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Watkins Drinkery — a project brimming with potential a year ago — now seems hopelessly stymied. Klein himself guesses his project has just a 50 percent chance of survival, and isn’t helped by the fact that some community members still believe that any bar is a nuisance bar, even though neighborhoods all across the city have been revitalized by similar projects. Klein wants to follow in that tradition. That is, if Watkins Drinkery ever gets the chance to open its doors.

Want to help bring venison nachos and housemade sausage to a Philly neighborhood on the rise? Express your support in an e-mail to the East Passyunk Crossing Neighborhood Association at contact@epcrossing.org.