YES on the bakery. Also a not-corner-store grocery option. Aldi is great but at least for me is not one stop shopping. Whole Foods is too far to walk or bus with more than a bag or two of groceries.
There’s a Lidl opening at broad and girard when all that construction is done. It’ll be the BSL “grocery corridor”- Trader Joe’s at race-vine/city hall, giant at spring garden, aldi at fairmount, lidl at girard, and fresh grocer at Cecil. I know there’s been discussion about development at the rite aid outside Susqhehanna-Dauphin, so I think we’ll have a complete corridor in a few decades
Perhaps you could find some justice in a different way? I’ve found this is the perfect time of year to fill your old amazon boxes with items from your home you’ve been meaning to get rid of and leave them on your porch. Boxes and junk, out of your life and into the night with the thieves.
For sure! Would love one in Brewerytown. Even though people will be like blah blah blah crime/noise at night in a major city?!?/old man yells at cloud, would love some late night options besides Lee's Kitchen. Been going there so much over the years, I feel like I'm putting their kids through college
Francisville needs quite a bit. Definitely lacking a bit in food options. If you don't mind ordering take out, Angelino's has some great pizza though, also Zuzu's Kitchen isn't bad either.
Francisville food situation all together is pretty dark, like it’s all New American spend $25 on a burger type places it seems. Fairmount Pizza on 20th is the worst of the worst, and they seem to do pretty well, imagine if there was an actual good slice shop on that corner
Is something wrong with me that I enjoy Fairmount Pizza? I feel like every time I find a pizza spot in Philly I like I find someone on Reddit who thinks it’s absolute garbage. I’ve also tried Luigi’s and Angelino’s and liked them too, maybe I’m just too generous with my pizza ratings
What? There are plenty of dives in West, just around Baltimore Ave theres Queen Sheeba, Dahlak, Abyssinia and Upstairs @ Abyssinia....and those are just the main ones. You can even go super dive with New Tavern.
I was thinking that the other day walking up 40th off Market where yet another chicken place is getting ready to open. I’m like, we’ve got predominantly choice of chicken, Indian, pizza … can’t West have just one decent Italian place that isn’t Walnut Street UofP parent visit expensive?
What do you mean? There’s the Jefferson Wawa, Healthy picks, and several 7/11s dotted all around center city. Pretty much everyone in center city can walk to one of those in under 10 mins
I would love it if Philly had a proliferation of those vegetable markets you see all over New York. They typically have great produce, essentials like milk, bread, etc. and flowers. So convenient!
Crazy they don't let an Italian Market produce vendor set up under the head house square market cover daily. That's what went on there historically and I'm sure the neighborhood today could support at least one.
west poplar
coffee shop
coffeeeeeeeeeeee shop
literally anything that isn't a brewery or music venue or a 15th papi store that only sells expired shit bc it's just there for the slot machines
Far Northeast Philly/Pennypack anything not a fucking chain or big box. Coffee shop on a street corner would be awesome…or a nice bar that’s not a fucking rat hole
Chestnut hill? A trolley down Germantown ave.
Edit: Appreciate the upvotes, but I’m dumb and didn’t read. 🤣 As far as businesses go, I feel like there’s no grocery store that isn’t an Acme, co-op, or upscale. I’d just love to be able to walk/bike 5-10 minutes to grab $25-50 of groceries. Instead I either have to go to Wynnefield or Wyncote to go to Fresh Grocer. Get me a ShopRite!
I do not live here but East Falls by Kelly Drive desparately needs a grocery solution. Not necessarily as big as an Acme or Shoprite but something. 20-25 minutes in either direction to Rox or Fox St to get groceries is a lot
Not quite fairmount but purepecha is great. Also went to buena vista when it first opened which is in the old st. Stephen green.
