Philadelphia Entertainment

Mcgillin's Olde Ale House

#133 of 135 things to do in Philadelphia

#40 of 41 bar, theme entertainment in USA

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  • Address
    • 1310 Drury St
  • Transport
    • City Hall, Walnut-Locust
  • Website
  • Phone
    • 215-735-5562
  • Hours
    • 11am-2am Mon-Sat, to midnight Sun

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Lonely Planet review for Mcgillin's Olde Ale House

Philadelphia's oldest continually operated tavern (since 1860) - it remained open as a speakeasy in the prohibition years. Great buffalo wings (Tuesday is special wing night) and karaoke on Wednesdays and Fridays. St Patty's Day is absolutely crazy here.

 

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    Physically Assaulted Here!

    jeffk82 does not recommend this,

    Do not go here, the way this place treats their patrons is a disgrace! I was there for a total of 5 minutes - I wasn't there long enough to order a single thing - before I was physically assaulted by a bouncer. He grabbed me at the top of a large stairwell, and roughed me up for a few minutes without my doing anything aggressive against him, and I was lucky to get out of there before being shoved down the entire stairwell and being seriously injured (I've heard a story in an unrelated bar, where a patron's neck was broken in a similar incident). I was appalled and embarrassed by the way I was treated, and I will never step foot in this place again. I'm reporting this place to the Better Business Bureau, exploring my legal options, and reaching out to a Philadelphian Councilman who is speaking out against untrained bouncers in Philadelphia bars. Again, enter at your own risk - you may wind up in a hospital bed if you so much as look at a bouncer wrong in this place!

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