Our Picks For Top Supper Clubs and Pop-Up Dining Events in Philadelphia

Everyone knows about all the amazing restaurants, bars, and cafes that make Philadelphia’s food scene as good as it is, but what about Philly’s underground dining scene? Here are some of the pop-up events and supper clubs that make up our underground dining scene:

• Boku
• Food Underground
• Dinner Lab
• Spirit Forward
• The Chef Series Experience
• Talula’s Daily
• W/N W/N Coffee Bar
• Yogi’s Table

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Philadelphia is home to an array of supper clubs and pop-up dining events including Boku Supper Club (shown here). (Photo courtesy Boku Supper Club)

It’s no secret that Philly is full of amazing coffee shops, bars, and restaurants, so good food, thankfully, isn’t hard to come by.

Even so, there’s always room for more and Philly’s underground dining scene is gaining traction every day.

Here are some of our favorite pop-up events and supper clubs around town.

• Boku

Think of Boku like an extremely ambitious dinner party. Hosted in a Philadelphia apartment, Boku caps the guest list at 20, so everybody still has a chance to get to know one another a bit. At each event, Founder Ryan Fitzgerald cooks a homey but elegant four course menu that ranges from $40 to $120. Sign up for their email list to hear about upcoming events. A welcome touch? When they send out event announcements they include a list of recommended wines to pair with each course, right down to the link to purchase.

When: Monthly
Where: Fairmount

• Food Underground

The brainchild of Ari Miller and Gary Burner, Food Underground is the chameleon of the Philly supper club scene. Every month at “Friz Wit,” Miller cooks up Kensington Quarters beef to make grass-fed cheesesteaks in the cart at The Garage. Then, at their Cooks Canvas events at Reading Terminal Market they host line cooks from local restaurants, giving them free rein to cook a multi-course menu for up to 20 guests. As though that weren’t enough, they also host a monthly take over at Spogue Kitchens & Bath: “Dinner Club,” a six course, $80, BYOB feast.

When: Monthly events, schedule varies
Where: Varies

• Dinner Lab

Started in New Orleans just a few years ago, Dinner Lab now hosts pop-up suppers in more than 30 cities across the U.S., including Philadelphia. These are big, brassy events held in non-traditional venues for dining. The idea behind them? To break down the barriers between diner and chef, so diners can offer, and chefs can hear, feedback on every plate. One important difference between the Dinner Lab model and the others around town is that in order to even learn about their upcoming events you’ll have to purchase an annual membership ($125), which serves as your invite to all of the events they host. Heads up for the budget conscious though, tickets to individual events are $60-70 each.

When: Varies
Where: Varies

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