We had one of those amazing meals today that leaves you with the feeling that everything’s right in the world. I wanted Karen to have the amazing barbeque pork ribs and well, a magarita for brunch isn’t anything to sneeze at on the 4th of July. I also wanted to try the pork [...]
Entries Tagged as 'South Philly'
Ribs (and much more) at Cantina
July 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Bar · Breakfast · Brunch · Drink · Mexican · Restaurant · South Philly
Hardena - Indonesian in South Philly
November 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments
Hardena is not the newest of restaurants, but there are lots of reasons it’s been around as long as it has. This place is amazing.
More photos and some food descriptions after the jump.
Tags: Adventurous · Ethnic · Indonesian · Restaurant · South Philly
Mirrors, Murals and Markers
September 30th, 2007 · 4 Comments
After a brief hiatus, we’re back! There was a short time there where the official Finding Philly camera was misplaced. It took the cleaning of both our rooms to find it but we’ve got it again. I won’t say whose room it was in - even though that person was pretty sure [...]
Tags: Art · Center City · Chinatown · Fitler Square · Gayborhood · Northern Liberties · Olde City · Reading Terminal Market · Rittenhouse Square · South Philly · South Street
Goodbye Pif
July 7th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Pif is one of our favorite restaurants in the city. We first went just over a year ago for my birthday. I loved the food and atmosphere so much both at Pif and Ansill (where we ate a few weeks later for Karen’s birthday) that I decided I wanted to work in either. [...]
Tags: BYOB · French · Restaurant · South Philly
A Walk to Work in Philadelphia
July 2nd, 2007 · 3 Comments
One of the most wonderful things about Philadelphia is the little side streets hidden around town. I walk around constantly on the lookout for these back alleys and cobblestone streets because they contain so much hidden beauty. I’ve recently perfected a route to work that winds its way from my place in the [...]
Tags: Center City · Gayborhood · South Philly · South Street
Italian Bakeries in South Philly
June 4th, 2007 · 4 Comments
I’ve been promising this post for a long time. It was pretty damn annoying to write the whole thing and have wordpress somehow lose it in the ether between here and there. So this post, while written with love and tenderness, is going to be a bit shorter than originally planned. What [...]
Tags: Bakery · Desserts · Italian · South Philly
Vietnamese Hoagies
March 15th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Vietnamese Hoagies (wikipedia) are one of my favorite sandwiches. I’m lucky enough to live in a location central to the three South Philly cafés that make them!
More info and pics after the jump!
Tags: Adventurous · Café · Ethnic · Sandwich · South Philly · Vietnamese
Shank’s and Evelyn’s
March 7th, 2007 · 8 Comments
Shank’s and Evelyn’s (google maps) is the quintessential South Philly Experience.
I’d heard about it from a couple of people a while back but didn’t know exactly where it was. When i was recently reminded of it and realized it was just two short blocks away i decided to stop in with Karen for some [...]
Tags: Breakfast · Italian · Sandwich · Soup · South Philly