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Prominent Potential Buyers Line Up for McGlinchey’s

Okay, to be frank, we are not entirely sure what the hell is going on at this point with McGlinchey’s, the legendary and legendarily smoky […]

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McGlinchey’s Employees Say the Bar Is Closing Forever (Updated)

Update: As of August 21st, some prominent potential buyers have lined up for McGlinchey’s. You can click on this link to read the full story. […]

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Bad Bar People #2: The Lousy Tipper

Last week, we introduced you to our new series Bad Bar People by investigating the scourge known as The Jukebox Violator. This week, in honor […]

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UPenn Jerks Tip 40 Cents at McGlinchey’s (After Brandishing Two $100 Bills)

Jo-Ann Rogan was bartending at Philadelphia dive bar McGlinchey’s on Thursday night, as she has many times over the course of her 21 years there. […]

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Drastic New Pennsylvania Smoking Ban Proposed

  Those of you who still like to smoke cigarettes in dives like McGlinchey’s and Locust Bar or light up cigars on the deck or […]

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The History of McGlinchey’s

Hidden City Philadelphia tells the history of McGlinchey’s. Did you know the duck mural is actually an old billboard for an ARCO gas station? It’s […]

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Best of Philly: McGlinchey’s, the Best Dive of Them All

Classic Best of Philly: The Eternal Draw of McGlinchey’s I remember the first time I went to McGlinchey’s, the notoriously divey (and smoky) dive bar […]

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Tonight: Visit the Library

Dive bar expert Brian McManus, author of Philadelphia’s Best Dive Bars – Drinking and Diving in the City of Brotherly Love will be appearing at […]

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Bloomsday Boozin

Minor holidays in America go one of two ways, they become a reason to have appliance sales or a reason to party it up. It […]

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Yards On The Bar At McGlinchey’s

One Friday each month McGlinchey’s taps a keg of Yards right on the bar and offers cheap pints and the occasional giveaway. The next of […]