lol touche. 3 of adult kids coming. They’ve never done historical area so probably spend day doing that. Maybe the zoo. Always wanted to do mutter museum maybe that. Honestly haven’t been there in like 3 years. Been cravin the cheesesteaks and son home for a few weeks military leave. He was like let’s go to Philly for a couple days. $75 round trip flight for 2 was like k let’s go. Then 2 other kids wanted to go too. Just a chill few days.
- Stayin alive

Not sure your kids would be into it but the Barnes Foundation is a must for art lovers.
Other ideas...Reading Terminal Market, Italian Market are icoinic. Angelos for cheese steaks and/or hoagies while your in the Italian Market area. Altho, Philly's best sandwich is the roast pork Italian at Johns or Dinic's in Reading terminal.

Not sure your kids would be into it but the Barnes Foundation is a must for art lovers.
Other ideas...Reading Terminal Market, Italian Market are icoinic. Angelos for cheese steaks and/or hoagies while your in the Italian Market area. Altho, Philly's best sandwich is the roast pork Italian at Johns or Dinic's in Reading terminal.
- Briere

Yeah I’ve never gone to Italian market. Is it all food? Might hit it up. I’ve been in reading terminal but never actually went through it. Is dinics actually good? Seems sus kinda. Like it’s the convenient place there. I am partial to Jim’s but admittedly I haven’t gone to dinics or Steve’s or dessandros. Only because I haven’t gone out of way for food while there. And while I always say I’m gonna get to John’s for the roast pork I never do. lol.

Denver Barkey takes bad high sticking minor. Canada lucky USA doesn’t score but he comes out of the box and ties it up 3-3 on a 3 on 1 rush. Barkey is a really player.

On a side note. I’m pretty sure Cutter Gauthier is here.
- roenick97

Thanks for the updates

Yeah I’ve never gone to Italian market. Is it all food? Might hit it up. I’ve been in reading terminal but never actually went through it. Is dinics actually good? Seems sus kinda. Like it’s the convenient place there. I am partial to Jim’s but admittedly I haven’t gone to dinics or Steve’s or dessandros. Only because I haven’t gone out of way for food while there. And while I always say I’m gonna get to John’s for the roast pork I never do. lol.
- Stayin alive

Italian market is mostly food based. Fante's is a great cookware shop and there are a couple good mexican places too. It's worth a look for. sure. DiBruno's for cheese and Italian specialty items is pretty great.
Dinic's in Reading Terminal has seriously good roast pork sandwiches. Just don't go from say noon to one or so. Lines will be insane. Reading Terminal is one of the country's great communal food markets.
Cheese steaks are honestly over rated. I like them and eat them but they arent the best sandwich in philly. any hoagie from a from say Angelos, Lil Nick's, Liberty Kitchen, etc are a better. Just my two cents.

Not sure your kids would be into it but the Barnes Foundation is a must for art lovers.
Other ideas...Reading Terminal Market, Italian Market are icoinic. Angelos for cheese steaks and/or hoagies while your in the Italian Market area. Altho, Philly's best sandwich is the roast pork Italian at Johns or Dinic's in Reading terminal.
- Briere

Truth

Yeah I’ve never gone to Italian market. Is it all food? Might hit it up. I’ve been in reading terminal but never actually went through it. Is dinics actually good? Seems sus kinda. Like it’s the convenient place there. I am partial to Jim’s but admittedly I haven’t gone to dinics or Steve’s or dessandros. Only because I haven’t gone out of way for food while there. And while I always say I’m gonna get to John’s for the roast pork I never do. lol.
- Stayin alive

Oregan and Penrose Diners are good spots to grub - those are my two go-to spots for scrapple when in town

If you have a car take a drive to Ridley Park and go to Double Decker Pizza - its a few miles south of the airport

Oregan and Penrose Diners are good spots to grub - those are my two go-to spots for scrapple when in town

If you have a car take a drive to Ridley Park and go to Double Decker Pizza - its a few miles south of the airport
- corduroy

