Philadelphia's Best Happy Hour 2008

Located in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood; serves Sunday brunch and has beers and specialty cocktails.

Reviews:

• “Good beer selection and okay bar food.”
• “cool owners, soul music, nice prices, superb beer selection, tasty specials”
• “Great Place in Grad!”
• “great burgers and service”

Tips: Happy hour is Tue-Fri 5pm-7pm.

The Sidecar Bar & Grille
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Real fans of rock and roll and drinking have spent more than a few nights in this Old City institution.

Reviews:

• “Best place to be on a Sunday night!”
• “I wish they didnt get bands i liked cause I hate this place”
• “Cool venue, rude bartenders”
• “What an experience!”
• “Rock Perfection.”

Tips: The bar is always stocked with a rotating selection of excellent international, national and local brews (more than 100).

Khyber

Cozy corner bistro-bar easygoing enough for drinks but serious about comfort food.

Reviews:

• “Great place to Hang out with Friends "
• “Great wings! Fun atmosphere!”
• “never fails us.”
• “Soggy sandwiches, poor service”
• “Great beer selction, good eats and happening place for Eagles fans!”

Tips: A neighborhood favorite for big Bloody Marys, on Sunday from 11am to 3:30pm.

N 3rd
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A solid neighborhood bar with something for everyone.

Reviews:

• “gastro-pub fare (tasty), rude staff”
• “Not so Nice”
• “Great neighborhood bar”
• “Great Beer, Great Service”
• “More than just a tavern”

Grace Tavern

Escape from the trendy scene of the Avenue of the Arts with cheap pints and a go at the Ms. Pac-Man table.

Reviews:

• “Great for what it is…”
• “Never Have Been Treated So Rudely "
• “Maybe just not my scene”
• “Stinks.”
• “Home plate”

Tips: Want to escape the cloud of smoke? The upstairs Tops Bar features clearer air and a pool table.

McGlinchey’s Bar and Grill

Come for the show, stay for a burger and beer, and maybe even bring home a souvenir tee shirt or poster.

Reviews:

• “Great venue, bad staff”
• “Great Music!”
• “Best Venue in town…Worst Food”
• “The Friday Happy Hour is pretty good”
• “must avoid!! "

Tips: Bring your laptop and log on free.

World Cafe Live

Cozy, cheap neighborhood bar with good burgers and a great jukebox.

Reviews:

• “Best Friendly Bar”
• “chill low key bar with good food served extra late”
• “This place has great food and character”

Tips: Regulars are a tight-knit bunch—don’t be put off by a cold shoulder or two.

Doobies

Bella Vista’s slacker-chic neighborhood pub with real good eats.

Reviews:

• “Royal Tavern Rocks Out the Food Service & Girls”
• “BEST Burger EVER”
• “Great food, friendly staff, best prices in town!”
• “WHAT HAS HAPPENED?!?”
• “yummy veg options”

Tips: So far, the bar serves Victory, Yuengling, Yards and Beamish for $4 a pint, plus a bargain $2 for a PBR.

Royal Tavern

Great beers, good fare, speakeasy ambience and a slim bill all add up to a pleasant brewpub.

Reviews:

• “nice beer”
• “x”
• “Worst Service in the City”
• “Monkey Knife Fight”
• “Right on Target”

Tips: Monday-Friday from 5pm-7pm, pay $1 less for draft beers and get some free wings and crudites while they last.

Nodding Head Brewery and Restaurant

Think globally, eat locally: Proof that a socially conscious organic meal can satisfy on many levels.

Reviews:

• “Overrated and overstated”
• “Food was awful. Very very overpriced. Service was the worst”
• “Cute place”
• “NACHOS GRANDE!”
• “good food, too many rules”

Tips: Sign up for the restaurant’s mailing list and you won’t forget to make reservations for New Year’s Day Pajama Brunch, dinners with Kevin upstairs at Judy’s, social conscience-raising trips and block parties on Bastille Day and Cinco de Mayo.

White Dog Cafe

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