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Neighborhood: Rittenhouse Square
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Tangier is my numero uno beer joint because of (in no particular order):
1. Great beer selections with $3 mystery beers and beers of the month. You can actually drink 2 quality beers and walk out the door without spending over $10! They also do carry out.
2. Great boneless wings - yea, sometimes I'm lazy.
3. Good chili, as long as you immerse all the raw onions they sprinkle on top immediately so that they get cooked a little.
4. Less than 500 feet from my front door! This is a definite plus for my fiance, who also loves the place, but not the bathroom.
5. Nice motley crew of neighborhood folks, and friendly servers who help if you're indecisive about picking a beer. We even received a free round the first time we went in for being new to the neighborhood.
I'll get around to trying other menu items, but I don't normally come here looking for a meal.
I Love Wings! No not the Band on the run, and certainly not the 90's sitcom. I love Buffalo style hot wings. After extensive research and Prilosec, I have come to the conclusion, that you can only get truly great wings outside the city, in fact to find really great wings you must trek into the sticks of South Jersey. The more backwoods you get, the better the wing. If your thinking Chickie and Pete's, stop reading, We are not speaking the same language. After hearing some rumblings that the wings at Tangier were good, I decided to try them. I may be prejudice, but I'm no wing bigot.
Tangier, you have come the closest to a SJ wing I have ever tasted in Center City. Your wing is crispy but not breaded, your sauce is spicy and buttery, enough to burn your lips, but not so hot as to destroy your taste buds. The wings are priced well at 8 bucks for 10 and 11 for twenty or so. I have found my neighborhood wing spot, Yes there was a wings reunion, and it happened on 18th and Lombard.
Post Script: There are a lot of interesting items on the menu, including bison and ostrich burgers, and my friends enjoyed their pub fare.
Disclaimer: I have not been to Western NY state.
I've been finding myself here a lot more often these last few weeks, since the Fringe show I'm doing is right around the corner. Good draft list, and I love the "Mystery Beer" special, where they give you a bottle of beer for $3 in a paper bag. Sometimes it's Rolling Rock, sometimes it's some Portuguese import, sometimes it's a good micro-brew from out West.
I measure most bar menus in the area on the strength of their wings. Tangier's wings have great flavor, but the size of the wing is a bit on the small size. This is all from the bias of a former Western New Yorker, so what's small to me may be perfectly adequate to anyone else. Great fries, good chili and a very decent looking sandwich selection. Good pricing, too.
As far as non-fancy Center City bars go, this one is very decent. Good beers, good food, and you're not going to shell out $15 for some tiny tapas plate.
An excellent little sports bar in Philly. We were given amazing and attentive service by Nicole. Nothing more to say really, just a nice little hole in the wall sports bar in Philly with great beers on tap.
My mom was visiting from out of town and wanted to try the ostrich burger. We rolled in early on a Saturday evening. The service was great as usual, and the bartender helped my mom pick out a beer -- which she loved (Stoudt's Heifer-In-Wheat).
When our burgers arrived . . . everything looked great . . . except the tomatoes. They were so un-ripe that they were white. NOT good. I can't really eat much of anything without my favorite food, the tomato, so I gave it a shot. It tasted terrible. Totally ruined the burger for me.
I think if you don't have ripe tomatoes, just say you are out of tomatoes. At least then I could've given myself a pep talk.
This is kind of minor, I guess, in the grand scheme of things, but still I expect better from Tangier.
This is my go-to place. NOT just because it is two blocks from where I live.
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Did not eat much but drank a few beers. Food OK Beer great.
Your bar has Uno, Connect Four, Scrabble, and awesome beers on tap. F*ck Yes!
I want this place in W. Philly. I cant wait to go back.
Very casual, anti-Rittenhouse experience. I like sitting outside during the summer, drinking their cheap "mystery beers".
Somehow, I managed to live a block away from this bar and not go in for MONTHS. Then, a friend let me know about the mystery beer special. For $3, you get a random beer in a paper bag. No returns, exchanges, or complaining. Mysteries are a lot of fun when you go with a few friends.
Really great assortment of bottles and drafts otherwise.
I love the food, especially the chili, potato skins, and ostrich burger. If I'm in the mood for a pint and a burger, Tangier is the first place I think of. Proximity may have something to do with it, but I love it there.
I like the mystery beer here. You pay 3 bucks and they give you a beer in a paper bag. It's usually schmidts but occasionally its something even better, like the ever mysterious, alluring bottle of rolling rock pale ale. They also used to have free sandwiches. The waitress is gruff but not mean. I miss sweet, ginger headed anders. Oh anders, where have you gone??
I was really confused by this place. Then I remember that Tangier is a town near the Strait of Gibralter and was at one time occupied by both Spain and France. Ok, so I was able to explain the fish tank, spanish style colors, and the crazy-awesome French nouveau posters. But then I still couldn't figure out the Irish style thingy over the mantle. Then I said to my self (in the style of the Talking Heads), "Self, this is not your bar." And behold, beneath the really strange decor was HOT SAUCE. So you know what I did? I ordered three tequilas with HOT SAUCE. Then I kissed my date and made her lips spicy too.
Great place to hang out.
I'm torn. I absolutely love Tangier on the nights that LT is working (Sun, Tues, Wed). He plays great music and is always cracking jokes, dancing and making you feel welcome. But I typically don't go any other nights. The other bartenders aren't as friendly and the playlist isn't as good.
