It started off well enough, with great beer bars and best-in-the-country pizza places popping up on every corner of the neighborhood.  Things even got better when Live Nation turned a pile of a corner into a beautiful concert venue, even filling it in with a comedy club and a restaurant. But now things have gone too far—we’re getting a generic Goose Island pub in the area that already boasts Philly’s favorite Yards and two other locals going in, and now it’s been announced that we’re getting a bowling alley (yay?) with a—wait for it—a flair bar.

 

Yes, a flair bar.  Because apparently a profession that peaked in 1988 is still a viable business plan.

 

This may seem like the corny gimmick you would expect to see impressing 19-year-olds with fake IDs down the street at the Bamboo Bar, but no, this will be a new concept at a brand new establishment. The cleverly named Flair Street will also partner with the equally cleverly named Burger & Beer Joint inside Revolutions, the brand new bowling alley going into this increasingly watered down, generic entertainment complex.  

 

And while Burger & Beer Joint is boasting wall-to-wall TVs (probably showing that sweet A-Ha video), Flair Street will bring in the world’s premier flair bartenders for national competitions.  Do you hear that, Fishtown?! You’ll be the center of the world stage!  It’ll be for a very specific and sad subset of the population, but damnit, you’ll be right in the limelight.