Great spot for a cheap burger that is good quality. A bit under-seasoned but you get salt pepper to add. Very reminiscent of home style / back yard barbecue burgers. Hard to not have some bias for how affordable it is at 6 bucks but I don’t think it’s a burger that trumps other bar burgers flavor wise. Fries are good especially soaked in malt vinegar. Don’t really get the appeal of going after sun down when it’s pitch black inside though. Makes it super awkward when people go to the bathroom and this blaring light suddenly appears in the corner of your eye or if you go and come out from a piss to see the whole bar squinting at you because you’re a visual disturbance
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries
Anthony Gibilisco
Beer is clean and tasty, burger is scrumptious, fries are crispy, the vibes are always chill.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries, Beer Selection, Fries
LJ Cook
Order the burger. And the fries. Really. It's all they serve. And it's really good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries, Beer Selection
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries, Beer Selection, Cheese Burger, Kenzinger, French Fries
Briana Marmelstein
Great beer selection. Love a bar where I can sit down and enjoy conversations with friends without music being too loud. Crazy good deal on a burger and fries and it tastes good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries, Beer Selection
sherwin atwell
It was very interesting. I had a taste of the rum and whiskey, which was great. I will be back
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
David Hammill
Excellent bartenders. Awesome music. Delicious beers. Of course; the burger and fries are on point. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joppa Fallston
Great bar with a hidden secret: their burger. It is simply one of the best burgers I've had, bar food or otherwise, and everyone I've brought here says the same. A nice thick, juicy, and flavorful burger. Their fries are great too. Pair those with a tall glass of beer from their nice wide range of crafty options... always a great time! Low prices all around, too. Nice atmosphere: dark, and the music is always some LP played live through a turntable at the front. One of the best!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries, Beer Selection, French Fries
I've always hailed this place as the "best bar in Philly" and I think the statement holds up. Fountain Porter is the most ideal place to get a drink with friends after a long week. The bartenders are friendly and make delicious ice cold drinks. The burgers are delicious and seasoned perfectly. It's impossible to have a bad time here.
Tom Klemash
I don't drink alcohol but I do eat burgers and fries. $6 dollar thick boy burger with a hint of salt and cooked to perfection. Fries are top notch. Place is the bomb. It's impossible to get just one burger.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries
Linda Hrushanyk
8/5/23. There is something about a neighborhood bar where the place is clean, the bartenders are nice, Cassie, Derrick and Kyle (forgive me if I get the names wrong, I meet a lot of people) andthe burger and fries are very good and reasonably priced. The kitchen stays open to 1 a.m. which is great for late night hunger attacks. The beer and wine selections are extensive.Recently ordered a burger and fries. My burger was cooked perfectly and my fries were good. I asked for a well done burger and it was not overcooked. Fountain Porter burgers are like homemade burgers...very good. Will order again.Warm, cozy bar where one can pick up a good burger.
E. Nicole Moore
This bar takes itself way too seriously. I went once after work during the daytime and it was ok. Went once in the night time and it was a totally different vibe. Music was terrible. Bartender was not very friendly and they refused to cook the cheeseburger well done (their only food items really). The refusal to cook the burgers fully is a microagression in my opinion, a culinary dog whistle of sorts that silently screams “people like you aren’t welcome here”. A large group of black men came in after us (2 black women) and were subjected to the same convo of “that’s how we make our burgers”. Never going back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Annalee S.
I moved to Philly right after college and went through a phase where I was going to a lot of bars and drinking a lot of beer and eating a lot of French fries. I'm in my mid 30's now so those days are long over, but I still enjoy a beer and a burger and fries every now and then. Cue Fountain Porter. I wish this place had been around back then. It's the perfect E Passyunk bar - pretty cheap, does one thing well food wise (burgers and fries) - and it's v. Cheap so you don't have to wonder if going there is worth it. During happy hour my beer, burger and fries + good tip was right around $20. Can't beat it, and it's a nice place to go solo no one bothers you and the bar tenders are nice.Oh and they serve their fries with Malt Vinegar on the side which... is there any other way?!?!
