# Mexican bar Sancho Pistola's closes after 12 years

> Sancho Pistola's Mexican bar closes after 12 years in Fishtown.
- Title: Mexican bar Sancho Pistola's closes after 12 years | Shortify
- Summary: Sancho Pistola's Mexican bar closes after 12 years in Fishtown. Mexican bar Sancho Pistola's permanently closes after 12 years in Fishtown following…
- Keywords: sancho pistola's, fishtown, mexican food, bar closure, casey parker, joey gunn, adán trinidad, pistola's del sur, jose pistola's, girard avenue, leopard street, w 19 girard ave
- Source: PhillyVoice — https://phillyvoice.com/sancho-pistolas-fishtown-bar-permanantly-closes-mexican
- Published: 2026-10-14T17:09:10.962+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: sancho pistola's, fishtown, mexican food, bar closure, casey parker, joey gunn, adán trinidad, pistola's del sur, jose pistola's, girard avenue, leopard street, w 19 girard ave
## Sancho Pistola's closes after 12 years
Mexican bar Sancho Pistola's permanently closes at 19 W. Girard Ave. in Fishtown after 12 years in business.
## Sister bar Jose Pistola's shut down
Jose Pistola's abruptly shuttered in Center City in August after struggling with post-pandemic business.
## Owners cite financial struggles
Owners Casey Parker and Joe Gunn said the Center City bar struggled to maintain business after the pandemic and had outstanding debts.
## GoFundMe campaign launched
Parker and Gunn started a GoFundMe campaign seeking $30,000 to support staff and cover expenses owed to vendors.
## Campaign raised $1,278
As of Wednesday morning, the GoFundMe campaign had raised $1,278.
## Chef Adán Trinidad died in 2021
Sancho Pistola's was long led by late chef and business partner Adán Trinidad, who died in 2021.
## Space becomes available
The closure opens a prime restaurant space at 19 W. Girard Avenue on Fishtown's busy commercial corridor.
## Previous occupants of space
The space was previously occupied by Bubba's Texas BBQ and before that by Cornerstone Market.
## Key takeaway

Mexican bar Sancho Pistola's permanently closes after 12 years in Fishtown following financial struggles and the death of chef Adán Trinidad.