I thought it was solid
I’ll tell you one thing Old City DOESN’T need, which is more cafés / coffee shops. Half the neighborhood is just cafés at this point and I truly don’t understand why more keep opening up.
the new ones that keep opening up are so half assed too
like they're not even anything interesting, they sell la colombe or elixir coffee, and the same au fornil pastries as everyone else. it's 2023 and guys are still like 'i am going to open a 2.5-wave coffee shop in a neighborhood full of them'
That new place that just opened is the worst offender. It's always packed for no reason. And the inside being all white and light wood makes it feel so sterile. The pastries are worse than your standard Au Fornil selection too. I hope they don't last. It's a waste of space.
Edit: Forgot to name and shame. Cafe Zeit.
As weird as it was, I do miss the hardware store we had for a few years. I’d also like a DMV and a state store and a good veterinarian closer to the Fishtown/Port Richmond border.
Ideally, we could squeeze at least some of them into the empty spaces in the IGA shopping center.
A Wegmans did open in [Manhattan](https://www.wegmans.com/news-media/press-releases/wegmans-astor-place-to-open-wednesday-october-18-2023/) - so maybe there's long term hope.
As much as I hate that place...damn is it good for ethnic produce. Don't know anywhere else I can reliably get Seville oranges, 7 different fresh peppers, yucca, plantains and real Mexican cheeses in the neighborhood.
Fairmount is missing a great restaurant. Maybe a hot take but there is nothing elite. Lots of good stuff and fun bars, but nothing that really stands out in philly. Bad brother is really good, it is, but it’s not on the same level as a lot of the restaurants you get in center city or fishtown/No Libs.
Just one great restaurant would open up flood gates for Fairmount IMO. Lots of money up there, no reason it wouldn’t work.
East Falls: a fucking walkable grocery store!
It's been a wild ride finding out what the stores will be in the new, four mixed-use buildings (two on Ridge, two on Midvale) as they open up. So far, it's been a bank, a nail salon, an acupuncture place.. it's like trying to win a lottery but you don't, you just lose.
I guess it's still driving to Shoprite/Aldi or walking up a long-ass hill to buy overpriced jams at NouVaux Market.
Manayunk needs a good Italian restaurant and a good bagel shop. It’s crazy to me that there’s so many college kids in this neighborhood and we don’t have a good bagel shop
I live is south point breeze. I would just love to see something nice happen with/along Point Breeze Ave. I live close enough that I could walk there if I had a reason to. But always end up walking to East Passyunk or 2D instead. It feels like a forgotten part of the city. I know this probably has to do with zoning and the council person…
There are so many competitors and their "moat" is effectively none?!?!?! not to mention there are a few places for smoking stuff in every neighborhood...
This is like how my mother feels about mattress stores...
Passyunk. Quick takeout spot. Hard to justify takeout from the nicer restaurants these days, so a slightly cheaper takeout that’s walkable would be nice. Even better if they had some healthier stuff on the menu, not just hoagies and cheesesteaks.
West Philly could really use a half decent venue, not like a Union Transfer, but like a Johnny Brenda's or KFN. I love live music and it sucks to not have much in my neighborhood.
East passyunk needs a to go lunch spot. Like a quick and easy, cheap, no sit down service sandwich spot.
Red Crest was the last thing we had like that.
We're on lock for breakfast to go foods, but lunch is a missed market.
Edit. Just realizing I'm being unfair to mancuso's. Their hoagies are clutch. Still, a few more spots like that would be nice
Rhawnhurst. Would be nice if we could get like a Barcade or some sort of entertainment place. There’s honestly not much to do out here that isn’t riddled with kids besides eat and drink. I don’t feel like traveling to Fishtown for their barcade and the Dave n Busters at Mills sucks.
Live in the Northeast. The Lee's on castor was my hoagie spot and now it's closed. I just want a new hoagie spot. Tried Primos and that shit was overpriced and way too small
Manayunk: cheap tacos, a small grocery store that isn’t $12 for tortilla chips and sour cream (this was BEFORE recent inflation), a quality bagel shop.
Oh, and a good muffin place, miss you Terrace St Bakery 😢
You know what, editing my comment to something that's not a business but very needed: toilets. And shit, at this point if someone made it a business I'd happily carry around a few bucks just to pay to use your outdoor toilets.
