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If you spend a lot of time on Fairmount Avenue (or even if you don't) you may have noticed what I'll call the revolving-door restaurant at 2120: it's been Gloria's, Heaven's Fine Dining (Christian-themed dining–really, I'm not joking) and a soul food joint, all in the span of just a few years. Now, however, it's the "Urban Saloon," Fairmount's newest sports bar. And while the location, across the street from Eastern State Penitentiary–one of the neighborhood's many tourist-loving dining establishments–doesn’t quite scream "sports bar" to me, I've got to admit the place is pretty sharp. Plenty of seating ensures a place to watch the Eagles (if you're masochistic) or Phillies (if you're slightly less masochistic, this year at least) on many screens. The menu is a bit short, but the prices are more than reasonable for this particular neck of the woods. Anyway, it's a place to hang out with the neighborhood crowd and cheer on the neighborhood teams, and that's good enough for me. I just wish they'd have picked a less dopey name.
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