124 S 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-732-3501
http://sampanphilly.com/graffiti-bar/
As the weather is now nicer with the arrival of spring, I've been checking out more outdoor bars to enjoy the weather before summer arrives and it gets too gross and hot out.
Today, I checked out Graffiti Bar at Sampan. Its located at the rear of Sampan, accessible through a fun, slightly sketchy, alley way. It claims to seat 30 in the patio but 30 would feel like a squeeze. The space was surprisingly packed for 5 pm on a Wednesday.
There is a cocktail and beer of the day for each happy hour along with the standard happy hour drink menu and happy hour food menu that has the standard Sampan Asian inspired food. The cocktail of the day was decent and enjoyable and the beer of the day was just your standard Heineken.
Food items sampled for happy hour included: bahn mi (mediocre); Korean fried chicken (just bad, I was hoping for chicken wings korean style, not skewers of chicken meat); pork bao (this was the highlight); and lastly some kim chi fried rice with shrimp and an egg over easy (this was quite good as well)
Graffiti bar meets the bare minimum for an outdoor space in center city with fair drink specials. The food is a little disappointing but lets face it, happy hour is more drink than food focused. I would come back but Graffiti bar is not high on my list of repeat outdoor bars.
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