History & local legend
Serrill Headley bought the Khyber Pass Pub on South Second Street in Philadelphia in the early 1970s. She transformed the neighborhood saloon with Pakistani wedding tents, a large beer selection and music every night, while retaining its established regulars.
In a 1994 interview, Headley said earlier occupants were still present as ghosts. She added that she intended to return and haunt the pub herself after her death. Her 2008 obituary preserved that promise, which became part of the bar's lore. Behind the bar, carved woodwork made for Philadelphia's 1876 Centennial remains a tangible link with the earlier city that surrounded her establishment.
