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Patriots fan proves she's not a sore loser with $200 bar tip

"This was a nice lesson - something you rarely hear about," the owner says.

Copy of credit-card slip left at the Happy Rooster by a big-tipping New England Patriots fan. We have masked her name and signature.
Copy of credit-card slip left at the Happy Rooster by a big-tipping New England Patriots fan. We have masked her name and signature.Read moreNORRIS JORDAN

Bartenders and waiters love to tell stories about tippers good and bad.

There's the waitress who got a $5,000 tip and the bartender who got $2,000 at Rouge on Rittenhouse Square a few years ago, and the waitress at a now-closed Center City restaurant who got a pair of camo pants from actor Bill Murray.

Now comes word from the Happy Rooster at 16th and Sansom Streets of a customer — a Patriots fan — who sat quietly at the bar Friday, had a cocktail and a shot of Jameson ($18.70), and left $200 for her bartender, Nick Kennedy.

The note of explanation on her credit-card receipt reads:

"From a Pats fan in Philly. Congrats."

The 1,070-percent tip came out of nowhere, says Norris Jordan, husband of owner Debbie Jordan.

"He's a super-nice young man," Jordan said. "He just looked down and there it was." He said Kennedy was unsure if the tip was for $2 or $200, so he went to find her but she had left.

For all of the supposed bitterness between the fan bases, he said, "this was a nice lesson — something you rarely hear about."