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347 S 13th St
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Average Rating 4 (14 Ratings)

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An armpit of a bar, Dirty Frank's has been the favorite of the strung-out and underemployed for generations. Books, hubcaps, photos and beer signs populate the walls haphazardly, and decent local artwork is even featured in one area. A fairly large U-shaped bar features a surprisingly good selection of beer on tap and sometimes surly bartenders who like to ignore customers. The dartboard, curiously placed next to the toilet door, features as many holes outside of it as on the board. An interesting variety of solo drinkers, bikers and after-work folks who are unafraid of the down-and-out and slurred-speech regulars also spend their nights here. A very good jukebox helps pass the time at this legendary dive.

14 Ratings and Reviews

  • Julsin5's Review

    Review rating : 5out of 5   julsin5 - 09/19/2003

    well thew only thing i can say is screw you guys bill jody alan sheila. i thank you and my liver thanks you. i hope that all the money i have spent in franks goes to my breast reduction, because I know you are all sick of looking at my breasticles. thanks for putting up with my sheeeeeottt for all these years. when I die i want my liver to be an art exhibition for all the damaged livers that come after me. I don't botha nobodee I get a little gooofy when i drink.All hail the always endearing rose.

  • Primowner's Review

    Review rating : 0out of 5   primowner - 01/27/2003

    Some friends and I
    started drinking beers
    here in 1958 when it was
    still a wino bar. we
    would buy a quart of
    beer and 6 glasses for
    25 cents and hang in a
    booth all night.
    Foirtunately it hasn't
    changed very much and is
    still a great hangout
    and place to meet
    interesting women. I met
    my second wife there in
    1962. try it wh

  • DOb2532979's Review

    Review rating : 5out of 5   dob2532979 - 01/04/2003

    MY SON DENIS TELLS ME FRANK'S IS "THE BAR OF ALL BARS"

  • Dirty As You Wanna Be

    Review rating : 5out of 5   mraroma - 03/05/2000

    Frank's is dirty, and the bathrooms are usually pretty vile. It's the people that make Dirty Frank's such a great bar. They're unpretentious and (usually) not drunken loudmouths. If you just want to sit and watch the hockey game, you can do that in peace. But if you want to talk to someone, just look around and you can enter into topics ranging from motorcycle repair to mutual fund performance comparisons to classic rock to techniques for sculpting in unusual media.

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