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NeighbourhoodChinatown
Hours{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': 'closed', 'thursday': '17:00-22:00', 'friday': '17:00-00:00', 'saturday': '17:00-00:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}

Tip: Open Thursday through Saturday from 17:00. Cash only; no shorts, sneakers, hats, phones or photos. Reservations via Instagram DM.

Location

Address: 1029 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Ranstead Room ★ 4.5

$$$Center City{'monday': '19:00-00:00', 'tuesday': '19:00-00:00', 'wednesday': '19:00-00:00', 'thursday': '19:00-02:00', 'friday': '19:00-02:00', 'saturday': '19:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}

Ranstead Room on a Center City alley behind El Rey is the unmarked Philadelphia basement cocktail bar, walk-in only with a tight room and an interesting list.

Tip: Walk-in only, no reservations. Open 19:00 to midnight Monday through Wednesday; pushes to 02:00 Thursday through Saturday.

2013 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103

48 Record Bar ★ 4.5

$$$Old City{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': '17:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-02:00', 'thursday': '17:00-02:00', 'friday': '17:00-02:00', 'saturday': '16:00-02:00', 'sunday': '17:00-02:00'}

48 Record Bar above Sassafras in Old City Philadelphia is the 35-seat jazz kissa style listening room and cocktail lounge with an audiophile vinyl rig and live tiny-desk sets.

Tip: Enter through Sassafras downstairs, take the back stairwell up. No reservations; the Sunday morning deep-listening sessions open at 10:00.

48 South 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Woody's ★ 4.4

$$Center City{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '17:00-02:00', 'thursday': '17:00-02:00', 'friday': '17:00-02:00', 'saturday': '17:00-02:00', 'sunday': '17:00-02:00'}

Woody's on 13th and Walnut in the Gayborhood is the multi-level Philadelphia gay bar and dance club, with a pool room, a piano bar and a Friday and Saturday dance floor.

Tip: Open Wednesday through Sunday 17:00 to 02:00. The pool tables stay quiet early; the dance floor upstairs fills after 22:00.

202 South 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

254 ★ 4.0

$$Center City{'monday': '16:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-02:00', 'thursday': '16:00-02:00', 'friday': '16:00-02:00', 'saturday': '14:00-02:00', 'sunday': '12:00-02:00'}

254 on South 12th in the Gayborhood is the rebranded Tabu space in Philadelphia, three floors of gay sports bar downstairs, dance club upstairs and roof deck cabaret.

Tip: The drag-show calendar runs most weekends; the rooftop opens year-round. Downstairs sports bar is the casual walk-in.

254 South 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

Tavern on Camac ★ 4.5

$$Center City{'monday': '16:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-02:00', 'thursday': '16:00-02:00', 'friday': '16:00-02:00', 'saturday': '16:00-02:00', 'sunday': '16:00-02:00'}

Tavern on Camac on the narrow Camac Street block in Philadelphia's Gayborhood holds a tavern, a piano bar with live entertainment nightly and the Ascend club on top.

Tip: Piano bar runs nightly 16:00 to 02:00; Ascend club upstairs is 21:00 to 02:00 Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday for showtunes.

243 South Camac Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

The Bike Stop ★ 4.3

$Center City{'monday': '16:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-02:00', 'thursday': '16:00-02:00', 'friday': '16:00-02:00', 'saturday': '16:00-02:00', 'sunday': '16:00-02:00'}

The Bike Stop on Quince Street is the Philadelphia leather and bear bar since 1982, four floors of themed nights tucked on a quiet alley off Walnut in the Gayborhood.

Tip: Underwear night Wednesday; the Pit basement runs the late-night cruise. Dress codes vary by floor and night.

206 South Quince Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

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