Comments on: The Foobooz Top 50 Bars for 2012

By: KarmaSutraBrennan

KarmaSutraBrennan — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:54:02 +0000

The list and panel is too full of the same old suspects, the big mouth bores of the industry who I abhor: Karma Sutra regular Brennan, Bryson, Gunn, Mashington, Parker, Strunk etc. Been running in the same boring circle for 20 years, afraid to learn anything new or being told they need to do better. Afraid of anything different than the mentality of the same 50 mile radius of where they grew up. Don’t like any outsider rocking the boat with better products and service. Most decent bars outsell them all combined and don’t have any of the family, financial, drug, legal or child support issues like many of them. Kind of like the truant C students in school always hating on the jocks and advanced placement kids. Like I said, a bunch of big mouth bores going around telling each other lies and backed up by just a few noisy lame bloggers. Guys, don’t let your mind wander too far from your clique, it’s far too small to be let out on its own.

I have no idea how the good people on the panel got thrown in with these others. Luckily the good new ones are all becoming more prominent in Philly now than the old boring guard. Let’s hope they don’t get sucked into the stagnant old school. Looking forward to even better days to come. The new guard has stood up to them and turned Philly positive and open to change. Philly is a much better place because of it.

By: Snake

Snake — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:44:22 +0000

How many of the bars on this list even have the Eagles on TV on a Sunday during the fall?

By: steve

steve — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 04:42:38 +0000

My top 10 in no particular order…my criteria is for good food or good beer or good atmosphere or any combination of the 3 according to me!
1. watkins drinkery
2. Ugly american
3. pope
4. 2nd street brew house
5. Stogie joe’s
6. jon’s bar and grille
7. perch pub (best happy hour in town imo)
8. irish pol
9. prohibition tap room
10. tattooed mom’s

By: ?Eulogy?

?Eulogy? — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:01:36 +0000

@ChrisH who cares about Eulogy’s yelp reviews when Mike pays for them. Their draft list might have been top 3, 10 years ago but now there isn’t anything on draft you can’t get at 20 other places. At the end of the day Eulogy isn’t on the list because the owner has made too many enemies in the industry by his constant whining, and the fact he blew the whistle on Ressurection a few years back. Sad to say they are in a similar boat as Farmers Cabinet.

By: kate

kate — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:52:02 +0000

Okay, Zahav is a restaurant not a bar. Monks is where tourists go or where folks bring out-of-towners. How many of these have regulars?

By: SOCKMAN

SOCKMAN — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:15:18 +0000

“there is a bar for every occassion”… unless you are gay

dissing the Gay community… How about Woody’s… They are like the 5th biggest buyer from the LCB… and they are not on the list… I know it is a gay bar… but come on… Everyone is welcome there

same for Tavern on Camac the Gay piano Bar… always busy gets a mixed clientele

It looks like the only ones on the list advertise in Philly Mag.

By: John

John — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:46:26 +0000

Exactly.

No Eulogy – top 3 beer list in Philly

By: John

John — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:44:57 +0000

P&K sucks – never a seat at the bar, games on never on, overpriced drinks and food.
No McGlinchy’s! The most authentic, disgusting, smoked-filled, diverse bar in America. The only cigar bar that Philly has left.
No N.3rd or Bishop’s – true, someone forget to collect the Fairmount list
Zahav a bar.. haha

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:36:33 +0000

Eulogy?

By: ERN

ERN — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:33:09 +0000

@ChrisH – having a brain fart, mostly b/c I’m pregnant and have sadly been unable to drink for several months, thus rendering my ability to think of places very weak. What is it?? I want to go there ASAP post baby.