Alex & Sarah's Philly Guidebook || 2025 edit
Food Scene
Streetside
Tasty and inexpensive Vietnamese street food to go
Fancy little eats, often with an emphasis on local ingredients. Beautiful interior, on the pricey side.
R&D Cocktail Bar
Fancy little eats, often with an emphasis on local ingredients. Beautiful interior, on the pricey side.
Great new American with an emphasis on local ingredients, good from breakfast/brunch through dinner and drinks, with a beautiful large back garden for al fresco dining. Right around the corner from our house!
Front Street Cafe
Great new American with an emphasis on local ingredients, good from breakfast/brunch through dinner and drinks, with a beautiful large back garden for al fresco dining. Right around the corner from our house!
Awesome family-run inexpensive Poblano Mexican restaurant - right around the corner from our house, Pancho's is one of our go-to's!
Pancho's Cafe
Awesome family-run inexpensive Poblano Mexican restaurant - right around the corner from our house, Pancho's is one of our go-to's!
Excellent high end Baja Mexican from Stephen Starr; reservations recommended for weekends and popular dates
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LMNO
Excellent high end Baja Mexican from Stephen Starr; reservations recommended for weekends and popular dates
Great Italian and New American food with a solid brunch (reservations recommended)
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Wm. Mulherin’s Sons
Great Italian and New American food with a solid brunch (reservations recommended)
Voted "Best Pizza in America" a few years ago, Beddia makes excellent thin crust pizza with seasonal offerings (get the corn pizza if you're here in the summer). Reserve pickup times online, limited indoor dining space available.
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Pizzeria Beddia
Voted "Best Pizza in America" a few years ago, Beddia makes excellent thin crust pizza with seasonal offerings (get the corn pizza if you're here in the summer). Reserve pickup times online, limited indoor dining space available.
Half a block from our house, Laser Wolf is one of the major new additions to the neighborhood (reservations recommended for popular dates)
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Laser Wolf
Half a block from our house, Laser Wolf is one of the major new additions to the neighborhood (reservations recommended for popular dates)
Our local go-to for cheesesteak sandwiches is a short walk from our house. We recommend them with American cheese, and mushrooms & grilled onions. They also have great crinkle cut cheese fries and milk shakes (our favorite is vanilla & peanut butter).
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Joe's Steaks + Soda Shop
Our local go-to for cheesesteak sandwiches is a short walk from our house. We recommend them with American cheese, and mushrooms & grilled onions. They also have great crinkle cut cheese fries and milk shakes (our favorite is vanilla & peanut butter).
Liberty Kitchen PHL
Murph's Bar
Irish dive bar with under the radar great Italian food
Penang Malaysian Cuisine
Malaysian food, one of our top favorites in Chinatown
Authentic Shanghai soup dumplings in Chinatown (get fried and steamed versions, better during non peak times)
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Dim Sum Garden
Authentic Shanghai soup dumplings in Chinatown (get fried and steamed versions, better during non peak times)
Awesome neighborhood ice cream spot with friendly staff and creative flavors
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Weckerly’s Ice Cream
Awesome neighborhood ice cream spot with friendly staff and creative flavors
Gilda
Portuguese egg tarts, pastry, sandwiches
Vegan food on W Girard, fresh juice, natural bath and home products (try the vegan empanadas)
Nourish
177 West Girard AvenueVegan food on W Girard, fresh juice, natural bath and home products (try the vegan empanadas)
Huge market in an old train station with local produce and artisan foods, souvenirs, and prepared food
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Reading Terminal Market
1136 Arch StreetHuge market in an old train station with local produce and artisan foods, souvenirs, and prepared food
Drinks & Nightlife
Kostas Bar Restaurant
Great cheap Greek food and bar with pool tables, large back garden in summer.
Barcade
Tons of old arcade games, good craft beer selection, cheap bar snacks.
Speakeasy style bar in Chinatown, with great cocktails. Be prepared to wait in line on weekends. Dress code enforced (and strictly no sneakers). Cash only. The guy at the door is probably Mr. Lee (he's almost always smoking an e-cigarette).
