Guidebook for Philadelphia

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Guidebook for Philadelphia

Fishtown Food Scene

Make a reservation! Yummy contemporary Middle Eastern.
113 locals recommend
Suraya Restaurant
1528 Frankford Ave
113 locals recommend
Make a reservation! Yummy contemporary Middle Eastern.
Great modern Italian. On the pricey side.
94 locals recommend
Wm. Mulherin’s Sons
1355 N Front St
94 locals recommend
Great modern Italian. On the pricey side.
The only good real Mexican food in the neighborhood. Chicken burritos, and fried tacos-yes.
18 locals recommend
Que Chula Es Puebla Inc
1356 N 2nd St
18 locals recommend
The only good real Mexican food in the neighborhood. Chicken burritos, and fried tacos-yes.
Yummy Indian.
40 locals recommend
Ekta
1142 E Girard Ave
40 locals recommend
Yummy Indian.
Bagels, boiled in local beer y'all. Usually a line. Right on Palmer Park a couple of blocks away. Get the veggie sandwich, on an everything with salmon cream cheese. Voted best sandwich in America, Bon Apetite.
60 locals recommend
Philly Style Bagels
1451 E Columbia Ave
60 locals recommend
Bagels, boiled in local beer y'all. Usually a line. Right on Palmer Park a couple of blocks away. Get the veggie sandwich, on an everything with salmon cream cheese. Voted best sandwich in America, Bon Apetite.
Good happy hour and margaritas. Not the greatest Mexican food, but a fun place.
167 locals recommend
Loco Pez
2401 E Norris St
167 locals recommend
Good happy hour and margaritas. Not the greatest Mexican food, but a fun place.
Pretty good slices & pies. Only instagram knows when they are open.
12 locals recommend
PIZZA Shackamaxon
115 E Girard Ave
12 locals recommend
Pretty good slices & pies. Only instagram knows when they are open.
Reservations required. Excellent Thai food-just a couple of blocks away. Chef Nok won 2023, Best Chef Mid-Atlantic James Beard Award.
10 locals recommend
Kalaya Thai Kitchen
4 S 9th St
10 locals recommend
Reservations required. Excellent Thai food-just a couple of blocks away. Chef Nok won 2023, Best Chef Mid-Atlantic James Beard Award.
Fancy Mexican food just a couple of blocks away. I like their seafood and the space.
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Fancy Mexican food just a couple of blocks away. I like their seafood and the space.
Portugese-inspired breakfast and lunch only. Good pastries-Pastéis de Nata, Bacalhau, piri piri chicken.
Gilda
Portugese-inspired breakfast and lunch only. Good pastries-Pastéis de Nata, Bacalhau, piri piri chicken.

Parks & Nature

Nice little park to walk to on the Delaware River. If you walk (keeping the river on your left) for a while you'll pass under the Ben Franklin bridge, Race St Pier and Cherry St Pier. Then you'll be in Old City. You can then make a right (with the river to your back) and go see the colonial Philadelphia sites.
90 locals recommend
Penn Treaty Park
1301 N Beach St
90 locals recommend
Nice little park to walk to on the Delaware River. If you walk (keeping the river on your left) for a while you'll pass under the Ben Franklin bridge, Race St Pier and Cherry St Pier. Then you'll be in Old City. You can then make a right (with the river to your back) and go see the colonial Philadelphia sites.
Take a walk from the back of Philadelphia Museum of Art along the Schulykill River, by gardens, sculpture and boat house row.
141 locals recommend
Kelly Drive
Kelly Drive
141 locals recommend
Take a walk from the back of Philadelphia Museum of Art along the Schulykill River, by gardens, sculpture and boat house row.
Our abandoned rail line turned park.
33 locals recommend
The Rail Park
1150 N Broad St
33 locals recommend
Our abandoned rail line turned park.
About 20 minutes from Fishtown, but a lovely hike on an old carriage road along a beautiful creek. The only hill climb you'll get in Philly. Forbidden Drive (the old carriage road) is one of my favorite bike paths. You can stop along the route at Valley Green Inn.
209 locals recommend
Wissahickon Valley Park
Valley Green Road
209 locals recommend
About 20 minutes from Fishtown, but a lovely hike on an old carriage road along a beautiful creek. The only hill climb you'll get in Philly. Forbidden Drive (the old carriage road) is one of my favorite bike paths. You can stop along the route at Valley Green Inn.
66 locals recommend
Race Street Pier
North Christopher Columbus Boulevard
66 locals recommend
27 locals recommend
Cherry Street Pier
121 N Christopher Columbus Blvd
27 locals recommend

