The Cherry Street Tavern

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Cherry Street Tavern

Type	Small business
Founded	1905, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Headquarters	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Industry	Restaurant
Products	Food and beverage to order, to be consumed on the premises.
Employees	8 (worldwide)

The Cherry Street Tavern is a bar and restaurant located at 22nd and Cherry Streets in the Logan Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a local landmark having operated in the same location since the early 1900s.^[1] The bar was for some years owned by local football legend John "Tex" Flannery, until he sold it to brothers Bill and Bob Loughery in 1990.^[2]

[edit] History

The tavern was first licensed as a bar in 1905. During Prohibition, the actual bar itself was removed from the building and replaced with a barber's chair with the tavern being transformed into a barber shop, although it's probable that men went there for more than a haircut. At the time, women had to enter the tavern through the "ladies' entrance," a rear door leading into a back room, as only men were allowed into the bar room.

A no-longer-used urinal trough runs along the base of the bar. At one time, patrons could drink eat and urinate in the same place.^[1]

Along with the regular clientele, the Cherry Street Tavern has attracted some celebrity customers, including basketball Hall-of-Famer Larry Bird, former heavyweight champion boxer Joe Frasier, actor Lee Majors (the "Six Million Dollar Man") and former Phillies’ center fielder Gary Maddux.