Where Philadelphia shops, snacks and lunches: the markets worth your morning.
Food markets, farmers markets and covered halls: where Philadelphia shops, snacks and lunches.
Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia is the 1893 enclosed public market under the old Reading Railroad train shed at 12th and Arch, with 80 vendors and Pennsylvania Dutch counters.
Go for: Pennsylvania Dutch, Cheesesteak, Roast pork
South 9th Street Italian Market in Philadelphia is the open-air immigrant produce-and-deli strip on 9th from Fitzwater to Wharton, the oldest working outdoor market in America.
Go for: Italian deli, Cheese, Produce
Headhouse Farmers Market in Philadelphia is the Sunday farmers' market under the 1745 Headhouse Shambles in Society Hill, with 40 regional growers run year-round by The Food Trust.
Go for: Produce, Cheese, Bread
Di Bruno Bros. in Philadelphia is the 1939 Italian Market cheese cave on South 9th, a 300-square-foot House of Cheese with 300-plus imported and domestic wheels.
Go for: Cheese, Cured meat, Specialty foods
Rittenhouse Square Farmers Market in Philadelphia is the Tuesday and Saturday farmers' market in the northwest corner of Rittenhouse Square, with regional growers run by The Food Trust.
Go for: Produce, Flowers, Cheese
Fitler Square Farmers Market in Philadelphia is the Saturday morning farmers' market in Fitler Square Park, a neighbourhood-scaled growers' market run by The Food Trust seasonally.
Go for: Produce, Bread, Eggs
Peak food season in Philadelphia is year-round.
Local dining hours: lunch around 12:30, dinner from 19:30.
service is typically included; small extra is welcome but not expected.
Ask the next local you meet what they would order. Philadelphia rewards trust.