{"id":254871,"date":"2026-07-29T19:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/254871\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T19:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:26:08","slug":"iconic-philly-spot-is-the-best-dive-bar-in-pa-new-ranking-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/254871\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Philly Spot Is The Best Dive Bar In PA, New Ranking Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Special&#8221; at this PBR-themed joint is a PBR with a shot of Jim Beam Bourbon on the side for $5 (cash only). If that&#8217;s not enough to lure you in, the Thursday night drag show or live music, some of which is played on a classic, Hammond B3 organ, might. Customers love the cheap drinks. The Scoundrel&#8217;s Field Guide rated this Philly dive 10\/10.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The criteria was vague (&#8220;questionable or quirky decor, friendly regulars, strong and cheap drinks&#8221;) but it probably has to be. No honorable mentions were listed on The Takeout site, so it&#8217;s not clear who the editors were putting up against Bob and Barbara&#8217;s to make the final call. Other potential choices just within the city include Oscar&#8217;s Tavern, Ray&#8217;s Happy Birthday Bar, Dawson Street Pub, El Bar, Dirty Frank&#8217;s, Cresson Inn, and The Happy Rooster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Special&#8221; at this PBR-themed joint is a PBR with a shot of Jim Beam Bourbon on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-254871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}