Thread 21373270

>favorite restaurants
>go to dish
don't shit up the thread with 300 replies sperging about cheesesteaks. i know there are a lot of phillyfags here so ne recommendations would be great, but i'm aware most of the good food is in center city.

>>21373270 (OP)
Is that Philadelphia's only notable building?

>>21373279
its the tallest freestanding masonry building in the world (the tallest pile of rocks ever stacked by man)
theres also independence hall and the art museum

>>21373270 (OP)
monks has the best beer menu you will find anywhere. food is not great though

>>21373296
So, yes, then.

>>21373290
move out of the sticks, kid
but there are a lot of great restaurants around the city if you dont need to be downtown. KOP/Malvern and Conshey are pretty hot lately

Forgot the name but a bar at 18th-ish and Fairmount was included on a recent list of best burgers in the country but I don't remember what number.
Is the wet market at 12th and Spring Garden still around? I used to live just off ridge before they bulldozed my building, a luncheonette and its upstairs apartment, to expand the convention center. I used to buy live rabbits, quails and squab from that place. Good prices back in the day.

>>21373299
Good choice anon.

I'm a moco fag and work in Philly, lived there before.

Oyster house is one of my favs and next doors Oscars dive bar.

Johns Roast pork for that and the cheese steak.

What kinda food you like anon? While I'm in the city monday to fri, I like the burbs hence moving here. So much good food out here too.

>>21373299
Monks is still around? What about Nodding Head?
>>21373711
I used to hang out at NH, just upstairs from Oscar's/Oyster House, back in the day. Great dip for the fries and the burgers were my favourite at the time. There was a vegan Chinese place a couple blocks down Sansom from there that I really liked, too, and the Afghan joint at the end of that block was tits. I really have no idea what's even in Philadelphia anymore.

>>21373775
Singapore was the one big famous vegetarian chinese place, there was another hole in the wall on like 10th and cherry? I used to go there in college huge lunch for 5 bucks. It was americanized no meat. Afgan place like old city?
Monks is still around my good friend she lives a few blocks (stumbling range) away.

Any fav diners in the city?

>>21373827
>Singapore was
>was
Well shit.
Yeah, Cherry Street Vegetarian
My favorite was the one I mentioned on Sansom, Su Xing. The owner lady lived in 13th behind this place I was renting on Juniper. She's very, very tall.
The Afghan place is (was?) on Sansom as well, same block as Oyster House, Oscar's and Nodding Head. Guess it's gone now, too.
I'm>>21373677. When I used to live just off Ridge as well as in Chinatown proper (on 9th, same block as Ray's Teahouse; I've lived all over the city), I used to eat at the vegetarian place on 9th and Cherry, just below me. My landlady owned the restaurant but she sold off the business (not the building) because "weird, smelly white people kept stinking up the place" so she opened an HK diner in another Chinatown building she owned at the opposite end of the block that, to non Chinese, looked like a bakery (and it was) but she had a full Cantonese kitchen in the back for people to order proper food. Her cook made the best frog casserole and chicken saltfish fried rice.
Anyway, as for Western diners, I really have no clue anymore. All the ones I know are gone. I used to go to the 16th Street Little Pete's so often that the elderly waitress there used to call me "Benny" because i always ordered eggs benedict. St George's on Spring Garden (it's a pizza place now, I think) was the shit when the luncheonette I lived above was closed (they were open 5am-1pm). Greek going. There was another diner right by there, too, that used to serve drinks to underage kids so all the kids from the Quaker school down the street used to go there to drink fuzzy navels. The Continental on 12th had fantastic fried chicken and I once had an extended conversation with some Japanese businessmen there who were in town for a medical device expo. I also liked that one on, like, 21st-ish and Cherry-ish when I lived in Park Towne Place. It inexplicably became a nightclub. Melrose is gone. The one in the Gallery is gone because the whole Gallery is gone.

>>21373861
I don't think I've ever been there sadly. Hmm afgan place there? I guess I was blind and missed it. There was a great one on like 2nd? In old city.
I've been in a few spots in city (but I'm old so lots have changed) 9th and cherry probably same place! Little Petes was always my favorite even as a kid my grandpa took me. Yeah on spring garden that changed. Funny story when I lived there I literally, bumped heads with John Street (former mayor) there.I actually lived next to the Diplo's club when I was still in grad school 12th and Spring Garden.

Either way, this entire thread made me very happy, and thanks for talking our zone food anon. I hope you have a great weekend.

>>21373270 (OP)
havent been to philly in years (probably pre-pandemic) but grew up there.
>reading terminal market
not a restaurant but a nice foodcourt, go to termini's and get the ricotta cannoli
>Vernick, A.Kitchen. Pub&Kitchen, King's Tavern
all upscale pub stuff, a little french, usually featuring local ingredients from Pennsylvania that are as high quality as they are hard to find, if you're looking for weird heirloom varietals in America at their peak quality you'll usually find them in the more casual pub setting rather than white table cloth but maybe that's changed since i last visited.
>Vetri, Laurel
Italian and French fine dining, hard to get tables, not cheap
>Zahav, Dizengoff
middle eastern cuisine done with some modern techniques, good stuff that would easily cost you two to three times as much in NYC/LA

i would second this >>21373711 on john's roast pork. unless you're willing to make the trip to dallessandro's and play 9 holes at walnut lane you're probably better off just going to john's and catching a phillies game while they're good if you're looking for that quintessential philly sandwich experience. philly has good beer and rye whiskey, they specialize in heirloom ingredients in a pub setting which makes for delicious, approachable and affordable food.
>>21373279
philly has more notable buildings in a 5-block radius in old-city than all of new england combined. and even if you ignore old city, you have
>Barnes Foundation
one of my favorite art collections on the planet, maybe the best private art collection ever, period.
>Mutter museum
medical science museum on early and pre-modern medicine. cannot recommend enough.
>Rodin museum
best rodin collection outside of france
>Magic gardens
cool outdoor urban museum, when i went there they had a wine bar which was really fun
>art museum
rocky steps, their medieval collection of armor and weaponry is maybe the best i've seen outside of europe, growing up they usually had a cool exhibit worth seeing

>>21373861
The place you're talking about might Sansom Street Kabob House, they moved to South Street to a bigger location but i think they might be too authentic for the crowd there, i see their recent reviews are all 5 or 1 star. I miss that place so much along with mama's falafels that closed for good.
>There was another diner right by there, too, that used to serve drinks to underage kids so all the kids from the Quaker school down the street used to go there to drink fuzzy navels
when i was a kid going to qualker school we went to trolley car diner (at the border of like germantown and chestnut hill) to get served beers and diner food

>>21373897
yeah i would add Dandelion to the pub list, Sansom Kabob house to the middle-eastern list.

>>21373913
afghan joint meant for >>21373775

>>21373913
GFS?

>>21373919
go tigers

>>21373893
>9th and cherry probably same place!
Different place. Cherry Street Vegetarian is (was?) on Cherry Street. This place is (was?) on 9th. I forgot the name but it had "sky" or "heaven" in it somewhere, I think, at least in Chinese.
>>21373913
>Sansom Street Kabob House
That sounds about right.
>>21373897
What about all the Jewish, former Soviet and Latin American joints in the northeast? And the Latin stuff is always from lesser represented cuisines like Ecuador or Paraguay or some shit.
I used to like Tashkent but only for the cheap drinks. That place must've been a front for the Russian mob because as cheap as it was, the place was always always always empty. That Georgian bakery near Bella's Corner is pretty good and to go back to >>21373827's diner question, if Tiffany's is still in business, that place was pretty good back in the day. If not, I know for a fact the Nifty Fifty's in Bluegrass Plaza is still going strong and that location is actually a diner rather than a burger stand

>>21373920
All we got were "the Quakers." Yup. Definitely strikes confusion in the hearts of GA every year.

For me? Its Skinny Joeys Cheesesteaks, right near the stadiums

>>21373943
The abandoned Rite Aid nearby on Moyamensing houses a homeless encampment. That area is a shithole.

