Guidebook for Philadelphia

Brandon
Guidebook for Philadelphia

Food Scene in My Area

Bar/restaurant with great Mexican food and drinks on the cheap. The nachos are massive and only $5 during Happy Hour! The brunch is also killer ($5 Bloody Mary's during "brunch Happy Hour"). On one random night every week, all the tacos are $1 EACH (check their Facebook or Instagram to find out which night)
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Loco Pez
2401 E Norris St
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Bar/restaurant with great Mexican food and drinks on the cheap. The nachos are massive and only $5 during Happy Hour! The brunch is also killer ($5 Bloody Mary's during "brunch Happy Hour"). On one random night every week, all the tacos are $1 EACH (check their Facebook or Instagram to find out which night)
Outdoor deck seating and cool interior. The veggie wings are great, especially during Happy Hour when they're (I think) $5!
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Cedar Point Bar & Kitchen
2370 E Norris St
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Outdoor deck seating and cool interior. The veggie wings are great, especially during Happy Hour when they're (I think) $5!
BBQ and Tex-Mex menus. Great for meat-lovers and vegetarians (the latter should try the veggie wings or the seitan cheesesteak). Outdoor seating and cheap margarita pitchers during happy hour.
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El Camino Real Restaurant
1040 N 2nd St
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BBQ and Tex-Mex menus. Great for meat-lovers and vegetarians (the latter should try the veggie wings or the seitan cheesesteak). Outdoor seating and cheap margarita pitchers during happy hour.
One of my favorite menus in the area, for both dinner and brunch. Bar/restaurant downstairs, music venue upstairs.
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Bourbon & Branch
705 N 2nd St
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One of my favorite menus in the area, for both dinner and brunch. Bar/restaurant downstairs, music venue upstairs.
Brunch all day every day. Southern comfort-food influenced.
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Honey's Sit 'N Eat
2101 South St
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Brunch all day every day. Southern comfort-food influenced.
Awesome traditional Mexican food. BYO.
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Que Chula Es Puebla Inc
1356 N 2nd St
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Awesome traditional Mexican food. BYO.
Beautiful (and huge) coffee shop with amazing decor. Features a Steve Powers mural inside. They also sell coffee-infused rum that is distilled on-site.
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La Colombe Coffee Roasters
1335 Frankford Ave
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Beautiful (and huge) coffee shop with amazing decor. Features a Steve Powers mural inside. They also sell coffee-infused rum that is distilled on-site.
Some of the best BBQ you will ever eat, even if you're from the South like myself. Check out their happy-hour that features reduced-price pork sandwiches and $5 Old Fashions and Manhattans
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Fette Sau
1208 Frankford Ave
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Some of the best BBQ you will ever eat, even if you're from the South like myself. Check out their happy-hour that features reduced-price pork sandwiches and $5 Old Fashions and Manhattans
Great pizza and home to the world’s largest collection of pizza-memorabilia (as certified by Guinness Records). And Little Baby's Ice Cream is right next door!
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Pizza Brain
2313 Frankford Ave
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Great pizza and home to the world’s largest collection of pizza-memorabilia (as certified by Guinness Records). And Little Baby's Ice Cream is right next door!
Fusion asian noodle shop with creative takes on ramen, dumplings etc.
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Cheu Fishtown
1416 Frankford Ave
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Fusion asian noodle shop with creative takes on ramen, dumplings etc.
Bar, coffeeshop, and restaurant, all-in-one. Very nice patio area and a comfy upstairs that's great for working on a laptop.
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Front Street Cafe
1253 N Front St
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Bar, coffeeshop, and restaurant, all-in-one. Very nice patio area and a comfy upstairs that's great for working on a laptop.
Hip counter-serve spot for locally sourced salads, stir-fries & fruit-honey desserts.
Honeygrow Test Kitchen
Hip counter-serve spot for locally sourced salads, stir-fries & fruit-honey desserts.
Walk-up taqueria for fusion tacos, burritos & quesadillas, with late weekend hours & outdoor seats. Cash only but they have an ATM.
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Heffe Tacos
1431 Frankford Ave
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Walk-up taqueria for fusion tacos, burritos & quesadillas, with late weekend hours & outdoor seats. Cash only but they have an ATM.