I'm also torn b/c well...the food. It's terrible. Do not, under any circumstances, eat there.
And the waitress. One time my friend, who doesn't eat beef, ordered a turkey burger. It came looking a little...grey. We asked the waitress if she was sure it was turkey. She grunted yes and walked away. After we each took a small bite to confirm it was turkey we were baffled. It sure as hell didn't taste like turkey. Suddenly the waitress showed up chuckling to herself and said she got the orders mixed up. The incredibly dry slab of "meat" sitting in front of us was in fact a bison burger. My friend gagged. Sadly, the turkey burger that finally arrived (wthout apology) was equally terrible.
The only saving grace of the food at tangier is the large selection of oh-my-god-i-want-to-die hot sauces that will burn you to the point that you forget how bad the food is. I mean, how do you make cheese fries disgusting?
Go to drink mystery beers and laugh with LT. Eat beforehand.
I love a good mystery. Who killed who? Were they sleeping around behind their partner's back? Was their a second gunman behind the grassy knoll? Where in the world is Carmen Sandiago? It all can be just so exciting!
But Tangier takes my love of mysteries and does wondeful things to it by combining it with another good love of mine - Beer! $3 gets you a random beer from from their wide variety of bottles inside a brown paper bag. And it's total random selection by the bartender's choice. One bottle you're enjoying a taste of Victory, and the next your feeling the buzz of a Dead Guy Ale start to kick in. talk about ingenious!
Tangier is pretty dope in it's own right too. it has a wooden bar adorned with all kinds of random masks, a great selections of drafts and alcohol, and friendly bartenders. The food is supposed to be pretty damn good too.
They have an okay beer list. The fries aren't bad. And sometimes this place is worth going to. But not all that often. You may like it, you may not. It's worth walking in and having a beer to see for yourself.
Perhaps it was our experience, but everything was mediocre, at best. The beer selection was good, but that's not hard to come by in Philly. One of the two, maybe three veggie options they had on the menu, the "treehugger" burger was unavailable...and no explanation was given.
Our waitress was pretty brusque; effective, perhaps, but not cordial. If I wanted that kind of service, I'd go to a diner in South Jersey.
A neighboring table ordered the wings, and they did smell awesome.
Since my review seems to be an outlier, I guess I'll give this place a second go, and update my review if appropriate.
I'm about to start a group discussion called Philly's Best Wings.
If I had done this days ago, I probably would have a nice batch of sauce-covered wingies and chunk blue cheese nestled deep in my stomach.
Instead I searched far and Citysearch wide (and yes, I checked Yelp, too) and all I got was Chickie and Pete's (too far) and Rib Ranceh. Come on. Best wings in Philly and Google can't turn up one distinct list? Okay so many people said Tangier and I ventured out for them.
The wings were meh...skin wasn't crispy or too flavorful. The sauce was that oily orange sauce that pools around the wings rather than dresses them. And their blue cheese? No chunks - just liquid. Ew.
Come on people. Don't make me go to Hooters for wings!
Great neighborhood bar and the best wings in the city!!
1. They have a tap simply called "CHEAP BEER". Just in the same way I am inexplicably attracted to and must watch any movie that has the word "wedding" in the title, I also cannot pull myself away from a tap that says "CHEAP BEER."
2. They have good wings.
3. They used to have a 2 dollar "mystery" bottle. You'd get a completely random bottled microbrew in a brown bag. It was fun. I wish they'd bring this back.
This is a small, neighborhood kind of dive that has a lot of charm if you are looking for something off the beaten path. I went here after hearing something about their wings. Most people will direct you to Moriarity's for good hot wings, but I was pleasantly surprised by the taste of the wings here. Although they are not as big as Moriarity's wings (but then again, who does have wings that big?) I thought the sauce was tasty enough to compliment the smaller sized wings. The beer selection is quite good -- and yes, you can get a "mystery beer" selection for just $3.
The night I was there it seemed as if there were a good number of regulars sitting at the bar, but we were still able to sit in one of the four booths available. Tangier has a good vibe going for it, so I'd recommend it if you are just looking for a low key night out.
Tangier has a weird vibe. It's a dive bar but it makes some stab at something bigger. it's not really successful in that so I think they should wholeheartedly embrace the dark and go all the way divey. They have pretty cheap options for beer, but they also have some good microbrews. I'm not sure about the food because I've never had it but I've heard it's pretty bad.
Best yet, it was the first place I ever tried Knappague Castle which is a small batch Irish whiskey that is just lovely. In fact, they carry a wide variety of small batch Irish whiskeys, which is unusual in a place that is definitely not an Irish pub.
Ate here before a show. She got the mozzarella sticks, I got the French dip. Food was great, reasonable sized portions, not huge like other restaurants. Very tasty, and incredibly friendly place. I definitely see myself coming back here.
Also -- the MYSTERY BEER is back. I got a Nicaraguan lager, Hacker-Pschorr, and a PBR. No complaints!
Comfortable neighborhood bar. Good beer selection. Standard pub fare plus some extra choices. Good food, friendly staff. They host Drinking Liberally on Tuesday nights and even pitch in free wings to fuel the political conversation. The have a wide variety of hot sauces available for anyone who's looking to get a little fired up.
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