A beloved Center City dive bar is raising its minimum age requirement in an effort to crack down on underage drinking and disruptive behavior.
Dirty Frank’s, located at 13th and Pine streets, recently increased its minimum age for entry from 21 to 25. Owner Jody Sweitzer said the change comes after a surge in younger patrons using increasingly sophisticated fake IDs.
The final straw came about two weeks ago, when the bar’s doorman confiscated a fake ID featuring the face of Benjamin Franklin — complete with a fictional home address on Market Street. Sweitzer said the ID was nearly impossible to detect with traditional methods…