Pep Grill

Sad, but it appears that The Pep is closed. (<a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pennlive.com%2Fmidstate%2Findex.ssf%2F2013%2F02%2Fpep_grill_harrisburg.html&s=389978a7f2cc9a13861e85bef999f00bb3de1762d7de5599e0a35d344a6bf636" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.pennlive.com/…</a>)  Most of the comments are from the barflys; but I knew the Pep as one of the last places downtown where I could get a good bowl of soup on a cold day. What the restaurant missed in ambience, it made up with good, reliable food and service. Restaurants downtown are becoming overwhelmingly corporate; glossy but expensive and soulless. A good neighborhood bar is hard to find.

Great gyros!  But they are closing around October.  So get them now!  Service was decent.

Really cute dive bar!  I have been here a couple times to see a band and also as a last night drink in refuge from the madness that is called Second Street.  My friend introduced me to one of their specialty drinks called a Flaming Dr. Pepper which was really good.  The bartender lit up shots of root beer schnaps and dropped them into mugs of beer .... seriously good stuff!  The crowd was very diverse at this late hour but everyone seemed to be having fun!  

I have also passed by the Pep en route to the Front St festivals (eg Kipona, Musicfest, Artsfest) and on these occasions, they will sell food.  The spinach pie and baklava were both very tasty!  Heard the gyros were very good and plan to try that next.