For years before I took over the kitchen at Pitchers Pub in Manayunk, I was known for my food pop-ups. Chicken wings and waffles, mac and cheese, and Australian beef cheesesteaks were some of my specialties. I’d make them in all kinds of restaurants and bars around town. My first pop-up was at Moonshine in Pennsport. After work, I’d hang out up the street at O’Jung’s.

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At the corner of Fernon and Two streets, in the middle of Mummers clubhouses, O’Jung’s has belonged to Holly and Mike Otto Sr. since 2018. They bought the “mom and pop dive bar type of place,” Mike says, from Holly’s parents, who’d been there since 2001. The neighborhood was different then, full of long-time residents.

For a couple of years, Mike and Holly kept things pretty much th

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