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You don't have to swing a leprechaun very far to find an Irish pub in Philadelphia. I spent many a lunch and happy hour in the following establishments in my party days. Most of the buildings are over a century old, and just entering them transports you back to the rich history and Irish culture of the City. So let me introduce you to six of the most popular Irish bars in the grand City of Philadelphia.

McGILLIN'S OLDE ALE HOUSE

Location: Heart of Center City, 1390 Drury Street (between Chestnut and Sansom Streets, and 13th Street and Juniper Street)

Phone: 215-735-5562

Website: www.mcgillins.com. Visit this link for their full menu, a listing of their special events, and the full history of this historic alehouse

Hours: Monday through Saturday: 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Sundays: 11 a.m. to midnight (kitchen open until 10 p.m.)

What can you say about McGillin's Olde Ale House? Too much to fit in one review! McGillin's is simply Philadelphia's go-to place. Whether you're a City Hall worker or on jury duty, a lawyer or a secretary, a student or a karaoke junkie, a shopper or a couple looking for a place to stare into each other's eyes, McGillin's is the place.

McGillin's Olde Ale House is the oldest bar in Philadelphia, opened in 1860 by William McGillin as “The Bell in Hand” inside a small rowhouse that eventually expanded to the neighboring oyster house. Good food priced reasonably, camaraderie, and the best selection of beers on tap is offered in a brick, wood and stone building with exposed beams and you can just smell the history. Pictures of celebrities and antique newsclips grace the walls. In one such newsclip, it is reported that Ma McGillin flagged her own father. In 1958, William McGillin's daughter Mercedes sold the tavern to bartender brothers Henry Spaniak and Joe Shepaniak, and Henry's daughter Mary Ellen and her husband Chris Mullins have run the restaurant since 1993. Located on one of Philadelphia's tiniest side streets, more like an alley, it even has its own theme song.

McGillin's lunch and dinner menus consist of an olio of seafood, beef, chicken and pork entrees, ranging in price between $5.99 and $12.99. Their house specialty is an aged 10-ounce chargrilled Rib Eye au jus, with potato, veggies and homemade garlic bread, all for $12.99. Other favorites are their Mussels McGillin (6.99-$8.49) and their Steak and Cake, a chargrilled sirloin and crabcake combination, at $9.99. Their sandwich menu offers the R.B. McGillin (roast beef with Ma McGillin's special secret rub), Cheesesteaks, Reubens, crab cake, tuna melts and hot turkey, ranging in price between $5.99 and $6.50. All lunches include a free bowl of self-served soup from their kettle.

They have an extensive barfood menu, including shrimp, wings, poppers and fries and their pitchers of beer are only $5. There is always something going on in Philadelphia, and McGillin's always fetes those events. Mardi Gras, Valentine's Day, the odd Friday the 13th, and the Philadelphia Flower Show are all memorialized when McGillin's creates appropriately named cocktails for these events.

And St. Patty's Day is not only celebrated, they hold a countdown to it! On February 27 and 28, “St. Practice Daze” features live Irish music, and the “good stuff,” Seamus Irish Red Ale & O'Reilly's Irish Stout from Sly Fox Brewery in Phoenixville is rolled out, traditional Irish dishes are featured and, if you look quickly, you may spot a Chocolate Leprechaun. St. Patrick's Day parade-goers are invited to cozy up to the fire on Sunday, March 15. On March 17th, St. Patrick's Day proper, no one complains about the $2 cover charge as McGillin's is the ONLY place to be!

MORIARTY'S RESTAURANT AND IRISH PUB

Location: Heart of Center City, 1116 Walnut Street

Phone: 215-627-7676

Hours: 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., daily

Information Website: http://www.moriartyspub.com/

History Website: http://karinandscott.com/Moriartys/History.html.

Moriarty's is next door to the Forest Theater, and two blocks from the Walnut Street Theater, and so naturally draws the theater crowd. It also draws Center City Workers from all walks, shoppers, students and tourists, and there is nearly always someone dressed in scrubs from the nearby Jefferson University Hospital.

Moriarty's Restaurant is located in a building built in 1830. Three original fireplaces are still in use on the second and third floor banquet rooms. It opened as a bar in 1927 when the Forest Theater was built, and the couple who presently own the bar met there in 1979. Vintage and historic memorabilia, rare prints, historic photos and antique water pitchers suffuse the place with atmosphere. Two Irish craftsmen created the sixty-five foot mahogany bar on the first floor, and an imported antique bar graces the second floor.

Moriarty's offers pub fare as well as international cuisine, including Irish and American and signature “South of Ireland” Mexican dishes, incorporated into the menu when an Irish-Mexican cook, coincidentally named Moriarty, came to work there. Shepherd's Pie, Chicken Parmigiana, Whiskey Salmon, and Baltimore Style Crab Cakes are a few of their entrees, and they offer daily specials. Their prices are described as medium range. During Happy Hour you can get a 22.oz. draft for $3, three Belgian drafts for $5.

