Super Bowl LIX: South Philadelphia Bar Goes All Out To Support Kansas City Chiefs Instead Of Eagles

♊Nestled in the eye of South Philadelphia, just about a dozen blocks from where Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley and the Eagles play each weekend, sits a corner bar that’s stuffed on game days with locals who have backed this year’s Super Bowl team for decades. Just not the team you might be thinking of. The banner that often hangs outside on the brick wall of Big Charlie’s Saloon says it all in big, bold, red and gold letters: CHIEFS. The Chiefs shrine inside Big Charlie’s makes the bar seem more fit to stand among the cluster of watering holes in Kansas City’s Westport district than in one of Philly’s gritty working-class neighborhoods. It’s a spot where bar owner Paul Staico is as popular in these parts as Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce and the only place in town where cereal boxes of Mahomes Magic Crunch rest atop the refrigerator.

ꦫBig Charlie's Saloon Owner Paul Staico sits with customers at his bar in Philadelphia ahead of the upcoming Super Bowl 59 between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.

🅰Super Bowl 59: South Philadelphia Bar Supports Kansas City Chiefs | Photo: AP/Matt Rourke

ꦦBig Charlie's Saloon Owner Paul Staico sits with customers at his bar in Philadelphia ahead of the upcoming Super Bowl 59 between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.