Berwyn, PA · formerly 30 Main

About · Berwyn, on the Main Line

A place to end up.

Midtown Social is a lounge, a kitchen, and an event venue on Lancaster Avenue in Berwyn — built on the idea that a good night out is mostly about who you're with and whether the room lets you enjoy them.

The front lounge at Midtown Social with white tufted sofas beneath the Midtown Social Lounge and Events neon sign, Lancaster Avenue through the windows.
The front lounge, 660 E Lancaster Ave

What we're for

Connection, celebration, community.

We wanted a room here on the Main Line — Berwyn specifically, on the corner where Lancaster Avenue meets the railroad — where you could have a real dinner, stay for a drink, and still be somewhere worth being at eleven o'clock. Somewhere you could book for your daughter's shower on a Sunday and come back to on a Friday for trivia.

So we built all of it into one building here in Easttown Township: forty seats and an open kitchen downstairs, hundred‑inch screens for the game, pool tables and a dance floor, a bar that runs late, and a two‑hundred‑and‑fifty‑person hall upstairs. We're open to the public Tuesday through Saturday and we host private events all seven days. Guests of every age are welcome. Nobody needs a membership.

What we care about is hospitality that feels genuine rather than performed — and being a place this town is glad to have. That's also why we host fundraisers, run Dine & Donate nights and back local causes when we can. More on that here.

And it's why there's a mural on the side of the building. It celebrates music, dancing and this town — and it's a tribute to my father, who ran the Berwyn business association for ten years and cared as much about this place as anyone ever has.

Questions

Good to know

What is Midtown Social?

A bar, kitchen, games room and two‑floor private event venue at 660 East Lancaster Avenue in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. Downstairs is a cocktail bar with a full kitchen, pool tables, a dance floor and 100‑inch screens for the game. Upstairs, Midtown Hall holds up to 250 guests for private events. Combined, both floors take up to 500. We're family‑run and have been on this corner since 2012, when we opened as 30 Main.

Where can I watch the Eagles or a Villanova game near Berwyn?

Here. We have 100‑inch screens across the entire first floor — over the bar, in the lounge and above the pool tables — showing Eagles, Phillies, Flyers, Villanova basketball and Saturday college football, with the sound on for the big ones. Doors are 4 PM Tuesday to Saturday, so weeknight Phillies, Flyers and Villanova games all work. More on watching the game here.

What is the biggest event venue in Berwyn, PA?

Midtown Social and Midtown Hall together, at over 8,000 square feet across two floors and up to 500 guests combined. Midtown Hall alone holds 50–250. For comparison, most private rooms on this stretch of the Main Line top out well under 200. See all four spaces.

Which bar in Berwyn has pool tables?

We do — pool tables, shuffleboard, foosball, darts and ping pong in the front room, plus a proper dance floor and a fireplace. It's the thing guests mention most and the reason people stay for an evening rather than just a meal.

Is there a late-night happy hour on the Main Line?

Ours runs twice a night. Every other happy hour in the area finishes by six or seven. We run 4–6 PM Tuesday to Friday and then again 9–11 PM on Thursday and Friday — drafts from $6, wine from $8, cocktails from $9, and the pool tables free while it's running. Full details.

Where can I host a class reunion near Philadelphia's Main Line?

Midtown Hall takes 50 to 250 guests, and both floors combined take up to 500 — enough for a whole graduating class. We're across from Berwyn station, have free parking, and valet for large events, and handle the catering, bar, staffing and DJ ourselves. The night before Thanksgiving is the best reunion date of the year here, because everyone is already home. Ask about a date.

Can I book a room for a small group?

Yes — the lounge books from as few as four people, from $250, for drinks and appetizers with a dedicated bartender. Most venues won't hold a room for a group that size. Larger options run from 80–100 in the event room up to 500 across both floors.

Where exactly is Midtown Social? Is Berwyn on the Main Line?

We're at 660 East Lancaster Avenue in Berwyn, Pennsylvania — in Easttown Township, Chester County, and yes, Berwyn is squarely on the Main Line.

The Main Line isn't a town or a zip code. It's the string of communities that grew up along the Pennsylvania Railroad's main line running west out of Philadelphia — Overbrook, Merion, Narberth, Wynnewood, Ardmore, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Rosemont, Villanova, Radnor, St. Davids, Wayne, Strafford, Berwyn, Daylesford, Paoli and Malvern. The railroad came first; the towns followed it.

Berwyn station sits directly across Lancaster Avenue from our front door, on what is now SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale line — the same tracks the name comes from. We're about as literally on the Main Line as a building can be.