Bars & Nightlife

One of the original "cool spots" in Fishtown, this place is a solid bar/restaurant and live music venue (upstairs) that hosts lots of great acts. Great food, decor, & outdoor seating. Also, pool table
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Johnny Brenda's
1201 Frankford Ave
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One of the original "cool spots" in Fishtown, this place is a solid bar/restaurant and live music venue (upstairs) that hosts lots of great acts. Great food, decor, & outdoor seating. Also, pool table
The quintessential Fishtown dive bar. No food. Just cheap booze, jukebox, and karaoke some nights. $2.25 PBR tall boys all the time. Back yard. Dogs are usually allowed, even inside.
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El Bar
1356 N Front St
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The quintessential Fishtown dive bar. No food. Just cheap booze, jukebox, and karaoke some nights. $2.25 PBR tall boys all the time. Back yard. Dogs are usually allowed, even inside.
Huge selection of beers for takeout. It's also a bar/restaurant in the back.
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Bottle Bar East
1308 Frankford Ave
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Huge selection of beers for takeout. It's also a bar/restaurant in the back.
Beer garden that is simultaneously indoor & outdoor, complete with fire-pits and games like table tennis & foozball, and Jenga sets on all the tables.
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Frankford Hall
1210 Frankford Ave
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Beer garden that is simultaneously indoor & outdoor, complete with fire-pits and games like table tennis & foozball, and Jenga sets on all the tables.
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Fishtown Tavern
1301 Frankford Ave
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Essentials

Basically a fancy bodega with great made-to-order food (try the falafel) and basic groceries. Good amount of health/vegan grocery options.
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Liberty Choice
1939 N Front St
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Basically a fancy bodega with great made-to-order food (try the falafel) and basic groceries. Good amount of health/vegan grocery options.
Great shop for organic, locally-sourced produce. Also happens to be owned by my friend, and an all-around amazing human, Vincent Finazzo.
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Riverwards Produce Market
2200 E Norris St
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Great shop for organic, locally-sourced produce. Also happens to be owned by my friend, and an all-around amazing human, Vincent Finazzo.
Standard large supermarket. They also sell beer.
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ACME Markets
1400 E Passyunk Ave
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Standard large supermarket. They also sell beer.
Big selection of wine and Liquor. You can get beer upstairs at the ACME supermarket.
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Fine Wine & Good Spirits Premium Collection
180 W Girard Ave
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Big selection of wine and Liquor. You can get beer upstairs at the ACME supermarket.

Other Entertainment

Indoor BYOB Miniature Golf Course and Arcade. Enough said.
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Keystone Mini-Golf & Arcade
161 Cecil B. Moore Ave
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Indoor BYOB Miniature Golf Course and Arcade. Enough said.
Get drunk and throw axes.
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Urban Axes Philadelphia
2019 E Boston St
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Get drunk and throw axes.
Trendy bowling alley with a full bar + pool & other games upstairs. Lower priced bowling on Sun and Wed nights
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North Bowl Lounge n Lanes
909 N 2nd St
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Trendy bowling alley with a full bar + pool & other games upstairs. Lower priced bowling on Sun and Wed nights

Shops

Vintage furniture and collectibles at amazingly low prices.
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Jinxed Fishtown
1331 Frankford Ave
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Vintage furniture and collectibles at amazingly low prices.
Film development, supplies, and gallery
Indie Photo
206 E Girard Ave
Film development, supplies, and gallery
Local guitar shop with custom builds
DiPinto Guitars
407 E Girard Ave
Local guitar shop with custom builds

