South Philly residents report their house windows were smashed after they complained about bar owner
Updated Jan 06, 2021;
By Ellie Rushing, The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
For more than 60 years, three generations of Maglio men have run the Station Bar and Grill, serving cheap drinks and basic eats to an evolving demographic of South Philadelphians.
Lou Maglio, who currently runs the joint owned by his mother, said the corner bar at 16th and McKean Streets never had problems with the neighbors. Until this year.
The complaints may have initially looked like newcomers clashing with old South Philadelphian mores — and Maglio argues that’s the case. But even longtime neighbors say that the bar is out of hand and that the clash has escalated, with frightening results.