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South Philly: Get a banh mi at Ba Le, pho at Pho 75, drink a citywide at Ray's or Bob and Barbara's or Dive Bar or 12 Steps Down, eat pizza from Rosario's or LaRosa, have a cheesesteak from Oregon Steaks or John's Roast Pork or Phil's, see a show at Connie's Ric Rac or Boot and Saddle or Century if you're feeling adventurous, eat a burger at Fountain Porter, get a hoagie from Cosmi's or Ricci's, get chinese food from China House or A Lin only if you're drunk and it's after midnight, buy your liquor from the store at Broad and Washington, buy your beer from Bell Beverage, eat Mexican from Los Gallos, drink margaritas at Cantina Los Caballitos, fried chicken from Andy's or Redcrest, get growlers from Brewery ARS, take your vegan friends to The Tasty, eat breakfast anytime from Melrose Diner, eat a fancier and more political breakfast at Morning Glory, go shopping at Philly Aids Thrift, eat an inexpensive meal at Ikea and enjoy the lovely view. I could just keep going on in an endless stream of consciousness about things to eat and buy and experience in South Philly but that's a large enough wall of text.
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shut up netface posted:Get insanely good and cheap pho in south philly that’s served in what looks like a instructional cafeteria setting Ray's citywide is Yuengling Premium, the worst Yuengling, and Windsor Canadian, a very bland Canadian plastic bottle garbage whiskey. It will run you $4. They also have an amazing karaoke night. Afterwards it's just a stumble away to a cheesesteak at Pat's. You have to walk by Geno's to get there but whatever. Never go to Geno's ever. Ever.
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Jan 11, 2020 03:24
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Did anyone post the action news 6 fanfare yet https://youtu.be/fGCWA6vQjqE Best tv news music of all time by far
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Jan 11, 2020 03:28
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Haven't had a Yuengling Premium since I bought them at Pasquale's at 43rd and Walnut around 2002. The Drexel Shuttle used to go down to the grocery store across the street. Pasquale's did not card anyone. The entire freshman dorm would be there every night until the place got busted. Then again until they got busted again.
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Jan 11, 2020 03:32
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I had friends who went to Penn and Drexel and I remember going to some place that might have been that in either 2004 or 2005 where they sold an underage person a whole bunch of Yuengling quarts back when they used to have a unique shape.
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Jan 11, 2020 03:37
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The new Lord Chesterfield cans have the truncated word "Chetty" on them and it's vile
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shut up netface posted:Get insanely good and cheap pho in south philly that’s served in what looks like a instructional cafeteria setting That pho place is pretty good, if it’s the one I’m thinking of on Washington.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:I had friends who went to Penn and Drexel and I remember going to some place that might have been that in either 2004 or 2005 where they sold an underage person a whole bunch of Yuengling quarts back when they used to have a unique shape. Yeah that place was a pizza shop that sold quarts, used to call the Yuengling ones a "hand grenade." Bottles were shorter and rounder and stubbier.
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Jan 11, 2020 03:48
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Dubplate Fire posted:That pho place is pretty good, if it’s the one I’m thinking of on Washington. I think you all are talking about Pho 75, my absolute recommendation. FogHelmut posted:Yeah that place was a pizza shop that sold quarts, used to call the Yuengling ones a "hand grenade." Bottles were shorter and rounder and stubbier. I miss them. You can get banquet beer in little 12 ounce versions of a similar bottle but it's not the same. And it's not Yuengling.
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Jan 11, 2020 03:57
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Thanks for the South Philly recs. I generally have an idea for Asian food, but I've been out of touch on the bar scene. Have you guys had Pho Ga Thanh Thanh in Kensington? I know it was pretty much the go-to chicken pho place for local Asians, but it's just located in smack dab in Kenzo. Also, if you like pho and you like bo kho (beef stew), you should try the combination of the two, usually called either pho bo kho or hu tieu bo kho. The one at Pho Ha on Washington is pretty good. I'll have to check out Rays.