THE IRISH PUB

Location: Heart of Center City, 1123 Walnut St., Philadelphia

Phone: (215) 925-3311

Hours: 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., daily

Website: http://www.irishpubphilly.com/home.php;

What list of Irish pubs and bars would be complete without one called “The Irish Pub?” Located across the street from Moriarty's, The Irish Pub on Walnut Street is a narrow, two-story tavern where drinks and food can be shared with local celebrities, sports stars, tourists and the locals. The political, sports and theater memorabilia-covered walls and period tile surround a hand-carved, turn of the century cherrywood bar. Booths line the walls and tables are scattered throughout the center. Opened in 1975, the Walnut Street Irish Pub is a great place for lunch, dinner or just chilling out after a hard day's work. Every July, the Pub sponsors “The Annual Tour de Shore,” a scenic, 65-mile ride from Philadelphia to Atlantic City to benefit three local charities dedicated to the survivors and children of Philadelphia policemen.

Every year on Valentines Day, they hold “Desperate and Dateless,” featuring dinner and drink specials, prizes for the best “Date from Hell” story, and the opportunity to participate on the Pub's version of “The Dating Game.” Monday through Thursday, for three hours, you can hold your own “Happy Hour Party,” with reservations in advance for at least ten people. The Pub will provide a free buffet of Vegetables and Dip, French Bread Pizza and Nachos, $2 pints and $2.50 mixed drinks and shooters.

The Irish Pub describes its menu as “American with an Irish Concept.” Your visit to the Irish Pub is well-begun by sampling their barfood appetizers, priced between $3 to $8, consisting of homemade soups, wings, tacos, potato skins, onions rings and their famous “Loaded Fries, topped with Monterey Jack and Cheddar, bacon bits, Cajun seasonings and a side of ranch dressing. Their cold sandwiches, priced between $6.50 and $7.50, include Roast Beef, Triple Decker Turkey Club, Oven Roasted Turkey Breast, BLTs, Tuna and Chicken Salads, and Corned Beef Specials. The hot sandwich specials, all priced at $7.50, include Hot Roast Beef, Old Original Cheese Steak, Tuna salad, Crab Cake, Grilled Turkey and Reubens. The have three different melts: Old World Meatloaf, Country Style Chicken Salad, Chunky Tuna & Monterey. Their burger and chicken sandwich menu includes the Irish Pub Signature Steer Burger, Grilled or Char-Grilled Chicken Sandwiches, Herb Breaded Chicken Parmesan, Buffalo Chicken and Veggie Burgers, priced between $7 and $7.50. The sandwiches are nestled inside brick oven steak rolls, pub rolls, sourdough or 7-grain breads. The Irish Pub Signature Entries are limited, but delicious. A Crab Cake Platter, Buttermilk Ale Fish & Chips, Saloon style Cod filets, Chicken Thumb Platter and Chili can all be enjoyed for $7 to $8.

FERGIES PUB

Location: Heart of Center City, 1214 Sansom St, between 12th and 13th Streets

Phone: (215) 928-8118

Hours: Mon-Fri 11:30am-2am, Sat 12pm-2am, Sun 5pm-2am

Websites: Entertainment: http://outside.in/places/fergies-pub-philadelphia?page=2: Info: http://www.fergies.com

Fergies is located in what was originally a German establishment, and a remnant of that period remains above the bar. In German, carved in baroque script, is a plaque declaring, “You drink, you die, you don't drink, you die, so drink.” Such is your welcome to Fergies!

Located on Sansom Street between 12th and 13th Streets, Fergies has an unassuming brick and stucco entrance with an Alpine twist that retains the character of the former German owners. It's bare brick and ornately carved dark wood walls accent the heavy wooden bar, booths and tables downstairs, and upstairs the long tables are perfect for unwinding with larger groups. Fergies is distinct in that its traditional Irish pub fare and raucous discussions are not eclipsed by the distraction of televisions.

For $8.75 to $13, you can enjoy Fergies' entree selections of Black Angus Filet, Chicken Breast With balsamic reduction and caramelized onions, Fergies Fish & Chips Fried in Yards Philly Pale Ale batter, Grilled Salmon and Shepherd's Pie. Their $7.95 burgers are offered in traditional beef, turkey, veggie and Portabello, and you may choose to top your burger with cheese, guacamole, chili or bacon. For $3.50 to $7.75, you could make a meal of their appetizers. Buffalo Wings in varying degrees of spiciness, Cheese Pub Fries, Chicken Tenders, Deluxe Nachos, Hummus, and Fresh Mussels will sustain you through an evening of their Irish brews. Guinness, Smithwicks, Harp, Woodchuck Cider and local brews Yuengling and Yards are all on tap.

Fergies offers live music, the bands an eclectic mix of Irish, blues, jazz and rock. You can also participate in improv comedy sessions, and Quizo on Tuesdays.

CHICKIE'S AND PETE'S CRAB HOUSE AND SPORTS BAR

Philadelphia Locations and Phones:

Mayfair: 4010 Robbins Ave, a block off Frankford Avenue, 215-338-1190

South Philly: 1526 Packer Avenue, 215-218-0500

Far Northeast: 11000 Roosevelt Blvd., 215-856-9890

Hours: Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.

