{"id":156236,"date":"2026-04-03T11:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/156236\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:15:08","slug":"love-city-brewing-and-sophies-bbq-to-team-up-at-new-manayunk-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/156236\/","title":{"rendered":"Love City Brewing and Sophie\u2019s BBQ to team up at new Manayunk location"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nLove City Brewing has selected Sophie\u2019s BBQ, a\u00a0Havertown\u00a0favorite, as the food partner for its Manayunk location that’s planning to open later this spring.<\/p>\n

Sophie\u2019s BBQ will operate a full kitchen in Love City\u2019s upcoming 4323 Main Street space, where it will serve up staples like smokehouse nachos, sliders, brisket cheesesteak, barbecue platters and more. It will also step up as the exclusive caterer for the brewery\u2019s private bookings.<\/p>\n

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“We are thrilled to announce Sophie’s BBQ is coming to Philadelphia,” owner and executive chef Greg Herman\u00a0said in a statement. “After customer requests and popular demand. … This is a moment that has been a long time coming.”<\/p>\n

Melissa and Kevin Walter,\u00a0co-owners of Callowhill-based Love City Brewing, said<\/a> in January that they would take over the former Fat Lady Brewing site as its second location. The nearly 5,900-square-foot, two-story space will\u00a0hold a taproom and retail space on the first level with an event area above.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIn our search for the right food partner, Sophie\u2019s BBQ stood out immediately, not just for the quality of the food, but for the care and intention behind it,\u201d Melissa Walter said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to welcome them to our Manayunk taproom. What\u2019s better than beer and BBQ?\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\"Sophie's\"Sophie'sProvided Image\/Cody Aldrich Photography<\/p>\n

Sophie\u2019s BBQ will open in Love City’s upcoming Manayunk brewery this spring.<\/p>\n

\nHerman opened Sophie\u2019s BBQ in Ardmore in 2020 and was instantly met with such a high customer demand that they were forced to move to a bigger location at 1901 Darby Road in Havertown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nOver the years, the owner and head chef said he had been scouting locations in East Passyunk, Northern Liberties and Fishtown as potential spaces for Sophie\u2019s second location, but ultimately saw the opportunity to collaborate with Love City on Manayunk’s Main Street as a no-brainer.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cMelissa, Kevin and their team are rockstars in their space and their products are top notch,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are big fans of what they do at their flagship off of Spring Garden and now we can\u2019t wait to work with them in Manayunk.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\nThe neighborhood also holds a special place in Herman\u2019s heart, having spent many years living and working in Manayunk and crediting the Main Street scene for introducing him to his wife, Norah.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cManayunk is full of great people who love what they do,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is like its own little town inside the great city of Philadelphia, full of great restaurants, bars and shops. \u2026 We can\u2019t wait to get back into the Manayunk scene and host all of our new neighbors and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Love City Brewing has selected Sophie\u2019s BBQ, a\u00a0Havertown\u00a0favorite, as the food partner for its Manayunk location that’s planning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[24638,838,49690,43845,14810,69,71,70,244],"class_list":{"0":"post-156236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-breweries","9":"tag-food-drink","10":"tag-havertown","11":"tag-love-city-brewing","12":"tag-manayunk","13":"tag-philadelphia","14":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","15":"tag-philadelphia-news","16":"tag-restaurants"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}