4.5The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co.
Rittenhouse · Philadelphia, PA · 0.9 mi
A basement room disguised as a defunct investment office, one of the bars credited with dragging Philadelphia into the modern cocktail era.

Pennsylvania / Philadelphia
A notoriously strict unmarked bar in Chinatown where phones are confiscated and the owner personally decides who gets in.
Getting in
Unmarked door in Chinatown, no phones, no photos, dress code strictly enforced, buzz and wait to be judged.
Order this
Bartender's choice, no menu
Your passport
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Keep the night going
4.5Rittenhouse · Philadelphia, PA · 0.9 mi
A basement room disguised as a defunct investment office, one of the bars credited with dragging Philadelphia into the modern cocktail era.
4.1Rittenhouse · Philadelphia, PA · 1.0 mi
A quiet Rittenhouse corner room pairing Mediterranean small plates with a short, well-built cocktail list.
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