2. Cake
8.9
8501 Germantown Ave (Highland Ave.), Philadelphia, PA
Bakery · Chestnut Hill · 30 tips and reviews
James Russell: BYOB and an awesome venue. Try the cornbread and the crab cake Benedict entree for Brunch.
Hillary Israeli: There's a line at 10 am for brunch, even in 15F weather with 20" snow on the ground!
Stephanie Smoluk: Great atmosphere, feels bright and sunny even in winter. Great for Breakfast with a friend. Read more.
4. World Cafe Live
9.2
3025 Walnut St (at 31st St), Philadelphia, PA
Music Venue · 79 tips and reviews
Liz Rattray: Cool venue. Definitely looking to come back for another show!
Bloomingdale's: Finally, a music venue actually designed to be a music venue, with superior sightlines and a sound system producing faithful sound, plus colorful industrial-chic décor. The namesake café’s upstairs
Visit Philly: Every Monday night Upstairs, Boy Wonder (a.k.a. Andre Coles) hosts Philly Rising, an open stage and progressive talent competition. Signups are at 6:30 p.m., performances at 7 pm. Read more.
6. Jones
700 Chestnut St (at S 7th St), Philadelphia, PA
Southern Food Restaurant · Center City East · 151 tips and reviews
Heather Chandler: Blood Orange cosmo is great. Hummus is fabulous, briskit entree and chic n waffle are awesome. Apple pie is average. Coconut sorbet rocks.
Visit Philly: The mac and cheese, meat loaf and fried chicken wreak havoc with diets, but the taste is worth every calorie. Read more.
Tucker Brennan: Meatloaf=Amazing
8. Good Dog Bar & Restaurant
8.6
224 S 15th St (btwn Walnut & Locust Sts), Philadelphia, PA
Bar · Avenue of the Arts South · 169 tips and reviews
Stephen L.: Very tasty white chicken chili, big enough for an entree! Solid beer menu too, get one of the more exotic or local ones
Eater: The burger is a riff on the Juicy Lucy-style cheeseburger; that is, the cheese (Roquefort) is inside the patty. It's so good that Philadelphia restaurant critic Craig LaBan wrote a song about it.
Philadelphia Magazine: "This is what bars hope to be when they grow up."
9. Helium Comedy Club
8.0
2031 Sansom St (btwn 20th St & 21st St), Philadelphia, PA
Comedy Club · Center City West · 53 tips and reviews
Tom Hagan: Good food, a little pricey, but the Comedy can't be beat. Great comedians in an intimate setting!
Sam H: shitty service, good comics, no chance of mayorship cuz the guy works there. laaaaame. the mayor, not the jokes. also, lame quizzo
Megan Dinan: Sign up for the email list - Insiders typically get free tickets about once a month. Also, the month of your bday you get 4 free tickets to a Wed or Thurs non-special event show.