Solid recommendations

Yeah I’ve never gone to Italian market. Is it all food? Might hit it up. I’ve been in reading terminal but never actually went through it. Is dinics actually good? Seems sus kinda. Like it’s the convenient place there. I am partial to Jim’s but admittedly I haven’t gone to dinics or Steve’s or dessandros. Only because I haven’t gone out of way for food while there. And while I always say I’m gonna get to John’s for the roast pork I never do. lol.
- Stayin alive

I will add:

1. DeNics is really good. When there, get the roast pork (not brisket, not pulled pirk) with provolone (not American) and broccoli rabe (not spinach or whatever other green they sometime have). Lines are long at lunch but move super fast. At Reading, Hershel's also has a solid old fashioned brisket sandwich (piled high, rye, brooklyn style mustard...)

2. Angelo's best cheesesteak. Better than Dalessandro, Jim's, John's. Fried onions, cooper sharp. Nothing else. Lines are again misleading. Go to counter through crowd, order then leave. Come back whatever time they said it will take +15 mins. Announce yourself. Your grub will be waiting in the fridge by counter. Lots of little public parks nearby.

3. The Comcast Center (don't hold a grudge!) is fancy, spacious and free to enter with a very nice cafe inside. A 10 min odd Spielberg movie is free on a 3D screen immersive dome, and is great vieweing.

4. If doing the old city thang, consider Frida. Euro style cafe. They have a good croque madame.

5. If I remember, you are Italian. Alice (a-lee-che) sells Roman pizza (very thin crust) by the slice, and the slice is cut to whatever dimensions you like. Pizzas are there on counter: cut to order than reheated in oven. They are very filling and $10 a person makes you stuffed.

6. Ditto about Barnes. I dunno if you are an impressionist art kinda guy though.

7. Penn campus: somewhat dead around now. After Covid and because of protests, most buildimgs require ID or are just for university members. But if there, check out the Fine Arts lib, which is very Harry Potterish.

8. The best restaurant in Philly might well be Hardena's. The food is Indonesian. Their embassy in NY used to send a limo to get food from here when they had big shots from the country visit. Also cheap, and a la carte from counter.

9. If you guys want to chill somewhere and play ping-pong, PIngPod at 325 Chestnut is self-serve access via app and is $10 for 4 for 30 mins. Nice and cold inside and almost no one there.

10. Mamma mia is playing at the Academy. Used to be Philly Opera house. Seats are intricate and nosebleed high. You will get entertainment + vertigo for the price of the former.

11. Speaking of Opera: Victor's cafe has apprentice opera singers as servers. Every 10 odd mins, a bell rings and they sing arias or old musical tunes. There is better Italian in Philly but you go for the entire experience.

12. Finally, you can do both crackhead viewing close to where Blackhand grew up (Kensington) and get very good Mexican food at Cantina La Martina. I esp recommend the aguachile de coco.

Italian market is mostly food based. Fante's is a great cookware shop and there are a couple good mexican places too. It's worth a look for. sure. DiBruno's for cheese and Italian specialty items is pretty great.
Dinic's in Reading Terminal has seriously good roast pork sandwiches. Just don't go from say noon to one or so. Lines will be insane. Reading Terminal is one of the country's great communal food markets.
Cheese steaks are honestly over rated. I like them and eat them but they arent the best sandwich in philly. any hoagie from a from say Angelos, Lil Nick's, Liberty Kitchen, etc are a better. Just my two cents.
- Briere

I feel like the Italian Market isn’t as charming as tourists expect it to be and I don’t like standing in line so I’m not a big fan of the Reading Terminal Market.

Thanks for the updates
- corduroy

No troubles.

I thought Carson was the better goalie for Canada, especially coming in cold. Jett might be the sling shot we’re missing on the PP.Personally I think Denver is the better player of the two but there is a lot of potential in Jett. They’re both fast and responsible two way players. Most importantly, they both scored.

I feel like the Italian Market isn’t as charming as tourists expect it to be and I don’t like standing in line so I’m not a big fan of the Reading Terminal Market.
- Dkos

Nothing charming about the italian market. That’s kinda the point tho.
Lines are easily avoided at RTM if you go on iff hours.

