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How to find a good gastropub

A gastropub is a pub where the food is as serious as the drinks — a relaxed room, a good beer list, and cooking from scratch. The name is overused, so it is worth knowing what to look for.

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What is a gastropub?

A gastropub is a pub or bar that serves high-quality food, cooked from scratch, in a casual setting. The term began in London in the 1990s. It usually means a short, changing menu of pub classics and seasonal dishes, alongside a strong beer and drinks list, without the formality of a restaurant.

What separates a good one from a bad one

A short, changing menu — Cooked from scratch, seasonal.
Pub classics done properly — Burgers, fish and chips, pies with care.
A good beer list — Local craft beer, cask ale, good taps.
Relaxed room — You can come for a pint or a full meal.
Food served late — Kitchens that stay open with the bar.

What to order

The burger — Usually a signature.
Fish and chips or a pie — Pub classics.
A seasonal special — To judge the kitchen.
Snacks for the table — Scotch eggs, fries.
A local beer — Ask for a recommendation.

Where to find Gastropubs

Open listings put 4,799 gastropubs across the US. These are the cities and campuses with the most of them.

Cities with the most

New York, NY 106 Philadelphia, PA 68 Chicago, IL 56 Los Angeles, CA 52 Portland, OR 49 San Diego, CA 39 Washington, DC 33 Atlanta, GA 33

Campuses with the most within a mile

New School University 31 Jefferson 30 Baruch 29 NYU 28 The Graduate Center 28 FIT 27

A few to start with

Smyth Tavern — New York, NY
85 W Broadway, New York
Bru Craft and Wurst — Philadelphia, PA
1318 Chestnut St, Philadelphia
Exchequer Restaurant & Pub — Chicago, IL
226 S Wabash Ave, Chicago
Lazy Ox Canteen — Los Angeles, CA
241 S San Pedro St, Los Angeles
Finch on Fifth — Portland, OR
506 SW Washington St, Portland
Brick + Mortar — San Diego, CA
820 5th Ave, San Diego

Counts are listings in Overture Maps open data (September 2026), counted by the town in each address. Independent places only in the examples above, and they are a starting point rather than a ranking.

How Savor Scout looks for it

The search reads for gastropub, scratch kitchen, seasonal and craft beer, and favours places where reviewers talk about the food as much as the drinks.

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Looking in a particular city?

Each of these opens Savor Scout with the location already set, so you can say what you want and it searches from there. It covers 1,000 US cities in total — these are simply the largest.

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