>>21373270 (OP)
>don't shit up the thread with 300 replies sperging about cheesesteaks
Nope, too late.

>>21373958
The cheesesteak is clearly standing in the tree-lined area of the parkway, near 21st and Ben Franklin but it cheeses all over 4th and Pine, over two miles away.

>>21373931
at least you didn't grow up a CHASShole or a Shipley sissy or attend public school like Masterman or Central.
>>21373928
I'm unsure, when I was growing up in philly the mediterranean food we ate in the north was a greek place called Dmitri's which I heard closed during covid. for the most part, fishtown was an extension of the sketchy dumpy neighborhood stretching from temple to frankford ave; it sounds like fishtown has changed a lot and from the amount of childhood friends that have bought houses there i assume it's being gentrified like how passyunk and university city was when i was growin up. a lot of the eastern european and jewish places i remember as a kid were delis and diners out in the suburbs as far as the mainline or downingtown or jersey or whatever. since moving to the west coast i look back at the latin and asian food in philadelphia with disgust, maybe it's changed since i left, if i still lived in philly today i would be looking for as much of those heirloom amish products i can get -- looking back i understand why people from DC and NYC and Jersey and the Mainline would make the 1-3 hour train/drive to sunday's rittenhouse farmers markets, the next closest major city with that quality of produce at that price is probably Montreal -- along with the really good rye whiskey and beer and gin from those distilleries that have been around longer than most of America.
>>21373958
chubby's still doesn't taste the same, even when you're blackout drunk. i thought woodrow's was very good when they first opened. vernick's cheesesteak was a meme. ishkabibbles and jim's gave off tourist vibes. never ate at the tourist slop like pat's or geno's

>>21373984
and for clarity, i hear the eastern european, asian-fusion and latin stuff is booming in fish town. would be curious to see if actually philly anons can confirm or deny this.

Real Philly ones know about this

>>21373984
??
dc has great farmers markets (albeit turbo expensive)
there's a LOT of shitty things about dc- crappy produce isn't one of them

>>21373984
>CHASShole
Anon... I lived in Philadelphia at two different points... and the first time, I was indeed a Chestnut Hill Academy kid. I really didn't like it there so after we left, moved to Europe for a few years and went back to Philadelphia and started highschool, my dad pulled strings to get me into PC since he was a lifer at a different Friends school and you know how lifers all know each other.
>dat pic
A friend whose family were spread out among various Friends schools (he went to Penn Charter with me but of his two sisters, one went to GFS and the other attended The George School's day program rather than be a boarder) grew up right around there. They lived next door to disgraced congressman Vince Fumo lmao
We lived on a tiny street near 26th and Pine, behind The Philadelphia School both times. My parents owned the house and put it up for rent while we were across the pond and ended the lease when we moved back.
To this day I still have no idea why I couldn't just go to The Philadelphia School. We lived right there!
Enough of the old boy routine from me, though.

Yeah, Fishtown and Northern Liberties have very much gentrified. A friend from school and his wife bought their house there, just off Palmer Park, and I went to visit them a few years ago. It's unrecognisable. I really have no idea where all the, and do forgive such unfriendly terminology, lower class people moved after rents and taxes got so high around there, likely Port Richmond, but they were entirely absent from the area when I was there. I hear they're even starting to gentrify lower Kensington and the eastern Badlands, renamed JuNoGi (JUst NOrth of GIrard).

>>21374011
Literally everyone knows crab fries. You probably don't even know Chickie's and Pete's original location on Frankford and... I wanna say Princeton? Just the one outside of Packer Park.

>>21374028
I was young and dumb and went to my friends concert the address was 2224 North 4th street

>>21374031
The old cool flyers like Asham and Cote would drink after games at the one near the stadiums.

>>21374041
>old
>Asham and Cote
lol
They drank at that one in Packer Park because it's the only drinking establishment in the area that's not the hotel.
I know a gay dude who claimed he got buttfucked by Lindross when he was a homeless teen. I didn't believe it at the time but knowing what we do about him now... maybe...

>>21374028
everyone i knew that went to CHA hated it, myself included. were you team light or dark blue?

>>21374047
Lindros had so much controversy in the city during his time here.

>>21373928
thank you for the local recommendations. im going to head over to that bakery in the morning to get something sweet for breakfast, will post a picture later.

picrel is my personal northeast gem. great dim sum and extremely reasonable in price if you go as a group. last summer i went with 7 people, tried basically anything that looked interesting, and it came out to only 14$ a person.

also im glad you oldfags were able to reminisce in this thread. it's been a very comfy read

>>21374066
Gosh, I forgot all about Blue and Blue Day! Light Blue.
I'm surprised to hear guys hated their time at CHA. I really felt like I was the only one who disliked it. I wasn't even bullied or anything, I just didn't like all the forced camaraderie based on a granfalloon.
>>21374104
Yeah, I had a friend who swore by that place I think. Is that the joint on Adams? And gee, I'm still not sleepy. My wife's in bed upstairs and I'm sat in the damn basement tapping at my phone and listening to the frogs and drizzle outside.
>>21374078
Didn't help that he shared an apartment in the Gayborhood with an older man at the time and that he only got married, like, last Tuesday.

>>21374117
>btw im heterosexual not sure if it matters

>>21374117
>Light Blue.

This thread warms my cold blackened autistic heart.

Has anyone tried Black Dragon in West Philly yet? Wife and I want to go it's nig....soul food and Chinese fusion owner seems like a good dude and names of meals make me laugh, plus collard green egg rolls ? sold af.

Haven't been to any of the good steak houses in a long time, since I don't entertain clients anymore, who's best in the city now?

>>21373897
never heard of any of those places lol what a culturally irrelevant "city"

>>21374104
went to the georgian bakery this morning and got a cheese pastry (? i dont know the name). the pastry was really nice and flaky, the cheese was a little thick for me but it was toasty warm which was nice. they have a nice place to sit outside and eat too. thanks for the recommendation anon

>>21374784
Where is that ? There's one in the Redding Terminal market, the cheese boats are bomb.

I keep hearing about this place called “Mawn” is it any good? Seems a bit trendy

>>21374804
this is the one by bell's market in the northeast. i have to go back to reading terminal and explore it some more. i usually get becks every time i go because their trainwreck sandwich is so god damn good, but there's lots of good places there i haven't tried yet

>>21374831
>>21374784
Neat. Welcome.
>>21374804
Unaware there was one in RTM. Also neat.
>>21374604
Super neat. We were supposed to go to WP today to hit up the Indian, Ethiopian and Arab grocery stores on Walnut but I didn't get to sleep until 4am and woke up shortly after 9. We would normally leave around 10.30 to head into the city but I couldn't be fucked to drive so we stayed in. Where is the place? That sounds up our lane. We head into Philly for shopping once or twice per quarter. I'm in town on my own more often than that for various appointments but sending bother reading out anywhere other than getting some quick stuff on the street somewhere.
When we go out to eat in the area, it's usually the food court at the Upper Darby hmart, one of the other restaurants near the hmart or Kabobeesh.
>>21374119
Bi but ain't been with anyone else, including other dudes, in a decade, just the missus.

>>21373711
i like german food but i am not aware of any dedicated restaraunts now that ottos closed.

>>21375033
>ottos closed
Well shit.
I used to go to Ludwig's on Sansom (beginning to see a pattern yet?) but they closed fifteen years ago and I left Philly in 2012.
Even that Austrian bakery that the owners called Swiss ("vhen ve opened, dehr vuz still a lot uv anti-German und anti-Austrian sentiment so ve claimed de bakery vuz Schweizer" was literally what the owners told me lmao). I can't even remember the bakery's name. Swiss Haus? My mother is Swiss so I always get excited to speak Swiss German with people but these Australians were from the Eastern parts of the country and didn't speak an Alemannic dialect. : (
Are those larping joints still open? The one on South and the other on Frankford?

>>21374969
5260 rodman for black dragon. Those stores are cool sorry you had a rough sleep. Today's been a shit show here myself, cracked my head open bro crashed car... I need a beer or 11.