Dimmu citizens
Great spot for a cheap burger that is good quality. A bit under-seasoned but you get salt pepper to add. Very reminiscent of home style / back yard barbecue burgers. Hard to not have some bias for how affordable it is at 6 bucks but I don’t think it’s a burger that trumps other bar burgers flavor wise. Fries are good especially soaked in malt vinegar. Don’t really get the appeal of going after sun down when it’s pitch black inside though. Makes it super awkward when people go to the bathroom and this blaring light suddenly appears in the corner of your eye or if you go and come out from a piss to see the whole bar squinting at you because you’re a visual disturbance
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries
Beer is clean and tasty, burger is scrumptious, fries are crispy, the vibes are always chill.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries, Beer Selection, Fries
Order the burger. And the fries. Really. It's all they serve. And it's really good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries, Beer Selection
Best burger good wines and beers and
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries, Cheese Burger, Burger & Fries, Fries, Plain Burger
My favorite burger in town.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries, Beer Selection, Cheese Burger, Kenzinger, French Fries
Great beer selection. Love a bar where I can sit down and enjoy conversations with friends without music being too loud. Crazy good deal on a burger and fries and it tastes good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries, Beer Selection
It was very interesting. I had a taste of the rum and whiskey, which was great. I will be back
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Excellent bartenders. Awesome music. Delicious beers. Of course; the burger and fries are on point. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great bar with a hidden secret: their burger. It is simply one of the best burgers I've had, bar food or otherwise, and everyone I've brought here says the same. A nice thick, juicy, and flavorful burger. Their fries are great too. Pair those with a tall glass of beer from their nice wide range of crafty options... always a great time! Low prices all around, too. Nice atmosphere: dark, and the music is always some LP played live through a turntable at the front. One of the best!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries, Beer Selection, French Fries
Restaurantji Recommends
I've always hailed this place as the "best bar in Philly" and I think the statement holds up. Fountain Porter is the most ideal place to get a drink with friends after a long week. The bartenders are friendly and make delicious ice cold drinks. The burgers are delicious and seasoned perfectly. It's impossible to have a bad time here.
I don't drink alcohol but I do eat burgers and fries. $6 dollar thick boy burger with a hint of salt and cooked to perfection. Fries are top notch. Place is the bomb. It's impossible to get just one burger.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries
8/5/23. There is something about a neighborhood bar where the place is clean, the bartenders are nice, Cassie, Derrick and Kyle (forgive me if I get the names wrong, I meet a lot of people) andthe burger and fries are very good and reasonably priced. The kitchen stays open to 1 a.m. which is great for late night hunger attacks. The beer and wine selections are extensive.Recently ordered a burger and fries. My burger was cooked perfectly and my fries were good. I asked for a well done burger and it was not overcooked. Fountain Porter burgers are like homemade burgers...very good. Will order again.Warm, cozy bar where one can pick up a good burger.
This bar takes itself way too seriously. I went once after work during the daytime and it was ok. Went once in the night time and it was a totally different vibe. Music was terrible. Bartender was not very friendly and they refused to cook the cheeseburger well done (their only food items really). The refusal to cook the burgers fully is a microagression in my opinion, a culinary dog whistle of sorts that silently screams “people like you aren’t welcome here”. A large group of black men came in after us (2 black women) and were subjected to the same convo of “that’s how we make our burgers”. Never going back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
I moved to Philly right after college and went through a phase where I was going to a lot of bars and drinking a lot of beer and eating a lot of French fries. I'm in my mid 30's now so those days are long over, but I still enjoy a beer and a burger and fries every now and then. Cue Fountain Porter. I wish this place had been around back then. It's the perfect E Passyunk bar - pretty cheap, does one thing well food wise (burgers and fries) - and it's v. Cheap so you don't have to wonder if going there is worth it. During happy hour my beer, burger and fries + good tip was right around $20. Can't beat it, and it's a nice place to go solo no one bothers you and the bar tenders are nice.Oh and they serve their fries with Malt Vinegar on the side which... is there any other way?!?!