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Where should I eat?

>> No.6629048
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6629048

What do you want? where in the city? Italian market had has good spots. Cheesesteaks are a staple but I'd skip pat's and Geno's and hit Jim's or go to northeast and hit up Joe's. Bbq try sweet lucy's also in ne. Northern liberties/fishtown has good spots. North 3rd, standard tap, Memphis tap are some places I hit up. Best Jamaican is Jamaican D's food trucks or take out joint. I hit the truck at chew and Washington. Pic related oxtail collards snd mac and cheese. Lots of other food truck in University city, Center city and old city have some great places but tend to be on the pricey side. Morimoto has a place in China town that's crazy good but what do you expect from an iron chef. It really depends on where you are and if you want to travel and explore

>> No.6629132

For cheesesteaks, I'd recommend Tony Luke's instead of pat's or Geno's. Other than that, Italian market has some good stuff

>> No.6629150

Come to my house. I am nice and totally not a cannibal.

>>6629048
Jim's is just as bad as, if not worse than, Pat's and Geno's. You ought to be ashamed.

>> No.6629174

>>6629048
>>6629132
Sweeeeet. Thank you.

>>6629150
>Come to my house. I am nice and totally not a cannibal.

I'm almost seriously considering this?

>> No.6629177

>>6629048
Oh my gosh, that looks so amazing. TERRIBLE for you, but amazing. <3

>> No.6629181

>>6629048
You don't even live here, do you?

>morimoto's
>chinatown
Morimoto's is in no way in Chinatown. It's not even all that close. Chinatown's southern border is Filbert Street, though there's nothing Chinatown-y that far south. Its eastern border is 8th Street, though there's nothing Chinatown-y any further east than 9th.
Morimoto's is 7th and Chestnut, more than a few blocks south and east of the southeasternmost corner of Chinatown.

>chew and washington
So... you're telling OP to go to Morimoto's then drive 25 minutes away from anything else worth doing or seeing in Philadelphia, very near the very northern border of the city, to one of the more isolated areas with quite literally nothing to do or see because it's a residential area? When D's has locations all over the fucking place? Really?

Go away and never return.

>> No.6629186

>>6629174
>considering this
I have cherry icecream. :3
And it's homemade. Might make some pineapple waterice today, too.
Also, and while totally not a cannibal (really), I am also totally not an anal rapist.

>> No.6629247

>>6629048
>eat out
>buy macaroni
Is this some kind of a meme?

>> No.6629249

>>6628974
reading terminal market. everyone else is wrong.

>> No.6629313

>>6629249
I agree. You can't go wrong there.

>> No.6629324

>>6629186
You're definitely selling me on this.

Nah, but seriously. My friend and his girlfriend think you're gonna drug us, tie us up, then cut us.

>> No.6629335

>>6629324
what part of the city you heading to or are you just going to go where we say is good?

El vez and continental both have great drinks and food in center city but if you want a local experience anon is right the reading terminal market is where you should go and a couple places there have beer

>> No.6629339

>>6628974
The Oyster Bar at Grand Central

>> No.6629341

C-C-C-C-C-C-CRAAB FRIES NIGGA

also some chicken tendies

>> No.6629343
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>>6629341
pic related

>> No.6629345

>>6629341
if he's gettin chicken tendies he should really go to federal donuts instead. fuck I haven't been there for a while

>> No.6629348

>>6629345
federal donuts = fag donuts

>> No.6629351

>>6629348
why are they pro fags or something? only thing I know about them is they hired painters outside of union workers so some people got pissed at them

>> No.6629372

>>6629247
it's baked macaroni and cheese, like soul food. not Kraft from a box you dunce.

>> No.6629414

>>6629351
executive branch of the government of the USA getting involved in the rights of states.

I'm not pissed, don't think that you think for me because you don't, but do know that what our supreme court ruled on was not only wrong, but shouldn't have been brought up to them in the first place.

Marriage is an issue for states and not the federal government.

>> No.6629423

>>6629414
what the fuck does that have to do with a shop that sells cofee donuts and fried chicken?

>> No.6629437

>>6629335
My friends and I are just dicking around so we're down to go anywhere. We came in from the south so we're at a Tony Luke's here.

>> No.6629439

>>6629423
More than you know, but then you're pressing that already.

>> No.6629443

>>6629437
Come to NYC and stay away from Times Square unless you're getting pictures from the place, I grew up there and a lot of people like to go to get online live pics of themselves for others. Cheers!

>> No.6629458

>>6629443
I was there less than a week ago actually.

>> No.6629461

>>6629437
bummer on the weather you got today. you seeing one of the concerts tonight?