>>21375033
Sadly yeah, my dive shop used to meet there so many good memories and friends,
For German right on south there's the beerhause Schmitz theres Bru 13th and chestnut.
I'm actually a PA dutch nigger, so I can speak a bit of that, fluent German and some swiss.

For a shitty day, you all brought an anon some joy.

>>21375077
Wait, ur Amish? Can you explain what the actual difference is between Amish and Mennonite and "Church of the Brethren"? It seems like all the same thing (germans speaking germans living trad) but with different levels of strictness.

ALSO, I wish there was like MODERN hipster German food available anywhere in the eastern US its either like old fashioned boomer shit or ethnic cuisine. I wish you could get like "Chipotle" but it's German food.

>>21375101
No, just family has been here since 1600s. Lutheran (going farther back kept getting kicked out of places cause of it and finally ended up state side.) My family started Bernville oddly not well off or owning any land anymore. Amish have many sub sects, there's some weird ass Caribbean one even that has tractors but can't use tires. There's Der Weinersnitiezl and they are going to be in walmarts now but I folllow what you mean, I agree. I eat mett because I'm a weirdo Jagerschnitzel is prob my fav German food, my Grandma still does the old school SaurBraten even at 94.

>ITT: 2 philly richfags try to outphilly, outrich and outfag each other
Girl, girls: you're both pretty.

>>21373270 (OP)
I like cheesesteaks

>>21375101
There's a Chinese Mennonite community in South Philadelphia. One of the only two in the world. The other is in Toronto.

>>21376731
I'm so rich I moved OUT of Philly.. and into blue bell lol, guess I am a rich fag.

>>21376890
This is going to be stretch of a stretch but if I guessed your initials are JPD and that you have six kids, would I be way off the mark?

>>21373943
i categorically distrust humans that look like this.

Are there any good restaurants in Kensington?

>>21377230
I'm not sure it's still there but way back in the day, there was a bustling Vietnamese community on Frankford north of Kensington Ave. There was a cyber cafe. That should tell you how long ago this was. Anyway, they had one place that, no joke, had the best banh mi I've ever had in my life. The pho and general Viet food in the area wasn't bad, either. Also, a quarter black, quarter Mexican, half Greek guy from Germany I know? His Hellenic dad owned a luncheonette around there, too, that had a breakfast platter for $2. Two eggs, two sausage links, two strips of bacon, two slices of toast and a cup of coffee or tea for two balloons. Again, no clue if it's still in business. I assume anyone who actually worked for their income has long since fled but while it wasn't the shining jewel in the Philadelphia crown, it wasn't anywhere near as bad 20 years ago as it is now.
Just east of Kensington, there's a large Polish community with plenty of good restaurants and to the west, there's the Badlands which used to be majority Puerto Rican (no idea if it still is) and had really good Puertominican joints in the area. And, actually, there's some argument even among residents on whether their area is Kensington or Badlands.

>>21373913
Trolley car diner closed back right before covid. I think the owner had a heads up.

OP, you should go to Charleys Philadelphia Cheesesteaks and get the Bacon 3 Cheesesteak. It's a cheesesteak with bacon, cheese, and steak on it, but no onions! If they had a version without bacon, it would be perfect.

>>21378175
>but no onions!
no thanks, I'm not gay

>>21378175
>If they had a version without bacon, it would be perfect
no thanks, I'm not gay

>>21378214
When I'm eating onions, I can't help but feel like I'm eating tripe. And tripe is made from intestines. Gay people enjoy eating intestines. They say it is like tossing a salad.

>>21378219
>they say
you just did homo

>>21377218
No, I'm almost 40 and no kids (big mistake regret).

cheese steak wit out? Heresy! My cheese choice is prov, my best friend american, my bro wiz, my mom prov. actually cooper sharp for my dad.

Maybe now you figured who i am lol.

who has the best steak sub in the city? Is it still Jims and Ishkabibble's

>>21378231
Neither of those have the best steak. And Ishkabibble's was only good at the original location next door to Geno's. They invented the chicken cheesesteak, you know.
Anyway, the best cheesesteak is literally the one you're not having. Every single person will tell you this place or that will have the best so I say just stick to what you like, even if I think it's gross. I used to like this truck at Girard and Belmont. $4 for a cheesesteak. Because the owner is Chinese, the prevailing rumour was that it was cat meat, but I didn't give a shit. Gimme that chairman meow cheesesteak.

>>21378219
>tripe is made from intestines
No it isn't. Tripe is stomach lining.
t. eurochink

Does anyone remember that dining car on North Broad just south of Buttonwood owned by that crazy Muslim guy who put all these antisemitic conspiracy theories about 9/11 on his menu?
He, of course, went out of business and I wish I had taken pictures of the Dale Gribble tier ridiculousness he put on there between listings of beef scrapple and turkey ham but alas! I never did.
Anyway, anyone see the northern lights yet? I'm in Delaware and we're supposed to be able to see it soon. I'm sat out with my family, looking northwards but I didn't see jack balls. We're gonna put my kid to bed in a minute and ourselves soon after
>>21378227
The guy I was thinking is around that age, son of a well-known former judge turned St Joseph's professor and a city councilperson.
>>21376731
But I'm prettier.

>>21378231
Jims is the best on south street and one of my favs but it's not the best. Grab a beer sit upstairs and watch south street late it's super.

Johns Roast pork is the best imho, go with a friend and get that roast pork it's fucking amazing. I guess this is the place to talk about my roast pork sandwich love. I honestly think it's the most philly sandwich, it taps into the Italian history it's a working mans meal.

>>21378250
I'm pretty open but tripe isn't my game I've given it a few fair shots. When I get pho, I ask for everything but. Funny story my going back 7 years probably now, my gf at the time and I met a porn "star" at pho cali in the city. GF was like omg imma go say hi.. i had no idea who she was. Feels weird meeting someone and 8 seconds later google shows you her butthole. She was nice enough.

>>21378281
Not me, sorry. I'm a fiance monkey and Temple and Drexel grad.

This still warms my heart to chat with you all. I wish you all the best and I mean it. What's the luck your shit posting about food on one of the worlds biggest sites and you have friendly banter with some locals!

>>21378281
sorry double posting but yeah I know that car. About 15 years ago my g/f at the time and I used to go there we lived on 12th and Ridge, a converted factory. Right next to Diplos club. Funny that diner right there I literally bumped heads with John Street, He was with his daughter and he leaned back and we bumped heads. He didn't even acknowledge it.

>>21378286
>Johns Roast pork is the best imho, go with a friend and get that roast pork it's fucking amazing
Ironically, Nick's Roast Beef have a very good roast pork, better than their roast beef, imo.

Is Tony Lukes still there? Id go there after watching CZW shows in the old Arena, havent been to philly since like 07. I was pissed when they shut down the Relapse Records store on South St. Is the FYE still open like 5 blocks away from south st?

>>21378296
Tony Luke's is also in Citizens bank park.
I know his dad, nice guy.
>>21378293
Good to know I'll check that. My fav roast beef sandwiches came from a bar in Fort Washington. RIP Toners. Ye old Ale House is probably the best I think. I like my roast beef simple, kaiser roll, pile of meat cheese and enough horseradish to drown a cat. desu I'm kinda a foody but don't go fancy for a roast beef just give me a sandwich thats a mess and meaty. Guilty pleasure.

I had one the other week from Julia's in Ambler and gave that speech to the very bored lady just to try to cheer her up and she hooked it up and threw in a bunch of pickled hot cherry peppers and didn't charge for the cheese. It was a super sandwich.

>>21373270 (OP)
Angelo's probably has been talked about, it would be the fried chicken at Love or damn near anything at Bellini. I do have a soft spot for the Mac and cheese place on 18th next to cleavers as well.

