Located in the Grays Ferry section of South Philadelphia, Dean’s Bar has served as a neighborhood cornerstone for drinks, stories, laughs, and friendship since 1933.
“A little piece of Ireland in Grays Ferry”
Phelim “Gabber” Dean
Phelim Francis Dean II, aka “Gabber” tends bar at Dean’s on a St Patrick’s Day in the late 1950’s. Gabber’s mother and father came to Grays Ferry, like so many others, from Mayo, Ireland and opened the bar in 1933.
Gabber (3rd from the left) and his mother, Grandmom Dean, behind the bar - 1949
Where the Shamrock Glows
When the emerald light is shining, you know we are home