Monday night was the First Annual Annual R5 Pub Crawl! Now you may remember that the R5 IS the train that caught fire a few years back. We didn’t have anything to do with that but we are located very near that particular SEPTA regional rail line. The R5 is basically the Main Line train from Philadelphia along route 30 to Downingtown. It was pointed out to me not too long ago that some of my favorite beer bars in the ‘burbs are within walking distance of train stations along that route. Nice. I do enjoy Adult Style Craft Beers…and I prefer not to tangle with ‘The Man’ so taking the train to drink seems fun AND responsible. How often does that happen? In any case, I mentioned the idea to some of the crew here at IHB and they pretty much just decided it was on. The only bit of real planning we did other than the date was to determine that you can ride SEPTA all day long for $10 with an Independence Fun Pass!!! I will be using that little tid bit of info in the future for sure. It’s cheaper than a round trip ticket from my house to the city! How long before they catch onto THAT I wonder? anyway….
Here’s how it went down: We rallied at Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown for a quick beer, headed to the Station Taproom right across from the train in D-town for another quick beer, rode to Malvern for a beer at the Flying Pig, hopped back on for the short trip to Paoli and TJs Everyday (Sasion Dupont on draft. nice.) Re-boared for Wayne where we finally landed at Teresa’s Next Door for dinner. It was still pretty early and real trouble was avoided as there are more bars further in…
R5 Redux is already in the works. Anyone know of R5 bars we’ve missed???
May 26th, 2010 at 8:27 am
Is that really the first anual R5 pub crawl, or is it just my old commute home from West Chester to Philly? Don’t forget Bridgewater’s which is in a train station itself. (30th st) Good selection of craft beers including bottles of some rare eastern european stuff.
-Chris