hudsoncomplex Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Hey guys. My wife and I are looking at taking a trip down to Philly next month for our 1 year anniversary. Anything we should check out while we're there? Any awesome brew pubs, places to eat, cool record shops, artsy stuff? Also looking for a nice, inexpensive hotel downtown. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle Von Swift Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 record shops: Long In The Tooth: 2027 Sansom Street AKA Music: 27 N. 2nd Street Noise Pullution: 619 S 4th St Repo Records: 538 South Street Main Street Music: 4444 Main St Good Eats: Lazaros (Pizza): 1743 South St Govindas/Gourment To Go (Vegetarian): 1408 South Street Cosmi's Deli: 1501 S 8th St Mercato (Italian Restuarant): 1216 Spruce St can't speak much on pubs, but: The Grey Lodge Pub - 6235 Frankford Ave - they have really good food, and all my friends talk up the beer selection Dark Horse Pub - 421 South 2nd Street - always have soccer on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madtired Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 if you are into sushi, check out 1225 raw (1225 sansom) if you like mussels and belgian beers, monk's is the place. http://www.monkscafe.com/ not sure how you can go to philly and not eat a cheese steak though.. my personal faves are a bit out of the way (steve's prince of steaks in northeast philly or dallesandro's in roxborough), but Jim's on south street is darn good too. somehow i still haven't had pat's or geno's so can't speak as to whether its worth a trip to south philly for those. the tourists love em though. make sure you find a philly soft pretzel somewhere too. for some reason philly owns when it comes to soft pretzels. tripadvisor should help on the hotel front.. have fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle Von Swift Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 jumping in on the (always debatable) cheese steak talk.. for the 'touristy' spots.. I prefer Tony Lukes, they also have great roast beef. Pat's & Geno's are just the most known, but not good by any means. Jim's on South is pretty good, the one in NE Philly blows though. With Steve's, they don't chop their steak up finely, it's bigger thicker pieces, so if you're into that, it's the spot.. their american cheese fries are great. and i'll agree with the pretzels. Philadelphia Pretzel Factory (tons of locations in the city) are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankmurphy Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Cosmi's Deli: 1501 S 8th St My favorite cheese steaks in the city. It's probably the rolls. Pho Xe Lua on Race St. has great Vietnamese food, and David's Mai Lai Wa has really good Chinese. The Philadelphia Art Museum is a good place to hang out, and there's also the Mutter Museum which has an awesome collection of medical oddities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactusbot Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Beautiful World Syndicate is my favorite record store. The Passyunk location. I also enjoy Memphis Taproom and Johnny Brenda's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Beautiful World Syndicate is my favorite record store. The Passyunk location. ^Best record store in Philly. Can't believe lastwordspoken left it off his list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle Von Swift Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Sadly, i've only been to the West Philly location, and I wasn't too impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Yeah, the west location isn't that great. The one on Passyunk rules though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowEndAutomatic Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 I know it's already been mentioned but I'd definitely check out Long in the Tooth as well... It's right in Center City- great used selection at really reasonable prices. The staff is great too! As far as restaurants/ bars/ breweries go, there are plenty of decent options. What type of food and drink are you into? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsoncomplex Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 I know it's already been mentioned but I'd definitely check out Long in the Tooth as well... It's right in Center City- great used selection at really reasonable prices. The staff is great too! As far as restaurants/ bars/ breweries go, there are plenty of decent options. What type of food and drink are you into? I'm a huge burger fan, and Ive got a list of some amazing burgers in the city. My wife is vegetarian, and is REALLY into Ethiopian food. Beer wise, I like pubs, and craft beers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xorcist Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 If you want beer, check out: Monk's Cafe (As mentioned before) Eulogy (136 Chestnut St.) Crazy Amounts of Good Beer. Little pricey though. The Farmer's Cabinet (1113 Walnut St.) Has a good list, but I haven't been here yet so I can't speak to how good it is. Food: Reading Terminal Market (51 N. 12th St) is always good. Lots of different eats and Bassetts Ice Cream. For awesome Vegetarian Chinese, I like New Harmony (135 N. 9th St.) Standard Tap (901 N. 2nd St.) is supposed to have a damn good burger. I can't speak on it though as I'm a vegetarian, but they usually have some good beers on tap. Record Stores: I'm a little partial to Creep in Northern Liberties (1050 N. Hancock St.) If you have the time, check out the Mutter Museum as someone else suggested. That place is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
struckanerve Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 get philly pretzels from a street vendor, not the pretzel factory....two completely different things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasma36 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 This thread is relevant to me as well, I'm going down on Wednesday for Drexel orientation. Definitely going to check out Beautiful World Syndicate, as well as any other stores I can get over to, depending on how much time I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themean Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 There are a couple solid Ethiopian restaurants in the University City / West Philly area. Abyssinia @ 45th and Locust was my favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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