Alexander's Guidebook
Food scene
Green Eggs Café is a brunch-style restaurant that takes pride in serving the highest quality fare, while maintaining an eco-conscious philosophy.
265 locals recommend
Green Eggs Café
212 S 13th StGreen Eggs Café is a brunch-style restaurant that takes pride in serving the highest quality fare, while maintaining an eco-conscious philosophy.
Not for Profit Cafe with great drinks and small bites that employees former foster youth
65 locals recommend
The Monkey & The Elephant
2831 W Girard AveNot for Profit Cafe with great drinks and small bites that employees former foster youth
Karma Pizza
2825 W Girard AveLocal pizza shop
Delicious and affordable Jamaican food served in a hole in the wall, no frills atmosphere to eat in or take out
Irie
2629 W Girard AveDelicious and affordable Jamaican food served in a hole in the wall, no frills atmosphere to eat in or take out
Tasty fresh ground burgers, chicken sandwiches and cheesesteaks in a small restaurant.
32 locals recommend
Spot Gourmet Burgers
2821 W Girard AveTasty fresh ground burgers, chicken sandwiches and cheesesteaks in a small restaurant.
Craft Beer / Brewery
Micro Brewery with delicious and affordable beer on tap and a small food menu
53 locals recommend
Crime and Punishment Brewing Co.
2711 W Girard AveMicro Brewery with delicious and affordable beer on tap and a small food menu
Craft beer bar serving sandwiches and salads in cozy bar with outdoor seating
74 locals recommend
Rybrew
2600 W Girard AveCraft beer bar serving sandwiches and salads in cozy bar with outdoor seating
Rotating craft beer, artisan cocktails and comfort food in a cozy exposed brick bar
19 locals recommend
2637brew
2637 W Girard AveRotating craft beer, artisan cocktails and comfort food in a cozy exposed brick bar
Grocery Store
ALDI
4421 Market StAffordable grocery store
Big Whole Foods with multiple eat in options as well as the full array of groceries
269 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
2101 Pennsylvania AveBig Whole Foods with multiple eat in options as well as the full array of groceries
Sightseeing
Art museum with collections containing over 240,000 objects including major holdings of European, American and Asian origin. Plus the famous Rocky Steps.
1164 locals recommend
Philadelphia Museum of Art
2600 Benjamin Franklin PkwyArt museum with collections containing over 240,000 objects including major holdings of European, American and Asian origin. Plus the famous Rocky Steps.
The first zoo in the United States (1859). The beautiful zoo is set on a 42-acre Victorian garden with tree-lined walks that is home to more than 1300 animals.
416 locals recommend
Philadelphia Zoo
3400 W Girard AveThe first zoo in the United States (1859). The beautiful zoo is set on a 42-acre Victorian garden with tree-lined walks that is home to more than 1300 animals.
One of the most famous prisons in the world, with a list of former inmates that includes bank robber “Slick Willie” Sutton and legendary gangster Al Capone. Tours offer a glimpse of life inside the prison’s historic cell blocks.
433 locals recommend
Eastern State Penitentiary
2027 Fairmount AveOne of the most famous prisons in the world, with a list of former inmates that includes bank robber “Slick Willie” Sutton and legendary gangster Al Capone. Tours offer a glimpse of life inside the prison’s historic cell blocks.
The repository of the largest collection of works by Auguste Rodin outside of Paris features treasures such as The Gates of Hell and a bronze caste of The Thinker.
225 locals recommend
Rodin Museum
2151 Benjamin Franklin PkwyThe repository of the largest collection of works by Auguste Rodin outside of Paris features treasures such as The Gates of Hell and a bronze caste of The Thinker.
The Barnes’ permanent collection, featuring 181 Renoirs, 69 Cézannes and 59 Matisses, along with works by Manet, Degas, Seurat, Prendergrast, Titian and Picasso — one of the world’s largest collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings and African sculpture.
560 locals recommend
Barnes
2025 Benjamin Franklin PkwyThe Barnes’ permanent collection, featuring 181 Renoirs, 69 Cézannes and 59 Matisses, along with works by Manet, Degas, Seurat, Prendergrast, Titian and Picasso — one of the world’s largest collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings and African sculpture.
One of the oldest and most beloved science museums in the country
458 locals recommend
The Franklin Institute
222 N 20th StOne of the oldest and most beloved science museums in the country
People of all ages experience natural science in a fun and engaging way at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, the oldest natural sciences institution in the Western Hemisphere.
104 locals recommend
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
1900 Benjamin Franklin PkwyPeople of all ages experience natural science in a fun and engaging way at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, the oldest natural sciences institution in the Western Hemisphere.
Local boating clubs take great pride in their historic 19th-century boathouses, which line the Schuylkill River just west of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. At night, lights outline one of the city’s loveliest views.
204 locals recommend
Boathouse Row
1 Boathouse RowLocal boating clubs take great pride in their historic 19th-century boathouses, which line the Schuylkill River just west of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. At night, lights outline one of the city’s loveliest views.
Parks
One of the largest urban green spaces in the country, Philadelphia's Fairmount Park consists of more than 9200 acres of trails, woodlands and wetlands.
315 locals recommend
Fairmount Park
Reservoir DriveOne of the largest urban green spaces in the country, Philadelphia's Fairmount Park consists of more than 9200 acres of trails, woodlands and wetlands.