The Cherry Street Tavern
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 notable for being a local landmark having been operated in the same location since the early 1900s. 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.
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