Things to do in Philadelphia

The Liberty Bell ... the cream cheese.

I was there last month for work. We ate at a very cool place called Butcher and Singer. You should also check out Franklin Institute, Museum of Art. A couple of us also went to U Bar, which was a lot of fun.

The Barnes Collection. It's superb.

It's Center City, OP. Do NOT call it "City Center," you will be laughed at.

Re: places to avoid, you're not going to see the areas that Fox News call a warzone unless you are specifically seeking them out. Kensington and the worst areas of North Philly are pretty far from Center City. Don't believe the hysteria. All of Center City and the ring of neighborhoods surrounding it are as safe as any other American city. It's doubtful you would venture outside that area for any reason so you have nothing to worry about. Have fun.

Irvin’s on top of BOK

Eastern State Penitentiary - amazing and unique

Philadelphia Museum of Arts - as good as the Metropolitan

Hers Supper Club

Philadelphia Orchestra it’s easy to get tickets and it’s one of the top five orchestras in the world ,Yannick the gay conductor is a hoot.

Go see a Phillies game. We have one of the best ballparks in the country and, currently, one of the best teams.

Reading Terminal Market

Spend an evening enjoying the popper-scented air of Philadelphia's finest "gentlemen's club", Club Philly

What R3 said. The Barnes is unlike any other museum in the world. Go see that, then walk to Reading Terminal for food.

The Barnes is on the Parkway along with the Art Museum (what locals call the PMA), and the walk to Reading Terminal will take you right by City Hall, which is an architectural marvel up close. Push the button at the cross walk (it's surrounded on all sides by a constant loop of heavy traffic) and trek through the courtyard to the other side. The Parkway itself is also a beautiful walk.

From RTM you're less than a mile from the Liberty Bell/Indy Hall so you might as well head to 6th and Chestnut Sts to gawk at the real touristy stuff.

Fuhgetabout the Liberty Bell - not worth it.

Hang around Rittenhouse Square, the Curtis Institute and the Equinox Gym. Some fine male specimen to behold. also on Penn Campus. The Penn Museum actually very interesting and under appreciated.

K&A!

The Mutter Museum The Fabric Workshop and Museum Federal Donuts South Street-Adjacent (Cute shops right off South Street) Tallulah's Garden Restaurant

You guys never fail me. Thank you for the great suggestions. Do you know of any great Thai or Japanese restaurants?

r15 Yelp

See the body of Saint John Neumam the first American Saint in his glass coffin under the altar at his shrine. They waxed his bones over so he looks like a wax dummy. Also at the bathhouse you might see a lot of young black hustlers like I did. I didn't know the body language and lingo when I was there so it took me a while to figure out they were prostitutes. The Betsy Ross house is a lot more interesting than you would think. Despite what the non binary park ranger says she was not a lesbian.

The restaurants around rittenhouse square are always good.

r15, Chinatown is in Center City. You can walk from the Barnes Museum to City Hall to Chinatown to Reading Terminal. I don't think there's a lot of Japanese food there - more Chinese and other southeast Asian places.

Morimoto isn't in Chinatown, but it's not terribly far, if you're going to the Liberty Bell and all those places. It's good (not great) Japanese.

I go most often to places near - and south of - Washington Avenue. It's not Thai or Japanese, but Le Viet on 11th has the best Asian dish in all of Philly: a baby clam and ground beef mix served in a rice bowl that you break apart to scoop up the clams and beef. There's also great Asian restaurants in Fishtown.

You can do all of the above while singing the theme to Angie.

Leave. ASAP.

Yeah, the best part of my interview and overnight stay in central Philadelphia was stress-eating a cheeseburger at the airport on the way home.

Philadelphia Museum of Arts - as good as the Metropolitan

Tee hee hee 🤓

We have the Rocky steps and a lot less colonial looted art than the Met.

“We have one of the best ballparks in the country.”

There are only 30 and your park is perennially ranked at the lower end. You’re lucky the A’s are playing in Sacto right now. Pirates fans are laughing hysterically… and then there’s LA, SF, Boston and so many more.

my nephew, yeah, go ahead and laugh, just visited with his friend and they had a great time in under 48 hours. first night, I took them out to dinner in the Italian market region and we played pool at a dive bar. they wandered my area late at night looking for spots where "always sunny " has been filmed. Next day they got breakfast at Morning Glory diner, and watched a FIFA cup game at the Lincoln, very straight but they loved it. they got sandwiches from RIcci's. they also went to McGilin's tavern (one of the oldest in the US) and I met them after that at franklin mortgage speak-easy for cocktails, which they loved and called, "very chill". we topped off the night at Dirty Frank's bar where my nephew got in a bro-fest argument with a patron about soccer, of course. I finally dragged them back home around midnight and they just drove off home to chicago just now

When I think about Philadelphia pro sports venues it’s always snowballs with rocks in them and D batteries flying around.

