Best Neighborhood Bar
Gene's Haufbrau
Readers Pick
Jonathan Boncek
When it comes time for a nice cold one, the hobo clowns love Gene's Haufbrau
In Germany, they call the neighborhood bar "die Kneipe um die Ecke in unserer Nachbarschaft." Readers in the West Ashley neighborhood of Avondale just call it Gene's.
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