Guidebook for Philadelphia

Rebecca
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.
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Rybrew
2600 W Girard Ave
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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.
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Italian Express
2641 W Girard Ave
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Great pizza and Italian sandwiches.
Great coffee!
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High Point Cafe
602 Carpenter Ln
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Great coffee!
Excellent BYOB Moroccan restaurant. Seared tuna is a favorite!
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Figs
2501 Meredith St
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Excellent BYOB Moroccan restaurant. Seared tuna is a favorite!
Brewing La Colombe coffee and serving tasty pastries.
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Lucky Goat Coffee House
888 N 26th St
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Brewing La Colombe coffee and serving tasty pastries.
Great breakfast sandwiches!
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Rybread
1711 Fairmount Ave
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Great breakfast sandwiches!
Tasty Mexican and a really nice outdoor patio
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La Calaca Feliz
2321 Fairmount Ave
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Tasty Mexican and a really nice outdoor patio
Great food- especially the pastas. And excellent beer selection.
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Bridgid's
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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.
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Trio BYOB
2601 Pennsylvania Ave
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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.
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Angelino's Restaurant
849 N 25th St
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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.
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The Flying Saucer Cafe
2545 Brown Street
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Serving La Colombe coffee and breakfast sandwiches. They take forever, but decent quality.
Very good Greek food
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Zorba's Tavern
2230 Fairmount Ave
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Very good Greek food
Nice restaurant and separate bar area for sandwiches and burgers.
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Rembrandt's Restaurant & Bar
741 North 23rd Street
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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.
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Philadelphia Zoo
3400 W Girard Ave
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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.
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Philly Flavors
2004 Fairmount Ave
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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/
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Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse
3500 Reservoir Dr
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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.
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The Bishop's Collar
2349 Fairmount Ave
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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!
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Jack's Firehouse
2130 Fairmount Ave
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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
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North Star Bar
2639 Poplar Street
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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.
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Whole Foods Market
2101 Pennsylvania Ave
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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).
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Rodin Museum
2151 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
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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.
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Barnes
2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
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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.
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2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
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Also one of the best art museums in the country, if not the world.

Shopping

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