The 50 Plus Cafe, Pub, All-Nite Greasy Spoon and Dive Bar

I can't imagine much food I remember would still be there. If you can make a Flyers game the brisket is to die for.
If you can have dinner out. 2nd Street near the condo that was in the Ghost Busters movie there is an Irish bar. Good eats. Cobble stone streets. They even have lamb balls. Bye the way, the bartenderette heard that joke. She will laugh anyway. The balls are actually good. She knows they aren't that big in real life.
2nd, down by Market / base of the Ben Franklin you can find Einstein's. Good eats again. Kind of rural [local American] Indian. It is where he lived in Philly. Fireplace, warm. I liked the apple cider pork chops. Don't eat the apple chunks unless you really like cider.
11th? I called it the Superman building because it reminded me of an old Superman movie. Red granite. Dock Streets Brew Haus is in the lobby. Rabbit was always good. They do or did do cool stuff with quail too. Fun place to take a date. Always a winner.
Day time. Find Pat's and the one across the street with a friend. Both of you go to separate houses and order a Cheese Steak, Mushroom onion Provolone with fries. Find a place to sit and trade half of the cheese steaks and fries. Let us know which half you think is better. Pat's or the one with a G. I always liked Arthur's on 36th, but its gone now. Didn't make it past covid. Up there university is the Whitedog Cafe. That's good food too. Stop by the Black Dog or maybe Black Cat next door and get something unique for the Mrs. Uptown 16thish or maybe it was Rittenhouse, is Anthropology, that ladies store. You might find an artifact the Mrs. would appreciate there. The store is really cool. A NYC newspaper magnate bought that house for his wife because she did not want to live in NYC. The round staircase is topped off with a stained glass atrium covered by a cement dome. WWII they could not have light so it was covered up. Next door in the basement level was a Kitchen store. Privately owned and operated. Really nice lady. Cute too. Found really cool stuff there. Found a ceramic tea set for my sister-in-law she still talks about it today. Kind of like the frog prince story, in Italian pastels. Across from the Betsy Ross House is a flag store. Same store was there when the Constitution [maybe the Declaration - my history is screwed up] was signed. Lineage. Kind of cool to be in the presence of such flags, the old pipe organ from the church next door.... Anyway, stop by and have a wiff of real Americana. Dust on those floors been there quite a while. If you have time and want to impress your friends, in front of Memorial Hall West Fairmount Park is the Smith Memorial Arch honoring Pennsylvania's Civil War military and naval heroes. Generals from both sides. The whispering benches are something to experience. I'm at a loss of street names in my head. If I could remember them they take you under a natural arch and past Strawberry Mansion. Cool graveyard. I think it is closed to public now. Victim to vandalism you can't go there. Anyway, sit on those benches and look at those old brown stones. I wonder who lived in those when they were new. Big heavy doors like Mulberry Street in Boston.
It's Philly. I hope you get to enjoy something while you are there.
Thanks for all the recommendations.

It’s a work trip, so not a whole lot of time to do much of anything, unfortunately. There is a fabulous cheesesteak place down on Passyunk… All the good ones seem to be down there. NIpotinos or something like that. It’s really good - Italian joint.

We’ll probably do some boring team dinner another nite. Then back home Thursday after work.

The more I go to Philly, the more I like it tho.

Typically it’s to see bands or work.
 
Thanks for all the recommendations.

It’s a work trip, so not a whole lot of time to do much of anything, unfortunately. There is a fabulous cheesesteak place down on Passyunk… All the good ones seem to be down there. NIpotinos or something like that. It’s really good - Italian joint.

We’ll probably do some boring team dinner another nite. Then back home Thursday after work.

The more I go to Philly, the more I like it tho.

Typically it’s to see bands or work.
I always enjoy the historical sites. The best cheesesteaks for me are in the Philly burbs but that is me.
 
Got caught up and it's just a tich past midnight! I was a busy baking girl yesterday and today.

Yesterday was brookies and chocolate chip cookies.

Brookies:
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Chocolate chip cookies:
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Today, I made mini Bakewell tarts. I don't have mini tart pans so I used my giant muffin pans. This took me HOURS and was a PITA to get the pastry crust into the pans right. The largest cutter I have only covered the bottom of the well. I had to cut strips of dough and piece them together for the sides.

They actually turned out fine. I cut one in half then put frosting on one half and powdered sugar on the other half. I like the powdered sugar. The frosting overpowered the delicate sweetness of the tart. These are going to friends; they're getting powdered sugar on top unless someone begs for frosting! 🤣🤣

Tarts out of the oven:
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Tart cut in half:
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Wow!

WOW!

WOW!

Damn that ALL looks good! I’ll never in abt 6 hrs.

Fuck going to Philly!
 
Ain't no Hahwuhyun pizzas here, insh'Allah.
I live pretty deep in the Pizza belt, so it’s mostly traditional toppings here. Sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, mushrooms, and peppers.

My dad always told me that you can never go to an Italian restaurant. Pizza, joints, and Italian restaurants have to end in a vowel.

So that’s the rule that I’ve passed on to my family. The only exception might be a place named after someone, like Dominic’s.
 
I live pretty deep in the Pizza belt, so it’s mostly traditional toppings here. Sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, mushrooms, and peppers.

My dad always told me that you can never go to an Italian restaurant. Pizza, joints, and Italian restaurants have to end in a vowel.

So that’s the rule that I’ve passed on to my family. The only exception might be a place named after someone, like Dominic’s.
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I have to agree! 😂

What is Pizza like in France? Honest question. I’ve had Pizza in Germany and it’s much more like what they would serve in Italy.

Or do you put snails and red wine on it? 😂
Thin crust, lots of cheese (including goat's cheese, my particular bete noire) and they put olives on every one. They do some white pizzas where they use crème fraiche instead of tomato sauce. The French generally don't like any spicy food at all.
 
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