>>21378346
angelos doesnt sell slices and i dont like that

>>21378290
Well shit. As I said in >>21373677, I used to live right by there. I tried to show my kid and missus my old stomping grounds last year when we were in the area to go to a friend's 4th of July BBQ in Liberties West but I couldn't recognise any fucking thing. When I lived there, I was just about the only person actually living in the area, surrounded by warehouses, many of which were abandoned. Same shit happened a few years ago when I went around Germantown and Girard. The horse stables were gone. Where the hell are the horses being kept now?
Do you remember the lithograph building? I ran a show space inside on the same floor as the Highwire and Vox Populi galleries.

>>21380465
Oh, and the feeling that the zombie apocalypse would start there at any moment? Gone. When I lived there, the distinct lack of decent street lighting, the abandoned tracks and aqueduct above and the stream vents everywhere have it a seriously zombie horror or Blade Runner feel.
Now, there's a goddamn boba joint.

pennsylvania is a flyover

>>21380469
That's so true. If this was same time .. there's a good chance we have crossed paths anon. I used to go to all the shows and stuff. My girl at the time was at Tyler and we had to do all the art stuff be it galleries, shows etc. we used to hang out at prohibition a lot.

lived 45 mins from philly for the past 8 years, havent been to the city since pre pandemic.

>>21380485
the amount of pennfags who deny it is astounding

>>21382001
The best business school and the best music school in the world are both in Philadelphia as well as one of the best art schools. Pennsylvania doesn't have much else outside of what little Philadelphia has.
>>21381866
Never been. I don't think it was even around when I lived in the area. That's the place on 13th, right? Or is that the one on Grey's Ferry? I ain't hip.
I used to drink at this no name bar on the very border of Chinatown because, well, I lived just beyond the very border of Chinatown as well as the now demolished diner I mentioned in >>21373861, Nodding Head and Dirty Frank's. One friend bartended at NH, The Abbeye and The Fire and another at DF. So I would occasionally drink at those places from time to time, too. Oh, and the Four Seasons Diner at… 15th? 16th? And Spring Garden. That's also gone. Nowadays, I barely drink at all. I drink so rarely that when I had my physical a few months ago and the doctor asked if I drink, I said that I do but I've not had anything since New Year's and she just marked it down as "doesn't drink."
Really tingled my Quaker 'tism. Felt dishonest.
>>21373897
The Mutter Museum kinda sucks if we're being honest. It's a single room. The bedroom I grew up in might be bigger than their entire exhibited connection.
As for the art museum, you're forgetting the Japanese house. Philadelphia has two authentic Japanese houses, both shipped to the city from grolious nippon along with two hundred cherry blossom trees in celebration of the bicentennial. The one house is on display at the museum and cannot be used but the other, Shofuso, operates as a tea house. One of the guys at the Unitarian church next to the Mutter was tea master there for a while. He was also a professor of… something… at Temple.
Anyway, you can have the Japanese tea ceremony in a real Japanese building in Philadelphia. I think the only other place that's possible in the US is Seattle. They also do sushi if you request it in advance.

I had some vegan doughnut in Philly over the winter that a friend of mine gave me. She has since died. : (
Does anyone know any fantastic vegan doughnut joints in Philadelphia? I think she said it was in University City but I can't find it.
I'm not even vegetarian nevermind vegan but those were some good ass doughnuts.

>>21384749
Pennsylvania is a flyover.

>>21384954
Philly isn't Pennsyltucky

>>21385226
nobody asked

>>21385700
Nobody asked if anybody did

>>21385226
I really enjoy Pennsyltucky. I've had ok food some places. Oh there's a wood-fired pizza place in Altoona that's actually pretty good.

Is crown fried chicken good

>>21387331
Jesus, no.

>>21387332
Pricey? Or just bad

>>21373270 (OP)
Rouge in Rittenhouse Square is kinda fancy but it has a damn good burger

>>21378293
there's a bar north of the city in the Levittown suburb area called Sandy's
they've got the best roast beef I've had in the region, definitely better than Nick's I found

>>21373279
>>21373303
>notable

We have more gorgeous architecture than many old world cities that suffered through wars that destroyed large chunks of it.

He gave you two other examples, and an explanation of why our city hall is important in the list of important structures, and you chose to act like a bleeding hemorrhoid, and add nothing but bloody shit to the thread


And to answer OP, you would do better in the Italian market on 9th Street, or the Reading Terminal Market near Arch street on the edge of Chinatown (which also has great eats) than center city

>>21387335
Just absolutely awful. I had it three times. It didn't taste the same any two of those three. One time, it was drowning in garlic powder. This implies that there's no quality control. The other two times were bad but edible but that last one, my ex and I just tossed that shit and got Popeyes, which was right around the corner.
I think it only stayed in business because it was the only fast food halal place at the time. I don't know if they're still around but last time I was in town, there were a bajillion fast food options for people eating halal.

>>21387320
>bumps the thread ten hours later just to seethe

>>21387615
No. I bumped it because it was literally the last thread on the catalog on page 10 and I didn't want it to die. That was the first post I saw that I could type something quick and simple to reply to rather than simply posting "bump" like a retard.
No seething whatsoever. : )

>>21387871
it's dying cause it's a bad thread

>>21387942
it's dying because it's not eceleb or fast food shitposts

>>21387323
There's something good in Altoona?

I took the trek to visit my bro there when he was contracting for a few months. Holy shit that was depressing.

>>21387336
Most everything in Rittenhouse is great, if not trendy and pricy.

Was just at a work happy hour at Misconduct back to Moco tonight.

Crazy this thread is still alive I haven't looked in almost a week.

>>21373279
>Is that Philadelphia's only notable building?
I went to visit Philly once, had to take a piss in there, and a homeless man was giving another homeless man a blowjob in the stall.

Uhm to keep this food and cooking related, I do like the roast pork almost as much as cheesesteaks.

>>21388406
>There's something good in Altoona?
yeah
goybook com/JJHadleys/

Altoona is a necessary evil to reach the beautiful Northern Pennsylvania via 99.

>>21388365
it's a bad thread

>>21387323
I am familiar with Altoona pizza and any pizza place there described as pretty good is suspect

>>21388504
yeah it's a bad thread now that your retarded ass is posting in it
you some faggy jew yorker or something?

>>21388515
you shouldn't assume, or be prejudiced
and it was always a bad thread

>coal region barbecue
>look inside
>it's just sloppy joes
what's up with that?

>>21388520
nor should you act like a condescending faggot yet here you are

>>21388525
you're being very rude. I hope your mother didn't raise you to be like that. i'm glad Pennsylvania is a flyover now
although I do love this goofy fucker tho

>>21388522
Haven't a clue. That's, like, six hours away from Philadelphia or some shit.

>>21388522
I go hunting up there a lot. I tend to also bring my own food since I camp. But fuck it I'll try it. I'm not a vegan or nothing but lentils soaked in chicken/veg/mushroom broth boiled smashed make for better sloppy joes than ground beef. I feel zero guilt. If anything I'm proud I found something better tasting, healthier and cheaper.

What are some good Delco restaurants?

>>21388609
There's an Irish teahouse and cornershop on West Chester Pike somewhere in Upper Darby. It ain't much to look at but it's decent enough. Be warned, though: if you're an actual Brit or Paddy, you'll be disappointed by a few things, most notably the beans in their Irish breakfast but otherwise, it's a good down-home diner, just not anything to necessarily go out of your way for. If you live in Delco, you could do worse than them.

>>21388604
>lentils soaked in chicken/veg/mushroom broth boiled smashed make for better sloppy joes than ground beef
You just described my wife's vegetarian (or vegan) keema. Keema is supposed to be made with ground beef or lamb/mutton but we find that lentils have a better texture. Keema pav is basically Indian sloppy joes

>>21388667
Based Delco citizen, you guys are the best at Phillies games usually belligerent

>>21388673
lmao
I've never even lived there. I just know pretty much everything in and around Philadelphia.
I was gonna mention this Korean place in Milbourne but they closed a few years ago. There's a bunch of options in Five Points. Caribbean. Indian. Korean. Vietnamese. Pizza. Burgers. Diners. Coffee shop fare. Fried chicken. And more.

