Heritage

Heritage Restaurant Review:

Northern Liberties’ jazz/funk/bluegrass club preserves a long-running tradition of music venues in the neighborhood. Industrial chic décor emphasizes green with hanging plants and an “urban garden” with expanded seating outside, while an overhead installation of brass instruments reminds diners of the live musical stylings to come. Heritage hosts daily acts, but the accomplished rustic fare is its own entertainment. Dinner starts with small plates like a house-ground sausage with sunny-side up egg and pickled mustard seed or an inventive beet salad with crispy rice grains and goat cheese. The list of large plates might note heritage pork with roasted cabbage and shishito peppers or zingy swordfish fra diavolo with a dusting of toasted breadcrumbs. A briefer menu of sandwiches and bites such as fried oyster lettuce wraps and deviled eggs is available at the bar. The beverage quotient includes 36 craft beers on tap, a small but not obvious wine selection, cocktails like the Sloop John B (with Philly’s own Sailor Jerry rum, ginger beer, lime and brandied cherry) and an excellent array of brown liquors.