Sightseeing

One of the best art museums around, but it's massive, so budget your time. The contemporary wing is awesome, and houses the largest collection of Marcel Duchamp work in the world
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Muzium Seni Philadelphia
2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
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One of the best art museums around, but it's massive, so budget your time. The contemporary wing is awesome, and houses the largest collection of Marcel Duchamp work in the world
Massive food market with basically any type of food you can think of. Not the best for indecisive people like myself, but def a fun place to wander through and/or eat
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Reading Terminal Market
1136 N 12th St
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Massive food market with basically any type of food you can think of. Not the best for indecisive people like myself, but def a fun place to wander through and/or eat
Better known as the Mutter Museum, if you're into medical oddities from generations past, this is your spot.
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First Food Market
116 S 21st St
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Better known as the Mutter Museum, if you're into medical oddities from generations past, this is your spot.
Possibly the best private collection of post-impressionist and early-modern art in the world. Features 181 Renoirs, 69 Cézannes, 59 Matisses, 46 Picassos, 16 Modigli­anis, 7 Van Goghs, etc etc
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Barnes
2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
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Possibly the best private collection of post-impressionist and early-modern art in the world. Features 181 Renoirs, 69 Cézannes, 59 Matisses, 46 Picassos, 16 Modigli­anis, 7 Van Goghs, etc etc
Who knew Philadelphia had a Japanese tea house, eh? Well indeed it does, hiding within the beautiful and expansive Fairmount Park.
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Japanese House and Garden
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Who knew Philadelphia had a Japanese tea house, eh? Well indeed it does, hiding within the beautiful and expansive Fairmount Park.
Park by the river with tons of hammocks, games, food trucks, and a floating beer garden on the water. Some nights, they have free concerts as well. Best on weekdays, if you want a chance at finding an open hammock.
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Spruce Street Harbor Park
301 S Christopher Columbus Blvd
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Park by the river with tons of hammocks, games, food trucks, and a floating beer garden on the water. Some nights, they have free concerts as well. Best on weekdays, if you want a chance at finding an open hammock.
Amazing example of early American architecture
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Bangunan Kota Philadelphia
1400 John F Kennedy Blvd
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Amazing example of early American architecture
Gothic-style prison-turned-attraction with tours of Al Capone's cell, exhibits & a haunted house in Halloween season
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Penjara Negeri Timur
2027 Fairmount Ave
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Gothic-style prison-turned-attraction with tours of Al Capone's cell, exhibits & a haunted house in Halloween season
Insane folk art sculpture garden created by mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar
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Taman Ajaib Philadelphia
1020 South St
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Insane folk art sculpture garden created by mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar
Great contemporary art museum with FREE admission
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Institute of Contemporary Art
118 S 36th St
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Great contemporary art museum with FREE admission
Legendary skate park under the freeway.
FDR Skatepark
Pattison Avenue
Legendary skate park under the freeway.
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Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
532 N 7th St
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Akuarium Pengembaraan
1 Riverside Dr
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Coffee shops

Beautiful (and huge) coffee shop with amazing decor. Features a Steve Powers mural inside. They also sell alcoholic options like draft lattes, and coffee-infused rum that is distilled on-site.
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La Colombe Coffee Roasters
1335 Frankford Ave
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Beautiful (and huge) coffee shop with amazing decor. Features a Steve Powers mural inside. They also sell alcoholic options like draft lattes, and coffee-infused rum that is distilled on-site.
Local micro roasters that source and roast their own beans
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ReAnimator Coffee
1523 E Susquehanna Ave
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Local micro roasters that source and roast their own beans
Closest shop to my loft--it's on the same block. Also has good sandwiches. Only open in the mornings, they close at 2pm most days.
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Buzz Cafe Philly
1800 N Howard St
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Closest shop to my loft--it's on the same block. Also has good sandwiches. Only open in the mornings, they close at 2pm most days.