The Artful Dodger was a character in the Charles Dickens classic, “Oliver Twist”, a work that has been performed live in theatres large and small as well as on the big screen where it won an Academy Award in 1967. Artful Dodger is situated in Philadelphia’s oldest neighborhood, Society Hill, at Head House Square. Society Hill is located on the southerly portion of William Penn’s original settlement and was named for a tract given to the Free Society of Traders in 1685. In 1745, a “New Market” was established on this block to serve the growing communities in Society Hill and Southwark.

The Artful Dodger Pub & Restaurant in Old City Philadelphia is the perfect neighborhood bar to meet friends for fine food, local ales, and a friendly atmosphere. The Artful Dodger is a full-service restaurant & pub serving lunch, dinner, brunch and late-night fare located on Historic Headhouse Square. The welcoming atmosphere mixed with your local flavor creates a neighborhood English pub hangout everyone can agree on. The traditional English fare, the vast line up of frosty draughts, and sports on the many plasma TVs, all makes the Artful Dodger the best English Pub in Philadelphia.