Second Street-the Heart of Downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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A (very, very) basic need guide to nightlife on Second Street in Harrisburg. Well, at least the places my beer addled brain can recall!

Harrisburg Nightlife

The Quarter

101 N Second St Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: Yes
EAT:Yes (Frog Legs!)
PLAY: Yes
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: Yes
DRESS: Some levels

(Four levels of entertainment!)

Mars Lounge

400 N 2nd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: No
EAT: No
PLAY: No
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: No

COVER: No
EAT: No
PLAY: No
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: No

Ceoltas Irish Pub

310 N 2nd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: No
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: Yes
DRESS: Sometimes

(Genuine, from Ireland Irish bartenders!)

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: No
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: Yes
DRESS: Sometimes

(Genuine, from Ireland Irish bartenders!)

Eclipse/Hardware Bar

236 N Second St Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: Always
EAT: No
PLAY: Yes
DANCE: Yes (Especially the bump and grind kind.)
LIVE MUSIC: Yes
DRESS: Yes (cool guy/skanky)

(If you don’t like to be touched, annoyed, spilled drink upon-AVOID! AVOID! AVOID!)

Dragonfly Club

234 N 2nd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: Always
EAT: No
PLAY: No
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: Yes (I totally saw Trick Daddy here. Yes. Me.)
DRESS: Yes. (Apple Bottom Jeans and boots with the fur.)

(Spy Club in the back!)

COVER: Always
EAT: No
PLAY: No
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: Yes (I totally saw Trick Daddy here. Yes. Me.)
DRESS: Yes. (Apple Bottom Jeans and boots with the fur.)

(Spy Club in the back!)

COVER: No
EAT: YES!
PLAY: No
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: Yes (Karaoke counts, right?)
DRESS: No

COVER: No
EAT: YES!
PLAY: No
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: Yes (Karaoke counts, right?)
DRESS: No

Tom Sawyer Diner

210 N 2nd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: Sometimes
EAT: Yes
PLAY: Yes (Foosball, if I remember correctly!)
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: Yes
DRESS: No

(It’s the place with the big chicken on the roof!)

COVER: Sometimes
EAT: Yes
PLAY: Yes (Foosball, if I remember correctly!)
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: Yes
DRESS: No

(It’s the place with the big chicken on the roof!)

Zia's at Red Door

110 North Second Street Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: No
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: Yes

Prive

20 N 2nd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: No
EAT: No
PLAY: No
DANCE: Yes (I <3 VDJ Caraby!)
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: Yes

COVER: No
EAT: No
PLAY: No
DANCE: Yes (I <3 VDJ Caraby!)
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: Yes

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: Yes
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: Yes
DRESS: No

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: Yes
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: Yes
DRESS: No

 

Sam Bucca's Pizza Pub

17 N Second St Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: Yes
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: No

Molly Brannigans & The Pep Grill

Bars

Molly Branngans

31 N 2nd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: No
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: Yes
DRESS: No

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: No
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: Yes
DRESS: No

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: Yes (Beer Pong!)
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: No

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: Yes (Beer Pong!)
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: No

Pep Grill

209 Walnut St, Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: Yes
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: No

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: Yes
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: No

Scott's Grille

212 Locust Street Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: No
DANCE: No (Unless you white girl shuffle to the band.)
LIVE MUSIC: Yes
DRESS: No

Carley's

204 Locust St, Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: ?
EAT: Yes
PLAY: No
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: Yes (Piano Bar!)
DRESS: No

COVER: ?
EAT: Yes
PLAY: No
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: Yes (Piano Bar!)
DRESS: No

McGrath's Pub

202 Locust St, Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: Yes (Video Games!!!)
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: No

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: Yes (Video Games!!!)
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: No

Spice Restaurant

201 N 2nd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: No
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: No (Well. For men a striped button down shirt is almost a requirement.)

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: No
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: No (Well. For men a striped button down shirt is almost a requirement.)

Cafe Fresco

215 N 2nd St Fl 1, Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: No
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: Yes

(White Wine Sangria! Yum!)

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: No
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: Yes

(White Wine Sangria! Yum!)

Level 2

215 N 2nd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: No
EAT: No
PLAY: No
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: YES. ABSOLUTELY.

(Special room for you smokers…you don’t have to go outside!)

COVER: No
EAT: No
PLAY: No
DANCE: Yes
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: YES. ABSOLUTELY.

(Special room for you smokers…you don’t have to go outside!)

Stocks On Second St

211 N 2nd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: NO
EAT: Yes
PLAY: No
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: Yes

COVER: NO
EAT: Yes
PLAY: No
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: Yes

Cragin's Brick Haus

229 N 2nd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: Yes
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: No

(Great cheeseburgers for $5.00!)

COVER: No
EAT: Yes
PLAY: Yes
DANCE: No
LIVE MUSIC: No
DRESS: No

(Great cheeseburgers for $5.00!)

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Discussions

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This is a pretty good guide for anyone that would want to know where to go to drink in Harrisburg, let me rephrase that, IF anyone wanted to know where to go to drink in Harrisburg. :) You should add the type of crowd that goes to the bars. That is something I would want to know from a bar guide. You don’t want a gay guy showing up at the hardware bar because of its name, or a punk rocker going to Mars, even if it used to be Smalls. Great Guide.

About The Author

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Camp Hill
I like bunnies, tucking my jeans inside of my boots, being in warm places, Shooter Jennings, Coca-Cola, photos taken in photo booths, boys who are made of 'snakes and snails and puppy dog tails', and recycling paper.