^Santa?^

And riots! Don’t forget the victory riots.

And Camac is going back to wood!

Progress! Philly-style.

thank GOD

Eat cream cheese.

[quote] Areas to avoid?

Avoid Philadelphia.

Philly is insanely dangerous now. For some reason people are willing to spend half a mil on a row home. Go figure.

The Lord Estate

Go to the Rosenbach and ask to see the Ulysses manuscript.

Where is the best cheesesteak in town?

John’s roast pork but everybody has a favorite place

R37 or go to Dublin and see it all?

Which is better🤔

Head over to Kensington Avenue to watch the free live show reenactment of The Walking Dead

You’re too cheap F off

No response from Phillywhore?

Is the Adonis on Sansom street still open?

R43 philyshore is a cipher who b-s’s his way here.

The only proper S Street is ye old gay SansomE street

Adonis is closed. Pretty sure there are still some DISGUSTING places on Samson where you can watch porn in the “privacy”‘of a closed booth.

Zzzz it’s always sleepy in Philadelphia

danny's is still open, I think. so is the baths on chancellor

Danny’s doesn’t have a theater though. Or play space.

Philly is not insanely dangerous. I used to visit and hate it but it's gotten amazing over the years. Great neighborhoods and restaurants. The "bad" neighborhoods will never be seen by an average visitor. No wonder people are spending more and more money to live there. It's a great alternative to NYC....lots of culture but not nicer and less frenetic.

oop I meant ...nicer and less frenetic. Great museums that rival NYC as well. And beautiful cobblestoned streets that put you back in time 200 years. I really like it.

I love Philly. It still has a scruffy working class vibe. It hasn't been gentrified to death yet. You have to appreciate it for that.

This thread is full of New York Queens who live in a 250 square feet studio in Hells Kitchen, step on water bugs every night, need to subside on Ramen and McDonals and somehow think they are the center of the world.

a friend from slovakia, don't laugh, is in town today. he and his niece went to the Barnes, then the Mütter museums. they are now at pat or geno's to get a "steak" and I will meet them at the triangle tavern for a libation in this heat

Nothing like the Mutter to give you an appetite for steak?

Right? I joked with them about it

I know we are not supposed to, but I love both pats and Gino’s.

They taste exactly this same with the cheesesteaks. But Gino’s has better fries.

Pretty fucking hot day, though to be sitting outside shoveling that food down your throat in this heat

Evacuating to your basement because of tornadoes?

Child#1 and #2 just left their wine cellars in Chester County.

They sent me their LOVE!!

The Snoopywhore Travel Promotion Bureau workin’ up a sweat today.

Work harder 😎

I just drove from Chester County through Delco. That was a nutso storm!

They told me the same thing, plus the dogs wouldn't come into the thunder started.

Storm is bad in New York too. The rich old heavily made up ladies with their frou frou dogs are freaking out.

r62, it just hit philly like a derecho. geez!

What’s the Fabric Workshop , R14?

they send their love, r63, you send your money (i hope - let them retire early!)

I’m in Bucks County, I swear I just saw a cow fly by.

Kid hit by lightning in Central Park.

And just like that, Miranda was free of the burdens of motherhood.

Did Carmen, who owned Carmen’s Cuntry Kitchen (correct spelling) ever open a new place? I always liked going there for at least one meal when I visited Philadelphia.

I second the Barnes Collection. A friend always liked going to Longwood Gardens in Chester County. If you’re into flowers and plants, it’s a must. But you’ll need a car.

Foodwise, any of the Vetri restaurants are good, even though Marc Vetri sold all of them except the one that bears his name, Vetri (very expensive). The pizzerias are quite good and obviously less expensive.

Is this now a weather thread because we ran out of things to do in Philly?

The pizzeria in the Divine Lorraine is good.

I misread OP’s title as Reasons to Avoid Philadelphia

I'm planning a trip to Philadelphia in November. However I'm finding airline tickets into New York are insanely cheaper to Philadelphia not to mention easier to find a direct flight. I'm thinking of just flying into New York so I can visit a friend there and then taking a bus or train down to Philadelphia. Is that practical? But it sure seems like it looking at it but sometimes in practice these things I concoct in my head turn out to be really stupid ideas later.

Years ago I used to take a bus from Chinatown

R75, you don't mention which airport, but from Penn Station to 30th St. Station is ~60-90 minutes, depending on if you catch the Acela. I'm not sure what the commute from airport to Penn is like but I imagine it's doable.

RR75 it is very practical. Also, insane. You are better off wandering Manhattan with a bright rolling bag….

R79 no need to take the Acela, NE Regional much cheaper and not more than 90 min.

New York is a suburb of Philly.

R77 yes, of course. Fly to EWR. Take the train to Penn Station. Then take Acela to Phila. 🤣

80 is pretty bad at trolling…

So they finally towed that big death-ship away?

