Price$
NeighbourhoodSouth Street
Hours{'monday': '16:00-23:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-23:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-23:00', 'thursday': '16:00-23:00', 'friday': '12:00-02:00', 'saturday': '12:00-02:00', 'sunday': '12:00-23:00'}

Tip: Open until 02:00 Friday and Saturday, 23:00 weeknights. Upstairs has the pool table and the bumper cars converted to booths.

Location

Address: 530 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147

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Bob & Barbara's Lounge ★ 4.5

$Graduate Hospital / Point Breeze{'monday': '15:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '15:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '15:00-02:00', 'thursday': '15:00-02:00', 'friday': '15:00-02:00', 'saturday': '13:00-02:00', 'sunday': '13:00-02:00'}

Bob & Barbara's on South Street West in Philadelphia is the long-running Pabst-and-shot lounge with Thursday drag and a Friday jazz set, plus a wall of Pabst Blue Ribbon signs.

Tip: Citywide special, a shot of Jim Beam and a Pabst for around $4, runs every hour. Thursday drag, Friday jazz, Saturday DJs.

1509 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146

Oscar's Tavern ★ 4.3

$Center City{'monday': '11:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '11:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '11:00-02:00', 'thursday': '11:00-02:00', 'friday': '11:00-02:00', 'saturday': '11:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}

Oscar's Tavern on Sansom Street in Philadelphia is the cash-only Center City dive, with a long bar of regulars, a sturdy cheeseburger and a 90 percent whiskey Manhattan.

Tip: Cash only, Monday through Saturday 11:00 to 02:00. Order the Manhattan, sit at the bar, do not ask for a menu twice.

1524 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Locust Bar ★ 4.2

$Center City{'monday': '11:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '11:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '11:00-02:00', 'thursday': '11:00-02:00', 'friday': '11:00-02:00', 'saturday': '11:00-02:00', 'sunday': '11:00-02:00'}

Locust Bar at 10th and Locust in Philadelphia is the corner neighborhood dive on the Gayborhood edge, with a beloved kitchen of cheap chicken wings and a back jukebox.

Tip: Open 11:00 to 02:00 every day. Order the wings, sit at the bar, the back booths fill late on weekends.

235 South 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

Khyber Pass Pub ★ 4.3

$Old City{'monday': '11:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '11:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '11:00-02:00', 'thursday': '11:00-02:00', 'friday': '11:00-02:00', 'saturday': '10:00-02:00', 'sunday': '10:00-02:00'}

Khyber Pass Pub on 2nd Street in Old City Philadelphia runs Cajun food, cheap beer and live music until 02:00, with a long bar of taps and a back stage corner.

Tip: Open 11:00 to 02:00, weekends from 10:00. Order the Khyber gumbo or the shrimp po boy, then settle in for the late set.

56 South 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

NOTO Philadelphia ★ 4.1

$$$Center City{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': 'closed', 'thursday': '22:00-02:00', 'friday': '22:00-02:00', 'saturday': '22:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}

NOTO on Vine Street in Philadelphia is the Center City megaclub with LED walls, HD screens and a top-tier touring DJ booking on the city's biggest dance floor.

Tip: Doors 22:00, Thursday through Saturday. Buy advance tickets for marquee weekend sets; door discretion enforces upscale casual after midnight.

1209 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

The Dolphin Tavern ★ 4.2

$South Philadelphia{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '21:00-02:00', 'thursday': '21:00-02:00', 'friday': '21:00-02:00', 'saturday': '21:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}

The Dolphin Tavern on South Broad is the former Navy Yard go-go bar turned dance room in Philadelphia, with rotating DJs, $1 well drinks at the 22:00 happy hour.

Tip: Friday Danceteria mixes Hall and Oates into house; Saturday Club Congress runs disco heavy. Open 21:00 to 02:00, Wednesday through Saturday only.

1539 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147

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