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Dawson Street Pub
Overall: Awesome!    Score: 81.1 / 100
100 Dawson Street
Manayunk, PA 19127
United States
(215) 482-5677
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Listed Since: April 1996
Last Updated: November 2001
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Only go if you like microbrews and independents and foreign beer. Do NOT go here for the atmosphere or for comfort. The bar stools are rickety and the pleather surfaces are ripped and cracked. I went in the winter and it was cold in the bar, so cold I wondered if it was heated at all. Alas, the night that I was there all three hand pumps were Yards products, and I'm not a fan of Yards (yes, I know that's sacrilege in Philadelphia). Also the bar smelled damp and moldy.

This bar desperately needs renovation and heating. Given that Philadelphia is a great beer city with many outstanding bars and pubs that feature only quality beer (Eulogy, Monks, Standard Tap, McGillan's, Nodding Head, Ludwig's, Druids Keep, and many others), there is no reason to sit in a dank, cold, bar on a wobbly stool.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review World, US
(01/05/2008)
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A good place close to the Manayunk Brewpub. Hand pump selection alone (2 Yards, and a Troegs) should merit a stop, but also offers many other good taps and a very respectable bottled beer selection. Maybe not your typical "corner bar", but definitely was established with the best interests of beer lovers in mind. Drive carefully down those narrow streets, though!

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Beav Beav, York, PA
(03/25/2005)
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Dawson Street is favorite place in an otherwise tourist/yuppie scene. Its a common place for beer lovers and the people who staff the trendy main street Manyunck joints. This isn't one of them! Dave always has an excellent selection of draft beers and a good selection of bottled beer. Do you need bottles with his changing selection of drafts? Customers know their beers (at least the "drive time" imbibers. Dave (owner) and bartender Jake are also well informed and make good suggestions. The other bartenders vary widely in skill and knowledge about malt beverages. some don't seem to care much . . . draw a draft and sit in the corner to read or talk on cell phones.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from JED_72 JED_72, pittsburgh, pa
(03/17/2003)
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Awesome! Great Great Awesome! Awesome!
This place rocks, $2 Guiness pints on Monday nights can't be beat, just don't touch anything in the mens room! Beer selection is thought out, not just slapped together. Needs more Wyerbacher on tap!

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Hank Stokes Hank Stokes, Philadelphia (Manayunk), PA
(09/29/2002)
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On pump: Yards ESA and Old Bart (be careful!!), Stoudt's Pilsner (yummy). Also: Paulaner Hefe-Weizen, Yards Saison, Guiness. Owner Dave knows his beer and was fun to listen to.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Mark Alansky Mark Alansky, Hatfield, PA
(08/04/1999)
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Awesome! Awesome! N/A Good Awesome!
No crap on tap. 3 hand pumps; always something interesting to go with a Yards offering. Excellent bottle selection. Not the place for a first date. It's dark, dirty, downright awesome!! And others are right: bartenders can be unfriendly. They serve you beer and go sit in a corner!! One of Philly's best beer bars.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Mark Alansky Mark Alansky, Hatfield, PA
(07/26/1999)
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Great beer selection, owner refuses to carry any Anheiser-Busch products, which is a good thing in my opinion. Great selection of beers. Atmosphere needs a lot of work. The tables make you feel like you're in a cafeteria.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Jon Ingram Jon Ingram, Abington, PA
(03/13/1999)
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Awesome! Awesome! Good So So Great
Great selection, great atmosphere, the bartenders are sometimes more bitter than an IPA.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review Dundalk, MD
(02/11/1999)
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1-16-99 Tap List for Dawson St Pub: Yards ESA Yards Old Bart Victory Ol Horizontal Rogue 1996 Old Crustatian Dog Fish winter Old Nick Youngs Double Chocolate Stout Anchor 1998 Christmas

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review Philly, PA
(01/16/1999)
Beer Quality Beer Selection Food Service Overall
Awesome! Great Great Awesome! Great
Truly a beer mecca. These guys know how to keep a beer fiend happy, and Victory's awesome HopDevil IPA on the beer engine is a great start.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Ted Gervis Ted Gervis, Manayunk, PA
(11/21/1998)
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Great Awesome! Great Great Great
Went there for the 1st Philly beer tour last year...great living room in the back.

Write Your Review Reply to this Review Report Review See more reviews from Beer Trekker Beer Trekker, Baltimore, MD
(03/30/1998)




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