No one is trying to reinvent the wing or invent new ways to test your tolerance for intense spiciness. Did we mention there is plenty of booze on hand to temporarily pacify your vegan friends, who get huffy when there’s an eight-page menu and only three or four things on it they can eat?īut you really, really, really need to make a beeline to their wings ($7.49 for 10 $14.99 for 25 or $26.49 for 50), which are available in buffalo, Thai and BBQ style.
The most modern things on their menu are coconut-dipped fried shrimp ($10.99) and the hummus platter ($6.99). How? It’s by offering classic pub fare and Irish comfort dishes designed to soak up copious amounts of beer in the gullets of happy sports barflies and the front line of downtown Philly’s happy-hour crowd. If you are looking for the newest, edgiest American fusion dishes, you probably haven’t wrapped your head around how a pub stays open for more than 150 years. The Irish pub has been dated to 1860, back when the Philadelphia Parking Authority was slapping tickets and boots on horses. With all the new restaurants - and their grand openings and grand closings in Center City with the speed and frequency of a revolving door - it’s nice to visit a place like McGillin’s Olde Ale House, 1310 Drury St., that has been around for quite a long time.