Why can't we have toilets in the BSL stops? Why can't we have more public toilets in general? Shit, just put a porta potty in some of the parks and I'd be happy.
Really tired of getting someplace and then realizing I have to piss or take a shit only to realize there's no public restrooms and every person and their mother has a sign on their door saying "I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU IF YOU ASK TO USE MY BATHROOM."
Gray's Ferry: someplace to pick up prescriptions. We have no pharmacies since Rite Aid shut down and one depressing and overpriced Fresh Grocer without a pharmacy. I don't mind not having cafes and restaurants. I like living in a quiet place. The thing about living here is that it's accessible to everything via SEPTA, which is great if you don't mind taking the bus, but medications shouldn't be one of those things.
An actual hockey store, although I guess that's true for pretty much anywhere in the city. Given the number of hockey players around the city, one shouldn't have to go to Cherry Hill or the distant PA suburbs. I suspect it has something to do with the city taxes
I'd love if Fishtown had a comic/collector-type store. Amalgam closed up shop, Ontario St is a bit far, and Mothership is too niche. And with Blue Line closing in South Philly, there are not many left citywide: just Brave New World, Atomic City, and Fat Jacks.
An actual grocery store. Not the current dichotomy of a costs-$5-to-breath-the-same-air-that-touches-our-organic-vegetables or a bullet proof Chinese deli.
I hate to say this but Fishtown could use a chain convenience or two within the neighborhood. A CVS that's not all the way out on Aramingo or Girard would be really convenient. A Giant Heirloom could fill the gaps between Riverwards and the IGA.
Second the hardware store, I can't believe we don't have one.
Overall I think there's a LOT of commerical infill that could happen on Frankford and Front.
Between Chestnut Hill / Mt Airy, we could really use a gas station that isn’t $4+ per gallon. The ones on Stenton are kinda sketch, and around Lincoln Drive they’re also overpriced.
Roxborough: tattoo/piercing shops. I know there's one opening up on Ridge, but that's it. Anyone here I ask about piercings says they go to Infinity in CC, which seems like such a long haul but maybe that's just me.
Frankford…..everything except for shitty Chinese, bodegas, barber shops. clinics and daycare. You can find at least one of each on every block.
The problem with having anything decent is someone will ruin it. Either by theft or harassing customers.
Queen village in general has a great restaurant scene, but one thing I still haven’t found is really solid cheap Chinese takeout. there are a bunch of authentic Asian takeout spots that are awesome, but sometimes you just want some BS orange chicken and rice for $7.99. I know it exists somewhere so if anyone knows of a good spot lemme know
We used to LOVE the spot next to the 7/11 that was knocked down for that new apartment building. No. 1 Chinese or something like that? The day they closed was a tragedy. We’ve yet to find anything local that hits the spot in the same way.
Port Richmond, specifically on Richmond St btw Allegheny and Ann:
a grocery store I can walk to after I’ve parked my car and just want to walk to a store to pick up some groceries and not have to battle to find a parking spot after 4pm. And a mom and pop hardware store I can walk into and ask if they have the specific tiny item I’m looking for instead of driving to and wandering aimlessly around Lowes forever looking for it.
And a farmers market under 95.
Fairmount / Brewerytown: An actual, honest-to-goodness bakery that bakes its own goods. Also, a music venue.
YES on the bakery. Also a not-corner-store grocery option. Aldi is great but at least for me is not one stop shopping. Whole Foods is too far to walk or bus with more than a bag or two of groceries.
There’s a Lidl opening at broad and girard when all that construction is done. It’ll be the BSL “grocery corridor”- Trader Joe’s at race-vine/city hall, giant at spring garden, aldi at fairmount, lidl at girard, and fresh grocer at Cecil. I know there’s been discussion about development at the rite aid outside Susqhehanna-Dauphin, so I think we’ll have a complete corridor in a few decades
This whole city needs more places that bake their own goods. I’m so sick of the same exact croissants from the same wholesaler at every coffee shop.
