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dive bars

Here are your City's Best winners.
We nominated a short list and you picked the winners. Congratulations to the winners and in this case, it really is an honor to be nominated. Be sure to eat and drink responsibly.

Dive Bars Winner
Ray's Happy Birthday Bar
Location: Philadelphia
How do you spell shot-and-beer joint? R-A-Y-S. This weathered looking taproom on the corner of Passyunk Avenue and Federal Street might be more aut...
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Locust Bar
Location: Philadelphia
The Locust Bar may never be clean. It may never get a paint job. But the Locust Bar will always be no-nonsense and cheap. And so it will always be ...
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Tattooed Mom
Location: Philadelphia
If you've never been to South Street institution Tattooed Mom's, dont fear the crowd of regulars that flocks to this artsy boite -- they may look i...
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Dirty Frank's Bar
Location: Philadelphia
An armpit of a bar, Dirty Frank's has been the favorite of the strung-out and underemployed for generations. Books, hubcaps, photos and beer signs ...
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Mc Glinchey's Bar & Grill
Location: Philadelphia
McGlinchey's boasts some of the most famously taciturn bartenders in the city. In truth, they're a stubbornly resentful lot but somehow they come o...
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Bob & Barbara's
Location: Philadelphia
A juke joint of urban sleaze, Bob and Barbara's continues to draw patrons with its cheap drinks and oddball events. Folding chairs, shadowy corners...
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Doobie's
Location: Philadelphia
It's small. It's smoky. It's practically windowless. But Doobie's is also one of the city's best neighborhood bars. There's a small but select beer...
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12 Steps Down
Location: Philadelphia
Despite its name, which would suggest either an angry retort to the Alcoholics Anonymous methodology, or a somewhat disconcerting evocation of Dant...
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J & J Trestle Inn
Location: Philadelphia
J & J is a hard-core, ultimate dive, and a Philly institution. It's got a loyal clientele, games on TV, and strippers. Beer is cheap, and there...
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Ministry of Information
Location: Philadelphia
With a name like the Ministry of Information, you might expect a poorly lit, ultra-hip club with loud house music, populated by Philadelphia's vers...
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