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Jimmy Haberle (left) and Bob Vogel of Green Lane, Pa. sing "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey on karaoke night at Ray's Happy Birthday Bar, 1200 E Passyunk Ave. in Phila. on November 17, 2017 ELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer
Jimmy Haberle (left) and Bob Vogel of Green Lane, Pa. sing "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey on karaoke night at Ray's Happy Birthday Bar, 1200 E Passyunk Ave. in Phila. on November 17, 2017 ELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff PhotographerRead moreELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer

Ray’s Happy Birthday Bar

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This East Passyunk dive, just around the corner from Pat’s and Geno’s, is creeping up on a century of serving up good vibes, low-bar karaoke and cheap drinks for cheap-drink drinkers. Go to Ray’s on your birthday to score a free shot of cake-flavored vodka along with the sense that you’ve completed one of those unwritten but quintessential South Philly rites of passage.

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