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Mar 23
Sat   Mar 23  

Orval Day - 11:30 AM

Join Monk's Café and importer Merchant du Vin on Saturday, March 23 to celebrate a global flavor touchstone, Orval Trappist Ale. Legend says that a trout answered Princess Matilda's prayers by returning a golden ring she lost in a spring in 1070 AD. In thanks, she gifted Belgium's "Golden Valley" to the church.

Today, Orval is the only Trappist brewery with a woman in charge of all brewing operations. Brewer Anne-Françoise and her team make a bold, spicy, deeply appealing ale with an extravagant head, compelling bouquet and sharp hint of sourness in the finish.

We will be serving fresh and vintage bottles of the only dry-hopped, Brett-inflected Trappist ale from 11:30am until supplies are exhausted or close of business, whichever comes first. 

Oude Orval Vintages for March 23

June 6, 2023                aged 9 months
December 21, 2022    aged 15 months
July 7, 2022                aged 20 months
April 21, 2022            aged 23 months
March 22, 2022        aged 24 months
December 20, 2018    aged 5 years, 3 months.

Orval is a permanent favorite of everyday beer drinkers, aficionados and brewers the world around. It is a truly special ale and we are honored to be recognized by the brewery as an official "Ambassadeur Orval" for 15 years,

Merchant du Vin will donate fifty cents from every bottle of Orval sold on Orval Day to National Forest Foundation. Share your celebrations online with #OrvalDay. We look forward to seeing you at Monk's! 

  

Previous Events

2024

Monk's Cafe's 27th Anniversary

Pliny the Younger Day Fundraiser

2023

A Saturday Date with de Baets

Welcoming Ben Neidhart of OEC Brewing

Orval Day 2023

Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping

Pliny the Younger 2-Keg Tapping

Pliny the Younger 2-Keg Tapping

Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping

Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping

Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping

Pliny the Younger Fundraiser for Alex's Lemonade Stand

Pliny the Younger Day Draft List

Péché Day 2023

Closed for Eagles Super Bowl

2022

CLOSED for Thanksgiving

Tilquin Fruit Extravaganza Day

Trillium Debut in Philadelphia

World Premiere of Hill Farmstead Works of Love: Monk's Café

Zwanze Day Tickets On Sale Sept. 5

Now Hiring: Cooks

Tonewood + Monk's Café Debut MC Lager

Lost Abbey Beer Dinner with Tomme Arthur

Meet and Greet: Bobo Van Mechelen

Ploughman Plates

Philly Beer Week Simultaneous Cheers

Orval Day 2022

Péché Day 2022

A Toast to Armand Debelder

Monk's Café 25th Anniversary

Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping

Pliny the Younger Two Keg Event

Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping

Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping

Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping

Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping

2021

Holiday Hours - Closed until Jan 4

THANKSGIVING WEEK SCHEDULE

Now Hiring: Cooks

Glorious Back Bar Re-Opening!

Ploughman Plates for PBW 2021

NOW HIRING: Server & Host

Focal Banger & Monk's Mosaic Garden

Current Takeout Beer Offerings

Deep Cellar Sale: Isabelle Proximus

2020

Beers for New Year's Cheers

A Very Heady Christmas

Deep Cellar Sale: 3 Fonteinen

Jolly Pumpkin-Palooza

Jolly Pumpkin-Palooza

Oud Beersel Bzart Lambiek & Krieken Lambiek

Two Day Beer Sale

Jack Curtin

3 Fonteinen Special Release - Only a few Remain

Drie Drop: New 3 Fonteinen Bottle Release

Ales From The Crypt

Monday, May 25 Special Beer List

Cantillon Draft Special - SOLD OUT!

Heady Cheddy Meal

Boon Geuze by the Jar

Brews 'n' Bivalves: Mussels & Blind Pig Growlers To-Go

Orval 4-Pack + Glass To Go

Alchemist Cans Restock

New Offering: Hill Farmstead Everett Growlers

Saturday Special: Drie Fonteinen

At-Home Alchemy - SOLD OUT!