>>21388701
You ever get out to jersey? Ac?

>>21388702
>jersey
Not really. I live in Delaware now and the only bridge to Jersey from here doesn't take me anywhere I wanna be. I don't know what's even in New Jersey anymore but Pennsauken Mart was just about my fav thing on that side of the river and that closed long, long ago. It was this hyper trashy "mall" with only independent stores. The floors were covered in sawdust. You could buy G-sized bras next door to a place selling bootleg video games/chipping services, down the hall from a place that sold antique arcade machines, around the corner from a joint selling firearms and boom-boom blow-em-ups and a stone's throw from a butcher and live fish shop. It was marvelous.
>Ac
Nope. I've been there, like, twice? Maybe three times. Definitely three, yeah. I'm not originally from Philadelphia but I grew up there off and on.
>>21378286
>Feels weird meeting someone and 8 seconds later google shows you her butthole
We had a block party when I lived in South Philadelphia and one of the older ladies on the block needed to get something from Walgreens so I and this gay dude walked with her. We ran into her great nephew and they chatted a bit and when we left, the gay was like "oh… my… gawd! Your nephew ith [insert name here]?! He'th, like, the number one gay porn thtar in the world!" ::gesticulates homosexually::
She didn't believe him and demanded that she show him his porn. This tiny, ancient greaseball grandma wanted to see her nephew's cock! So he showed her and she was like "oh, yeah, that's our little Bobby (or whatever she said his name was)." then pauses a moment and says "well, I guess he's not so little. Wish his uncle got those genes."
Bitch a freak.

>>21373270 (OP)
Pennsylvania is a fly over.
Honk if you love pussy!
>>21388532
The fuck is that thing?

>>21385224
Yeah it kills me. I've been up here my whole life and I would always go there for a milkshake/ ice cream treat after work.

>>21388911
>The fuck is that thing?
Used to be this guy.
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm7330213/
We used to hang out, like, 20 years ago.
He got beaten by a bunch of urban youths and stopped being the Phanatic after that.

I used to spend a lot of time in Philadelphia in the early 90’s for work. It always cracked me up that a shop in the Italian market off south st. Had a sign in their window selling lion meat. Loved going to Bob & Barbara’s in those days for shots & beer and jazz. Fishtown was still a shithole. The city had soul. People i worked with there would say that Boston, where I was living, was a safe clean Philly. Philadelphia was a far superior city, I thought.

>>21389357
>a shop in the Italian market off south st. Had a sign in their window selling lion meat
I remember that place! Can't for the fuck of me remember its name but I remember all the pheasant and ostrich feathers used to decorate the windows. But that was about a half mile south of South.
>jazz
I used to hit up Ortlieb's for that but it's gone now. Everything that made Philadelphia Philly has gone now. It's all gone.
The city has generally lost its unique character in the last twenty-five years.

>>21389357
I used to live across the street from B&B in grad school. Me and my buddies did our homework there and hung out with these dudes who openly admitted to us they were faking disability and racking money in workers comp, they even bought us beers lol.

Peak old Philly.

Anyone do the Lebanese food festival last weekend?

>>21391528
what separates Lebanese food from the other arab cuisine?

>>21392677
If you've ever eaten Arab food in a restaurant, it was likely Lebanese or, more rarely, Egyptian. Other Arab cuisines are either underrepresented (Syrian, Iraqi, Libyan etc) or specify the country (Yemeni, Moroccan, Algerian etc).
Lebanese church festivals are always a good idea to check out.

>>21373270 (OP)
Dalessandro's is the best cheesesteak around
living in the philly area mostly sucks though

>>21393453
this

Not from Philly, there on an extended layover, but after taking a shared Uber from the airport to...wherever the hell I was, I learned from an EXTREMELY HEATED DEBATE that Ishkabibbles was the best cheeseteak place in all of Philly

And I fucking came in my pants eating it, good lord

>>21391528
I'm taking the family to the greasy wop dego festival in Wilmington this weekend.

Gonna be in Center City Philadelphia tomorrow. Any good spots for Hungarian, Czech or Polish nearby?

>>21388954
That's crazy. I'm so sorry. Did they rape him? How could they do this to one of their own like that?

>>21396977
all the good eastern euro food like that is going to be more northeast in the port richmond area
places like the dinner house and paprikas
if you really don't want to leave center city than there is the pierogi place in the mall at 16th and chestnut or check the redding terminal market
philly is actually pretty big on kielbasa, a solid number of polish butchers scattered around the city
don't know how you pronounce it but the popular pronunciation in philly is kuh-bah-see

>>21387336
I pronounced Rouge as "rogue" for 5 years before someone corrected me.

>>21396977
>>21397810
There is a Georgian place in reading terminal now too. I think it is just dumplings and khachapuri though
but yeah all the good eastern euro stuff is in the northeast, Czerws has the best kielbasa.

>>21397492
What? Of course not.. However, he nearly died. His younger brother and I were told that his doctors thought he was done for but he pulled through and, believe it or not, was back doing his ushering but never put on the Phanatic suit again. One kid involved, George [Greeklastname] was an enormous motherfucker. 17 years old, 6ft7 and just generally horrifying to look at but I always thought he was a nice guy until that shit went down. He went away half a decade and three other kids were punished, as well, even the one who played witness against the others. However, the guy who did the worst of it wasn't even charged. His name was Mario [greaseball surname] and I still wonder how he got away with it. Supposedly, there was no evidence he actually hit Jim but… he was there… he has a history of violence (despite being only 16)… and the other guys involved all ratted and said he did it. But yeah, no. No evidence. There were eight kids involved and only four were ever charged. Shitty situation.
Anyway, he's got two titanium plates in his head and memory problems now.

>>21397810
>>21397874
Thanks, but I wasn't gonna go that far away from CC and Georgian food isn't really similar. Next time, I guess

>>21388510
lmao
You should look up Philly pizzazz. It's the absolute worst "pizza" ever created. Pizzass, more like

>>21400642
>absolute worst "pizza" ever created
again, altoona pizza

>>21392677
I don't know, but my grandma used to make it for us since she's half. It was a lot like Greek food. I remember she made this rice with little noodles in it, and I learned recently that that's a Lebanese thing.

>>21400708
>that's a Lebanese thing.
Persian. Entered Armenia from Persia then taken to Lebanon by Armenian immigrants but the Lebanese version is pretty much identical to the Armenian, just far less likely to contain pork while the Armo one does sometimes.

>>21400699
Nigga… you see this shit? This is burned white American topped with picked banana pepper rings, beefsteak tomato and Italian seasoning. There's no sauce. This is by far the very worst pizza ever created.

For me? Its Strange Love!

>>21402563
looks inspired by Altoona pizza

flyovers can't do pizza

>>21402566
Never hit that place up. Been on the list to try.
Heard food and vibe is good but service sucks.

I've been in this Area nearly 40 years and never heard of the pizzazz it sounds awful but not Altoona bad... at least banana peppers taste good. On a non pizza pizza topic, I do fucking love tomato pie. A very Philly thing.

>>21403185
I can't remember the name of the bakery but the joint that used to be on Pussy Yank Ave a block before Washington and that block with the crab shack, hardware store and scratch and dent place (all gone, except the scratch and dent, I think), used to have the very best tomato pie.
Anyone know what I'm talking about?
Also, why did/does that area have so many of the best or iconic places? Pat's, Geno's and Ishkabibble's all started two blocks from there, Bitar's is one block west, Ricci's, which is considered one of the best sandwich shops in the country, is another block west from Bitar's and the oldest continually operating, family owned (by wypipo lmao) Chinese restaurants in the US is a little east of there (honestly can't remember the name but it's that place on... I wanna say 8th and Ellsworth). A girl I knew, basically a Chinese Gwen Stefani type but with tits rather than be a flat-chested cunt, was a scholarship kid to Penn Charter and grew up on the same block as that restaurant. She was the one who clued me in that the restaurant was owned by a white family.