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iamsosmrt posted:Have you guys had Pho Ga Thanh Thanh in Kensington? I know it was pretty much the go-to chicken pho place for local Asians, but it's just located in smack dab in Kenzo. I live down the block from this place. I'll have to try it. I only been to Thang Long so far. Also, to those not in this fine city. Do you like buffalo wings? Do you like cheesesteaks? If so to both, would you like a Buffalo Chicken Cheesesteak? They're just great. And to add to pizza chat, Thin and Crispy and Four Sons in Kenzington are both solid. Wolf Street was not as good but decent overall when I lived in Point Breeze if you live in that area and are hurting for decent pizza options.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIdMnt0hxCY At least we're self-aware?
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The Enduring Mystery of ‘Jawn,’ Philadelphia’s All-Purpose Noun
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Jan 11, 2020 19:37
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I'm sorry but any time I hear a non-hood white person saying jawn it's pretty much cultural appropriation. They almost never say it without at least a hint of irony in their voice.
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Jan 11, 2020 19:52
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If you have to read an article to understand it you’re not cool enough to use it
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A man named Jim Pappas is trying to get to the bottom of this cheesesteak thing by eating and rating every cheesesteak in the universe. https://philadelphiacheesesteakadventure.com His site's got it all: stats, a spreadsheet, pictures and video, blogposts. It's incredible.
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Mar 5, 2020 07:24
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Is he eating them sober? I'm not sure that's the best way to experience cheesesteaks.
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Terminus posted:I live down the block from this place. I'll have to try it. I only been to Thang Long so far. Wolf street ain’t bad. Pizza pub is good for individual slices and cocaine.
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Mar 6, 2020 01:30
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Pizza Pub is great if you want to watch humans fight other humans for entirely incoherent reasons.
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Mar 6, 2020 02:00
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Man. Nodding Head has been gone for years. I remember they had this ridiculous 12% monster IPA called Hoptimus Prime that kind of tasted like teriyaki. Good times there, though.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:A man named Jim Pappas is trying to get to the bottom of this cheesesteak thing by eating and rating every cheesesteak in the universe. He only rated Dalessandro's a 90 because they put subpar mushrooms on it Who puts mushrooms on a steak? weak
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Mar 6, 2020 02:41
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I was back in town last weekend. I had a cheesesteak at Chickie and Pete's, Johnny Longhots, and Chicks Deli, all in Jersey. I also had two Wawa breakfast sandwiches, some scrapple at a diner, a Primo hoagie, two six packs of Yards, several Yeunglings, and three Tasty Cakes. We brought 15 pretzels back with us on the plane. Also went to Craft Hall brewery, where all of my grown-up friends brought their young children to play on the playground and get tanked on beer. It was really bizarre that I saw two separate people who I went to college with and haven't seen in 15 years at that place.
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Mar 6, 2020 03:05
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I lived in Philly for four years Philly fuckin sucks.
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Mar 6, 2020 03:15
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Sockser posted:I lived in Philly for four years Glad you’re gone
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ey check out this jabroni not liking philly lol e: story When I first moved there in 2006, I would walk around my neighborhood to try to learn what was around me in the city. I lived at 21st and Sansom and was walking through Rittenhouse and south out of it onto 19th. Behind me, I heard screeching tires and police sirens. Seconds later, a car came screaming around the corner behind me, racing down 19th with a cop car right on his tail. There was a red traffic light ahead so he *pulled onto the gd sidewalk* to bypass the stopped cars at the intersection. A guy in front of me did a full-on action movie dive jump out of the way and faceplanted onto the sidewalk off to the side as the car rocketed past down the sidewalk. He was ALMOST hit. Milliseconds away. Dude just got up fully belly laughing about it. I asked if he was ok and he was. He could barely tell me he was ok through his laughter. The cop car scooted around the traffic in the intersection and continued the chase. Catastrophe fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Mar 6, 2020 |
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Mar 6, 2020 03:31
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Pepperoneedy posted:He only rated Dalessandro's a 90 because they put subpar mushrooms on it I get my steak with wiz no onions and mushrooms. What's so bad about that?
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FogHelmut posted:I was back in town last weekend. I had a cheesesteak at Chickie and Pete's, Johnny Longhots, and Chicks Deli, all in Jersey. Where were the pretzels from?