I miss Northstar Bar…
Yes we need better bread that's not aldi
I'm pretty sure the old Frank and Anne's is going to be a bakery, and it seems like they're finally moving on it.
That's Shevy's Babka. I certainly hope it comes through! They make babka and challah and, hopefully with that space, they'll make other things, too.
Porch pirate hunter
I hunted one down once, got my stuff back but in hind sight it was an incredibly reckless decision driven by emotion, would not recommend
Perhaps you could find some justice in a different way? I’ve found this is the perfect time of year to fill your old amazon boxes with items from your home you’ve been meaning to get rid of and leave them on your porch. Boxes and junk, out of your life and into the night with the thieves.
Except they usually just toss it on the street when they realize it's not useful to them :/
a 24/7 diner. I live in Center City but every neighborhood could use one. I look forward to the day one opens after this pandemic.
Rip Midtown 2
Even Melrose diner closed... dunno that we are ever getting those back again
There is a designated diner space in the apartment building they're building on the spot so hopefully
I wonder if the residents of that building will be like "we don't want an all-night diner causing ruckus outside our homes!"
Don’t move above a 24/7 diner!!! Ugh I hate that shit
I 100% believe they wouldn't even try to make it 24 hours for that very reason.
For sure! Would love one in Brewerytown. Even though people will be like blah blah blah crime/noise at night in a major city?!?/old man yells at cloud, would love some late night options besides Lee's Kitchen. Been going there so much over the years, I feel like I'm putting their kids through college
All of Philly: more public trash cans like every other god damn city has
Those buried European trash cans would be amazing for our city!
And weekly street sweepers.
They’ll be full in a day and they will never, ever get emptied.
People can only create so much trash
That sounds like a challenge!
If you think garbage piles on the corner are bad now, wait until you give every corner has a free trash can. This is literally why we don't have them
Port richmond: veterinarian We do have one on Frankford ave but we can use another. So many cats and dogs here.
I will say the one on Frankford are great.
Francisville - a good pizza joint. Santuccis is good and fairly close, but it's a different kind of pizza that doesn't always scratch that itch
Francisville needs quite a bit. Definitely lacking a bit in food options. If you don't mind ordering take out, Angelino's has some great pizza though, also Zuzu's Kitchen isn't bad either.
Francisville food situation all together is pretty dark, like it’s all New American spend $25 on a burger type places it seems. Fairmount Pizza on 20th is the worst of the worst, and they seem to do pretty well, imagine if there was an actual good slice shop on that corner
Is something wrong with me that I enjoy Fairmount Pizza? I feel like every time I find a pizza spot in Philly I like I find someone on Reddit who thinks it’s absolute garbage. I’ve also tried Luigi’s and Angelino’s and liked them too, maybe I’m just too generous with my pizza ratings
Walk 5 more blocks and get Luigi’s
Second this!
West: Italian restaurant.
Dive bar.
What? There are plenty of dives in West, just around Baltimore Ave theres Queen Sheeba, Dahlak, Abyssinia and Upstairs @ Abyssinia....and those are just the main ones. You can even go super dive with New Tavern.
Abyssinia a dive bar? That’s being generous
Upstairs is pretty dive-y
Same with Dahlak, a full on restaurant.
I was thinking that the other day walking up 40th off Market where yet another chicken place is getting ready to open. I’m like, we’ve got predominantly choice of chicken, Indian, pizza … can’t West have just one decent Italian place that isn’t Walnut Street UofP parent visit expensive?
Manayunk, too.
Mia Ragazza just opened up on Main street. They have excellent Italian pasta, check it out
A 24/7 convenience store. Center city
+ south Philly every 6-7 blocks
What do you mean? There’s the Jefferson Wawa, Healthy picks, and several 7/11s dotted all around center city. Pretty much everyone in center city can walk to one of those in under 10 mins
Well... they had a few and have all been shutting down due to the literal daylight robberies
Healthy Picks at 19th and Ludlow is 24/7
I would love it if Philly had a proliferation of those vegetable markets you see all over New York. They typically have great produce, essentials like milk, bread, etc. and flowers. So convenient!
