For those from around the area, McGilligan’s Pub is a staple of the Philadelphia beer scene.  For almost (I’m getting to that in a second) 150 years, it’s been providing good times to Philadelphians and more quite well.

On June 6th celebrate the 150th (remember that almost from before?) anniversary of McGilligan’s Pub.  Located just a few blocks away from your favorite hotel (duh, The Independent), it’s the perfect spot to fill up on some great drinks and good food, and then very carefully walk back and take the elevator home for the evening.

Hurry up!!  Tickets are almost gone.  Below, information on the celebration and the history of the pub. 

“Originally called The Bell in Hand, the tavern opened 149 years ago inside a small row house. The laborers who frequented the place just called it McGillin’s after William McGillin, the Irish immigrant who owned the bar and raised his 13 children upstairs. The nickname stuck and the tavern grew to encompass the oyster house next door, the back alley/washroom, and the McGillin’s house.  In October 2008, Gourmet magazine named McGillin’s to its list of 14 coolest bars in the U.S. McGillin’s was named one of the Top 100 nightclubs and bars in the U.S. by editors of Nightclub and Bar magazine in 2007 and 2008. McGillin’s is routinely named Philadelphia’s best Irish pub. In addition, McGillin’s became part of Midtown Village.“

http://www.mcgillins.com/home.htm

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