>> No.6629474

>>6629461
Nah. We literally just drove up for the food.

>> No.6629485

>>6629474
good the bands playing tonight would make me judge you heavily and its gonna make traffic suck.
>DMB
>imagine dragons
>flogging molly

>> No.6629513

>>6629324
On top of being totally not a cannibal and totally not an anal rapist, I'm also totally not the sort to drug anyone.

I just made bean burgers for lunch ate one and have three leftover. I'm not a vegetarian or vegan or anything. I just like homemade beanburgers.

>>6629345
I don't think my moustache is curled enough my demeanor aloof enough and my fashion sense (or lack thereof; I'm a t-shirt and jeans sorta guy) ironic enough to be allowed to go back there.
And when did they start selling tenders? I had their fried chicken, which was pretty good, but fuck them in the eye for considering a breast two pieces.

>>6629437
I live on the other side of SP from there. :3 Really, I won't cut you. For real.

>>6629485
The only one of those I know if Flogging Molly and I've never been much into them. Where d'ya live in Philly, Anon?

>> No.6629534

>>6629513
>Where d'ya live in Philly, Anon?
a shiny new building on the schuykill. dmb is dave matthews band I'm sure you know of their hipster fans

>> No.6629609

>>6629534
>dmb
Oh.
Hipsters like them? The only people I know that like DMB are lesbians and none of them are hipster lesbians. Hipster lesbians like Mary Timony.

>> No.6629622

>>6629513
Is this invitation for real? I'm seriously down.

>> No.6629624

>>6629485
nigger bands are not acceptable.

>> No.6629630

>>6629624
xd

>> No.6629780

>>6629150
I go to Joe's or chubbys what's wrong with jims? It is still good I definitely wouldn't wait in some of those lines but at least on south street you can people watch while you wait. Jim's in ne is quick

>> No.6629796

>>6629181
Learn to read I said twice it really depends on where in the city you are. Chew and washing is very close to chestnut hill /mt airy where there is some great eats. Why don't you fuck off and never return or just learn to jawn and jawn your jawn elsewhere

>> No.6629804

>>6629796
chestnut hill is bullshit from new jersery so fuck off from NEW YORK!

>> No.6629813

>>6629804
I can tell just by your post your a northern liberties hipster douchebag.

>> No.6629828

OP, if you want a cheesesteak, cross the Ben Franklin to Cherry Hill, NJ and get one from Chick's Deli on the Marlton turnpike/Rt. 70.

>> No.6629837

>>6629828
If you want to cross into jersey I'd hit up donkeys in Camden

>> No.6629844

>>6629837
haven't tried them, but it's partially because I'd never voluntarily travel into camden just for a sandwich. chick's has great hoagies and an awesome broccoli rabe, too

>> No.6629860

>>6629796
>mt airy
>chestnut hill
...
Yeah... how about no? Those are nice and all, but you can do everything worth doing there in thirty minutes, tops. It's like Manayunk.

Still can't defend your incorrect assertion that Morimoto's is in Chinatown. Nah, dude. Fuck off right back to Fifth and Jabip where you came from.

>>6629813
I don't think he's a NoLib hipster of any sort, especially considering that NoLib stopped being hipstery about ten years ago around the time the Piazza opened.
Now, it's just yuppies.
There's some hipster runover from Fishtown and the slowly-to-never catching on Junogi (fuckstupid name for the area, really; just call it 'south Kensington,' like it was always), but they don't live in NoLibs.

>>6629780
I have not once ever had a good cheesesteak from Jim's, neither the SS location or the one at Roosevelt Mall. Every single time for some odd reason it winds up being more gristle than anything. Everyone else tells me this never happens but I kid you not, every single time I've had Jim's it's been gristle wrapped in bread.

>>6629622
Half so. I just had people over yesterday and haven't cleaned up downstairs yet. Perhaps later today, I'll have tidied, invite some other pals over and entertain some 4chan douche and his friends, as well.

>> No.6629861

>>6629132
Tony Luke's uses some kinda funky overly sharp provolone. I didn't like my sandwich

Best cheesesteak in Philly is Chinks followed closely by Jim's

>> No.6629868

>>6629828
Why not go to the original Chick's around the fucking corner from me here in SP rather than going to NJ? Also, Isn't it in Washington Township rather than Cherry Hill?

>> No.6629877

>>6629868
>original chick's
there was apparently another greasy italian who decided to open a sandwich shop, and felt like new jersey needed yet another one
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick%27s_Deli
I don't know where Chick's in South Philly is but hell if I'm paying the toll to cross river just for a sandwich

>> No.6629882

Chinatown has some great hole-in-the-wall duck houses. Near City Hall is Cheu Noodle Bar, which is cute and has Passover Ramen (brisket, matzoh ball, kimchi)

>> No.6629901

>>6629877
Well punt me in the cunt, Anon, the two aren't related at all and just share a name and similar menu.