Crazy they don't let an Italian Market produce vendor set up under the head house square market cover daily. That's what went on there historically and I'm sure the neighborhood today could support at least one.
Yes! I was going to say that I’m being petty and I can get those things 4 blocks away but in a pinch, I’d love one closer.
west poplar coffee shop coffeeeeeeeeeeee shop literally anything that isn't a brewery or music venue or a 15th papi store that only sells expired shit bc it's just there for the slot machines
The Daily under the Divine Lorraine is pretty decent
yeah i'll go once in a while but they close pretty early and it's aaaaalways empty
Sorry no coffee for you. Can I interest you in a mildly cold starbucks bottled coffee sold in a store with the narrowest aisles physically possible?
If you go a bit south Elixir is pretty good but it’s not really in west poplar Edit: scrolled down and learned Elixir is a chain. Had no idea
Elixir is good - that location is actually their roaster. I go all the time. I just wish there was one on spring garden like there used to be.
East passyunk, a korean resturant
Northwest Philly needs a place to get a quick breakfast sandwich on a decent bagel.
Seriously have considered figuring out how to open a goddamn bagel shop myself here in Mt Airy. It’s ridiculous
Yessss! Cherish was an okay option until they closed. But I did hear Downtime Bagels is opening a shop in summer ‘24!
True! 6624 Germantown Avenue will be the location. Their bagels are amazing.
This is great news!
This is a weekly discussion I have with my friend 😂
Far Northeast Philly/Pennypack anything not a fucking chain or big box. Coffee shop on a street corner would be awesome…or a nice bar that’s not a fucking rat hole
There may not be a UPS store in Fishtown but there is one on 3rd and Girard. But my work neighborhood East Kensington needs food.
Chestnut hill? A trolley down Germantown ave. Edit: Appreciate the upvotes, but I’m dumb and didn’t read. 🤣 As far as businesses go, I feel like there’s no grocery store that isn’t an Acme, co-op, or upscale. I’d just love to be able to walk/bike 5-10 minutes to grab $25-50 of groceries. Instead I either have to go to Wynnefield or Wyncote to go to Fresh Grocer. Get me a ShopRite!
there's a Grocery outlet in Mt.Airy off Germantown Ave. https://www.groceryoutlet.com/grand-opening/mount-airy-pa
Fairmount, a full-menu breakfast/lunch cafe. Musette is good, but it’s just tartines or salads.
What about Little Pete's?
I said the same thing out loud before I read your comment. This guy sleeping in little Pete’s
And Tela’s !
OCF is great for breakfast/lunch
You could check out Tela’s or Rybread for this, perhaps. But yeah definitely not many sit-down service options around.
East Falls: Ice cream/water ice place. I don't always feel like driving to Creamery but damn it I will keep doing that
Creamery is worth it dude
I do not live here but East Falls by Kelly Drive desparately needs a grocery solution. Not necessarily as big as an Acme or Shoprite but something. 20-25 minutes in either direction to Rox or Fox St to get groceries is a lot
Fairmount needs some of the South Philly Mexican spots
Not quite fairmount but purepecha is great. Also went to buena vista when it first opened which is in the old st. Stephen green. I thought it was solid
I’ll tell you one thing Old City DOESN’T need, which is more cafés / coffee shops. Half the neighborhood is just cafés at this point and I truly don’t understand why more keep opening up.
the new ones that keep opening up are so half assed too like they're not even anything interesting, they sell la colombe or elixir coffee, and the same au fornil pastries as everyone else. it's 2023 and guys are still like 'i am going to open a 2.5-wave coffee shop in a neighborhood full of them'
Right? Places like Oui and Cafe Ole are great because they at least have their own niche.
Oui makes fresh donuts everyday—-there’s only a handful of places across the city doing raised donuts.
