A Toast to 30 Years of Bonner’s Irish Pub

Bonner’s Irish Pub, the storied neighborhood bar on 23rd and Sansom, marks its 30th anniversary on November 8th

By Rolando Rosa

In 1993, after establishing bars in University City and in Madison, Wisconsin, Dan Bonner sought to leave an even deeper imprint in the world of hospitality. It was this drive that led him to open Bonner’s Irish Pub, a now-beloved fixture in the neighborhood.

The pub's rich history, as Bonner recounts, goes back to the 1840s when it served…