The Streets of Philadelphia After stopping at the Independence Visitor Centre to reserve tickets for a tour of old city hall in the afternoon, the Italian Market in South Philly is our first destination of the day. This market is huge. It runs about 10 city blocks and is one of the largest and oldest open-air markets in the city. Although the market is home to two most famous purveyors of cheesesteaks, Pat's and Geno's who are across the street from each other, our choice for lunch is Paesano's, a restaurant where the chef won a throw down against Bobby Flay. I had the special, turkey with garlic mayo, sharp provolone, arugula, pickles, pepperoncini etc, and it was delicious but HUGE! Megs got the meat sweats from hers, and for the rest of the trip we couldn't mention the name Paesano's without feeling full. Next time we know to just split one! After Paesano's we headed back to the old city via charming neighbourhoods and take in some more sites. Having about 45 minutes before our tour starts we stop in at the City Tavern for some beer before our tour of Independence Hall, the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. It seems it was more likely that these two items were debated at the city tavern versus the actual hall. After our tour we walk to Ben Franklin's grave, Betsy Ross's house and Elfreth's Alley, the nation's oldest continually inhabited street. There was a house for rent and open so we were able to tour it. It was three floors and the stairs were crazy steep, I envisioned tumbling. A late night dinner was in order tonight so we headed to Rittenhouse Square to The Village Whiskey, a 30 seat speakeasy, where thankfully because of the long weekend we got a table right away versus the usual 2 hour wait. Shared bar snacks including fried shrimp, local red and golden beets, and duck fat fries accompanied our stiff cocktails. Thanks to the hostess who chased us down two streets after Megs left her scarf. Philadelphians are the nicest!Thursday, July 7, 2011
July 2 - Day 348
The Streets of Philadelphia After stopping at the Independence Visitor Centre to reserve tickets for a tour of old city hall in the afternoon, the Italian Market in South Philly is our first destination of the day. This market is huge. It runs about 10 city blocks and is one of the largest and oldest open-air markets in the city. Although the market is home to two most famous purveyors of cheesesteaks, Pat's and Geno's who are across the street from each other, our choice for lunch is Paesano's, a restaurant where the chef won a throw down against Bobby Flay. I had the special, turkey with garlic mayo, sharp provolone, arugula, pickles, pepperoncini etc, and it was delicious but HUGE! Megs got the meat sweats from hers, and for the rest of the trip we couldn't mention the name Paesano's without feeling full. Next time we know to just split one! After Paesano's we headed back to the old city via charming neighbourhoods and take in some more sites. Having about 45 minutes before our tour starts we stop in at the City Tavern for some beer before our tour of Independence Hall, the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. It seems it was more likely that these two items were debated at the city tavern versus the actual hall. After our tour we walk to Ben Franklin's grave, Betsy Ross's house and Elfreth's Alley, the nation's oldest continually inhabited street. There was a house for rent and open so we were able to tour it. It was three floors and the stairs were crazy steep, I envisioned tumbling. A late night dinner was in order tonight so we headed to Rittenhouse Square to The Village Whiskey, a 30 seat speakeasy, where thankfully because of the long weekend we got a table right away versus the usual 2 hour wait. Shared bar snacks including fried shrimp, local red and golden beets, and duck fat fries accompanied our stiff cocktails. Thanks to the hostess who chased us down two streets after Megs left her scarf. Philadelphians are the nicest!
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It's worth mentioning the awesomeness of our cocktails, isn't it? Ginger Rogers: gin, ginger, rhubarb reduction and sparkling rose in champagne saucers. We looked like such ladies!
ReplyDeleteWe did look like ladies!! Should we also mention that I found out I'd never be able to drink old fashions with Don Draper....I still get the shivers when I think of that drink!
ReplyDeletewhoops...old fashioneds...
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