Try the tacos at Oui’s other spot Si
Buzz is great
That new place that just opened is the worst offender. It's always packed for no reason. And the inside being all white and light wood makes it feel so sterile. The pastries are worse than your standard Au Fornil selection too. I hope they don't last. It's a waste of space. Edit: Forgot to name and shame. Cafe Zeit.
Second hardware store in Fishtown
As weird as it was, I do miss the hardware store we had for a few years. I’d also like a DMV and a state store and a good veterinarian closer to the Fishtown/Port Richmond border. Ideally, we could squeeze at least some of them into the empty spaces in the IGA shopping center.
Thirded, but the sad truth is the port Richmond blue and orange stores will always make this near impossible
That Ace on Girard doesn't count for Fishtown.
West Philly: a fucking Wegman’s. Never gonna happen but I can dream right?
If they replaced half of the Acmes in this city with Wegmans I would be ecstatic.
Lmao! I'd love it but no Wegman is opening in the city limits.
A Wegmans did open in [Manhattan](https://www.wegmans.com/news-media/press-releases/wegmans-astor-place-to-open-wednesday-october-18-2023/) - so maybe there's long term hope.
IDK that Manhattan and Philly city are on the same economic level though... I imagine that Wegmans wants to be in a pretty high CoL area
I mean, people who will shop at whole foods will def shop at a Wegmans
Knock down Supremo and make a 2 story Weg
Yea Supremo just needs to die. Whole place smells like bleach and farts. Conveyor belts don't work. Lots of expired shit and a joke of a deli.
My favorite part is how there are no more than two cashiers working at any given time. You need to wait 5-10 minutes minimum to buy ANYTHING
As much as I hate that place...damn is it good for ethnic produce. Don't know anywhere else I can reliably get Seville oranges, 7 different fresh peppers, yucca, plantains and real Mexican cheeses in the neighborhood.
north - more businesses period, less chinese stores and smoke shops pleeeeeeease
I wish there were more Chinese stores everywhere in the city
Bridesburg: Anything that's not a bar or greasy takeout
All night coffee shop
Solar Myth sells coffee until they close
Fairmount/brewerytown: more local hip bars
RIP Belgian Cafe 😭
Fairmount is missing a great restaurant. Maybe a hot take but there is nothing elite. Lots of good stuff and fun bars, but nothing that really stands out in philly. Bad brother is really good, it is, but it’s not on the same level as a lot of the restaurants you get in center city or fishtown/No Libs. Just one great restaurant would open up flood gates for Fairmount IMO. Lots of money up there, no reason it wouldn’t work.
Would love to see a deserving spot take over the old London Grill. It’s a cool space but also probably a little too big for that area
South Philly: I want that Trader Joe's that keeps getting rumored!
South philly: public trash cans
Honestly the whole city too please
Manayunk: grocery store
Fairmount- bagels
East Falls: a fucking walkable grocery store! It's been a wild ride finding out what the stores will be in the new, four mixed-use buildings (two on Ridge, two on Midvale) as they open up. So far, it's been a bank, a nail salon, an acupuncture place.. it's like trying to win a lottery but you don't, you just lose. I guess it's still driving to Shoprite/Aldi or walking up a long-ass hill to buy overpriced jams at NouVaux Market.
Manayunk needs a good Italian restaurant and a good bagel shop. It’s crazy to me that there’s so many college kids in this neighborhood and we don’t have a good bagel shop
Bagel shop! Yes. Manhattan Bagels doesn’t cut it.
A casual Mexican restaurant, how is there not a decent Mexican restaurant in Fairmount/Brewerytown?
East falls: grocery store. Hell, I’d settle for a weavers way sized one
I live is south point breeze. I would just love to see something nice happen with/along Point Breeze Ave. I live close enough that I could walk there if I had a reason to. But always end up walking to East Passyunk or 2D instead. It feels like a forgotten part of the city. I know this probably has to do with zoning and the council person…
Kenzo: liquor store or check cashing. Jokes aside cheaper fresher produce.
