PHOTOS: Poppy's Tavern celebrates grand opening with packed rooms and outdoor bar area

Poppy’s Tavern was packed with new and old clientele Friday, as the Hatfield Borough bar, restaurant and event space held a grand opening at its East Lincoln Avenue location.

Owners Jessica and Shane Dawson, of Franconia Township, took ownership of the bar earlier this year.

Poppy’s Tavern also brings a new menu, with an Asian flair, but the usual burgers and cheesesteaks, and an updated, modernized beer selection – like Free Will Brewing, Fiddlehead Brewing, Dogfish Head Brewery, and Konig Ludwig. The tavern will have 18 rotating taps inside and six taps outside on its full pet-friendly outside bar. Takeout beer is also available.

The property itself was once the Hatfield Hotel. It became Butera’s Restaurant in 1972 and continued to be a popular eatery and car wash for two decades. The Butera family sold it to DAW Hatfield Inc., owned by Warminster’s Debbie’s Place owners Deborah and William Feichthaler, for $470,000 in October 2000, per land records, who then opened DeBill’s.

Poppy’s is open Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to midnight, and Sunday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Visit them on Facebook and contact them at 215-393-8540.

Check out photos from the Friday night event below.

    By James Short