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1415 Locust St (btwn Broad St & 15th St), Philadelphia, PA
Dive Bar · Avenue of the Arts South · 40 tips and reviews
Philadelphia Magazine: Some places, you go for the cocktails or the beer. Some places, you go for the service or the vibe, or to be with the cocktail waitress you secretly love. The ’Vous? We go because it’s cheap.
224 S 15th St (btwn Walnut & Locust Sts), Philadelphia, PA
Bar · Avenue of the Arts South · 169 tips and reviews
Philadelphia Magazine: It’s mostly a hipster gathering place these days, but the beers are still great, the menu is killer, and if you time it just right, you can have the entire third floor to yourself.
1522 Latimer St (btwn 15th & 16th St), Philadelphia, PA
Speakeasy · Rittenhouse Square · 26 tips and reviews
Philadelphia Magazine: A quasi-private club and notorious late-night hang for reporters, restaurant crews and working media professionals? Well, we know where we’ll be spending our nights from now on
Cocktail Bar · Center City West · 5 tips and reviews
Philadelphia Magazine: A good bar in the former Bar Lyonnaise space below Le Bec-Fin. Seems Georges Perrier’s attempt at attracting a younger demographic is working, with its swanky take on non-Prohibition-era cocktailing.
112 S 18th St (btwn Chestnut & Sansom St), Philadelphia, PA
Cocktail Bar · Center City West · 141 tips and reviews
HomeSpeakeasy: There isn't much to say about the Franklin that hasn't already been said. The drinks are phenomenal, and the menu changes every season, so make sure to stop in regularly to keep up!
1113 Walnut St (btwn 11th St & 12th St), Philadelphia, PA
Gastropub · Center City East · 68 tips and reviews
HomeSpeakeasy: The rustic decor and occasional ragtime piano player go great with Phoebe Esmon's cocktail creations at Farmers' Cabinet. They've even got two bars: beer to the left, cocktails to the right!