Doesn’t sound like much fun to me. Rather go to a Museum or something. It’s pretty hot and muggy for walking around. Is crack still a thing? I thought it was opioids these days?
- Dkos

Not sure if the omniverse theater is still running but that was always entertaining.

I will add:

1. DeNics is really good. When there, get the roast pork (not brisket, not pulled pirk) with provolone (not American) and broccoli rabe (not spinach or whatever other green they sometime have). Lines are long at lunch but move super fast. At Reading, Hershel's also has a solid old fashioned brisket sandwich (piled high, rye, brooklyn style mustard...)

2. Angelo's best cheesesteak. Better than Dalessandro, Jim's, John's. Fried onions, cooper sharp. Nothing else. Lines are again misleading. Go to counter through crowd, order then leave. Come back whatever time they said it will take +15 mins. Announce yourself. Your grub will be waiting in the fridge by counter. Lots of little public parks nearby.

3. The Comcast Center (don't hold a grudge!) is fancy, spacious and free to enter with a very nice cafe inside. A 10 min odd Spielberg movie is free on a 3D screen immersive dome, and is great vieweing.

4. If doing the old city thang, consider Frida. Euro style cafe. They have a good croque madame.

5. If I remember, you are Italian. Alice (a-lee-che) sells Roman pizza (very thin crust) by the slice, and the slice is cut to whatever dimensions you like. Pizzas are there on counter: cut to order than reheated in oven. They are very filling and $10 a person makes you stuffed.

6. Ditto about Barnes. I dunno if you are an impressionist art kinda guy though.

7. Penn campus: somewhat dead around now. After Covid and because of protests, most buildimgs require ID or are just for university members. But if there, check out the Fine Arts lib, which is very Harry Potterish.

8. The best restaurant in Philly might well be Hardena's. The food is Indonesian. Their embassy in NY used to send a limo to get food from here when they had big shots from the country visit. Also cheap, and a la carte from counter.

9. If you guys want to chill somewhere and play ping-pong, PIngPod at 325 Chestnut is self-serve access via app and is $10 for 4 for 30 mins. Nice and cold inside and almost no one there.

10. Mamma mia is playing at the Academy. Used to be Philly Opera house. Seats are intricate and nosebleed high. You will get entertainment + vertigo for the price of the former.

11. Speaking of Opera: Victor's cafe has apprentice opera singers as servers. Every 10 odd mins, a bell rings and they sing arias or old musical tunes. There is better Italian in Philly but you go for the entire experience.

12. Finally, you can do both crackhead viewing close to where Blackhand grew up (Kensington) and get very good Mexican food at Cantina La Martina. I esp recommend the aguachile de coco.
- PT21

Does he need to be vaccinated to enter these establishments? Does he need to show his papers?

I believe you were in favor of these mandates - as a visitor to your city - he needs to know

No troubles.

I thought Carson was the better goalie for Canada, especially coming in cold. Jett might be the sling shot we’re missing on the PP.Personally I think Denver is the better player of the two but there is a lot of potential in Jett. They’re both fast and responsible two way players. Most importantly, they both scored.
- roenick97

Nothing charming about the italian market. That’s kinda the point tho.
Lines are easily avoided at RTM if you go on iff hours.
- Briere

I guess. I just find it’s not what a lot of folks expect. Generally I’ve been at the RTM around lunch time because I wanted lunch.

lol touche. 3 of adult kids coming. They’ve never done historical area so probably spend day doing that. Maybe the zoo. Always wanted to do mutter museum maybe that. Honestly haven’t been there in like 3 years. Been cravin the cheesesteaks and son home for a few weeks military leave. He was like let’s go to Philly for a couple days. $75 round trip flight for 2 was like k let’s go. Then 2 other kids wanted to go too. Just a chill few days.
- Stayin alive

Do you talk to them about which fans guzzle orange colored semen or do you save that for Thanksgiving?

