon-animal maker seemed like a good one.
But, you see, it has been a while since I
have been downtown. I had my Philly topography all screwed up. Where I was
picturing some sort of expansive, whole-block-encompassing shindig, what I got
was the side street outside of the restaurant blocked off for bystanders. While
I was figuring there would be a station for all of the different Saison makers
to dispense their products and, perhaps, share a bit of a lark about the brewing process, it was actually just behind the bar inside, and
procurement of said suds was anything but easy-going, what with a veritable
gaggle of partygoers fighting for elbow room around the tiny establishment’s
bar. This being said, it was still a very enjoyable day, albeit one with
serious caveats.
