I'm going to be in Philadelphia Monday-Wednesday and looking for some suggestions on restaurants, bars, etc. Is Reading Terminal the food market type place? Going to Barbuzzo's one night for dinner. Staying at the Loew's downtown so something in that area. TIA.

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Posted by S

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Posted on 11/28/12 at 8:55 pm to RedFoxx

jim's is a legit cheesesteak experience. got a nice mexican meal at el vez.

as for bars, tattooed mom was a pretty interesting one. they have old bumper cars and couches as seats.

just ask one of the people at the desk at the hotel. we asked this girl working there for recommendations and she had just moved to philly herself and gave us all types of ideas.

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Posted by jordan21210

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Posted on 11/28/12 at 9:23 pm to RedFoxx

Reading Terminal is awesome. So many options there, I finally got to try Dinic's - pretty solid sandwich.

For brunch or lunch, check out Parc. It borders Rittenhouse Square - the french fries are amazing.

El Vez is another pretty cool place. It's an upper scale Mexican restaurant in Center City.

Frankford Hall is a great place to do some beer drinking. It's very similar to the Bulldog, except a much larger outdoor area. Though it is a little out of the way of Center City (it's in Fishtown).

The only bar I've been to downtown is Vango - pretty solid rooftop bar. Other than that, it's not really my style. More of a club than a bar inside.

My GF lives in Manayunk, so if you think you'll be in that area let me know and I can make some suggestions there.

Enjoy your trip, I'm jealous...I've really taken a liking to Philadelphia since my GF has moved there. It's got the big city feel without being quite as pretentious and busy as NYC...also pretty clean IMO.

ETA: If you want an upscale steak house check out Union Trust. My GF said it's awesome...though she judges restaurants mostly on atmosphere