CLOSED Monday, March 16

Monk's 23rd Anniversary

Pliny the Younger Day Fundraiser

Super Bowl Sunday-Closing at 5pm

Lost Abbey Dinner with Tomme Arthur

2019

New Year's Eve Beer Dinner

Merry Christmas to all our friends – See you on the 26th!

We will be home with family Dec 24th & 25th – See you on the 26th!

December 23rd – we will be open our normal hours

Tom's 27th Annual Holiday Beer Dinner

Roll Dem Bones with Firestone Walker

Zwanze Day 2019 Fundraiser

Russian River Day with Vinnie + Natalie

Meet The Alchemist of Vermont

Maine Beer Company Night

Late Night in Brussels with De La Senne, Oxbow & Liquid Riot

Ploughman Plates

Debut of Fonta Flora in PA

Westmalle Dubbel Draft Pennsylvania Debut

Orval Day

Péché Mortel Day 2019

Lost Abbey Beer Dinner with Tomme Arthur

Annual Pliny the Younger Day Fundraiser

In the Cellar with 2SP Brewing Co.

Super Bowl Sunday - Closing at 5PM

Resilience Fundraiser for the Camp Fire Relief Fund

Beer Auction for the Camp Fire Relief Fund

2018

New Year's Eve Beer Dinner

Cantillon 20 Ans d'Amitié Bottle Release

CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING - reopen Fri at 11:30AM

Cantillon Zwanze Day 2018

Oude Pinot Gris Tilquin Worldwide Debut

Wild Allagash Extravaganza

Local Food, Local Beer Dinner

Foreign Objects PA Lager Debut

World Cup: Belgian Red Devils at The Belgian Café

World Cup: Belgian Red Devils at The Belgian Café

Russian River Brewing Co. Day - 7 Drafts

Do What's Right Night with Maine Beer Company

Old School Beer Luncheon with Dogfish Head

Who the Hell Let Tom in the Brewery?!

The Alchemist at Philly Beer Week

Liquid Riot Debut in PA

Record Store Day

Major Tom World Debut

Brasserie Dieu du Ciel Péché Day

National Orval Day

Pliny the Younger Healing Hop for Sheila

Tonewood Brewing Comes to Philadelphia!

