Philadelphia Thread • Page 22

They used to put on screamo shows at the Thunderbird bowling alley up the street from my parents' house. I don't think they do that anymore.

 

Bonks in Port Richmond has hosted some cool shows too

 

@heartstrings93 yooo! Love JBs and KFN. I enjoy going to Ortlieb's, Milkboy, and PhilaMOCA too.

 

PRetty sure I saw Dan Andriano in the Emergency Room at Johnny Brenda's. Derek opened the show doing solo acoustic stuff, so that was pretty cool

 

I didn't realize the Ukie club had concerts! That's sick. Also forgot about Ortlieb's and Milkboy, those are great shouts. Time to scour the upcoming events lists!

 

Put it in the Art Museum

 

Bear vs Shark tickets are only $15 tomorrow night

 

hello!

itll be my first time in ur fine city third week of june. if i only have a short while, what's a must see? more interested in music stuff than touristy stuff

any cool shows happening on. june 18, 19, or 22?

(still planning)

tyty

 

Doesn’t look like any good shows on those dates. Cults, I guess?

What neighborhood are you staying in? I’d say schedule your entire visit around food.

 

^^ agreed on food. some great independent book stores and record stores in Philly too, if you’re into that

 

Where are you staying??

 

Beacon school at Johnny Brenda’s on 6/18 should be cool. Cloakroom at spruce street harbor on 6/19 will be a cool outdoor, free show. Disaster artist ànd friend are playing on 6/22 at Philamoca with a cool band from Richmond called strawberry moon.

 

Also I’m playing a show on 6/20 that I think will be very sick ;)

 

Oh shit I didnt see the Cloakroom show

 

im going to a camp 20th-22nd but will have either the 19th or the 22nd or both to explore! won't be staying overnight in philly tho. will have a car

 

so that's a thursday or a sunday. here's some shit you could do

come get brunch and free coffee from me at enswell (sunday only)
juneteenth block party @ african american museum (thursday only)
philadelphia african restaurant week (either day, highly recommend, we have some unbelievable ethiopian food here)
philadelphia chinese lantern festival @ franklin square (sunday only)
museums: body worlds @ the franklin institute / phila museum of art / rodin / barnes foundation (either day)
farmer's market in fairmount (thursday only)
farmer's market at headhouse square (sunday only)
southeast asian market in FDR park (sunday only)
spend time in rittenhouse square / washington square / fairmount park (either day)
go to the bok building (either day, sunday probably more fun)
go to one of the city's many silly and fun public pools (either day, but thursday best bet)

record stores: launderette, repo, main street music, common beat
bookstores: mostly books, lot 49, brickbat, wooden shoe
thrifting/vintage: thunderbird salvage (a must hit imo), jinxed, urban exchange, sweet peel, retrospect
bars: r&d, doom, bok bar, charlie was a sinner, johnny brenda's
coffee: persimmon, thank you thank you, two persons (bok building)
restaurants (fancy): royal izakaya, friday saturday sunday, kalaya, pietramala (vegan)
restaurants (mid-fancy): el chingon, mighty bread, superette
restaurants (not fancy): reading terminal market (lil everything), angelo's (cheesesteaks/pizza), paulie gee's (pizza), the tasty (vegan brekkie),
Desserts/Pastries: 1-900 ice cream, milk jawn, Machine Shop (bok building), Isgro (cannoli), Termini Bros.

i may add more if i feel like it but this is already a lot. lmk if you have questions/thought. also i am personally team roast pork over team cheesesteak

 

omg, thank you!! i love lots of info, v excited.

 

i think it's really a great city. hope you have fun!

 

Wow Cody was definitely thorough there. I can definitely vouch for:
Franklin Institute
Bok (Bar)
Kalaya
Reading Terminal
Angelos
1900 Ice Cream


I’d add:
Pizzeria Beddia
Other Half (Brewery)
Tired Hands (Brewery)
Sampan
Depending on if you’re drinking or not, Fishtown is a fun enough spot to bar hop. I say that as an old man that has not bar hopped in a few years

The Italian Market, where Angelo’s is, is also worth a walk. Great meats/cheeses/coffee etc. Sarcones rolls are a must have

Since you have a car, a few out of the way spots not directly in the city:
Steve’s Prince of Steaks in the Northeast is my favorite steak in the city. Not Angelo’s level, but a staple and definitely less of a headache in terms of waiting.

Similarly, hole in the wall pizza place Merc Bros is my favorite pizza in the city. Right off of the boulevard.

Zsa’s Ice Cream in Mount Airy is excellent and closing this year. That’s a drive up the street from Chestnut Hill, a beautiful neighborhood with a ton of restaurants worth checking out. I love Cin Cin. They also just put in a Liberty Kitchen in their mini-version of Reading Terminal that has a bunch of vendors.

 

Some stuff on here I’m v excited to try. What neighborhood do you live in??

 

Northeast Philly lol I’m a scumbag

 

South Philly repping here!!! I live in Pennsport.

Highly recommend also checking out East Passyunk, a neighborhood by me which has some great restaurants and stores (Cantina Dos Caballitos is a favorite). Milk Jawn has the best ice cream in the city, several vegan flavors. Also love A Novel Idea, an independent bookstore owned by friends / fellow authors with personalized recommendations on every shelf. There are also two excellent record stores there: Beautiful World Syndicate and Latchkey.

 

lol not scummy at all, but admittedly have no clue about that region. anything fun? maybe i should come up to steve's sometime and throw cheesesteak meat at your window