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Music and Food: Restaurants Near Old City

November 23rd, 2009

Published in: Chamber Music

As you may know, PCMS presents concerts at venues throughout Center City Philadelphia.  A natural extension of any concert event is a meal at one of our city’s fine restaurants or a nightcap following an evening of great music.  We thought we’d stare a list of some of our favorite places, and please feel free to add yours by submitting a comment below.

This post focuses on Old City, which includes the American Philosophical Society and the Independence Seaport Museum.

Staff Picks

  • Farmacia for classy locavore dishes
  • Fork for bistro fare and a great wine list
  • Eulogy for burgers, frites and Belgian beers

Audience Suggestions:

Jones, 700 Chestnut Street, and Buddakan, 325 Chestnut Street
These two jewels in the Stephen Starr empire basically bookend Franklin Hall.

Amada, 217 Chestnut Street
The tapas restaurant that made Jose Garces a household name in Philadelphia.  His newest enterprise, the Peruvian-Chinese hybrid Chifa, is also just down the street.

Pagoda Noodle Cafe, 125 Sansom Walk
Tucked away next to the Ritz East, this Asian restaurant is delicious, affordable and extremely convenient to the Seaport Museum (it’s literally just a stone’s throw from the pedestrian bridge).

One Response to “Music and Food: Restaurants Near Old City”

  1. Gary KingNo Gravatar said
    December 18th, 2009 at 8:59 pm

    There are several other restaurants within walking distance of the the the American Philosophical Society and the Independence Seaport Museum, in addition to those listed above. I have personal experience of The Plough and the Stars and Sassafras (both good pub food places across the street from each other on 2nd at Chestnut); and Kabul (Afgani food on Chestnut East of 2nd). All these are also very resaonably priced.

Thoughts?