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McGlinchey’s Is Still Center City’s Diviest Dive

Stinky, dirty and cheap.
Stinky, dirty and cheap. Photo: Courtesy McGlichey’s

In these times of gastropubs and bars that pride themselves on craft cocktails and biodynamic wines by the glass, true dives — not those kitschy kid-friendly spots Guy Fieri is so fond of — are becoming an endangered species. One of Center City’s last holdouts is clearly McGlinchey’s. The smoke-filled bar meets all the proper criteria of proper dive: It’s dirty, smells like drunk old men and pours some of the cheapest drinks in town. To boot, it also has hot dogs for under a dollar and a very well worn Ms. Pac Man game. So its only befitting that this quaint shot-and-a-beer stinkhole was recently named one of the diviest dives in a recent Daily Meal roundup. The only thing we can’t seem to figure out is how the list’s editors failed to include Dirty Frank’s. [Daily Meal]

McGlinchey’s Is Still Center City’s Diviest Dive