"I will admit, I kinda miss Ryan's. That's what this place was before. Ryan's- a dirty lil' neighborhood bar, with a smoking patio, and out of date paint job, with shot specials from the 80's.There was a hot second where someone was trying to turn it into a cocktail lounge, which was one of the most misguided reads of a neighborhood ever. Thank all that is heavy that did not happen.On the positive side, I would have never, ever ordered food at Ryan's, because it was not anyone's idea of clean. Dive proves it's not really a dive at all by being clean and having good food.Now, it's clean, and comfortably lit, with a nice selection of craft beer. There's no smoking. No internet jukebox blaring away with someone's bad taste in music. The draft lines are clean. No graffiti. I'm not a big fan of the auto tune music, and there are a lot of TV's, but the staff is generally very nice. I can come here after a hike in Frick Park. How is this a bad plan?It's not a dive. Dives are supposed to be adorably scary. I'd take my mother in law here for lunch.The staff seems to have changed over a few times throughout the pandemic, but that's not really surprising. I think the current staff care more than previous crews, so that's good."