>>21403389
>Gwen Stefani
are you a fan? what's that song she does where she goes
>'no no no no, don't fuck with my heart!'

I think Philly is a pretty D tier city. I've visited quite a few times and have never been remotely impressed by any aspect - food, architecture, people. The sense of "pride" people have about it sometimes confuses me, but then again it's probably just garden variety "I'm from there / lives there and I must defend / justify the time I spent there."

>>21403389
I moved to Moco thank god and it's not hard to get Corpoleese that stuff is great and actually ended up as one of those crazy potato chip flavors so everyone knows it.

True that little zone is a hot spot for quality stuff.

>>21403549
We take pride in it like anyone, only we are allowed to call it a D tier city! We hate this place with a burning passion but you have to earn it by living in it to hate it. Just how we're wired. Actually having traveled a good deal, I still put it in a B but that's not fair comparing to places you just explore and not live at.

For me?? It’s Pizza Jawn

>>21403599
>Jawn
Any white person using that word moved to Philadelphia last Tuesday. The only native Philadelphians who say that are black and black-cultured Puerto Ricans and Dominicans.

op here, pleasantly surprised to see the thread is still alive. picrel is my lunch yesterday from hana hawaiian bbq. i never had hawaiian before and their menu seemed to be more of a korean fusion, but still bretty good food. godlike taro milk tea too

>>21397874
It's pricey for what you get

>>21404957
tell us something we don't know, professor

>>21404957
because hawaiian food is just asian fusion outside of kalua pork
they fucking love mac salad though and do it really good in hawaii proper

>>21404957
looks like barf, congrats

Loco moco is the only thing that I dig desu, the pork is overly sweet. Macadiama nuts are killer tho. Where did you get it?

For some reason one of the little ladies at the produce place in the Redding Terminal swears I'm a vet, and gives me the discount. Even though I've very politely told her I am not a vet. Whatever I ain't gonna be upset.

>>21373296
Nope. Washington monument is taller.

>>21406205
Yes it's taller but the comparison is not exactly accurate. The monument is reinforced masonry. It has internal steel beams to act as load-bearing structures, much like >>21380485/>>21384954's whore mother and how her cooch is load-bearing.
City Hall is freestanding masonry, meaning that it is self supporting without any reinforcement (the tower at the top of city hall was built with an iron frame but the frame doesn't do any load-bearing).
ffs, the walls for city hall are 7 meters thick just to be able to support the structure's height and weight.

>>21406223
Nope. The steel reinforcement came years later when engineers released stacked rocks can't be that tall. The building in Philly is also reinforced.

Pyramids of Giza are still king in terms of stacked rocks to be honest.

>>21406229
>Philadelphia City Hall is not primarily made with steel reinforcement. It is the world's largest freestanding masonry building, relying on its massive brick and stone walls to bear the load. While some steel was used in the clock tower during a renovation in the 1980s to replace wooden components, the main structure is constructed of brick, marble, and limestone.
>Here's a more detailed breakdown:
>Masonry Structure:
>City Hall is a load-bearing masonry building, meaning its walls, constructed from brick, marble, and limestone, carry the weight of the structure.
>Thick Walls:
>The basement walls are particularly thick, reaching 22 feet in some areas, to support the immense weight.
>Steel Reinforcement (Limited):
>Steel was introduced primarily in the tower during the 1980s renovation to replace wooden elements and prevent structural failure. However, this was a localized reinforcement effort and not the primary structural system for the entire building.
>World's Largest Freestanding Masonry Building:
>The building's impressive size and weight, coupled with its masonry construction, make it the largest free-standing masonry building in the world.
Looks like Google disagrees with you. Shall we ask Grok and ChatGPT too?

>>21406205
Too bad you aren't than your sister.

>>21373270 (OP)
I miss Le Bec-Fin.

>>21406262
Stop being a gay fag. Thanks.

>>21406297
That's on the other side of Broad. LBF was on the West side. You might be thinking Deux Chimnees

>>21406240
ask your wife's son

>>21406297

That's on the other side of Broad. LBF was on the West side. You might be thinking Deux Cheminees.

>>21406302
Wouldn't know. You're the expert of everything gay.

>>21406304
Can't. He's sleeping.

>>21406315
Wake the little faggot up retard.

>>21406262
How old are you? My Grandfather used to entertain clients there all the time in the 70s-80s. Place kinda dropped out of the "hip" spot in the 90s died then came back and shuttered because no one cares about upscale french food anymore.

Never got to go sadly, even when I was entertaining clients it was gone.

>>21406399
>My Grandfather used to entertain clients there
he was a male escort? LOL what a fag.

>>21406403
Your Pittsburgh is showing.

>>21406434
Nah more North of your mush mouth speaking ass.

>>21406436
So New England trash or Jew York. Yeah, I see why you'd come to a Philly thread to shit post because everything in your area sucks. Double so on your win nothing sports teams.

>>21406440
>bro lives in Pennsylvania
lel
you stupid dumbass

>>21406240
So which structure has reinforcement and which one doesn't anon? Did grok tell you that part?

>>21406262
georges perrier used to come to the restaurant I worked at in 2019 to drink at the bar and sexually harass the hostesses

>>21406892
I wasn't going to mention this but since you brought him up by name and his behaviour, I guess I will:
He used to live on Delhi Street next door to a girl I knew from high school's new money dad and his Korean import girlfriend. He would absolutely leer at her and her sister any time either of them went to or from their dad's house. To my knowledge, he never went so far as to make comments but he looked at them like he was a fox and they were limping rabbits. The girl claimed he would lick his lips at her specifically.

>>21400699
I feel like Altoona pizza would be fine if it's just something you're making at home
But the fact that they think you should pay money for it is a travesty
>>21404957
>i never had hawaiian before and their menu seemed to be more of a korean fusion
I've noticed that hawaiian food seems to be mostly bastardized recipes from other cultures
I don't think they care because islanders just like mostly sweet/meat dishes

>>21406921
He's French how else is he supposed to act around women?

What does jawn mean?

>>21408144
noun replacement
forget the name of something? call it jawn

I had no clue stromboli was a philly thing
thought it was just a general american food
is stromboli a thing to non-philadelphians?

>>21408188
go ask your wife's son

>>21408188
Indeed it is.
Yat AKA Chinese spaghetti seems to be a Philly thing but only in the deep hood. It's basically that Chinese tomato and eggs thing with shrimp or sliced pork, chicken or beef served over lo mein noodles. You don't typically see it in white or even mixed parts of town but there was a place on Snyder between Broad and 15th that had and that area was pretty white (if you count South Philly Guidos as white). I don't know if it's still there but if you wanna try yat, that's a safe area to order it.
I live in Delaware now and it's available in Wilmington but, once again, only in the hood. Same with fried gizzard. Chinese places outside of the hood don't offer it

>>21404957
Is Roy's no longer around? That was a Hawaiian fusion place on, like, 15th or 16th and, like, Locust or thereabouts. There was also that joint all the way up Roosevelt near Goodnall Street or thereabouts. I don't recall exactly where, just that it seemed extremely out of place. No other businesses really all that near it and not quite to the Nabisco factory where that lady went nuts and like a whole buncha people in.
>miss that nilla wafer smell you used to get as you drove around that area
>>21408188
Video game emulation, if not started in Philadelphia, the city was at least extremely important to its history and development.

>>21374011
That shit is good at first but begins to taste like artificial overly salted bullshit by the bottom of the bucket.

>>21408188
this is a stromboli

>>21410118
only good thing to come out of those hood places is cheesesteak egg rolls

>>21411984
you are supposed to be drinking enough beer to wash all that salt down

>>21412318
>you are supposed to be drinking enough beer to wash all that salt down

>>21412318
Remember when the Continental started offering cheesesteak egg rolls and all the wypipo too scared to go to 18th and Tioga or 59th and Chester thought they invented it rather than just offering some shit chinos in black areas were already doing for decades? I remember it.
Also, three words price you wrong: General. Tso's. Wings. No idea why they just didn't exist outside the hood until recently-ish. I was visiting a friend in town about five years ago and we ordered Chinese from his local chino and they had it on the menu but it kinda got me fucked up that they charge $2 extra just to toss them in a wok for two seconds with General Tso's sauce.

