Center City Pretzel Co. ★ 4.4
Center City Pretzel Co. in Philadelphia is the South Philly wholesale pretzel bakery on Washington Avenue, baking the city's hand-twisted figure-eight.
Try: Philadelphia soft pretzel
By George is a street-food stop in Philadelphia.
By George in Philadelphia is the Reading Terminal Market brick-oven counter from George and Kim Mickel since 1990, winner of Philadelphia Cheesesteak Madness.
Address: 51 N 12th St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Center City Pretzel Co. in Philadelphia is the South Philly wholesale pretzel bakery on Washington Avenue, baking the city's hand-twisted figure-eight.
Try: Philadelphia soft pretzel
Banh Mi Cali in Philadelphia is the Chinatown banh mi counter at 9th and Arch, with grilled pork, meatball and lemongrass chicken sandwiches under five.
Try: Banh mi
Pho 75 in Philadelphia is the Washington Avenue Vietnamese counter, a no-frills South Philly Little Saigon room with the city's most-named single bowl.
Try: Beef pho
Pat's King of Steaks in Philadelphia is the 1930 founder of the cheesesteak at 9th and Passyunk, where Pat Olivieri ladled chopped steak onto a hot-dog roll.
Try: Philly cheesesteak
Geno's Steaks in Philadelphia is the 1966 Joe Vento cheesesteak corner across Passyunk from Pat's, the orange-and-neon South Philly rival half.
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John's Roast Pork in Philadelphia is the 1930 South Philly counter at Snyder and Weccacoe, James Beard America's Classic 2006 with the city's defining roast.
Try: Roast pork sandwich, cheesesteak