It's Always Sunny.....

Long before the hit show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Paddy's was an Old City standby in the shadows of the Ben Franklin Bridge.
I was introduced to Paddy's by a guy at work who lived in the neighborhood.
On a scale from dive bar to upscale, condemned comes to mind.
One night after a Flyers game I took an out of town buddy here. A Harley was parked on the sidewalk and no patrons were inside. The Harley was the bartender's. The female bartender.
We got to talking about cheap beers we drank in college. We asked for the shitiest beer she had behind the counter.
She opened the cellar trap door behind the bar, climbed down a ladder and emerged a few minutes later with a case of Ortliebs (out of business long ago).
We each drank one. Being the objective was to drink the cheapest beer, we asked how much we were being charged. The response was; "You can drink this shit all night for free".
A good idea at the time. Until later that evening when my new seersucker sofa was introduced to some new shades of greens, reds and vomit pinks.
Paddy's also, before their $45 renovation, had one narrow bathroom. On the wall hung a sign that read something to the effect: "State Health Dept Requires Handwashing Prior To Returning to Work". The sign hung above the toilet. The room had no sink for the food servers to wash their hands.
Behind the bar are plenty of police related memorabilia along with a photo of Mayor Rizzo.
This is the inspiration of the bar on the sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Neither the outside or the inside of the bar on the TV show are the real Paddy's.