For the record: Berwyn, PA 19312, Easttown Township, Chester County. We're in the Tredyffrin/Easttown School District, and Conestoga High School is up the road.

Where's an espresso martini worth ordering twice?

Ours is a good one. Espresso pulled fresh to order, shaken hard so it comes with a real crema head, three beans on top. $16. See the cocktail list.

Where can I go dancing on the Main Line?

Here — and there genuinely isn't much else. We have two dance floors: one downstairs in the lounge with a resident DJ every Friday and Saturday from 8 PM until 1 AM, no cover, and an LED floor upstairs in Midtown Hall for themed nights and private events.

Both are proper floors. Free parking, and Berwyn station is across the street if you'd rather not drive. More on that here.

Are you hiring?

Usually, yes — servers, bartenders, barbacks, hosts, full‑time and part‑time line cooks, prep, and banquet staff for events. We take applications year‑round even when nothing's posted. Apply here, or come in Tuesday to Thursday between 4 and 6 and ask for a manager.

Do you support local fundraisers?

Yes — Dine & Donate nights, gift cards and packages for auctions and raffles, hosting fundraisers in our rooms for up to 500 guests, and custom‑built benefit events. We give priority to schools, youth sports, first responders and causes based in or serving Berwyn and the surrounding Main Line. Send us a request.

Are you a private club?

No. Midtown Social is open to the public and no membership is required. Everyone is welcome to eat, drink, and come to our events.

What are your hours?
  • Open to the public: Tuesday–Saturday from 4 PM
  • Dinner service: Tuesday–Saturday, 5–8 PM
  • Bar menu, Tuesday–Thursday: until 10 PM
  • Bar menu, Friday & Saturday: until midnight
  • Sunday & Monday: private events only
  • Eagles away Sundays: open from 1 PM

Private events run seven days a week, including Sunday and Monday when the building is closed to the public.

How do I book a table?

Through OpenTable for anything up to eight people — pick a time, get a confirmation, done. There's a Reserve button on every page of this site.

Nine or more, or want the lounge to yourselves? OpenTable won't take either, but we will. Use the group and lounge form — it comes to our inbox and a person answers, usually the same day. The Lounge takes 20 to 30 guests from $250.

Do I need a reservation?

Recommended for dinner, especially Friday and Saturday. Request a table online or call 610-220-2367. Bar seats, the pool tables and the dance floor are first come, first served.

Can I reserve a table for a show upstairs?

No — table reservations are downstairs only, where the full kitchen is. Upstairs in Midtown Hall we serve bar bites during shows, not the full menu, and seating up there is open.

Having dinner before a show? Book a downstairs table for at least two hours before the show starts, so you're not rushing your meal or missing the opening act. The reservation form works out the latest time that fits once you pick your date.

Do you show sports?

Yes — hundred‑inch screens across the whole first floor. Eagles, Phillies, Flyers, Villanova basketball and Saturday college football, with the sound on for the big ones. Bringing a group for a particular game? Call ahead and we'll put it on the main screen. More on watching the game here.

Do you host sorority and fraternity events?

Yes — formals, semi‑formals, mixers, philanthropy nights, senior send‑offs and alumni weekends. Villanova is ten minutes down Lancaster Avenue, and we're an easy drive from Eastern, Immaculata, West Chester and Penn State Great Valley.

Every chapter event is a closed private booking, upstairs in Midtown Hall or in a shut‑off first floor room. We're not a college bar and don't intend to be — which is exactly why this works. Your formal gets its own room and its own bar rather than a corner of a public one.

Anyone drinking is 21 or over, wristbanded, with ID checked at the door. We're happy to speak to a chapter advisor, risk manager or nationals directly. Ask about a date.

Can I book just the lounge for drinks?

Yes, and you don't need a big group — the lounge books from four people up to thirty, for drinks and appetizers, with a dedicated bartender and the pool tables right there. Rentals start at $250. More on the lounge.

What does it cost to book a room?

Room rentals start at $250, depending on the space, the day and how many people. Food, bar packages and staffing are quoted on top and built around what you actually want. Send us a date and a headcount and we'll come back with a number. Ask here.

Can I get the catering menu for a normal dinner?

No — the catering menu is for private events only, whether that's in one of our rooms or off‑site. What we serve in the lounge Tuesday to Saturday is the restaurant menu. If there's something on the catering list you'd love for a party, that's exactly what it's there for. Ask us.

Do you host weddings?

