Brü Craft & Wurst plants 40 taps and a wall of screens at 1318 Chestnut Street, and on a Saturday it is the easiest place in Center City to watch a game with a real beer in hand.
Plenty of bars call themselves a sports bar and a beer bar and a German hall, and most do one of those well. Brü does all three on purpose. The venue describes itself as a beer hall, sports bar, and German kitchen, and the official site at bruphilly.com backs the claim with a modern take on the classic beer hall layout.
The room runs long and communal. Big tables, exposed brick, a packed draft wall, and screens placed where a beer-hall crowd can actually see them. It is loud in the good way on a game night and calmer at the long tables midweek, when the after-work Center City crowd takes over.
What to order starts with the tap list. Per its listing on Philly Tap Finder, Brü keeps 40 drafts with a German focus alongside rotating craft, plus more than 130 bottles. Match a sharp German pilsner or a rotating Pennsylvania IPA with a bratwurst and a warm pretzel, and you have the house formula. Skip the cocktails. This is a beer room and it knows it.
Game days work in Brü's favor. The Chestnut Street location keeps weekend hours until 2am, so late kickoffs and overtime are no problem, and the draft program means you are never stuck choosing between watching the game and drinking something worth ordering. Eagles Sundays and big soccer fixtures fill the long tables fast.
Who it is for: beer drinkers who want screens without surrendering the tap list, Center City workers after a shift, and groups that need a long table and a loud room. For the ranked picture, see our guide to the best sports bars in Philadelphia and the editorial round-up of Philadelphia's best bars for watching the game.
Best time to go: weekday happy hour for the tap list without the crowd, weekend afternoons for the game. For more beer nearby, Monk's Cafe is the Belgian benchmark, and Frankford Hall runs the outdoor beer-garden version. The rest of the city is mapped in our complete Philadelphia guide.
Sources: Brü Craft & Wurst (official) · Philly Tap Finder · Yelp · OpenTable