CBS for charity with Founders

Pliny the Younger Day Fundraiser

World Debut of Oxbow Le Parrain

The Alchemist Focal Banger

Eagles Victory Parade

Lost Abbey Dinner with Tomme Arthur

Super Bowl Sunday - Closing Early

Cuvée Day

2SP Barrel Chat with Bob & Ruby

2017

New Year's Eve - EARLY SEATING

New Year Eve's Dinner - LATE SEATING

Maine Beer Company Woods & Waters

Sonoma Pride Fundraiser

Lost Abbey 24 Steps Release with Tomme Arthur

Cantillon Zwanze Day 2017

Draft Debut of Monk's Cafe Grand Cru

Local Food / Local Beer Dinner

Wicked Weed B•Gone Redux

WICKED WEED B-GONE Charity Event

Educational Beer Luncheon with Niño Bacelle

Meet & Greet with Youichi of Hitachino Nest

Wicked Weed Brewery - 15 drafts

National ORVAL DAY

Péché Mortel Day

A Day Without A Woman / International Women's Day

Russian River Pliny the Younger

Russian River Pliny the Younger Charity Event

OrValentine's Day Dinner

Lost Abbey Dinner with Tomme Arthur

Stupor Bowl Sunday

2016

EARLY SEATING - New Year's Eve

LATE SEATING

December 25th - CLOSED

December 24th - CLOSED

Holiday Beer Dinner

Framboise for a Cure 2016

Raffle Tix Still Available

Cantillon Zwanze Day 2016

Wicked Weed Brewery

Wicked Weed Lucky 13 Labor Day Extravaganza

Meet Olivier from Brasserie Dupont and Tomme from Lost Abbey

14 Sour Beers on Tap

Bring on The Funk - Sour Beer Festival

John Brus of Kaapse in Rotterdam

Jef Janssens from Hof ten Dormaal

Oxbow Brewery - meet local legend Mike Fava

Craft Brewer's Conference & World Beer Cup in Philly

New Belgium Brewery's Lauren Salazar class

The debut of Wicked Weed Brewery in Philly- meet Walt

Jester King Brewery - meet Ron Extract

Meet Picobrouwerij Alvinne

Nova Nation's quest for another National Championship

National Orval Day

St. Benjamin Brewing: Franklin's Abbey

Pliny The Younger Day Fundraiser

Meet the brewer from Jopen

Péché Mortel Day

OrValentines Day

Dinner with Tomme Arthur - Lost Abbey Brewery

Super Bowl Sunday

Lost in The Woods with New Belgium Brewery

Meet Jeffers - BarrelMeister at Firestone Walker

Brewing Beer in Rotterdam and Beodgraven, NL

2015

New Year's Eve - EARLY SEATING

New Year's Eve - LATE SEATING

Day After Christmas

Christmas Day

Christmas Eve

A-Very Merry Christmas with Avery Brewery

A-Very Merry Christmas featuring Avery Brewery

A-Very Merry Christmas

Tom's 23rd Annual Holiday Dinner

Win a Trip to Amsterdam with Tom Peters

Kitchen is fully operational - yeah!

KITCHEN IS OPEN - BAR IS OPEN

Temporary Kitchen Closure

Temporary Kitchen Closure

Russian River's All Hopped Up For The Cure Framboise

Jean van Roy of Cantillon at Monk's

POPE-POURRI REDUX

POPE-POURRI

Cantillon Zwanze Day - 6 Draft Cantillons

New Belgium Brewery Luncheon

Allagash's 20th Anniversary Party.

Fourth of July

What Is A Saison? with Jean Broilette of Tired Hands Brewery

The Effect of Brettanomyces with Terry Hawbaker & Kristen Mullen

Farmer's Lunch with Jef of Hof ten Dormaal

Vegan Lunch with Trinity Brewery

I'm Away at Fermentation School

Philly Beer Week Opening Tap

Monk's Mad Monday with Dogfish Head Brewery

FERMENTATION STATION tickets go on sale

Tired Hands Brewery debut

Lunch with Phil Markowski

April SOURS

HEADY TOPPER HITS PHILLY!!

Younger

Annual Tomme Arthur Lost Abbey Dinner

We're Heading to Brouwerij Hof ten Dormaal

NEW YEAR'S DAY

2014

NEW YEAR'S EVE - Early Dinner

NEW YEAR'S EVE - Late Dinner

Party Like A Monk

Tom's 21st Annual Holiday Dinner

Russian River Framboise For the Cure Fundraiser

Ancient Brewer Dinner - Hummel turned 60!

Ancient Ales Dinner with Dr. Patrick McGovern

Cantillon Zwanze Day @ Monk's Cafe

Our Annual Sour Festival

Local Food / Local Beer Dinner

We're Frecon Out at Monk's!

Oxbow Brewery - 6 on Tap!

Fourth of July - Of course we're OPEN!

B.United Tutored Tasting

Who The Hell Let Tom Into The Brewery

Cigar City Brewery

Hops at Greensgrow Farms

Orval Tasting w/François de Harrene

Tom will be in Harrisburg pushing for GMO Labeling

New Belgium Lips of Faith Festival

Meet Anne Catherine Dilewyns Beer Luncheon

Philly Beer Week

March Against Monsanto

Tix on sale for our Philly Beer Week events

ANTI -World's Largest Beer Crawl

RRBC Pliny the Younger tapping

Thank's Philly!

RRBC Russian River Mad Monday

Monk's Mad Monday w/De Struise Brouwers

Our Annual New Year's Day Stout Fest

2013

New Year's Eve - EARLY DINNER

New Year's Eve - LATE DINNER

Holiday Dinner

Coast to Coast Toast w/Vanberg & DeWulf

Beer Dinner w/ Deschutes Brewery

Framboise For A Cure Breast Cancer Event

GABF

Meet Christine Celis, daughter of the legenday Pierre Celis

Zwanze Day

LOCAL FOOD / LOCAL BEER DINNER

Who The Hell Let Tom in the Brewery?

