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People are Camping Out for 10 HOURS for a Membership to Philly’s Most Exclusive Club
By Kyle Pagan
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Every Thursday in May the Palizzi Social Club gives out 25 memberships for $20. People from all over the city start to line up at 6 a.m. hoping to get one and last Thursday I went down to talk to some who set up camp 10 hours before it opened! –
I love quirky shit like this and Philadelphia is one of the best places for it. The House Rules, the light up sign on the door of a row home, the old school doorman, and the membership card. It’s all awesome. Even better is that line had the perfect mixture of people. People from different walks of life, blue collar, white collar, and different belief systems. There were Eagles fans and Sixers fans. Young and old. It’s what makes Passyunk, Passyunk and Philly, Philly.
Though hiring Task Rabbiters is bullshit, in my opinion. I’m glad the guy who did that wasn’t even close to getting his membership. If you want some of the best Italian in the city you plant your sweet cheeks in your seat and wait it out like the rest. You don’t think there were people with their laptops “working from home?? I saw plenty. Waiting in line is part of the process. How bad do you want it? A guy who hires someone else to do their dirty work definitely doesn’t want the crab spaghetti or the cocktails in the President’s Room enough. Probably some trust fund kid that has never heard the word ‘no’ and bought his way out of his problems. Despicable. What if you got a membership, came in for your reservation, and Chef Joey hires a Task Rabbit to prep and cook the meal? You’d be piss. If you’re going down this Thursday to wait in line enjoy it.
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com