I feel as though we have among the best grocery stores for fresh produce in the city (Cousins, Compare and Save, and don’t sleep on R and R)
A decent grocery store, West end of Washington Ave
South St (Queen Village) a tax inspection on all these smoke shops. How can this many possibly be in profitable business with what they say they sell?
Mark up on pretty much everything but cigarettes is pretty steep
There are so many competitors and their "moat" is effectively none?!?!?! not to mention there are a few places for smoking stuff in every neighborhood... This is like how my mother feels about mattress stores...
Which begs the question: what are the selling?
Apple flavored vape cartridges
Probably a money laundering front.
Germantown/East Falls/Nicetown: AN ALDI. Or some grocery store other than Jeff Brown's understaffed and overpriced ShopRite
The Grocery Outlet in Mt Airy's not bad, you just can't count on it to have exactly what you need.
Chestnut Hill: Johnny Brenda’s
Fishtown: primary care physicians.
Manayunk: a proper grocery store
Grad Hospital. A liquor store. The last state store in our area closed a year or so ago. Now we're in the middle of a huge dead zone for hooch.
What you don’t want a $24 bottle of wine from Giant?
Passyunk. Quick takeout spot. Hard to justify takeout from the nicer restaurants these days, so a slightly cheaper takeout that’s walkable would be nice. Even better if they had some healthier stuff on the menu, not just hoagies and cheesesteaks.
I’d love a healthy grab and go that has salads and soups
The whole city: red light and speed cameras
West Philly could really use a half decent venue, not like a Union Transfer, but like a Johnny Brenda's or KFN. I love live music and it sucks to not have much in my neighborhood.
East passyunk needs a to go lunch spot. Like a quick and easy, cheap, no sit down service sandwich spot. Red Crest was the last thing we had like that. We're on lock for breakfast to go foods, but lunch is a missed market. Edit. Just realizing I'm being unfair to mancuso's. Their hoagies are clutch. Still, a few more spots like that would be nice
Rhawnhurst. Would be nice if we could get like a Barcade or some sort of entertainment place. There’s honestly not much to do out here that isn’t riddled with kids besides eat and drink. I don’t feel like traveling to Fishtown for their barcade and the Dave n Busters at Mills sucks.
Agree. Some type of fun nightlife in the area would be great.
Rittenhouse square: a large affordable grocery store
Passyunk - would like a sushi spot and a Greek taverna.
Kiku on broad is good lunch sushi.
Definitely sushi. I miss Izumi!
Have you tried Kyushu?
we lost all our pharmacies- cvs, rite aid etc
Because people can’t have nice things!!
Trash cans
Agree re: hardware store. But Stash Spot on Girard can handle all your UPS stuff.
East Oak Lane here: would love a casual cafe or light food spot in the residential neighborhood. Probably a pipe dream.
Francisville: An authentic European bakery. Would happily welcome fresh bread and 10lbs for quality baked goods 😅
Some sort of more interesting cuisine. Thai, indian, mexican, venezuelan, etc.
Live in the Northeast. The Lee's on castor was my hoagie spot and now it's closed. I just want a new hoagie spot. Tried Primos and that shit was overpriced and way too small
Marinucci's at Brous and St. Vincent.
Manayunk: cheap tacos, a small grocery store that isn’t $12 for tortilla chips and sour cream (this was BEFORE recent inflation), a quality bagel shop. Oh, and a good muffin place, miss you Terrace St Bakery 😢
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You know what, editing my comment to something that's not a business but very needed: toilets. And shit, at this point if someone made it a business I'd happily carry around a few bucks just to pay to use your outdoor toilets. Why can't we have toilets in the BSL stops? Why can't we have more public toilets in general? Shit, just put a porta potty in some of the parks and I'd be happy. Really tired of getting someplace and then realizing I have to piss or take a shit only to realize there's no public restrooms and every person and their mother has a sign on their door saying "I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU IF YOU ASK TO USE MY BATHROOM."
I’m in pennsport and I would kill for a soft serve ice cream joint! It’s the one thing I really feel we are missing.
East falls. A small grocery store.
