Philly recs for bars, lunch and dinner?

Saw that on some older threads. There wasn’t anything recent showing. That’s why I started a new one.

Will be staying right around the corner.

Dellasandros or John’s Roast Pork for a cheese steak.

Please keep in mind its been about 6 years since i have lived in philly so i cant speak for current quality, but i doubt much changed.

for your immediate vicinity.

Reading term market is a great place to see and has a lot of food options. DiNic roast pork is an iconic sandwich for the area. Its very good and worth a try at least once. I would argue the better sandwich is actually at Besh's cajun. They make a sandwich called the trainwrek po-boy. Its my favorite "cheesesteak" in philly. I saw recently maybe the quality has gone down, i certainly hope not because previously, it was a mighty sandwich.

Another good spot for lunch or even dinner, especially if youre a burger man would be Village whiskey. Great drinks and their burgers are top notch. This was a Jose Garces joint when it opened, dont know if he still owns it.

As another posted mentioned Monk's is probably one of the best beer spots you are going to find. There food option are pretty decent and everyone loves the various mussels dishes there.

The dandelion is my wife's favorite restaurant in philly. English inspired foods. The rabbit pie is a very good and popular choice there.

If you like German food and beer look no further Bauhaus Schmitz. Classic German dishes like pork shanks, various sausages, dumplings, etc. All German beers, mugs the size of your head. Cool atmosphere, big german hall feel. I REALLY wish Louisiana had place like this.

If you and the lady want some interesting cocktails, the Hop Sing Laundromat is very close to you, and a dim sum eatery not far from that. Hop Sing is pretentious and kinda fussy, its a "speak easy". So be prepared for that. If you just go with it and have fun there's always good cocktails there (but expensive).

Frankford hall is a bit of a distance form your stay so would need to use the subway or cab/uber. Its a very cool outdoor beer garden. Food is pretty limited with standard bar far like burgers. But if its a nice fall evening, the outside atmosphere is very cool.

There really is a ton of options with very few misses. if you got a place you want ask about fire away.

Agreed on Dinic's in Reading Terminal.

I did a cheesesteak crawl over a 3-day span and the cheesesteak at John's Roast Pork was the best I found.