Doobie's

Long overdue in giving Doobie's some love as we have drank here a lot, and drank a lot here. It's easy to do, it's a comfortable dive. It's a neighborhood spot; a wood paneled corner bar with friendly bartenders and conversational regulars.

On the latter note, I mean, I once had a lengthy conversation about the career of actress Kate Mulgrew. The randomness of that chat alone just warms the cockles of my wretched heart. I have many examples of that sort of thing here, but as you can tell I just wanted to bring up Kate Mulgrew. Mulgreeeew... OK, and on the very same night, I met a group of French students and so I sneakily played them a small selection of Edith Piaf tunes, because I am a walkin talkin example of cliche choices. "Hey, ya like that don't ya, French people?!" Oh they did. Got some laughs, what can I tell you... Why am I bringing this hazy memory to your attention? Because they have Edith Piaf on the jukebox. That's why!

They have a great ol jukebox full of such a great variety of eclectic choices and a lotta lotta David Bowie through the ages. It's wonderful and I'm a fool for such wonderful jukeboxes, I tell you. Has to be one of the best in Philly. It always seems to keep us there longer than we planned, extra pitchers of beer included.

Good, simple food. Good beer. Good prices. No Coors. No smoke. No BS. Friendly local dive. It's been a neighborhood fixture for more than 30 years for a good reason - we like it here.

It's definitely divier than I remember on previous trips.  We popped in for a few drinks before a later dinner.  I remember a stale smell just as we walked in but I got used to it after a while.  The bartender was pleasant but you could tell that she had to work hard on the pours.  It's time to update the tap system.  The beers were a bit warm and poured with a ton of foam.  Lots of foam = wasted beer.  I can't complain about the prices, they were very cheap. I ended up going to canned beers, which was fine, but I love drafts at a bar.  I hear the food is good but I didn't try it.  I love dive bars, but just a few improvements (maybe an oxymoron) in the tap system would make this the perfect dive!