Best Outdoor Dining Spots?

[Lisa1349]

P.S. Don't know if this would qualify, but, Great Falls ice cream in Bridgeport is right on the Schyulkill and has wonderful benches and such for eating a cone and watching the falls. The do sammies and stuff as well.

[Jeff L]

Strictly for the outside patio, La Stalla in Newtown. The food is tired and the staff reeks with Euro-elitism but the bocce court and outside bar are kind of cool. Actually, not too bad for appetizers and a few drinks in the spring/summer months.

[philadining]

North: the courtyard at Hamilton's Grill Room in Lambertville

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The courtyard at the Swan in Lambertville is pretty charming too. I think they only serve the grill menu out there, which is much less swanky than the main dining room, but has a few good things on it...

[Vicarious]

I hate to have my first post start with a lukewarm recommendation (I am a long-time lurker), but the patio at Coyote Crossing in Conshohocken is a great setting. I can't, however, vouch for the food. Although we have had many pleasant meals there over the years, last time we were there (last fall?), the food was so bad we have not returned. Another Main Line place where we enjoyed dining outdoors last summer (other than 333 Belrose in Radnor, which someone else already mentioned) was on the deck at Nectar, in Berywyn. A final thought--I believe that Pond, in Radnor, may serve outdoors in good weather. I haven't checked it out, but that's a lovely spot.

[KatieLoeb]

I believe that Pond, in Radnor, may serve outdoors in good weather. I haven't checked it out, but that's a lovely spot.

I've not eaten there, but was told by management that they definitely serve outside in nice weather. There are actually two separate outdoor areas if I'm not mistaken. It certainly is very pretty there, and the pair of swans a-swimming in the pond are just the stuff of fairy tales.

[philadining]

Hey, by the way, welcome Vicarious!

I have a similar impression of Coyote Crossing in Conshy: that it's a lovely patio, and the food we got was OK, not bad enough to make us swear off the place, but not exciting enough to draw me back either.