PHILLY BEER WEEK 2013

Meet Masterbrewer Yvan de Baets

Monk's Mad Monday - 11 Sours + 1 Oyster Stout

Fava visits Philly w/Oxbow

Monk's Mad Monday - Pliny the Younger

Lost Abbey Beer Dinner w/Tomme Arthur

Monk's Mad Monday w/Dogfish Head

New Year's Day

2012

New Year's Eve Dinner - EARLY SEATING

New Year's Eve Dinner - LATE SEATING

Christmas Day

Christmas Eve

La Fin du Monde...The End of The World

20th Annual Holiday Dinner

Zwanze Day 2012

Gobble Gobble

Coast to Coast Toast redux

Home brewer turns pro brewer dinner

Please Vote Today

Post Hurricane Sandy w/Funky Buddha

We Reopen Today!

Monk's Mad Monday - Evil Twin

PA Debut of a new Trappiste Ale

R5 Pub Crawl w/Tired Hands

R5 Pub Crawl

Oktoberfest Dinner

Monk's Mad Monday Russian River

World Atlas of Beer - book signing

Monk's Mad Monday Dogfish Head

We Skip our Monthly Beer Dinner in August

Belgian Independence Day

Local Beer/Local Food

The Festival - Day Two

The Festival - a great beer festival in Worcester,

Brasserie Cantillon with Jean Van Roy

JW Lees Wood Aged Casks

De Dolle Brouwers w/Kris Herteleer

Deschutes is 'da shit

Dogfish Head Lunch w/Sam Calagione

Fifty Fifty Brewery - Todd Ashman Dinner

Browerij DeMolen w/Menno Olivier

Funky Buddha Brewery - BerlinerWeisse

4 Hands Brewery

Philly Bar debut of Dupont Speciale Belge

David Walker of Firestone Walker Brewery

Russian River / Sierra Nevada Collaboration Dinner

Monk's Mad Monday - Duvel/Ommegang

The Beers of the Cellar

Monk's Mad Monday - Malheur

Meet & Greet Tomme Arthur from Lost Abbey

WE WILL BE CLOSED THIS SUNDAY

De Dolle Brouwers w/Kris Herteleer

Monk's Mad Monday Russian River

Monk's Mad Monday Allagash style

Monk's Mad Monday Dogfish Head

New Year's Day - 20 Stouts on Tap

2011

New Year's Eve Dinner - EARLY SEATING

New Year's Eve Dinner - LATE SEATING

Bagby's Beers

Tom's 18th Annual Holiday Dinner

Vanberg & Dewulf's 30th Anniversary Toast

Monk's Mad Monday Russian River

Great American Beer Festival

de Molen Brew Day

International Zwanze Day

Monk's Mad Monday Cantillon

FEESTDAG - Belgian Independence Day

Monk's Mad Monday Dogfish Head

Zythos America

Monastery of Christ in the Dessert

Vanberg & DeWulf's 30th Anniversary Dinner

Hill Farmstead w/ Shaun Hill

Lost Abbey w/Tomme Arthur

Sierra Nevada w/Ken Grossman

US Debut of Tilquin Gueuze

Monk's Mad Monday - Sly Fox

Monk's Mad Monday - Flying Fish

Hitachino Fundraiser

Firestone Walker Brewing Company

Monk's Mad Monday - Russian River

Monk's Mad Monday - Sierra Nevada

OrValentine's Day Dinner

Lost Abbey Dinner w/ Tomme Arthur

Monk's Mad Monday Stoudt's Brewery

Brooklyn Beer Dinner w/Steve Hindy

Allagash Tuesday

New Year's Day - 20 Stouts on Tap

2010

New Year's Eve - EARLY SEATING

New Year's Eve - LATE SEATING

Annual Holiday Dinner

We Lost a Good Friend on Tuesday

Duvel Day

We lost a good friend today

Leifmans Returns to the US

Monk's Mad Monday Dogfish Head

Monk's Mad Monday for Breast Cancer RR

St. Feuillien - meet Dominique

Local Beer / Local Food Dinner

Russian River Friday

WE'RE OPEN - the entire restaurant now!

Allagash - Monk's Mad Monday 8-9-10

Wring Out Your Liver & Empty the Kegs

Zythos America

Belgian Brewers from D&V Imports

Chimay - Hanging with the Bobo

Lambic Summit

Tomme Arthur - need I say more?