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Where were the pretzels from? There's a Pretzel Factory next to Chick's. They seem to have changed their recipe and have larger pretzels than the last time I was there. I mean, they're fine. They're not the half stale ones my dad used to bring home in a brown paper bag when I was a kid, but they're fine.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:I get my steak with wiz no onions and mushrooms. What's so bad about that? I regret to inform you that this is how children and tourists order it. Perhaps you’d be happier in New Jersey where everyone’s pallet has been destroyed by Egg Salad and natural gas emulsions from all the landfills.
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Catastrophe posted:Man. Nodding Head has been gone for years. I remember they had this ridiculous 12% monster IPA called Hoptimus Prime that kind of tasted like teriyaki. Good times there, though. RIPPERINO. I was/am good friends with a number of the servers there.
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FogHelmut posted:There's a Pretzel Factory next to Chick's. They seem to have changed their recipe and have larger pretzels than the last time I was there. Yeah there's nothing in the world like a Philly pretzel you buy from a school or church or local sports team that takes a long time to chew each bite and you eat it with yellow packet mustard.
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Bust Rodd posted:I regret to inform you that this is how children and tourists order it. Perhaps you’d be happier in New Jersey where everyone’s pallet has been destroyed by Egg Salad and natural gas emulsions from all the landfills. Which part do you object to: the wiz, the mushrooms, or the no onions? I'll definitely indulge in some extra onions and sharp provolone if a place actually has it. Also, why does no one ever tell a tourist to eat a pizza steak? I feel like they are entirely obscure for some reason.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Which part do you object to: the wiz, the mushrooms, or the no onions? I'll definitely indulge in some extra onions and sharp provolone if a place actually has it. Also, why does no one ever tell a tourist to eat a pizza steak? I feel like they are entirely obscure for some reason. I understand that Philadelphia is not one Monomythic entity and that people are different but in the 11 years that I lived there I literally never saw a single native who ordered their steaks with Wiz and it was pretty commonly excepted that the only people who ever eat steaks with Wiz were tourists specifically going to Pats and Gino’s. Onions and mushrooms I feel like is a personal thing because both of those have a distinct texture so there’s like a texture issue, I can completely understand not wanting to ruin your steak with either of those vegetables if you’re not into them. I’ll get onions and mushrooms on every single steak I ever order But if my cheesesteak comes with any kind of peppers on it I just can’t eat that poo poo
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I also used to be a snobby cheesesteak purist who looked down on wiz as codswallop for out of towners but I've mellowed over the last few years and I think it's perfectly alright. I know plenty of born and raised Philadelphians who are down with wiz. However you want to enjoy your giant grease sandwich, that's fine with me.* *Except for green peppers. What the gently caress is up with the green peppers in a "Philly cheesesteak" you get elsewhere?? No one in actual Philadelphia puts green peppers on a loving cheesesteak it makes no goddamn sense.
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Also Pat's is a fine place where you can get a fishcake hot dog at 2 am.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Also Pat's is a fine place where you can get a fishcake hot dog at 2 am. There are better places to eat at 2am though. Heck my local diner makes a cheesesteak that's just as good. But really you should be going to La Prima up the road a bit. Pat's and Geno's exists as a test of ones talking skills: if you can't convince your group to go elsewhere you deserve to end up there because it's really a mediocre experience.
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Mar 6, 2020 23:09
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You can get a good cheesesteak pretty much anywhere that isnt Pats or Gebos
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I try not to venture too far away from Arby's
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Philadelphia's City Hall is the largest free standing masonry building in the World. Now we're used to giant skyscrapers, massive edifices pointing towards the sky, but most of those are iron/steel structures inside with concrete outsides. City Hall is literally just a pile of rocks on rocks. It's the greatest pile of rocks that humans have ever put together. Stonehenge is on one end of the spectrum, Philadelphia City Hall is on the other. They thought about demolishing it in the 50's but the cost was prohibitive. No humans have ever put so many rocks on top of other rocks. Not even in the last 120 years. Even if it was hit with a nuclear bomb, and people stopped existing, it would still be a big rocky hill thousands of years later. Teriyaki Hairpiece fucked around with this message at 06:14 on Apr 30, 2020 |
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