Website: chickiesandpetes.com

The last time I was at Chickie's and Pete's was a St. Patty's Day evening sometime in the '80s, where, the best I can remember, they were playing kick-ass oldies, and leprechauns were actually roaming the place. I now know that nothing is more dangerous than a six-foot leprechaun with a green beer in his hand trying to do the stomp. Unless it was almost being run down crossing the street when a teenager in a Packard (yes, a Packard!), being chased by the cops, blew the light at Frankford Avenue. (The teenager, by the way, blew the car's block two streets down from the bar.)

Chickie's and Pete's is owned by an Italian, but the original location was always viewed as a neighborhood Irish bar. They now have five locations, as well as a franchise at the Phillies' stadium, but opened in 1977 as a humble corner tappy in the Mayfair section of Northeast Philadelphia, my old neighborhood. If I'm going to Chickie and Pete's, I'm going there. It has two floors, three bars and you can't sit anywhere out of view of a TV set. But, their expansions in South Philadelphia and on Roosevelt Boulevard in the Far Northeast, and Egg Harbor and Bordentown in New Jersey, are large, stand-alone restaurants, and have made Chickie's and Pete's an area household name.

The Roosevelt Boulevard location hosts The Sensational Soul Cruisers on the third Thursday of every month beginning at 8 p.m. All locations celebrate every major sporting event, and the South Philly location hosts sports radio call-in shows and DJ nights with local celebrity DJ Tony Bruno.

Since the expansions, the original site has remained a low-key corner neighborhood watering hole, but sports the same menu as the larger restaurants and game day is always a holiday. And it's always a nice place to just drop in for brew and conversation.

Chickie's and Pete's is known for it's seafood and they invented crab fries. They offer five different crab selections, priced per pound or at market value, along with shrimp, baby lobster tails, mussels and clams, for $8.99 to $10.99. Their appetizers include Homemade Shelly Seafood Chowder, Baby Calamari, and Cheesesteak Nachos, along with regular barfood fare, priced at $4.99 to $11.99, unless you want a bucket of 35 wings for $19.99. Their sandwiches run the gamut of roast beef, burgers and chicken, from $5.99 to $6.99, and you can get a Lobster Cheesesteak for $12.99. Finally, you can get a cheese, pepperoni, shrimp or lobster pizza, $11.99 to $19.99.

SWEENEY'S VERREE TAVERN

Location: 7968 Verree Rd., Fox Chase

Phone: 215-725-2050

Hours: Monday – Saturday: 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.

Sweeney's is the epitome of the neighborhood bar and is my local karaoke haunt. As I stand in line for the ladies' room, I always read the framed Guinness poem on the wall, and I always laugh: “Some Guinness was spilt on the barroom floor, When the pub was shut for the night, Out of his hole crept a wee brown mouse, And stood in the pale moonlight. He lapped up the frothy brew from the floor, Then back on his haunches he sat, And all the night you could hear him roar, “Bring on the goddamn cat!”

To call the family-owned Sweeney's “unassuming,” is an understatement. The long bar dominates the front room, and three people standing behind your barstool make it impossible for anyone else to get by. There are three TVs, mainly for sporting events, and on Friday nights one of them is commandeered for karaoke. Posters of upcoming trips sponsored by Sweeney's or its loyal patrons, pictures of its sports teams and departed customers and newspaper articles adorn the walls. Along the mirrored wall on the left is a seating/leaning area for the overflow crowd, with hooks underneath for your purse. On the right wall are curtained windows that look out onto a gas station. You can while away on their computer games and shuffleboard. A short, narrow hall along which the bathrooms are located leads to the dining room, a very pleasant, homey escape if you are not a karaoke person. Sweeney's is where “the guys” meet after work or come to watch the game, area workers and locals come for lunch, formally dressed wedding guests relax after the reception with the blue jean crowd, and Friday offers one of the friendliest karaoke crowds you could meet. Most of the bartenders and one waitress have been there a decade or longer. The new karaoke DJ is a young guy with a wonderful singing voice.

Sweeney's has a “mom's kitchen” menu, dinner entrees including meatloaf, crab cakes, fried seafood, chicken parmesan, fish and chips, and spaghetti, all ranging between $7.50 and $9, and a soup of the day. On Valentine's Day, they are offering a prime rib special for $10.95, they always have ham and cabbage on St. Patty's Day and they are famous for their killer eggnog at Christmas. Their beer selection is regular tap and bottled beer, but Guinness is also available. Their mixed drinks are healthy — my friend got a White Russian served in a shaker glass! Sweeney's is famous for its huge Turkey Wings, but they do offer regular wings as well. Burgers, cheesesteaks, roast beef sandwiches, clubs and chicken sandwiches, fries and onion rings, round out the menu. Sweeney's also has a smoking ban exemption, which may or may not be a plus for you, but many people still go outside to smoke, having been “Pavloved” the past few years, and it's not as smoky as it used to be.

Sweeney's is the kind of place you could return to after five years, and be greeted with group hugs, and where newcomers are warmly welcomed. If you want a laid back place for good food and conversation, Sweeney's is where I'd go!

So, dig out your green derby and your shamrock corsage and go hunt down a Philly Irish Pub!

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