Pet Shop

"Every day from 4-9pm, you can sit at a picnic table in Pet Shop’s big backyard, and drink hibiscus margaritas and natural wines while trying to figure out how the bratwurst and cheese curds you’re eating are vegan." - hannah albertine, nikko duren, matt tervooren

"Pet Shop feels like a living room that’s been converted into a bar, and the same can be said about your apartment at the moment. It probably doesn’t have Pet Shop’s hanging birdcage or back patio, but at least it can have this Newark Avenue spot’s natural wines and vegetarian bar snacks, which are available for delivery from 4-9pm everyday except Monday." - matt tervooren

"The upstairs space at Pet Shop, a two-floor bar on Newark Avenue, offers $8 shot-and-beer combos and good Happy Hour deals, but besides an entirely vegetarian menu of bar snacks, it’s generally just another casual place to drink downtown. The downstairs bar, though, feels like a wine cellar that’s been converted into a living room, and serves an interesting selection of natural wines. It’s a great spot for a casual date, and if there’s a lull in conversation, you can bring up one of the quotes on the wine list, like an Italian white wine described as, “Tropicana sun tan lotion dripping off your hand into the sand but in your mouth.”" - Matt Tervooren

100% vegetarian, food portions are right, drinks are solid. a gem on an otherwise generic strip of newark ave