Small weddings up to 250 in Midtown Hall, rehearsal dinners the night before, and — the one people don't expect — wedding after‑parties for couples getting married anywhere on the Main Line. We're open until 1 AM Friday and Saturday with a dance floor, a DJ and a kitchen still running, which is exactly what you need when the reception ends at ten. More on weddings.

Are you open on Sundays?

Not for regular service — but we open on Sundays for Eagles away games, from 1 PM. Every screen on, sound up, full bar. Home-game Sundays we stay closed, because most people are at the game or tailgating. Watch the calendar for dates.

Sundays and Mondays are also available for private events any week of the year.

Can you host a big watch party?

Yes. The first floor has hundred‑inch screens throughout, and for a bigger crowd we open Midtown Hall upstairs and put the game on two projection walls with its own bar — up to 250 people watching the same game in one room. Add a buffet and it's an afternoon rather than a table. More on watch parties.

What is Taco Tuesday?

A $6 taco plate all night, every Tuesday, with karaoke from 8 PM. Sing, drink, have fun, repeat. No cover, no sign-up in advance — just turn up. It's the cheapest good night out on the Main Line and it's why Tuesday stopped being our quiet night.

Can I try stand-up at your open mic?

Yes. Open Mic Comedy runs every Thursday at 7:30, hosted by Bradford Davis. Karaoke follows when the comedy finishes. Turn up, put your name down, get five minutes in front of a real room. No charge to perform or to watch.

It's upstairs in Midtown Hall, which is reached by stairs.

How late are you open?

The bar runs to 2 AM on Friday and Saturday, and 10 PM Tuesday to Thursday. The kitchen serves 5 to 8, with bar bites after.

Last entry is 1 AM — we don't let anyone in after that. But if you're already here, we don't close until 2. So the last hour is for the people who stayed, not for people arriving.

What's the minimum for a private event?

Twenty guests. Below that we don't book a room privately — but call 610-220-2367 anyway. We'll tell you what's on that night, hold you the right table or a corner of the lounge, and sort a cake if you need one. A birthday for eight is still a birthday.

Where do we park?

Free, and there's more of it than it looks. Our lot is behind the building — first right off Main Avenue — and it fills first on a weekend.

Then, all free and within three minutes on foot: Berwyn train station (140 spaces, both sides of the tracks, free after 5 PM and all weekend — the one with real capacity), and the Trinity Church lot at the top of the hill. There's additional parking behind the old Malvern Federal building too, though it's shared so it isn't always open. Plus street parking on Lancaster and Main.

Please don't park directly in front of the houses on Main Avenue — we share the block with neighbours, and that's what keeps the street parking available for everyone.

Honest advice for a Friday or Saturday: come before 7 and you'll get our lot, or take the train — Berwyn station is directly across Lancaster Avenue. Full detail with walking times.

Is there parking for a big private event?

Yes. Free lots and street parking within three minutes — between them there's room for a full building, which is how we host 500 people without a parking problem. For a big event we point guests at the station lot, which has the capacity.

Valet is available for large private events. Ask when you book and we'll arrange it, with signage and staff directing guests to the right lot. Valet doesn't run on ordinary nights.

Is there a birthday offer?

Yes. The birthday guest eats free, up to $40, with a table of four or more — and it's good for the five days either side of your birthday, so it doesn't have to be the day itself.

Food only, ID required. No cash value and no change given. It can't be combined with happy hour or any other discount, and it doesn't apply to private events. Birthday parties.

Where does happy hour apply?

At the main bar and in the lounge. Happy hour pricing doesn't run at dining tables or upstairs in Midtown Hall — take a seat at the bar or on a sofa in the lounge and you're set.

It can't be combined with any other discount, including the industry discount. Whichever saves you more is the one you get. Times and what's included.

Do you have an industry discount?

Yes. 10% off food, Tuesday through Thursday, for anyone working in hospitality — servers, bartenders, cooks, dish, hosts, baristas, managers, front or back of house, anywhere you work.

Show us a pay stub, a work shirt or an industry card. Bringing the whole shift? Call 610-220-2367 and we'll hold the front room. More here.

Do you have a kids menu?

Yes — four options, all $10, each served with a soft drink and your choice of fries or fruit. Guests under 21 are welcome for dinner service and at private events. See the kids menu.

Can I place a to-go order?

Yes, during dinner service, Tuesday through Saturday from 5 to 8 PM. Call 610-220-2367 to place it.

Do you serve food late?

Yes. The late‑night bar menu runs Friday and Saturday until midnight, after the kitchen closes at 8.

What do you have to drink?