R81? I was replying to R75. No one mentioned EWR, but R75 asked if flying to New York and taking the train to Philly was doable, so I'm not really sure what your point is.

You’ll get it, eventually.

One hopes.

This is hokey but I get all excited when I see Amish people in Philadelphia. Something about seeing them in a city. I get scared for them.

Hokey? There’s a few other choice words

The Amish are increasingly in construction trades in the burbs. They have those dorky haircuts, but they look like they have big arms and legs.

The Amish are all over Philly and I wouldn't worry about them. They look out for each other and they seem pretty street smart. They're not yokels, and they do business in the city regularly. Saw one at a Phillies game once.

And big dicks. Are they are uncut?

The woman who was hired to oversee the Mutter museum was trying to shut it down due to colonialism and racism. They finally booted her last year.

A few months ago a kid on a bike was jumped and shot 40 times in the face in the middle of the street. There’s a video. They still haven’t solved it.

Philly is as steamy and boiling hot in the summer as Mama's mussy. Stay indoors.

And unless you're into the smell of stale piss, stay out of the subways during those same boiling, steamy hot summer months.

Philly Mussy— stay away!

Glad to help, OP.

There are many great places to eat in NYC and you can take a ride on the Staten Island Ferry to see the sites.

It's all only a short trip from the hideous Philadelphia!

you can take a ride on the Staten Island Ferry and instantly return to Manhattan, without a step.

FIFY

The Philly subway is scary. Don’t use it.

When I was there for work last year I was really surprised to find that Woody’s seems to have been taken over by straight people.

Woody’s on Sepúlveda in El Segundo was legendary

Woody's morphed into a gay-themed straight bar about 10 years ago. It's been over for a long while.

The New York queens in this thread are so insecure. It's hilarious.

R71, nope, she hung up her apron and called it quits. No place has ever equaled hers

Nah, they just have a decent sense of humor.

R102, NYC queens find Philly depressing. Although what is depressing is that they can’t afford NYC and their lives are going nowhere there.

The one bright spot: they’re not in Pennsylvania!

22 out of 106 posts are from one fixated New Yorker. It's hilarious. What a loser.

We shit on Philly gays too!

They do. Philly don’t care

R97, nothing is fixed when the basic rules of English are ignored.

Oh, dear.

R97 is our fixated New Yorker. She's a bit "touched."

I find Philly and New York City depressing. So there’s that.

Good. We don’t want you in Philly anyway.

Enjoy Wilkes Barre!

R97, blocked her long ago

For the haters. You fools will never understand us, and clearly you will never get how much your hatred of us powers us, gives us life, and keep us going. Every insult gives us a boost. Every slur makes us double down. KEEP IT COMING!! NO ONE LIKES US AND WE DON'T CARE!!

Even YouTube doesn’t like you, r115

Kelce is our spirit animal for sure

Try and catch the concrete cowboys in action

They are great, but not today, it’s hotter than a little red wagon today

Things to do: KEEP YO TRASH INDOORS NOW!!!!

YOOOOOHHHH: Sprint up a bunch of stairs!

NO POOLS, NO TRASH PICK UP!! BUT THE FUCKING MAYOR IS A TURD!

Fuck the stupid MAYOR

R101 What makes a straight bar gay themed? Lol.

reputation

Made a brief stop in Philly last week on the way home from Cape May, NJ and had an amazing dinner at Vedge, the fancy vegan restaurant. Better than the comparable ABCV in New York.

Also had some very tasty Georgian food for lunch at Reading Terminal Market, some rare Belgian and New England-style beers at Monk’s, and really good ice cream at Weckerly’s. Philly is always tasty!

You can help us drop off our garbage at the local landfills, since the city workers are on strike.

what if I don't hav e a car, like a third of the city doesn't?

[quote] Fuck the stupid MAYOR

In fairness, this statement is true of every city, town and conurbation on Earth.

R126, Charlie was a Sinner is also a good vegetarian place.

Piles of trash in front of it now

It’s a Vegan place, so at least no rotten fish smell - the worst!

No garbage pickup in Philly? How can you tell the difference?

you can tell

Just in time for the long hot summer 🥵🥵

Go jogging along the Schuylkill. Lots of hotties there.

Vegan and vegetarian food --gross.

there is plenty of food for carnivores, you imbecile

At least my IQ is higher than 138.

Trash and fireworks tomorrow

One of my favourite TikTokkers is Bran Flakezz from Philadelphia. He’s a cheerful, rotund gay who reviews a lot of restaurants.

big old poser queen but he does some good reviews. I've seen him twice at little gay pub recently

R137/R139 is an example of the type of troll who stinks up a thread with idiotic post after post that is of zero value to the thread and zero relevance to the OP. Blocked.

Lots of trash

They settled the strike last night.

unsatisfactorily