London Bar Manager Was Holding a Cutout of Taylor Swift When Travis Kelce Walked in to Film His Podcast (Exclusive)

While they’re at Jason and Travis Kelce’s New heights podcast is usually recorded in their hometowns of Philadelphia and Kansas City, the latest episode traveled across the pond. The brothers were in London to support Travis’ girlfriend Taylor Swift during her Eras Tour — but they still managed to make the location feel like home.

With Jason’s ties to the Philadelphia Eagles (he announced his retirement in March after 13 seasons), it seems the only logical place to film in England’s capital was Passyunk Avenue. The Philly-inspired dive bar in the heart of central London welcomed the brothers on June 22 – the day after Jason and his wife Kylie Kelce attended their first Eras Tour show at Wembley Stadium.

Travis, 34, ordered a beer and a cheesesteak “as soon as it arrived,” manager Jessi Riley tells PEOPLE.

“We had a ‘Swiftie Party’ later that day and it was especially funny because I was setting up a Taylor Swift cardboard cutout as Travis walked in,” says Riley. “I kind of said, ‘Sorry about the girl, we’re having a Taylor Swift after party tonight,’ and he said, ‘Me too.’ He was a little early, so I didn’t wait for him for another 45 minutes, so I stood with his girlfriend!”

Riley’s first interaction with Jason, 36, wasn’t as eventful, but just as sweet. “[He] it felt like a face I already knew,” says Riley. “He came in and put a big hug around my shoulders and it was normal.”

Jason and Travis Kelce record the New Heights podcast on Passyunk Avenue.

Passyunk Ave

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Riley ended up appearing on an episode of the couple’s podcast and serving up traditional British cuisine including a full English breakfast and afternoon tea.

Jason and Travis were joined at the bar by Kylie, 32, who decided to leave her own souvenir at the venue.

“Our bar has a bit of a tradition,” JP Teti, Philly native and founder of Passyunk Avenue, tells PEOPLE. “Everything you see on the walls has been donated by people over time, so it’s like a collection of other people’s junk hanging proudly in our bar.”

“One thing that’s happened over time is that people will take US dollar bills and write messages in Sharpies and stick them all over the place,” adds Teti, who created Passyunk in 2018 after noticing a lack of dive bars in London. “As Jason and Kylie were about to leave, she said, ‘Jason, give me the bill, I want to write a note and leave it,’ and Jason said, ‘All I have is 100,’ so Jason takes out a 100, and she says : “Okay, well, then I write on 100, that’s what we do.” The message was, ‘J— Dallas, Go Birds and Go Cabrini,’ where she went to college.”

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Jason and Travis Kelce with Passyunk host Jessi Riley.

Jessie Riley

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“She insisted on standing on the chair and strapping it to the highest part of the hall herself, and I just kept thinking, ‘Please don’t fall,'” says Riley. “She said, ‘If you’re worried about liability, just look away!’”

“She’s so cool, very down to earth,” adds Riley.

Passyunk Avenue also features a replica of the mummer costume Jason wore during the parade after the Eagles won the Super Bowl in 2018. The item was proudly displayed next to Jason during the podcast taping, along with the vast collection of friendship bracelets he collected the night before.

Interior of Passyunk Ave.

Passyunk Ave

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“They were placed in front of him like a trophy,” laughs Riley.

“We really had to keep it a secret that he was going to be here, but a few people worked it out,” she continues. “It was pretty surreal. They are just so funny together. As soon as they start talking, they entertain each other, and Travis said it’s been that way since they were kids.”

Interior of Passyunk Ave.

Passyunk Ave

Teti adds, “They’re just really down-to-earth guys.”

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