Do you talk to them about which fans guzzle orange colored semen or do you save that for Thanksgiving?
- anti-lame

I think they should go to Xfinity live to experience the real feel of being a Flyers fan with all the nostalgia of the team stuck in the 70s

I will add:

1. DeNics is really good. When there, get the roast pork (not brisket, not pulled pirk) with provolone (not American) and broccoli rabe (not spinach or whatever other green they sometime have). Lines are long at lunch but move super fast. At Reading, Hershel's also has a solid old fashioned brisket sandwich (piled high, rye, brooklyn style mustard...)

2. Angelo's best cheesesteak. Better than Dalessandro, Jim's, John's. Fried onions, cooper sharp. Nothing else. Lines are again misleading. Go to counter through crowd, order then leave. Come back whatever time they said it will take +15 mins. Announce yourself. Your grub will be waiting in the fridge by counter. Lots of little public parks nearby.

3. The Comcast Center (don't hold a grudge!) is fancy, spacious and free to enter with a very nice cafe inside. A 10 min odd Spielberg movie is free on a 3D screen immersive dome, and is great vieweing.

4. If doing the old city thang, consider Frida. Euro style cafe. They have a good croque madame.

5. If I remember, you are Italian. Alice (a-lee-che) sells Roman pizza (very thin crust) by the slice, and the slice is cut to whatever dimensions you like. Pizzas are there on counter: cut to order than reheated in oven. They are very filling and $10 a person makes you stuffed.

6. Ditto about Barnes. I dunno if you are an impressionist art kinda guy though.

7. Penn campus: somewhat dead around now. After Covid and because of protests, most buildimgs require ID or are just for university members. But if there, check out the Fine Arts lib, which is very Harry Potterish.

8. The best restaurant in Philly might well be Hardena's. The food is Indonesian. Their embassy in NY used to send a limo to get food from here when they had big shots from the country visit. Also cheap, and a la carte from counter.

9. If you guys want to chill somewhere and play ping-pong, PIngPod at 325 Chestnut is self-serve access via app and is $10 for 4 for 30 mins. Nice and cold inside and almost no one there.

10. Mamma mia is playing at the Academy. Used to be Philly Opera house. Seats are intricate and nosebleed high. You will get entertainment + vertigo for the price of the former.

11. Speaking of Opera: Victor's cafe has apprentice opera singers as servers. Every 10 odd mins, a bell rings and they sing arias or old musical tunes. There is better Italian in Philly but you go for the entire experience.

12. Finally, you can do both crackhead viewing close to where Blackhand grew up (Kensington) and get very good Mexican food at Cantina La Martina. I esp recommend the aguachile de coco.
- PT21

#11. I love places like this

Italian market is mostly food based. Fante's is a great cookware shop and there are a couple good mexican places too. It's worth a look for. sure. DiBruno's for cheese and Italian specialty items is pretty great.
Dinic's in Reading Terminal has seriously good roast pork sandwiches. Just don't go from say noon to one or so. Lines will be insane. Reading Terminal is one of the country's great communal food markets.
Cheese steaks are honestly over rated. I like them and eat them but they arent the best sandwich in philly. any hoagie from a from say Angelos, Lil Nick's, Liberty Kitchen, etc are a better. Just my two cents.
- Briere

Yeah I gotta do some hoagies. I’m lot a lover of hoagies but could be Buffalo area food. There’s only a few here I think are decent. Plus I’m assuming the bread if different in Philly.

See I kinda think that about wings here in buffalo. But then whenever I go elsewhere they just aren’t the same getting them.
Wings (buf) cheesesteak (Philly) just different there. So when I go places here and they have Philly cheesesteak I always go oh Philly steaks I’ll take a wiz wit and I get looked at side eyed confused. I just say oh these aren’t Philly steaks oh ok I’ll take a steak and cheese sub lol.


And when I have a craving for wings I get the best. Appreciate the cheesesteak. You may think it’s maybe not the best compared to other foods but if you get a craving for one sometime you have the best of them. It’s always nice to have in the back pocket

Does he need to be vaccinated to enter these establishments? Does he need to show his papers?

