We Pennsylvanians believe very strongly in rodent based weather forecasting, so we assemble at The Grey Lodge every Groundhog Day at 7am to catch Punxsutawney Phil's prognostication. To chase away the winter blues, we wear our best/worst Hawaiian shirts and have a Beer Breakfast. Later in the morning we kick off more oddity as Groundhog Day turns into Lucky Cat Day. Lucky Cat Day features Wissinoming Winnie's Beer Prognostication and other fun stuff. The Groundhog Day Hawaiian Shirt Beer Breakfast and Lucky Cat Beer Prognostication is probably the stupitest event that we do, and we set the bar on stupit pretty high (or should that be low?), so don't miss it.

With how cold this winter has been so far, we all need a Groundhog Day Hawaiian Shirt Beer Breakfast more than usual. What better way to tell winter to screw off than with beer and Hawaiian shirts at 7am?

Beads: There are very few right times to wear beads. There's Mardi Gras in New Orleans, but only during Mardi Gras. Any other time and the locals think you're a douche. Groundhog Day at The Grey Lodge is also on the bead appropriate list. If you've been to New Orleans, you've probably bought some cool beads at a souvenir shop (I did), but you were too cool to wear them if it wasn't Mardi Gras. Well this is an appropriate time to break them out.

Groundhog Day is a great day to take public transportation to the Grey Lodge.

Featured Beers for 2010 Groundhog Day: Founders Breakfast Stout, Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout (bottles), Russian River Consecration (sixtel), Russian River Temptation (sixtel), Philadelphia Joe Porter, Flying Fish Imperial Espresso Porter, Prism Bitto Honey (firkin), Yards Old Bart Barley Wine (sixtel), Troegs Dreamweaver Wheat, Victory Mad King Weisse, Victory Helios, Stoudts Quad, and Sly Fox Gang Aft Agley (all 1/2 barrels unless noted).

Breakfast Menu:
• Buttermilk Pancakes, with choice of bacon or scrapple. $6.50
• Chocolate Chip Almond Pancakes, with choice of bacon or scrapple. $7.50
• Breakfast Sandwich, eggs, cheese, and your choice of bacon or scrapple, on a long roll, with home fries. $6.50
• Creamed Chip Beef, with home fries. $6.50

2010 Groundhog Day Hawaiian Shirt Beer Breakfast & Lucky Cat Day Beer Prognostication & Diaper Drive All Day Diaper Drive: Accuweather.com weather guru Jim Kosek loves Groundhog Day as much as we do. Jim, a new-dad-to-be, has been running a Diaper Drive for charity. We will be collecting diapers to add to the haul. Diaper donors will be a chance to win a great prize. Every diaper you bring gets a chance to win. It should go without saying, but we will anyway, unused diapers only. Jim's baby is due any day, so he won't be able to make it to Northeast Philly for Groundhog 2010, but we have a raincheck for 2011. 07am: Punxatowney Phil and Breakfast Stouts Our doors will open at 7am, the earliest we are allowed to open by law.  We open at 7am because Punxsutawney Phil does his prognostication at 7:20am, and we can't miss that; that's the whole point of Groundhog Day! We will have our large-screen, high-def TVs tuned to PCN, ready for Phil's pronouncement. We'll have loads of noisemakers to greet Phil's appearance. Our kitchen will be open with a special breakfast menu. Featured Beers: Founders Breakfast Stout (draft), Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout (bottles), Russian River Consecration (draft), Russian River Temptation (draft), Philadelphia Joe Porter, Flying Fish Imperial Espresso Porter, and a firkin of Prism Bitto Honey What better way to wake up than with Founders Breakfast Stout, Flying Fish Imperial Espresso Porter and Philadelphia Joe Porter? Flying Fish Imperial Espresso Porter is a Groundhog Day tradition. Philly Joe is also an excellent coffee porter. Founders Breakfast Stout is brewed with coffee and oats and other breakfasty goodness. We have been holding on the two Russian River sixtels for a special occasion. What's more special than Groundhog Day? We scored the case of Founders Kentucky Breakfast just after last Groundhog Day and have been sitting on it ever since. We only have 24 bottles, so first come, first serve. Since we only have 24 to go around, why not share it with a friend on two? And we can't forget the hopheads. We'll have a firkin of Prism Bitto Honey, which we'll serve via gravity pour. 08pm: Yards Crazy 8's at 8! The Magic 8 Ball will determine who gets giveaways, plus Crazy 8 card games. Yards did this one for our 13th Anniversary back in August. It was so much fun, we're doing it again. It's even funner when sipping Yards Old Bart, which happily you'll be able to do. Featured Beer: Yards Old Bart Barley Wine, a blast from the past is back and it's very limited. We'll scored a sixtel, which we'll tap for Groundhog Day. 09am Troegs Best (Worst) Hawaiian Shirt Contest The Hawaiian Shirt contest is an annual Groundhog Day tradition. Wear your best (worst) Hawaiian shirt. Prizes for the best (worst) ones. Featured Beer: Troegs Dreamweaver Wheat. Wheat beers make great breakfast beers, and Dreamweaver is a great wheat beer. 10am: Victory Helios Hula Hoop Contest and Leis with Tracy It wouldn't be Groundhog Day at The Grey Lodge without Tracy from Victory. This year, going with the Hawaiian theme, Tracy will be hosting a hula hoop contest. Prizes for the best and most enthusiastic hoopers. Tracy will crown the winners with Mad King crowns and a pint of Mad King. Featured Beers: Victory Mad King Weisse and Victory Helios 11am: Sly Fox Gets Jiggy with It Get jiggy with Sly Fox! We'll have a Celtic musician Joe Mullin playing and Sly Fox Gang Aft Agely on tap. Featured Beers: We might not have event details yet, but we do have beer lined up (and that's the important thing). Sly Fox Gang Aft Agley and Stoudts Quad. 12noon: Lucky Cat Day Seasonal Beer Prognostication Like Punxsutawney Phil, the Grey Lodge's Wissinoming Winnie is a prognosticator. Unlike Phil who prognosticates weather, Winnie prognosticates beer. Every February 2nd, with the help of her Inner Circle, Winnie determines if there will be 6 more weeks of winter beers or if the spring seasonals will arrive early. Winnie's Inner Circle is comprised of her hand picked (paw picked?) menagerie of local beer folks. After Winnie's Prognostication, we have the drawing for the Diaper Drive prize. Then it's time to go home for a well deserved nap. Or stay a spell, we'll be here til 2am. Events like Groundhog Day and Friday the Firkinteenth are too hectic for us run tabs or accept credit cards. On rare days like those we are cash only. Back to the Grey Lodge Pub Home Page. One of the Best Bars in America - Esquire Magazine