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Mad River in Old City shuts down

The Manayunk location remains.

26 comments

Mad River in Old City shuts down

POSTED: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 12:48 PM

Michael Klein, Philly.com

Filed Under: TableTalk

Mad River, which opened eight years ago in the old Middle East restaurant on Chestnut Street near Second in Old City and developed all the charm of a frat party, is dark.

A note from management on its website steers clientele to its Manayunk location.

State records show it paid a $1,000 fine for serving visibly intoxicated persons last month; the case originated in April 2011.

Update: The spot is being reconfigured into a craft beer/seafood restaurant called Craft & Claw.

h/t @hhkal17

26 comments

Comments (26)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:22 PM, 07/25/2012

Some good times were had there. Oh well the good old days.

— Nightman76

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:29 PM, 07/25/2012

Crappiest bar in the city. Hands down. Good riddance.

— NYU 84

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:34 PM, 07/25/2012

Terrible bar, the owners should be cited for not knowing what fun is

— cmoney

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:39 PM, 07/25/2012

good riddance. all the charm of a frat party is right. what a zoo. bunch of privileged rich white kids in there.

— Ryan

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:41 PM, 07/25/2012

There is a reason many business fail. If they turned off 2 of every three customers it was but a matter of time--sooner or later.

— BEMiller

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:57 PM, 07/25/2012

The place was a total sh*thole, no question. THE PITS !

— hotelguy

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:19 PM, 07/25/2012

Where are all the bros gonna go now?

— Cheesesteak

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:33 PM, 07/25/2012

Uh, they're in Old City, where are they going?

— suporma

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:59 AM, 07/26/2012

Home

— Cuddles

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:35 PM, 07/25/2012

that place was a piece of dung. the "bros" always will have a home in philly - there are 10 bars just like this place.

philly needs to actually have door policies at nice places to keep the riff raff out. charge a cover and let hot women in free. thats the ticket to a hopping spot without idiots running around.

unfortunately philly can't accept that the concept works.

— rbrogna1

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:41 PM, 07/25/2012

mcfaddens 3rd should be next

— Serge_Matthews

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:49 PM, 07/25/2012

Darn, couldn't this happened a month ago when rape jokes were still considered funny?

— AreaMan

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:59 PM, 07/25/2012

UUUGHHHHHH now all the 'bros' will be heading manayunk. too many bro's in my neighborhood.

— snowboardwcu

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:14 PM, 07/25/2012

This is what passes for news these days?

— Ralph 1

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Michael Klein, the editor/producer of philly.com/Food, writes about the local restaurant scene in his Inquirer column "Table Talk." Have a question? Email it! See his Inquirer work here. Reach Michael at mklein@philly.com.