(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

“I hope the people realize how blessed we are in Beaver County.”

The reason for being “blessed”, as Scott Tady puts it, is the ever-expanding number of restaurants that feature outdoor dining in Beaver County. The entertainment editor of the Beaver County Times (and co-host of Notes On Entertainment with Eddy Crow) joined Matt Drzik on the July 18 edition of A.M. Beaver County to break down the best traditional places, new places, and unorthodox methods when it comes to embracing outdoor dining in Beaver County–and the surrounding area as well.

Tady acknowledges that the expansion into outdoor dining became a necessity in response to the pandemic, but has caught on regardless of economic circumstances. There are a variety of outdoor styles–picnic, patio, even beach setting–but all of them have managed to add to the atmosphere to each facility, whether it’s been done for decades or just the last couple of years.

“I tell my friends in Pittsburgh,” Tady said, “that we have something in Beaver County that you do not have–side-by-side-by-side riverwalk restaurants.” Tady refers to the outdoor patio areas located in Bridgewater along Riverside Drive, but has also described places far away from scenery such as the Wooden Angel in Beaver and El Paso in Monaca as places that have taken to outdoor dining to “feel relaxed, want it to be casual, and have a nice view…tables not too crowded,” as Scott puts it.

Which places are Scott’s favorite to visit in Beaver County? Click on the play button below to find out.