A full bar — signature cocktails from $12 to $18, a rotating draft list that leans local, and a wine list covering reds, whites and sparkling. See the cocktail menu.

What is Midtown Hall?

Our second‑floor event venue, for 50 to 250 guests on its own, at its own address — 658A East Lancaster Avenue. Put that on invitations rather than 660. It has a professional sound system, a dance floor, stage lighting, and layouts that work for weddings, fundraisers, corporate events and large parties. More about the hall.

What spaces can I book for a private event?
  • The Lounge — 20 to 30 guests, first floor, from $250
  • First Floor Event Space — 80 to 100 guests
  • First Floor Buyout — up to 200 guests (event space and lounge together)
  • Midtown Hall — 50 to 250 guests, second floor, 658A E Lancaster Ave
  • Both Floors — up to 500 guests

Five options in total — three ways to book the first floor, the hall upstairs, or the whole building. Catering, staffing, rentals and coordination are available for all of them, seven days a week. See the spaces.

Do you cater offsite?

Yes. We handle full‑service off‑site catering, planning, staffing and rentals at homes, offices and other venues across the Main Line. The catering menu runs from passed hors d'oeuvres to plated filet mignon, with vegetarian and vegan options throughout. See the full catering menu.

Is there live entertainment?

Karaoke on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, open mic comedy every Thursday at 7:30, and DJ Mike every other Saturday. On Eagles away Sundays the doors open at 1 PM. Plus live music, guest DJs and ticketed shows through the year. Bigger shows go upstairs in Midtown Hall, which is reached by stairs. See what's on.

Is the venue wheelchair accessible?

The first floor is fully accessible — the lounge, the kitchen, the first floor event space and the restrooms.

Midtown Hall, the second-floor venue, is reached by stairs and is not wheelchair accessible. That includes comedy nights and any other show held upstairs.

Please tell us before you book a table, buy a ticket or plan an event, and we'll be straight with you about what will work. Plenty of events that were pencilled in for upstairs end up working better on the first floor anyway. Call 610-220-2367.

What's the best way to get home after a night out?

The train, for most of the evening. Berwyn station is directly across Lancaster Avenue on SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale line. Check the last train before you settle in — we're open later than SEPTA runs on Friday and Saturday.

After that, a ride. Ask any bartender and we'll call you a car. Rideshare pickup works best out front on Lancaster Avenue, or at the rear entrance from Main Avenue — the address is 660 East Lancaster Avenue, across from Berwyn station.

Leaving a car in our lot overnight is fine. Collect it the next day. More on getting home.

Are you near the Devon Horse Show?

Yes — we're a few minutes west of the show grounds on the same road, at 660 East Lancaster Avenue in Berwyn. Come out of Dorset Road, turn west on Lancaster, and you're here.

Parking is free, which after a day on Dorset Road is worth something. We're open Tuesday to Saturday through the show, with the kitchen serving 5 to 8 and the bar menu carrying on after.

Barn parties, owner dinners and sponsor entertaining book early for the last week of May. More for horse show visitors.

Are you the band? Or the place in Atlanta?

Neither. We're a gastropub, lounge and event venue at 660 East Lancaster Avenue in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, on the Philadelphia Main Line. Family-owned, independent, no other locations.

There's a band called Midtown Social out of Atlanta, and a few venues around the country with similar names. No connection to any of them. If you've found us looking for something else — sorry, but you're welcome to stay for a drink.

We were 30 Main from 2012 until 2023. Same family, same building, same corner.

Is the mural on Main Avenue yours?

It's on the side of our building, yes — though it belongs to Berwyn now. It celebrates music, dancing and community life, and it was created in memory of my father, who served ten years as president of the Berwyn business association. It came about with Stacy Ballard and EADEH. The whole story is here.

It's free, it's outdoors, and people photograph it constantly. Tag @midtownsocialpa if you do.

Where do I park?
  • Private lot behind the building, entered from Main Avenue
  • Street parking on Lancaster Avenue, Main Avenue, and nearby side streets
  • Public lots a short walk away

During larger events we put out signage and staff to direct guests. You can also take the train — we're directly across from Berwyn station.

Can guests under 21 come in?

Yes — guests under 21 are welcome with a parent or guardian until 10 PM. After 10 PM we're 21 and over, and we check ID at the door.

Private events are the exception: under‑21 guests are welcome at those at any hour, which is why we host so many sweet sixteens, mitzvahs and graduation parties.

How do I book an event?

Send us the date and guest count through the event request form, or call 610-220-2367. Most inquiries hear back within one business day.