Say It Ain’t So, Or Rather, Say No Go-Go: J&J Trestle Inn Closes
As if The Year Of Things And People Dying needed an extra charm in its crown, we are saddened to tell you that Philadelphia’s legendary big-leg-woman/dive bar, the J&J Trestle Inn, at 11th and Callowhill Sts., has closed its doors. According to a source close to the owner, the Trestle has died of natural causes: Its owner simply tired of the biz. We assume that this means the place should hit the market soon — titty licenses and liquor licenses and all — and we sincerely hope that someone has the decency to simply re-open the place with no changes whatsoever and act like nothing happened at all.
[Photo credit: Nick Sherman/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0]
December 29th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
DILLIGAF? I certainly do. Goodbye to a Philly original.
December 29th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
DILLIGAF? Never seen this before, but instantly knew what it meant. oy.
December 29th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
NOOOOOOOoooooooo!!!! First the Office, now the Trestle?!?! Where am I supposed to go for take-out beer and a glimpse of real art when I’m thirsty and bored at VOX?
December 29th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
DILLIGAF? is posted behind the bar at Trestle. I also remember seeing a MFFFFFFF! sign but the bartender wouldn’t tell me what that one meant.
December 29th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Been closed for over a month now, dog. Goddamn, I hope to get my hands on some of that interior signage. No weapons allowed!
December 30th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
MFFFFFF I think is Male, Female, female, female, female, female….etc