Michael’s Place

Weekends are packed and during the week days

If we are rating this in the category of dive bar, I give it 5 stars. The barmaids have actually always been really nice and friendly to me here, despite what other reviewers have said. You can’t even get a dart to stick in the old, decrepit, wooden dart board, but there is a jukebox and a pool table, and the booze is dirt cheap. There’s nothing pretentious about this place. If you want to have an impromptu dance party (although you may get some funny looks) and not spend a million, this is it. It’s especially fun for the later part of the evening when you probably won’t remember the dirty bathroom anyway. Of course, I would not choose to live next door, but I do love Michael’s Place for what it is – a cheap dive bar with personality.

Listen, all of what the other reviewer says is probably true. I dont doubt the rudeness of the bairmaids, patrons, and general dive-​y (in a not so good way) nature of Michaels. But guess what? You want atmosphere, good looking people and overpriced food, go to the POPE.
Michaels is a South Philly bar. You can get cheap (I mean CHEAP… 3 bucks for a shot of middle shelf bourbon) drinks, cheap women, and watch the game. Its unassuming, unpretentious, and uncool. Which is way more than i can say for half of these too-​cool-​for-​school hellholes in East Passyunk these days.
Come to Michael’s to get tanked, for cheap, with true vermin. if you dont like it, there are plenty of places that will be happy to charge $ 6 for some beer I’ve never heard of. Me though, Michaels is my sort of place.

Let’s see… where to begin? No ambiance, rude bartenders, patrons who think they «own» the pool tables, neighborhood alcoholics and drug addicts drinking and/​or just being obnoxious by 12 noon (there is a known drug house attached to the building), and loud, annoying music blasted until 2am, with the door open in good weather, every night. makes living nearby A TREAT. if you want a good dive bar, go elsewhere.