Boon, Cantillon & Drie Fonteinen Dinner

Patrick Rue of the Bruery - Meet the Brewer

Meet 5 Belgian Brewers from 12% Imports

Sierra Nevada - meet the brewer

Philadelphia Global Beer Exposition

Monk's Mad Monday - Mikkeller

Whiskey Tasting

Monk's Mad Monday - Russian River

Lost Abbey / Port Beer Dinner

OrValentine's Day Dinner

Snow, What Snow?

Monk's Mad Monday - Hopfenstark

Brooklyn Beer Dinner w/Steve Hindy

CHIMAY IS BACK ON TAP

New Year's Day - 19 Stouts on Tap

2009

New Year's Eve - EARLY SEATING

New Year's Eve - LATE SEATING

Monk's Mad Monday - xmas beer

XFEST - Holiday Beer Festival @ U of P

Dogfish Head Monday

Left Hand / Terrapin Beer Dinner

Monk's Mad Monday with Allagash

Monk's Mad Monday for Breast Cancer RR

Oktoberfest Beer Dinner

An Homage to Fromage paired with Foamage (beer)

Tomme Arthur Afternoon

Tom's favorite Local Beer / Local Food Dinner

Meet Prior Isaak from La Trappe

12% Imports Beer Dinner

12% Imports Beer Dinner

Dogfish Head Dog Day Afternoon - Firkin A

Philly Rollout of Duck Rabbit brewery

Meet The Brewer - Nøgne Ø

Drink 'em while we got 'em SPECIAL KEGS

Drink 'em while we got 'em SPECIAL KEGS

Johnny Cask - Dogfish Head 75 Minute IPA

Russian River On All 6 Front Bar Taps

Zythos America - @ U of Penn Museum

Meet The Brewer - Jerry Vietz of Unibroue

Meet the Buhler - David Buhler from Elysian Brewer

Night of the Collaborators

Hildegard Van Ostaden Meet & Greet

Rodenbach w/Rudi Ghequire

JW Lees Wood Casks

Stephen Beaumont's "Fire & Ice" Dinner

Zythos Belgium

PHILLY BEER WEEK 2009 March 6-15

OrValentine's Day Dinner

New Year's Day -20 Stouts on Tap

2008

New Year's Eve - EARLY SEATING

New Year's Eve - LATE SEATING

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day - CLOSED

Speyside Whiskey Tasting With John Hansell

New Bottle List

High & Mighty Brewery at The Belgian Café

Victory Brewery at The Belgian Café

Night of The Full Moon Dinner

Elysian Meet & Greet

OKTOBERFEST

Palm Beer Dinner

The Funky Monk @ Tria Fermentation School

Russian River Day

25 Years of Chimay in the USA

Local Beer, Local Wine, Local Food

Odds & Ends Night

Allagash Night

The Belgian Café presents Van Steenberge

The Belgian Café presents Yvan de Baets

Samuel Adams Beer Dinner

Brasserie de le Senne Dinner w/Yvan

Ladies Beer Tea at The Belgian Café

Geert Lindmans Beer Dinner @ The Belgian Café

An evening of Meet the Brewer events

Monk's Café and 25 years of Chimay

Phil Markowski from Southampton @ The Belgian Café

PHILLY BEER WEEK March 7-16, 2008

New Year's Day Brunch w/ 6 Stouts on tap

2007

New Year's Eve - EARLY Seating

New Year's Eve LATE Seating

Chrismas Eve & Christmas Day

Dogfish Head & Nøerrebro Bryghus

National Tribute to Michael Jackson

ALLAGASH Beer Dinner

LOCAL BEER / LOCAL FOOD

Stoudt's 20th Anniversary Dinner

Meet & Greet with Alain DeLaet of Delirium Tremon

Boon Lambic - single barrel tasting

Everybody Must Drink Stone

Lucy Saunders - The Beer Cook

Stephen Beaumont Beer Dinner

SIERRA NEVADA STRICKLANDER

Meet Marc from Brouwerij Kerkom

Introduction of Malheur

Michael Jackson at Univ of Pennsylvania Museum

WHISKY TASTING w/John Hansell

Lost Abbey Beer Dinner w/Tomme Arthur

2006

Dogfish Head Dinner