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Angsty_Potatos t1_irlx8mf wrote

It's a well loved. Deeply imbedded Philadelphia institution.

It's a glorious shit hole where one can drink alone together and no one will give you shit for it. All sorts of folks go there to do their drinking, center city lawyers, homeless folks, art students, blue collar workers....

The hot dogs are from 1976 probably, the beer lines on the tap have probably never been clean, and I really miss hanging out with my friends while they did bumps in the bathroom.

It's hands down my favorite bar in the city and smells like my childhood (my dad bartended a bar just like it when I was a kid and I spent a lot of time there with him. Big sentimental points just for that)

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researching4worklurk t1_irneipn wrote

It’s truly the only place in this city that I ever enjoyed drinking alone. Other spots I’d feel out of place or like I should expect people to assume I’m actually there to try to interact with them, McGlinchey’s I’d bring a book on a weekday and hang in one of the booths and not a single person ever bothered me or made eye contact. That said, if you do want to chat, you could end up talking to basically anyone.

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Angsty_Potatos t1_irpa6z1 wrote

Heard. Yeah I've done both. The Glinch has the distinction of being the only bar I've never been bothered by a guy at while drinking alone. I've gotten into some interesting conversations at the bar, but for the most part, it's my favorite place to go when I want to be alone, but around people to drown my sorrows

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