Khyber for sale
As first reported by Michael Klein, Philly’s original beer bar is for sale. Formerly known as the Khyber Pass, the Old City joint has been a beer mecca since the mid-1970s. There’s been a bar at the location since about 1870.
Oh yeah, and this guy once ran the place.
What’s to happen to this gem? Who knows. But someone should tell the buyer that the “very old oak bar” referred to in the sell sheet is a remnant from a cherished chapter in Philadelphia history. It originally stood in the Brewers Pavilion at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial.
January 7th, 2010 at 11:06 am
[…] Or if you prefer this version of the story, it was for sale. But what we had no idea about until Joe Sixpack blogged about it, is that its bar (pictured above) is from the Brewers Building at the 1876 Philadelphia […]
January 7th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
[…] history. It originally stood in the Brewers Pavilion at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial. Beer Radar Blog Archive Khyber for sale __________________ "It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the […]
January 28th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
[…] That City TapRoom news was also available at Meal Ticket, as was an update on what’s happening at Hawthorne’s and at the new Tasting Room at Yards, with three great photos of the latter. To be fair, I believe it was Mr. Sixpack who was first with the online words about the Tasting Room (or, at least, the first I saw), as well as the news that the Khyber is for sale. […]