Chivonn Anderson says she was first inspired to open a women’s sports bar back in 2019, when she couldn’t get a bartender to change the channel.

She had returned to Philly from a trip to Europe, where she and her friends had caught some of the Women’s World Cup games happening in France that summer.

On the day of the final, they went to a sports bar on South Street — she wouldn’t say which one — and asked the bartender to put on the game. He refused, because a Phillies’ regular season game against the Mets was already on.

After some arguing, the bartender eventually switched to the final. More people came in till the bar was packed with a crowd watching the United States women’s national team defeat the Netherlands to defend their title.

Anderson was still irked, though.

“It blew my

See Full Page