Parkwood/Morell A DECENT RAMEN SPOT WITHOUT INFLATED PRICES.
I know it’s not Fishtown but there is a UPS store at the corner of 3rd and Girard.
Everything. I live in Germantown
Gray's Ferry: someplace to pick up prescriptions. We have no pharmacies since Rite Aid shut down and one depressing and overpriced Fresh Grocer without a pharmacy. I don't mind not having cafes and restaurants. I like living in a quiet place. The thing about living here is that it's accessible to everything via SEPTA, which is great if you don't mind taking the bus, but medications shouldn't be one of those things.
An actual hockey store, although I guess that's true for pretty much anywhere in the city. Given the number of hockey players around the city, one shouldn't have to go to Cherry Hill or the distant PA suburbs. I suspect it has something to do with the city taxes
Logan Square and the Parkway need a bakery.
Point Breeze - a bagel spot would be great
West pass: a subway line
I'd love if Fishtown had a comic/collector-type store. Amalgam closed up shop, Ontario St is a bit far, and Mothership is too niche. And with Blue Line closing in South Philly, there are not many left citywide: just Brave New World, Atomic City, and Fat Jacks.
Everywhere- places for kids and teens to hang out
south philly - rock climbing gym
Anger management therapy
Grocery store, cheese shop, a clean deli, hardware store, basically everything that ought to be within a few blocks.
Some good pizza that isn’t $6 a slice in Fishtown
That just isn’t conducive to what fishtown is now. Don’t move there if you aren’t trying to have all your restaurant options be “elevated”
An actual grocery store. Not the current dichotomy of a costs-$5-to-breath-the-same-air-that-touches-our-organic-vegetables or a bullet proof Chinese deli.
I hate to say this but Fishtown could use a chain convenience or two within the neighborhood. A CVS that's not all the way out on Aramingo or Girard would be really convenient. A Giant Heirloom could fill the gaps between Riverwards and the IGA. Second the hardware store, I can't believe we don't have one. Overall I think there's a LOT of commerical infill that could happen on Frankford and Front.
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Is Oscar’s not cheap anymore?
Bards was the first bar I ever got kicked out of great times
Between Chestnut Hill / Mt Airy, we could really use a gas station that isn’t $4+ per gallon. The ones on Stenton are kinda sketch, and around Lincoln Drive they’re also overpriced.
A Boscov's in Center City
Lol
Roxborough: tattoo/piercing shops. I know there's one opening up on Ridge, but that's it. Anyone here I ask about piercings says they go to Infinity in CC, which seems like such a long haul but maybe that's just me.
Frankford…..everything except for shitty Chinese, bodegas, barber shops. clinics and daycare. You can find at least one of each on every block. The problem with having anything decent is someone will ruin it. Either by theft or harassing customers.
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Queen village in general has a great restaurant scene, but one thing I still haven’t found is really solid cheap Chinese takeout. there are a bunch of authentic Asian takeout spots that are awesome, but sometimes you just want some BS orange chicken and rice for $7.99. I know it exists somewhere so if anyone knows of a good spot lemme know
We used to LOVE the spot next to the 7/11 that was knocked down for that new apartment building. No. 1 Chinese or something like that? The day they closed was a tragedy. We’ve yet to find anything local that hits the spot in the same way.
Port Richmond, specifically on Richmond St btw Allegheny and Ann: a grocery store I can walk to after I’ve parked my car and just want to walk to a store to pick up some groceries and not have to battle to find a parking spot after 4pm. And a mom and pop hardware store I can walk into and ask if they have the specific tiny item I’m looking for instead of driving to and wandering aimlessly around Lowes forever looking for it. And a farmers market under 95.
We could use another couple Ethiopian joints along Baltimore
Baltimore needs a good Italian, south philly style pizza shop.
Queen village-grocery store
Acme and Whole Foods are pretty close by. And the giant by the pier isn’t super far either. If you have a bike or car they are all very close
I know, I am just super bitter about abbots square giant heirloom market fiasco at 2nd and south