I believe you were in favor of these mandates - as a visitor to your city - he needs to know
- corduroy

That’s actually good point. Haven’t been there since before Covid. Some buildings here still try to make masks when rates high. Or outbreaks I should say

I guess. I just find it’s not what a lot of folks expect. Generally I’ve been at the RTM around lunch time because I wanted lunch.
- Dkos

Yeah I take my time when in places like that. I look for all the detail. I saw the vet once my first trip to Philly. We stopped at parks first thing and looked around for hours. Spectrum was being torn down. Walked around vet some and walked the ramps as much we could. Looking through fences at field and seats best we could. Was at vet for like an hour. Can still mentally see and feel how it was looking around and picturing what it was like there and trying to compare to what I saw on tv. If that makes sense. So I can go to a place fluke reading terminal and just get lost in there. In that guy you see standing aimlessly that you say to yourself what the hell is he looking at. lol. People tend to not actually take it all in anymore. Next time you have time and in that area go in and take it in.
Yeah when I travel I only see a few things while I’m there. Pisses my wife off til no end. Always lets go when seeing something rushing me. She’ll be like it’s a ceiling beam let’s go but then I’ll point out things like how the beam is shaped. Color distortion or imperfections or how beams line up and fit wherever. Next thing you know she’s been distracted for 15 minutes over a ceiling beam.

But you eventually place feeling and connection between self and site.

Do you talk to them about which fans guzzle orange colored semen or do you save that for Thanksgiving?
- anti-lame

Yes… both

I think they should go to Xfinity live to experience the real feel of being a Flyers fan with all the nostalgia of the team stuck in the 70s
- Don Nachbaur

Was there when it basically opened. Placed was packed. lol. My kids aren’t flyers fans tho

I will add:

1. DeNics is really good. When there, get the roast pork (not brisket, not pulled pirk) with provolone (not American) and broccoli rabe (not spinach or whatever other green they sometime have). Lines are long at lunch but move super fast. At Reading, Hershel's also has a solid old fashioned brisket sandwich (piled high, rye, brooklyn style mustard...)

2. Angelo's best cheesesteak. Better than Dalessandro, Jim's, John's. Fried onions, cooper sharp. Nothing else. Lines are again misleading. Go to counter through crowd, order then leave. Come back whatever time they said it will take +15 mins. Announce yourself. Your grub will be waiting in the fridge by counter. Lots of little public parks nearby.

3. The Comcast Center (don't hold a grudge!) is fancy, spacious and free to enter with a very nice cafe inside. A 10 min odd Spielberg movie is free on a 3D screen immersive dome, and is great vieweing.

4. If doing the old city thang, consider Frida. Euro style cafe. They have a good croque madame.

5. If I remember, you are Italian. Alice (a-lee-che) sells Roman pizza (very thin crust) by the slice, and the slice is cut to whatever dimensions you like. Pizzas are there on counter: cut to order than reheated in oven. They are very filling and $10 a person makes you stuffed.

6. Ditto about Barnes. I dunno if you are an impressionist art kinda guy though.

7. Penn campus: somewhat dead around now. After Covid and because of protests, most buildimgs require ID or are just for university members. But if there, check out the Fine Arts lib, which is very Harry Potterish.

8. The best restaurant in Philly might well be Hardena's. The food is Indonesian. Their embassy in NY used to send a limo to get food from here when they had big shots from the country visit. Also cheap, and a la carte from counter.

9. If you guys want to chill somewhere and play ping-pong, PIngPod at 325 Chestnut is self-serve access via app and is $10 for 4 for 30 mins. Nice and cold inside and almost no one there.

10. Mamma mia is playing at the Academy. Used to be Philly Opera house. Seats are intricate and nosebleed high. You will get entertainment + vertigo for the price of the former.

11. Speaking of Opera: Victor's cafe has apprentice opera singers as servers. Every 10 odd mins, a bell rings and they sing arias or old musical tunes. There is better Italian in Philly but you go for the entire experience.

12. Finally, you can do both crackhead viewing close to where Blackhand grew up (Kensington) and get very good Mexican food at Cantina La Martina. I esp recommend the aguachile de coco.
- PT21

thanks Clark.

nerd herd out in full force yesterday.

Yes… both
- Stayin alive

Which is strange because I never considered you mature enough to be an adult, let alone have adult kids. they must be proud.