Frankly Philadelphia: The State Accidentally Invented BYOB

Frankly Philadelphia: Daily Philly News · Aug 13, 2026

Pennsylvania's decades-old liquor rules made a license so costly and so slow that Philadelphia restaurants invented a workaround — and per Eater Philly's updated BYOB map, taverna-style Stina is in and Trattoria Heavy Metal is out, moving onto cocktails. Delco Frank works the whole absurd arrangement, then checks in on the $1 billion Powerball fever with buyers in Springfield and Broomall per FOX 29, a Delaware fight over who gets to see the math on state employee drug prices per WHYY News, and the BTS livestream that has fans talking. Frankly Philadelphia. Thursday, August 13, 2026. Get the…