Calling Drunken Nerds

Kite and Key on 19th and Callowhill is celebrating science week in
collaboration with the Franklin Institute tonight. Come watch as Yards
unveils their new beer, made with science, and it's new name -- voted
on by fellow drinkers!
You can feel better about your drinking habits if you're supporting science.

El Bar

Located directlty under the El (go figure) in Fishtown, the El Bar will get ya feeling good for next to nothing. On most nights it’s pretty relaxed and not crowded, giving you room to play some pool, or shoot some old pinball, but on weekends the place can get too packed for comfort. You can usually judge the place by how many bikes you see piled on top of every pole and fence around the area.

The cheapest way to get your fill in the El Bar comes from their own adaption of the city wide special, replacing the 12oz PBR with a tall boy for the same price, score. Yes, those 4 oz do make a damn difference.

If you get drunk enough here, you may even be able to catch and pet one of the two cats that inhabit the bar, who knows.

Kung Fu Necktie

Shelf of Shame? Yea, as if you had any dignity anyway. Kung Fu Neck Tie in Fishtown is a little hole in the wall on Front St with a pretty decent selection of beer on tap. The cheap beers (PBR and such) are designated to the shelf of shame on the wall. Don't let it discourage you though, for two bucks, most people there end up reaching for the shelf as well.
Best part about the place, is most nights there's live music, and not shitty cover bands. Alot of nights it's free too. Aside from the stage, when the bands aren't using it as a merch table, there is a pretty nice pool table in the center of the bar.

Tiger Beats

Like every other Monday night, Tiger Beats is being held at the Barbary tonight, right off Girard by 2^nd. If you’ve never been, it’s kind of an odd atmosphere. It’s the same basic people that frequent dive bars, only this time, they took lots of speed.

Starting at 9 the doors open to give out free PBR, which is sweet. The best part is, no one shows up until later so there’s plenty of time to pound some free cold ones. With any hopes this will make you drunk enough for what is about to happen. People on E, dressed up in Gaga-esque clothing dancing to awful dance remixes of shitty pop songs. If you this doesn’t sounds appealing to you, just leave, at least you drank their free beer.

El Bar Open Mic

Wednesday nights at the El Bar mean free open mic night. Philly wide
special is intact (PBR pounder and a shot of bourbon). Come check out
Louis Middleton this Wednesday!

Doobies

Doobies on 22^nd and Lombard has to be one of the most friendly, relaxed, bars in the city. It’s only fair that it falls into the dive category simply for the un-“barness” of the place. There is a dog that lives in the bar and nothing that goes on there is close to typical.

At any given time you can enter the place and see patrons watching game shows or various 80’s flicks without yelling to speak to each other. Hell, you can even play board games here if you want. This place is hardly a bar, more like your buddies basement.

The food here is pretty pricey but it’s pretty big portions, still probably not worth it. But in Doobies typical fashion of doing things a little different, they have replaced the PBR in the city wide special with a delicious Sly Fox for a couple bucks more.

Dirty Frank's

Dirty Frank’s is exactly what you’d expect from a place called Dirty Frank’s. The main draw of the hole in the wall on 13^th and Pine is the sheer amusement of being inside. It’s filthy, the bartender’s aren’t polite, and that’s part of it’s charm. If you want to go somewhere and hangout alone, this is a perfectly acceptable place where people will leave you alone – no one really cares. In fact, since no food is served in the place, they don’t even care if you call out for your own (try Gay Pizza on 13^th and Locust).

The wall decorations are a good for a laugh, falling somewhere between a 5 year old’s birthday party and a winter dance, with is beaten piñatas and stained yellow snowflakes. It’s a perfect setting to take down their “kamakazie special”—a shot of god knows what ethanol tasting alcohol and a pony beer for $2.50, not a bad gig.