>>21412620
Buddy of mine runs a Chinese place in moco and has gen tso's chicken feet. Love em.

>>21412620
>didn't exist outside the hood until recently-ish
still haven't seen any offer it
I'll have to to ask my local place to make them

>>21373270 (OP)
Lived near center city for a few years, always enjoyed trying different places.
Favorite pizza was Santucci's, it was a grandma style pie.
Favorite sandwich no longer exists, was the garlic bomb think it was on DDD, second favorite was DiNic's pork, third was Tony Lukes steak.
A lot of good delis around as well.

Anyone ever go to Pho Nam Vang? Despite the name, it's a Cambodian restaurant and does Cambodian-style pho (Nam Vang is the Vietnamese name for Phnom Penh). They do pork and seafood pho with liver, kidney, squid, shrimp, fatty ground pork fried with garlic so you get garlic lard poured on top and so much garlic chive. It's so damn good. They also have the best spring rolls I've ever had, and I've been up Thailand, Laos and Hong Kong. Highly recommend.

>>21416583
I'll have to jump on that, I' not big into seafood but always down to try something.

>>21417648
Lucky for you we're behind schedule to leave for our weekly shop: I was mistaken. The place is Pho Phnom Penh in South Philly's Little Cambodia. Pho Nam Vang is a different place in the Northeast.
Sorry for the mix-up. I just haven't been around the area in forever.

>>21417693
Thanks for the heads up, I work in Philly so I wasn't going to try it till monday at earliest.

Sunday is a holy day, my 95 year old grandma demands to host and cook us dinner, can't say no to that.

Thanks for clearing it up, I hope you had a nice shopping trip this heat is brutal. I played Rugby this morning and nearly wanted to puke after a few.

I've never been to philly but I've seen videos about various bakeries and it looks really good. I'm really curious about the 8 shaped pretzels.

>>21418222
philly soft pretzels are like bavarian pretzels but slightly less dense, fluffier, and chewier
they are very good

>>21418272
?
I find them much denser and generally unpleasant in comparison to what I grew up with in CH. There's a lot I love about Philadelphia but the pretzels are absolutely not one of them.

>>21418197
>Sunday is a holy day, my 95 year old grandma demands to host and cook us dinner, can't say no to that.
Is she hot?

>>21373981
The cheesesteak is at least 800 feet tall, yet it performs a 90 degree axis rotation in less than 0.8 seconds. This would indicate that the cheesesteak is moving at a velocity of several hundred miles per hour, which, combined with the internal pressure of a cheese circulatory system, can fully account for supersonic ejections that would easily reach 4th and Pine.

>>21421615
Very well, very well, however, due to the square-cube law neither super Benjamin Franklin or the living Steak could move at such speeds let alone exist at all.
The real explanation would be that they are merely actors on a model of Philadelphia, they hired tiny actors to walk by the cheese spray a mere couple of feet away in the model city.

>>21422129
now that's just ridiculous

was in old city visiting my brother for a week. this place was right outside the airbnb. hands down the best fries and falafel I have had, inexplicable. also a big barts bagels fan, love taking the retarded streetcar to west philly. i went to ishkabibbles 2 and got a cheesesteak and had food poisoning. angelos had a great steak, woodrows has my favorite. jims blows. 12 steps down is a solid place. Everyone here should check out The Jim (or Da Jim idk it changed on google), fantastic asian spot

>>21387331
crown fried chicken is a dead brand name, so anyone can operate under it. there are thousands of crown fried chickens, super crown fried chickens, crown halal fried chickens, etc in the new england area, each one more fucked up than the last. go to bridgeport and get the catfish combo

>>21426875
do they have doner kebabs?
I want to try one, I assume a major metropolitan area would be the best place to look and I ain't driving to Jew York

>>21429468
Friend in South Philly told me he got a doner near his place but I don't know where said place is. He lives up some small street near 21st and something, though I know that doesn't help much

>>21430895
well it at least tells me doners exist in philly

>>21429468
>>21431661
yes they do, they smelled good, vertical broilers and everything

>>21431661
tons of browns in philly dum dum

Philly runs /ck/ damn

Saad's Halal
kafta maroosh

>>21435874
first my Eagles then a month long Philadelphia thread on /ck/
Phillybros we just can't stop winning

>thread about ck meetup
>why don't us autist we no meet up have a meet up as well

just let me rape you anons

>>21436712
If I let you, it wouldn't be rape.
Post theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEpZMUR32XU

>>21436712
>ck meetup
>risk coming into contact with the mcchicken poster in person
no thank you

>>21438346
He has a name, you insensitive clod. It's Three For Free.

>>21378286
just tried johns roast pork sandwich. The bread was good but the Swiss cheese overpowered everything.

>>21439258
Never had it. I just assumed it would've been provolone.
Unrelated, but these three Philadelphia dogs seem lovely but they're on the shortlist for death. : (
https://new.shelterluv.com/embed/animal/ACCT-A-207791
https://new.shelterluv.com/embed/animal/ACCT-A-223591
https://new.shelterluv.com/embed/animal/ACCT-A-132382

>>21442551
oi where's the Union chastity cage?

>>21443405
Dumb comment.
>>21442551
>dat american cheese cheesesteak
American cheese cheesesteak is best cheesesteak. Fuck provolone. Doublefuck wiz. Prov is for tryhards. Wiz is for tourists and Neasties

>>21444031
specifically cooper sharp

Anyone skipping the restaurants and just eating from the trash piling up?

>>21445080
lol
That friend from >>21430895 was telling me how he had to drive his garbage to the dump himself then he started bitching about politics and I stopped reading the message
I'm gonna see how bad the garbage piles are myself tomorrow since I'm driving the missus up to go to that same friend's place from >>21380465.

>>21445076
Fuckin' A.

>>21439258
because you don't put swiss on a roast pork

original capital of the nation amd don't forget it
happy 4th

>>21445180
I didn't really see that many garbage piles. There was a conversation about it and one friend says that he still gets garbage pickup but he has to walk it to the corner rather than leave it in front of the house.

>>21447654
How was Welcome America?

>>21449939
Looked lame as fuck on tv. Based Big Dimes LL cancelled to support the union

>>21449945
Other than the ironically named Mayor Good, Parker might be the worst mayor Philadelphia has ever seen. Yes, worse than lost-multiple-lawsuits Rizzo.

>>21449967
How bout John Street?

>>21449969
John Street didn't firebomb his own city.

Roast Pork Broccoli Rabes are not good sandwiches, bloggers and internet personalities needed to create content since the good cheesesteaks places don't change that often.

What happened to that Tony Luke’s restaurant that was across from the outside place? Is skinny joeys steaks any good?

>>21450164
not our fault you hate veggies
roast pork rocks

>>21450169
>Tony Luke’s restaurant that was across from the outside place
Closed.
>Is skinny joeys steaks any good?
It's standard. According to a friend, it's neither good not bad. Nothing exceptional about it and he wouldn't have bothered if it wasn't near his mom's house.

>>21450164
The roast pork sandwich existed before the Internet dum dum.

Did you know that egg and cheese on a long roll isn't a thing outside of Philadelphia? It's so fucking weird that nobody else seems to do it

Go to Jamaican Jerk Hut. It's the restaurant from the movie In Her Shoes (2004).

>>21454798
seems like a simple enough concept
guess they'd rather have it on a bagel or some shit

>>21455835
>they'd rather have it on a bagel
Long roll is better though
>>21455272
lmao
I remember seeing the sign in there
>the restaurant where this movie literally nobody ever watched was filmed!
I coulda sworn it was before 2004, though. Guess not.
There's also a bar in South Philly that has a sign that says
>the bar where that shitty movie Unbreakable was filmed!
Wonder why The Left Bank building doesn't have a big-ass sign
>the apartment building Ivanka Trump used to live and queef in!
Think the building in Camden where Scientology was founded has a plaque to that affect?