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Hop Sing Laundromat
Speakeasy style bar in Chinatown, with great cocktails. Be prepared to wait in line on weekends. Dress code enforced (and strictly no sneakers). Cash only. The guy at the door is probably Mr. Lee (he's almost always smoking an e-cigarette).
Bar, restaurant and music venue. They have some great cocktails, good draft wines, outdoor seating in nice weather.
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Johnny Brenda's
Bar, restaurant and music venue. They have some great cocktails, good draft wines, outdoor seating in nice weather.
The Fillmore Philadelphia
Yards Brewing Company
Union Transfer
Kung Fu Necktie
Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
电厂
Arts & Culture
Weds nights are pay what you want, but you can generally skip the line at the main door by going around to the back entrance! Stop around the front of the museum to see the Rocky steps, though!
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费城艺术博物馆
Weds nights are pay what you want, but you can generally skip the line at the main door by going around to the back entrance! Stop around the front of the museum to see the Rocky steps, though!
Dynamic art installation and gallery on Philadelphia's famous South Street (home to lots of cool shops and entertaining party bars)
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Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
Dynamic art installation and gallery on Philadelphia's famous South Street (home to lots of cool shops and entertaining party bars)
Small but good selection of Rodin, right next to the Barnes Museum on the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philly's Museum District.
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Rodin Museum
Small but good selection of Rodin, right next to the Barnes Museum on the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philly's Museum District.
National Constitution Center
Betsy Ross House
Museum of the American Revolution
Also known as the Mutter Museum, it contains a cool, creepy collection of medical and scientific oddities and curiosities!
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Mütter Museum
19 South 22nd StreetAlso known as the Mutter Museum, it contains a cool, creepy collection of medical and scientific oddities and curiosities!
Barnes Foundation
2025 Benjamin Franklin ParkwayFascinating small museum juxtaposing art from different schools
Eye's Gallery
327 South StreetHistoric glasswork gallery relocated when the original site was redeveloped
Parks & Nature
Beautiful views and secret trails, great for sitting, running, biking, or exploring.
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Fairmount Park
Beautiful views and secret trails, great for sitting, running, biking, or exploring.
里滕豪斯广场AKA酒店
国家独立历史公园
Beautiful park with rotating exhibits like the Chinese Lantern Festival, located right near Independence Hall.
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富兰克林广场
Beautiful park with rotating exhibits like the Chinese Lantern Festival, located right near Independence Hall.
Schuylkill River Trail
Sightseeing
东州教养所
Old prison turned tourist attraction - an it's a Haunted House at Halloween!
Independence Hall
One of the oldest streets around - a charming tiny street lined with houses that are hundreds of years old! Located in Old City, which is filled with antiques, galleries, eateries, and amazing old buildings.
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Elfreth's Alley Museum
One of the oldest streets around - a charming tiny street lined with houses that are hundreds of years old! Located in Old City, which is filled with antiques, galleries, eateries, and amazing old buildings.
基督堂
Visit Ben Franklin's original post office and home museum!
B Free Franklin Post Office Site of First Post Office
Visit Ben Franklin's original post office and home museum!
Entertainment & Activities
Greensgrow Farms
Local urban farm with great produce for sale!
You don't need to be a kid to enjoy the zoo, and you can take the trolley across Girard Ave right to the zoo!
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Philadelphia Zoo
You don't need to be a kid to enjoy the zoo, and you can take the trolley across Girard Ave right to the zoo!
Olde City Escape Games
Themed escape room games!
The Fillmore Philadelphia
29 East Allen Street富兰克林研究所
222 North 20th StreetScience museum that's great for adults and kids alike
Shopping
Really cool selection of antiques, from small knick knacks, to larger furniture and installation pieces.
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Jinxed Fishtown
Really cool selection of antiques, from small knick knacks, to larger furniture and installation pieces.
In PA, liquor and wine are sold by the state. The store is open until 9pm on every night except Sunday, when they close at 5pm.
Fine Wine & Good Spirits Premium Collection
In PA, liquor and wine are sold by the state. The store is open until 9pm on every night except Sunday, when they close at 5pm.
Mothership Toy Gallery
Wild niche, vintage and collector toy store and gallery