2 Best Bars in Brandywine Valley, Pennsylvania

It's very Kennett Square: a site that was once the Eastern Condensed Milk Company now operates as a year-round community gathering space, with casually rustic indoor and outdoor spaces including a beer garden. The beer list for indoors or outside sipping is long and interesting, and flatbreads and handhelds are typical of the hearty fare. Live music of all kinds is a highlight, and various events keep things hopping. Kids are welcome until 10 pm. There's an ice cream truck on weekends, when the Creamery opens midday.  

Based in Nottingham, 20 miles southwest of Kennett Square, this well-regarded winery now has a cozy but elegant in-town tasting room (with a bar, shelves, and tables created from fallen trees from its farm) for tastings, sipping a glass, or buying bottles. Carefully crafted cocktails complete the offerings. The tasting room has some daytime hours, but the atmosphere at night is mellow; occasionally, there's live music on weekends.