An interesting thing happened when I was wrapping up Quizzo night at Murphy’s last Tuesday. Namely, someone was sitting at the bar talking about how he had to rush home earlier that day because a pack of brawling kids was…
Brawling In East Falls
Tag: East Falls
It’s Always Sunny At Billy Murphy’s Irish Saloonery Quizzo
In keeping with my tradition of inviting candidates in races I cover to appear at my Quizzo night in East Falls (see here, here, here, here and here), Obama-endorsed U.S. Sen. candidate Katie McGinty stopped by Billy Murphy’s Irish Saloonery on…
Come On Over To Murphy’s On Tuesday Night For The PhillyVoice-Sponsored Quizzo Night
The Story Behind The East Falls Shamrock
Ever since we moved up to East Falls from Fairmount in 2005, I’d wondered who was behind the big shamrock that’s annually painted at the intersection of Midvale and Ridge aves. Spurred on by seeing it during last weekend’s EF…
Photos From The East Falls Bar Crawl
When it comes time of St. Patrick’s Day-ish bar crawls, kids do the Erin Express while adults do the East Falls Bar Crawl, of which the 10th annual event was held Saturday. Here are two photos from said event, one…
BuzzFeed Names Billy Murphy’s Irish Saloonery The Best Irish Bar In Pennsylvania, Is Right
I’m not in the habit of linking out to listicles on this here site, but the one that BuzzFeed compiled of the “Best Irish Bar in Every State” is an outlier. Why’s that, you ask? Because the Saloonery is in…
East Falls Is The Best Neighborhood In Philly. Allow Me To Explain Why.
Wrote up a little tribute to my home neighborhood for PhillyVoice today. … Then, we cut a left onto a residential block featuring a picturesque green London plane-tree canopy. I’m pretty sure my jaw dropped as visions of young Hickeys…
Pope Francis Is Coming To Philly, So My Sept. 15 Quizzo Will Be In His Honor
You may have heard that Pope Francis will visit Philadelphia on Sept. 26 and 27. You may also know that I host Quizzo at Billy Murphy’s Irish Saloonery in Philadelphia’s East Falls neighborhood every other Tuesday night. As such, it…
Billy Murphy’s Irish Saloonery Near Top Of Playboy’s ‘Best Philly Dive Bars’ List
If you know me, you know I host Quizzo at Billy Murphy’s Irish Saloonery in East Falls (Philly) every other Tuesday night. Sometimes, this kind of thing happens: If you know Murphy’s, you know it’s a great bar. Local guy…
Eagles LB Connor Barwin Visited A K-8 School On My Block Today
… And luckily, I got to cover it for NewsWorks. My takeaway? Connor Barwin is a really decent, down-to-earth dude who just happens to be a really good football player.