Guidebook for Philadelphia

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Guidebook for Philadelphia

Food Scene

Best sandwiches in the neighborhood! Play shuffleboard while you wait and stay or takeout a great selection of bottled and canned beers.
74 locals recommend
Rybrew
2600 W Girard Ave
74 locals recommend
Best sandwiches in the neighborhood! Play shuffleboard while you wait and stay or takeout a great selection of bottled and canned beers.
Great pizza and Italian sandwiches.
27 locals recommend
Italian Express
2641 W Girard Ave
27 locals recommend
Great pizza and Italian sandwiches.
Great coffee!
67 locals recommend
High Point Cafe
602 Carpenter Ln
67 locals recommend
Great coffee!
Excellent BYOB Moroccan restaurant. Seared tuna is a favorite!
27 locals recommend
Figs
2501 Meredith St
27 locals recommend
Excellent BYOB Moroccan restaurant. Seared tuna is a favorite!
Brewing La Colombe coffee and serving tasty pastries.
42 locals recommend
Lucky Goat Coffee House
888 N 26th St
42 locals recommend
Brewing La Colombe coffee and serving tasty pastries.
Great breakfast sandwiches!
40 locals recommend
Rybread
1711 Fairmount Ave
40 locals recommend
Great breakfast sandwiches!
Tasty Mexican and a really nice outdoor patio
65 locals recommend
La Calaca Feliz
2321 Fairmount Ave
65 locals recommend
Tasty Mexican and a really nice outdoor patio
Great food- especially the pastas. And excellent beer selection.
27 locals recommend
Bridgid's
27 locals recommend
Great food- especially the pastas. And excellent beer selection.
One of our favorites and weekly to-gos. Thai food- mostly. Thai Basil Chicken and the Drunken Noodles are our favorites.
18 locals recommend
Trio BYOB
2601 Pennsylvania Ave
18 locals recommend
One of our favorites and weekly to-gos. Thai food- mostly. Thai Basil Chicken and the Drunken Noodles are our favorites.
Great pizza and family friendly place. Eat in or take away.
28 locals recommend
Angelino's Restaurant
849 N 25th St
28 locals recommend
Great pizza and family friendly place. Eat in or take away.
Mexican restaurant owned by the folks who run Trio. Good, but we like La Calaca better and it's just another 5 minute walk.
Isabel
2601 Pennsylvania Ave
Mexican restaurant owned by the folks who run Trio. Good, but we like La Calaca better and it's just another 5 minute walk.
Serving La Colombe coffee and breakfast sandwiches. They take forever, but decent quality.
8 locals recommend
The Flying Saucer Cafe
2545 Brown Street
8 locals recommend
Serving La Colombe coffee and breakfast sandwiches. They take forever, but decent quality.
Very good Greek food
43 locals recommend
Zorba's Tavern
2230 Fairmount Ave
43 locals recommend
Very good Greek food
Nice restaurant and separate bar area for sandwiches and burgers.
19 locals recommend
Rembrandt's Restaurant & Bar
741 North 23rd Street
19 locals recommend
Nice restaurant and separate bar area for sandwiches and burgers.

Entertainment & Activities

Country's first zoo and one of the best. Check out the cat walk and visit the baby orangoutang.
416 locals recommend
Philadelphia Zoo
3400 W Girard Ave
416 locals recommend
Country's first zoo and one of the best. Check out the cat walk and visit the baby orangoutang.
Ice cream! And coffee. And water ice, it's a Philly thing.
31 locals recommend
Philly Flavors
2004 Fairmount Ave
31 locals recommend
Ice cream! And coffee. And water ice, it's a Philly thing.
A mansion designed solely as a playspace for kids! Best playground in Philly. And it's free (donations requested). http://smithplayground.org/about/
26 locals recommend
Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse
3500 Reservoir Dr
26 locals recommend
A mansion designed solely as a playspace for kids! Best playground in Philly. And it's free (donations requested). http://smithplayground.org/about/

Drinks & Nightlife

When in Brewerytown . . . check out our newly opened brewery for great beer and snacks.
2711 W Girard Ave
2711 West Girard Avenue
When in Brewerytown . . . check out our newly opened brewery for great beer and snacks.
Our favorite neighborhood bar with great nachos, sandwiches and friendly service. Also serve brunch.
40 locals recommend
The Bishop's Collar
2349 Fairmount Ave
40 locals recommend
Our favorite neighborhood bar with great nachos, sandwiches and friendly service. Also serve brunch.
With a full crew boat hanging from the ceiling, the original fireman's pole and the country's oldest solitary prison across the street (now a museum) the atmosphere is one-of-a-kind. Bbq ribs!
53 locals recommend
Jack's Firehouse
2130 Fairmount Ave
53 locals recommend
With a full crew boat hanging from the ceiling, the original fireman's pole and the country's oldest solitary prison across the street (now a museum) the atmosphere is one-of-a-kind. Bbq ribs!
Neighborhood spot for live music and a good draft selection
14 locals recommend
North Star Bar
2639 Poplar Street
14 locals recommend
Neighborhood spot for live music and a good draft selection

Essentials

ALDI grocery store is undergoing renovations and should be opened by September.
3101 W Girard Ave
3101 West Girard Avenue
ALDI grocery store is undergoing renovations and should be opened by September.
Best selection of produce and excellent to-go options for a "home-cooked" style meal without the work.
269 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
2101 Pennsylvania Ave
269 locals recommend
Best selection of produce and excellent to-go options for a "home-cooked" style meal without the work.

Arts & Culture

Second-largest collection of Rodin sculptures in the world (behind the number one in Paris).
225 locals recommend
Rodin Museum
2151 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
225 locals recommend
Second-largest collection of Rodin sculptures in the world (behind the number one in Paris).
Post-impressionist collection featuring numerous works by Renoir, Matisse, Cezanne, and Picasso.
560 locals recommend
Barnes
2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
560 locals recommend
Post-impressionist collection featuring numerous works by Renoir, Matisse, Cezanne, and Picasso.

Everything Else

Also one of the best art museums in the country, if not the world.
6 locals recommend
2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
6 locals recommend
Also one of the best art museums in the country, if not the world.

Shopping

Cute shop for young kids and small gifts
19 locals recommend
Ali's Wagon
2017 Fairmount Ave
19 locals recommend
Cute shop for young kids and small gifts