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<p>EXETER &#8212; The best beer stop in a state known for churning out the product isn&#8217;t in mammoth metro cities like Philadelphia or Pittsburgh, but in Exeter, according to a recent take by Men&#8217;s Journal.</p><p>The monthly men&#8217;s lifestyle magazine this week <a href="http://www.mensjournal.com/food-drink/collections/the-50-best-beer-stores-in-america-w432370" target="_blank">named Sabatini&#8217;s Bottleshop &amp; Bar among the 50 best beer stores in America</a>, saying the local shop is &#8220;at the front of the pack&#8221; in tasting room-style stores. The article chose the best beer store in each state.</p><p>In naming their choice, the New York-based magazine considered &#8220;any store with a healthy stock and reputation for championing craft beer,&#8221; the article says. &#8220;Then, we looked at selection, service, events, outreach, and even how beer is stored.&#8221;</p><p>Sabatini&#8217;s met the criteria, said Men&#8217;s Journal writer Matt Allyn.</p><p>Allyn, who penned the article, said he reached out to hop-heads in the craft beer industry for their input on picking a shop in the state, but the former Pennsylvania resident drew mostly off personal experience.</p><p>&#8220;I lived in PA for about seven years and was a beer writer the whole time,&#8221; Allyn said Wednesday in an email.</p><p>&#8220;Sabatini&#8217;s beer selection is phenomenal, but it&#8217;s also a very comfortable environment and the staff does a great job helping customers navigate the beers,&#8221; he said of the choice. &#8220;At the end of the day, if I could pick one Pennsylvania beer shop to transplant in my neighborhood, it&#8217;d be Sabatini&#8217;s.&#8221;</p><p>Owner Lindo Sabatini, whose longtime family-owned pizzeria neighbors the bottle shop on Wyoming Avenue, said he was surprised to learn the magazine tabbed the bottle shop as best in the state.</p><p>&#8220;We weren&#8217;t expecting it because we aren&#8217;t in a big city, we&#8217;re in Exeter,&#8221; Sabatini said Wednesday. &#8220;We weren&#8217;t expecting people to find it here, but we&#8217;ve always known it&#8217;s one of the biggest selections in the country.&#8221;</p><p>The bottle shop, which celebrated its one-year anniversary June 8, offers 23 taps. Cheese plates and pizza are available to pair with a draft or one of the other nearly 2,500 canned or bottled beers in the shop.</p><p>Sabatini said the congratulations have been pouring in since the article appeared online Tuesday.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s definitely is amazing to see we&#8217;re starting to be known on a national level,&#8221; he said.</p><p> Sabatini said beer lovers come from all over the Mid-Atlantic region seeking hard-to-find products.</p><p>Some come from Philadelphia or Harrisburg, others trek from New York or New Jersey, he said. He believes the farthest traveler hailed from Buffalo.</p><p>Sabatini said it&#8217;s too soon to tell whether the article will bring even more bodies through the doors.</p><p>&#8220;It won&#8217;t hurt business,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That&#8217;s for sure.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">The bottle shop specializes in both domestic and imported beer, available both on draft and in bottles. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_sabatini02-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>The bottle shop specializes in both domestic and imported beer, available both on draft and in bottles. </caption0><photoCredit0>Pete G. Wilcox | Times Leader file </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_sabatini01-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Pizza shop and bottle bar owner Lindo Sabatini draws a beer from a tap at Sabatini&#8217;s Bottle Shop &amp; Bar in Exeter. The site was recently named the best beer stop in the state by Men&#8217;s Journal. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_sabatini01-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Pizza shop and bottle bar owner Lindo Sabatini draws a beer from a tap at Sabatini&#8217;s Bottle Shop &amp; Bar in Exeter. The site was recently named the best beer stop in the state by Men&#8217;s Journal. </caption1><photoCredit1>Pete G. Wilcox | Times Leader file </photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Joe Dolinsky</p><p>jdolinsky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Joe Dolinsky at 570-991-6110 or on Twitter @JoeDolinskyTL.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Men’s Journal dubs Sabatini’s Bottleshop & Bar in Exeter state’s top beer stop