That happens a lot around here. There's a butcher around my area called 'Cannuli's' who sells only pork. There's another, much larger, more famous butcher in the Italian Market also called Cannuli's that also deals mainly in pork but is also entirely unrelated to the first.

Sometimes, they are related, like Le Anh, The Real Le Anh and The Original Le Anh, which are all rivaling Chinese places.

>> No.6629911

>>6629901
AC has the famou white house sub shop and some cunts there made a white house 2 sub shop that is in no way related. the original one even hangs a sign saying theyre not the same thing

>> No.6629922

>>6629901
let me guess. the one just called "le anh" is the original one?

>> No.6629933

>>6629901
in harrisburg there's some pizza places that used to be owned by some brothers. they got in a fight with each other and ended up each getting their own place so there's places called "my brother's pizza" and "brother's pizza" and "two brother's pizza" and I have no idea which was the original. two brother's is the best fwiw

>> No.6629934

>>6628974
If you have the ability to head outside the city there are some very good places as well. Ro Lynn Deli in Brookhaven is one of the best hoagie shops in Pennsylvania. Their Chicken Cutlet and Godfather hoagies are two of the best you will ever have. Cocco's Pizza in Aston is the best branch of Cooco's and there is Pica Pizza on Route 3 in upper Darby which is phenomenal.

La Tolteca in Delaware on 202 is the best Mexican and if you like Cajun the French Quarter Bistro in Royersford off of 422 is a must.

In Philly, for non-conventional, there is Krakus Market and Syrenka right across the street in Port Richmond. Robin Williams often ate at Syrenka and he has his picture there. The Chinese Underground Mall with Tasty Place at Race and 11th.

Stolovaya is a solid Russian restaurant in the Northeast and on South Street there is Ishkabibble's which has a great chicken cheesesteak.

>> No.6629949

>>6629922
Depends on your perspective.
The story goes that the first owner of Le Anh was failing at business and sold it to his brother in law.
Well, his brother in law made it very, very popular, so the original owner asked to buy it back. BiL said 'lolno,' so the guy threw a shit fit and opened "The Real Le Anh" across the street.
To avoid the bullshit, the brother in law sold his business and moved elsewhere under the name "The Original Le Anh." The person who bought Le Anh still operates it under the same name.

Don't know which one I would say is the original.

Similar things happened with this Moroccan guy and his halal pizza joint, Southside Pizza. Sold it to his cousin when the place was failing, demanded it back when it was doing better, didn't get his way, so opened another location using the same font, logo and name.

Happens pretty often here for some reason.

>> No.6629957

>tfw boring suburbanites recommend leaving one of the biggest cities in US famous for a large variety of foods to go to some place in their boring suburbs

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>>6629957
>where should I eat in philly?
>dude go to camden

>> No.6629972

>>6629933
There are two chains of related grocery stores here in Philly called Eight Brothers, Hernandez Brothers and Brothers Hernandez. Similar disagreements.

One of the places in Chinatown I like the most was owned by three brothers. They sell modern-style HK coffeeshop food as well as cocktails and smoothies. After they expanded next door, the youngest brother wanted to have a section devoted only to drinks and light eats, but the other two brothers told him to fuck off as they thought it wouldn't be that profitable.
After lots of arguing, they two elder brothers bought out the younger brother's share of the restaurant so that he could use it to start the place on his own. It was a nice idea. I don't know if the drinks and small eats place is still in business because my brother no longer lives in Chinatown so I don't go there much anymore, but it was very, very good each time I've been.

>> No.6629979

>>6629972
>two
I can't count, obviously.
Three. I meant three.

>> No.6629982

>>6629860
That sounds cool. If you're serious we're just gonna grab a couple rounds then take a few pictures at landmarks. And if you chop me up into pieces, my family will get over it in like a month.

How can I reach you?

>> No.6631679

Jamaican D's is top notch.

>> No.6631692

>>6629982
see >>6631568

I had a flooding crisis, sorry. :-(
I never got round to tidying because I was trying to deal with that.

>> No.6631696

If you're around university city, I recommend you try Sabrina's. Whichever mealtime you are eating, get the stuffen french toast, you won't regret it. If you're in the city hall area, obv reading terminal market.

>> No.6631916

>>6631692
It's all good. The rain spoiled most of our plans as well. I can't believe it rained the ENTIRE day.