Philly Food: From Food Trucks to Fine Dining

Philadelphia is a food town. Sure, Philadelphia has excellent restaurants, but when it comes to Philly food, I’m talking about something much broader and deeper. 

From food trucks to fine dining and from each neighborhood’s ethnic cuisine to the famed Reading Terminal Market, Philadelphia is a city that loves to eat.

As with any urban area, the topographical dining map of Philadelphia can be categorized different ways. It’s easy to get frustrated and direct your Uber in the direction of the closest T.G.I. Friday’s. (Don’t do that.)

Two of my favorite ways to dice up the selection are by geography and price – that way, no matter where you are, you can find a meal to match your moola. In this article, I’ve done both.  

Follow me through Philadelphia on a tour of three dinner-dense neighborhoods. In each neighborhood, I’ll give you the best of the high, the middle, and the low.

That way, you’ll…