Drinks & Nightlife

Live music. Great local beer selection. Good bar food with local ingredients.
248 locals recommend
Johnny Brenda's
1201 Frankford Ave
248 locals recommend
Live music. Great local beer selection. Good bar food with local ingredients.
Good cheap drinks. Friendly locals. Late night dancing and DJs. If you have to watch soccer, go here.
18 locals recommend
The 700
700 N 2nd St
18 locals recommend
Good cheap drinks. Friendly locals. Late night dancing and DJs. If you have to watch soccer, go here.
Great dive. Kitties.
45 locals recommend
El Bar
1356 N Front St
45 locals recommend
Great dive. Kitties.
Friendly bar full of locals and artists. Conveniently located next to Philadelphia Brewing Company.
23 locals recommend
Atlantis The Lost Bar
2442 Frankford Ave
23 locals recommend
Friendly bar full of locals and artists. Conveniently located next to Philadelphia Brewing Company.
Drinks and odd bar food.
17 locals recommend
The International Bar
1624 N Front St
17 locals recommend
Drinks and odd bar food.
Tiny brewery tucked down a dark alley. Unusual and tasty beers. Open hours are a bit of a mystery, check their social media. Only take out at the moment due to our strange liquor laws.
6 locals recommend
Fermentery Form
1700 Palethorp St
6 locals recommend
Tiny brewery tucked down a dark alley. Unusual and tasty beers. Open hours are a bit of a mystery, check their social media. Only take out at the moment due to our strange liquor laws.
Wonderful community minded brewery with big beer garden. Check their events on social media. Third Saturday; free tours and Caturday. They are cat lovers and do a lot of rescue work. Peacock room bar on the first floor.
64 locals recommend
Philadelphia Brewing Co.
2440 Frankford Ave
64 locals recommend
Wonderful community minded brewery with big beer garden. Check their events on social media. Third Saturday; free tours and Caturday. They are cat lovers and do a lot of rescue work. Peacock room bar on the first floor.
neighborhood dive. Thai food on Saturday night.
Les and Doreen's Happy Tap
1301 E Susquehanna Ave
neighborhood dive. Thai food on Saturday night.

Shopping

Sundays 10-2.
Headhouse Farmers’ Market
Lombard Street
Sundays 10-2.
Mecca. Saturday morning ritual. Conveniently near Chinatown so you can eat more!
739 locals recommend
Reading Terminal Market
1136 N 12th St
739 locals recommend
Mecca. Saturday morning ritual. Conveniently near Chinatown so you can eat more!
Italian, Mexican, Vietnamese street market. Go! Get freshly made tortilla, pasta or mozz. Claudio's is my favorite for cheese, olives and olive oil. If you love kitchen supply-check out Fante's.
419 locals recommend
Italian Market
919 S 9th St
419 locals recommend
Italian, Mexican, Vietnamese street market. Go! Get freshly made tortilla, pasta or mozz. Claudio's is my favorite for cheese, olives and olive oil. If you love kitchen supply-check out Fante's.
Excellent Saturday farmers market at one of the most beautiful city parks anywhere. High end shopping along Walnut Street.
Rittenhouse Square
Excellent Saturday farmers market at one of the most beautiful city parks anywhere. High end shopping along Walnut Street.
Vintage-furniture and households mostly.
65 locals recommend
Jinxed Fishtown
1331 Frankford Ave
65 locals recommend
Vintage-furniture and households mostly.
Old church filled with all kinds of crazy stuff.
Thunderbird Salvage
2441 Frankford Ave
Old church filled with all kinds of crazy stuff.

Sightseeing

Skip the Rocky statue and go see some art! The Cy Twombly and Duchamp collections are unbeatable. But don't forget to check out the view after you run up the steps. Don't miss the gardens on the back side of the museum.
1164 locals recommend
Philadelphia Museum of Art
2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
1164 locals recommend
Skip the Rocky statue and go see some art! The Cy Twombly and Duchamp collections are unbeatable. But don't forget to check out the view after you run up the steps. Don't miss the gardens on the back side of the museum.
Revolutionary war uniforms, lots of knives and Washington's romantically lit tent.
122 locals recommend
Museum of the American Revolution
101 S 3rd St
122 locals recommend
Revolutionary war uniforms, lots of knives and Washington's romantically lit tent.
385 locals recommend
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
1020 South St
385 locals recommend
Natural science museum; animal skeletons, fossils, taxidermy. Sort of a museum of a museum and a bit creepy-besides the lights and the radiators it hasn't been changed since the 1850s. Very cool auditorium.
14 locals recommend
Wagner Free Institute of Science
1700 W Montgomery Ave
14 locals recommend
Natural science museum; animal skeletons, fossils, taxidermy. Sort of a museum of a museum and a bit creepy-besides the lights and the radiators it hasn't been changed since the 1850s. Very cool auditorium.
Museum of rare books and manuscripts.
14 locals recommend
The Rosenbach
2008-2010 Delancey Pl
14 locals recommend
Museum of rare books and manuscripts.
Tiffany glass mural of a Maxfield Parish. You will not see anything like this anywhere else. No fee-just walk into the Curtis Building, it's in the lobby.
The Dream Garden
601 Walnut St
Tiffany glass mural of a Maxfield Parish. You will not see anything like this anywhere else. No fee-just walk into the Curtis Building, it's in the lobby.
amazing building.
354 locals recommend
Philadelphia City Hall
1400 John F Kennedy Blvd
354 locals recommend
amazing building.

Essentials

Good quality produce, meats, cheese, etc.
43 locals recommend
Riverwards Produce Market
2200 E Norris St
43 locals recommend
Good quality produce, meats, cheese, etc.
I believe cupcakes are an essential public service, especially with sour cream, cream cheese frosting.
12 locals recommend
Ramona Susan's Bake Shop
1255 Marlborough St
12 locals recommend
I believe cupcakes are an essential public service, especially with sour cream, cream cheese frosting.

Art

Good ceramic shows in the downstairs galleries and a nice shop.
10 locals recommend
The Clay Studio
1425 N 2nd St
10 locals recommend
Good ceramic shows in the downstairs galleries and a nice shop.
Various galleries.
Crane Arts LLC
1400 N American St
Various galleries.
art collective
6 locals recommend
Space 1026
844 Arch St
6 locals recommend
art collective
39 locals recommend
Institute of Contemporary Art
118 S 36th St
39 locals recommend