>>21455272
Is it better than Jamaican D’s

>>21457178
I don't know what that is but Jerk Hut is too expensive for what it is.

>>21458625
didn't that place get closed down?

>>21460185
I don't fucking know, friend-o. As I've said a few times, I don't live in town anymore.
I do still go into Philadelphia, most recently last weekend for a friend's cookout, but I seldom venture anywhere outside of where I have to go. I go in, do what I need to do and fuck off back to Delaware.
I'll be back in town the first week of August but 15th and South is slightly out of my way as I'll be in the other side of the Schuylkill.

I miss all the Jew diners in and around the east end of South Street.
PhilaDeli had the best chopped liver.
Now, the only one left is 4th Street and that place blows.
Even Rachel's Nosherie off Rittenhouse closed. Where do you even go to get a whitefish platter these days?

wtf with the notification today

>>21452671
So did the cheesesteak. But one is literally one of the most famous sandwiches in the country and the other is only "popular" on the internet.

>>21462179
?

>>21449976
My step dad was in college at the time, and got kicked out of his apartment by swat before that.

Good times.

True story I literally bumped heads with John Street, we were at booths at a diner and leaned back.. I turned my head to apologize (he was already out) and was like Mayor Street I'm so sorry..

half of me was just hoping that loony fuck wasn't gonna slug me, people forget he beat the shit out of a reporter.

Also so cool to see a Philly thread!

>>21463567
>True story I literally bumped heads with John Street, we were at booths at a diner and leaned back.. I turned my head to apologize (he was already out) and was like Mayor Street I'm so sorry..
You mentioned that already in this same thread lmao

>>21373270 (OP)
Reading Terminal has a lot of great spots in it. John's Roast Pork is the best cheesesteak I've had of like 20 places. And Han Dynasty is the best Chinese food I've had anywhere (Granted I've never been to NYC or SF Chinatowns).

>>21463583
Holy shit, you're right. I had no idea it was the same thread... this won't die. My bad.

>>21463598
>Handy Nasty
lmao
My ex knows Han and we got to eat there before the opening at the original location in Olde City 15+ years ago. He took over the lease from Joe Poon who couldn't manage to keep the place going because yet another Chinese place without any regional allegiances was just getting ignored. It was a shame, too, his first new place since he closed his namesake spot in 2005 or so and it went thoroughly ignored.
We were a large group, me, the ex, Joe Poon and a bunch of wypipo I didn't know. Han was toying around with having a "Bitch Menu" for people who didn't want to eat spicy Hainanese and Sichuanese food after some guy we were with was talking about how the dandan was too spicy and not what he was expecting (because this was the real version). I had the dry pot rabbit and said it was very good and he said that he'd make something even spicier some time and when I can't eat it, he'll take a picture of me in a shirt that read "Han's Bitch." He really likes that word lmao
I never got the opportunity to get that shirt after my ex and I broke up.
I went again, but to the West Philly location, a few years ago with my wife, best friend and his wife and much to my delight, he had indeed added the Bitch Menu, renamed "Children's Menu" which had the typical American Chinese dishes like shrimp lo mein, beef and broccoli and general tso's chicken.
The thing with NY and SF chinatowns is that it's actually very, very difficult to get good Chinese in either. I had Canto friends who lived right dab center in Chinatown Queens and bitched about not being able to get even halfway decent dimsum anywhere. They both say it's better in Philadelphia. I'm not Canto so I can't comment on HK food much but I can say that I've never had good Chinese food anywhere in New York that wasn't someone's house.
>>21463618
lmao

Philly has a lot of Indonesian restaurants fsr

>>21463557
there was a mass text notification telling people not to call emergency service due to them being swamp with something

>>21463598
>And Han Dynasty is the best Chinese food I've had anywhere


gwai lo please go away

>>21463770
>t. ang mo

>>21373279
>Is that Philadelphia's only notable building?
No.
Philly was the major city in North America at one point, so a number of the United States major early architects did work in Philly.
William Strickland and John Haviland both designed a number of buildings in Philadelphia, that are still standing.
The Second Bank of the United States is still around as a portrait gallery run by the National Park service, and it’s really nice looking.
Independence Hall is the next block over, then the next block over is the building of the former Curtiss Publishing company, which has a giant Tiffany made glass mosaic wall, designed by Maxfield Parrish in a giant neoclassical office building, with twelve large marble columns that were made from single pieces of marble.
The Philadelphia waterworks goes back a couple hundred years, and was considered a marvel of the modern world when it was first constructed.
The John Wanamaker department store building has the World’s largest pipe organ.
The University of Pennsylvania owns and is surrounded by a lot of really nice brutalist buildings.
The U of P museum of archaeology and anthropology was involved in major digs in Ur and Egypt, and has items on display that basically appear in every text book on the subjects.
They were also involved in the excavations of Phrygian tombs including Midas and Gordian, although they didn’t get to keep stuff.
The Ritz Carlton hotel in Philly was originally the headquarters of Mellon Bank, and is a 3/4 replica of the Pantheon in Rome, made from white marble.

>>21374607
>never heard of any of those places lol what a culturally irrelevant "city"
The major art museums in Philly are usually considered “World Class” with artworks that are routinely included in standard reference books on World art, including a well known Dali painting, and a well known de Chirico painting.
The museum also has the World’s finest collection of Man Ray works.
The J.G. Johnson collection of Medieval and Renaissance Art is considered one of the finest collection in the USA, (outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art).
The Philadelphia Museum of Art actually seems to have a better Impressionist collection than the Met, and that’s not taking into account the separate Barnes Museum, which us routinely listed as the finest Impressionist collection of Art in the USA.
The Philadelphia Free Library has a Shakespeare First Folio, with notes in it made by John Milton.
The Franklin Institute is a science museum, with a nice collection of inventions by Benjamin Franklin.

>>21463770
eat shit dumb hei gui

>>21378175
>OP, you should go to Charleys Philadelphia Cheesesteaks and get the Bacon 3 Cheesesteak. It's a cheesesteak with bacon, cheese, and steak on it, but no onions! If they had a version without bacon, it would be perfect.
You can basically request anything on a cheesesteak that the cheesesteak place has.
If you just want steak and cheese, ask for fucking steak and cheese, and hopefully you ask for Provolone.

>>21382725
>The Mutter Museum kinda sucks if we're being honest. It's a single room. The bedroom I grew up in might be bigger than their entire exhibited connection.
The Mutter Museum is bigger than one room.

>>21406262
>I miss Le Bec-Fin.
There are at least three or four places making pastry and bread for local coffee shops and restaurants, that learned how to make proper pastries at Le Bec-Fin.
Perrier runs one.

>>21450169
>What happened to that Tony Luke’s restaurant that was across from the outside place? Is skinny joeys steaks any good?
Tony Luke’s inSouth Philly closed, after the Feds sued and maybe prosecuted the owners for $8 million in tax evasion, and labor law and tax violations.

>>21457161
>Think the building in Camden where Scientology was founded has a plaque to that affect?
I guess Camden has to be known for something, but it would have been nice for Philly to get that credit.

>>21466698
Maybe it was under construction or something when I went cuz when I did, only that one room to the left from the entryway was open to visitors and the rest was off limits

>>21468220
the parlor?
then yeah you didn't see almost the entirety of the muesuem
the main atrium starts on a balcony then you walk down stairs to the bottom floor exibits with a side room there as well
it is a small mueseum but they cram a lot into that big room
there is also the gallery to the right where they have temporary exhibits

>>21468220
>>21468371

>>21468373
Nope. Looks like I was right. It's a single room on the left side. See the room labeled Mütter Museum? That's the room I was in. It had two levels and shelves of various curiosities and plaster cast of a colon or something. It's been nearly two decades now so it's s bit fuzzy. I mostly remember being quite bored and feeling like it was an enormous waste of time. I don't even remember what else we did that day, just that the museum felt like a total gyp.

I miss capogiro

>>21471377
It's gone?