Price$$
NeighbourhoodKensington / Olde Kensington
Hours{'monday': '17:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '17:00-02:00', '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'}

Tip: Weekend DJs spin from the booth alcove; weeknights are the calmer drink crowd. Cash and card both fine; walk-in only.

Location

Address: 1624 North Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122

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Dirty Frank's ★ 4.4

$Center City{'monday': '16:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '13:00-02:00', 'thursday': '13:00-02:00', 'friday': '13:00-02:00', 'saturday': '13:00-02:00', 'sunday': '13:00-02:00'}

Dirty Frank's at 13th and Pine in Philadelphia is the cash-only horseshoe-bar dive since 1933, a thicket of signs, the Customer Hall of Fame and the cheapest pour in Center City.

Tip: Cash only, opens 13:00 Wednesday through Saturday, 16:00 Monday and Tuesday. Bar raised the minimum age to 25 in 2024.

347 South 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

Tattooed Mom ★ 4.5

$South Street{'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'}

Tattooed Mom on South Street in Philadelphia is the two-floor dive, sticker-walled bar and vegan-friendly kitchen since 1997, with the city's only graffiti gallery upstairs.

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

530 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147

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

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