vinyl bar · $$
Pon Pon
Records on the speakers, rotating art on the walls, cocktails at a small bar
A Walnut Street bar built around vinyl and a rotating gallery wall, sharing a building with Stowaway Kitchen. Dive-bar bones and better drinks: a short cocktail list made carefully, a lot of lounge seating, and a patio. Music plays off records and the volume stays low enough to talk over. Open 4pm to 2am Tuesday through Sunday. It fills after 10pm on weekends and stays comfortable on a weeknight. Their own site was returning a server error in August 2026; Instagram is the live channel.
Why go. A drink and a conversation, with a record playing instead of a playlist.
Come on a weeknight if you want one of the lounge seats rather than the bar rail.
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