Alexander's Guidebook

Alexander
Alexander's Guidebook

Food scene

Green Eggs Café is a brunch-style restaurant that takes pride in serving the highest quality fare, while maintaining an eco-conscious philosophy.
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Green Eggs Café
212 S 13th St
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Green Eggs Café is a brunch-style restaurant that takes pride in serving the highest quality fare, while maintaining an eco-conscious philosophy.
Not for Profit Cafe with great drinks and small bites that employees former foster youth
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The Monkey & The Elephant
2831 W Girard Ave
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Not for Profit Cafe with great drinks and small bites that employees former foster youth
Local pizza shop
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Karma Pizza
2825 W Girard Ave
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Local pizza shop
Delicious and affordable Jamaican food served in a hole in the wall, no frills atmosphere to eat in or take out
Irie
2629 W Girard Ave
Delicious and affordable Jamaican food served in a hole in the wall, no frills atmosphere to eat in or take out
Tasty fresh ground burgers, chicken sandwiches and cheesesteaks in a small restaurant.
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Spot Gourmet Burgers
2821 W Girard Ave
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Tasty fresh ground burgers, chicken sandwiches and cheesesteaks in a small restaurant.

Craft Beer / Brewery

Micro Brewery with delicious and affordable beer on tap and a small food menu
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Crime and Punishment Brewing Co.
2711 W Girard Ave
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Micro Brewery with delicious and affordable beer on tap and a small food menu
Craft beer bar serving sandwiches and salads in cozy bar with outdoor seating
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Rybrew
2600 W Girard Ave
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Craft beer bar serving sandwiches and salads in cozy bar with outdoor seating
Rotating craft beer, artisan cocktails and comfort food in a cozy exposed brick bar
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2637brew
2637 W Girard Ave
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Rotating craft beer, artisan cocktails and comfort food in a cozy exposed brick bar

Grocery Store

Affordable grocery store
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ALDI
4421 Market St
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Affordable grocery store
Big Whole Foods with multiple eat in options as well as the full array of groceries
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Whole Foods Market
2101 Pennsylvania Ave
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Big Whole Foods with multiple eat in options as well as the full array of groceries

Sightseeing

Art museum with collections containing over 240,000 objects including major holdings of European, American and Asian origin. Plus the famous Rocky Steps.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
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Art museum with collections containing over 240,000 objects including major holdings of European, American and Asian origin. Plus the famous Rocky Steps.
The first zoo in the United States (1859). The beautiful zoo is set on a 42-acre Victorian garden with tree-lined walks that is home to more than 1300 animals.
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Philadelphia Zoo
3400 W Girard Ave
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The first zoo in the United States (1859). The beautiful zoo is set on a 42-acre Victorian garden with tree-lined walks that is home to more than 1300 animals.
One of the most famous prisons in the world, with a list of former inmates that includes bank robber “Slick Willie” Sutton and legendary gangster Al Capone. Tours offer a glimpse of life inside the prison’s historic cell blocks.
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Östra statliga fängelset
2027 Fairmount Ave
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One of the most famous prisons in the world, with a list of former inmates that includes bank robber “Slick Willie” Sutton and legendary gangster Al Capone. Tours offer a glimpse of life inside the prison’s historic cell blocks.
The repository of the largest collection of works by Auguste Rodin outside of Paris features treasures such as The Gates of Hell and a bronze caste of The Thinker.
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Rodinmuseet
2151 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
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The repository of the largest collection of works by Auguste Rodin outside of Paris features treasures such as The Gates of Hell and a bronze caste of The Thinker.
The Barnes’ permanent collection, featuring 181 Renoirs, 69 Cézannes and 59 Matisses, along with works by Manet, Degas, Seurat, Prendergrast, Titian and Picasso — one of the world’s largest collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings and African sculpture.
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Barnes
2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
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The Barnes’ permanent collection, featuring 181 Renoirs, 69 Cézannes and 59 Matisses, along with works by Manet, Degas, Seurat, Prendergrast, Titian and Picasso — one of the world’s largest collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings and African sculpture.
One of the oldest and most beloved science museums in the country
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Franklin-institutet
222 N 20th St
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One of the oldest and most beloved science museums in the country
People of all ages experience natural science in a fun and engaging way at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, the oldest natural sciences institution in the Western Hemisphere.
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Akademien för naturvetenskap vid Drexel University
1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
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People of all ages experience natural science in a fun and engaging way at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, the oldest natural sciences institution in the Western Hemisphere.
Local boating clubs take great pride in their historic 19th-century boathouses, which line the Schuylkill River just west of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. At night, lights outline one of the city’s loveliest views.
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Boathouse Row
1 Boathouse Row
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Local boating clubs take great pride in their historic 19th-century boathouses, which line the Schuylkill River just west of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. At night, lights outline one of the city’s loveliest views.

Parks

One of the largest urban green spaces in the country, Philadelphia's Fairmount Park consists of more than 9200 acres of trails, woodlands and wetlands.
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Fairmount Park
Reservoir Drive
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One of the largest urban green spaces in the country, Philadelphia's Fairmount Park consists of more than 9200 acres of trails, woodlands and wetlands.