The Most ICONIC Philadelphia Foods and Where to Find Them

The Most ICONIC Philadelphia Foods and Where to Find Them
Philly is known mostly for it's history, but it’s also kind of an American food haven. Last week we took you on a tour of Philly. Today, we’re going on an ultimate Philadelphia food tour. We're looking for some the best restaurants in Philadelphia. We're eating donuts, hoagies, cheese steaks, and some of the best local Philly food we can find!
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Federal Donut (www.federaldonuts.com) - We got the coffee. We got the donuts, but I'm a little disappointed we didn't try the chicken. Really it was just so early in the morning and we weren't quite hungry yet to go all in with the chicken. Having said that, the wonderful people at Federal Donuts supplied us with way more donuts than we can eat. We mentioned we're not sponsored, but we can always work for good food. (Give us a call Federal Donuts. Let's talk!) There are 7 locations throughout the city, and an 8th location just outside the city. Definitely recommend this one for your donut choice.
Sabrina's Cafe (www.sabrinascafe.com) - Speaking of breakfast, Sabrina's is also a breakfast and brunch spot with a number of restaurants through the city and I got to say this is one of the best breakfast shops we're been too. Love the vibe here too. The location at Drexel University looks like something out of a fairy tale!
Miles Table & Catering (www.milestable.com) - Here's another breakfast and brunch spot we found on our travel (Seeing a theme yet?).
Miles Table is a really neighborhood friendly restaurant and they bride themselves on that. They also cater!
Ishkabibbles II (www.eatishkabibbles.com) - Now to the important part, the cheesesteaks. We really didn't want to spend much time in Philly (or in these comments for that matter) debating which cheese steak spot was the best in Philly. Instead we created a short list of the most recommended spots and went to the location we found ourselves closest to when we were hungry. Ishkabibbles did not disappoint. Really, it's been so long since I had a good Philly cheesesteak loaded whizwit style that I would have loved anywhere we went.
Pat's King of Steaks (www.patskingofsteaks.com) claims to be the inventor and the originator of the steak sandwich. Geno's Steaks (www.genosteaks.com) claims to be the first to add cheese. Both these locations are regarded as the original cheesesteak restaurants in Philly, and as such they are heavily visited. Visit if you want a couple of tourist spots with a lot of history, or simply grab a sandwich from each to compare. At any rate, most will agree that there are better cheesesteaks to be found throughout the city with way less traffic.
The Reading Terminal Market (readingterminalmarket.org) - This is one of America's oldest public markets. If you need a place to start on your hunt for good food, Reading Market isn't a bad place to begin. You can find it all here! Great desserts, awesome looking diners, soft pretzels, and perhaps most importantly roast pork sandwiches.
Most people know that Philly is known for the Philly cheesesteaks and hoagies, but the roast pork sandwich is also a stable of any restaurant in the city and DiNics (www.tommydinics.com) is one of the best spots to get roast pork in the city.
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[@jimdellavecchia4594]

I'm 56 & a lifelong resident of Phila/South Jersey. Federal Donuts is amazing, Reading Terminal Market is a national treasure, love how he said "wooder ice". Pat's and Geno's blow, but open 24/7 365 to soak up booze. Ralph's is good, but Marra's & Villa de Roma are much better. No frills, locals know the best. John's Roast Pork on Wccacoe St has the best roast pork & cheesesteaks

[@TheDetourDuo]

Ah man, John's was on our list but the timing didn't work out. Knew we should have gone there

[@thomasconboy4636]

Your correct Wooder ice

[@TheDetourDuo]

glad I got that right

[@dinnernotes]

i was just in philly a few months ago, and this video is making me want to go back. i need to try them donuts man, wow. great video guys

[@TheDetourDuo]

Oh for sure try those donuts next time you go back! I wanted to try the chicken sandwich too because I heard that it was supposed to be really good too, but we were too full after the donuts!

[@Superman-23]

South Philly Barbacoa!!!....only open on sat and Sundays and always packed!!!...best breakfast tacos...cash only....

[@TheDetourDuo]

And wee love tacos! It was on our list but we didn't have enough time to really see south Philly like we wanted to. Next time!

[@SorgiStories]

Taking all the notes in our new hometown! And chicken + donuts? Whooooooa. Reading Terminal Market is theee top market in America. And you went to Tommy Dinic’s!! A million great 🧀🥩 spots. Next time, try Marra’s for Italian & Puzzeria Vetri - WORLD class. An Iron Chef was 15 feet from us!

[@TheDetourDuo]

Should have talked to you guys more beforehand. Those spots sound amazing. We've struck out almost every time trying to go to the "oldest restaurant" for the history. The food is never great at those places.

[@SorgiStories]

@@TheDetourDuo Tends not to be. Exception in our hometown of Milwaukee: Mader’s.

[@brandonlemley269]

You guys should come to the "Burgh lol.I used to live in Philly myself lol.Good videos guys, would like to see you guys travel to every major city in the country lol

[@TheDetourDuo]

Thanks. check out our other videos. We weren't there as long as we were in Philly, but we have a couple on Pittsburgh. Definitely trying to make that happen. We've been to a good chunk of the cities on the east coast. Plan is to go international for a few months then hit some cities on the west coast

[@serenareyes7571]

I'm bingeing on your vlogs. Love the food vlogs. I appreciate your honest reviews. Federal Donuts is so good. Roast pork sandwiches > cheesesteaks

[@TheDetourDuo]

Thank you! Federal donuts is hands down my favorite place just because they were so friendly to us

[@Hakuna65Matata]

Other than Pats and Genos (Tourist Traps) I agree with everything else

[@TheDetourDuo]

For sure, and we totally mentioned they are tourist traps but something to check out if you've never been. Definitely a number of better shops around

[@krystalanderic]

strawberry donuts are the BEST. we gotta check out some of these places next time we head into the city!

[@TheDetourDuo]

Absolutely! We wanted to check out a bunch of places you recommended but we didn't have enough time to make it to North Philly

[@krystalanderic]

@@TheDetourDuo next time we'll meet up and show you guys around!

[@TheDetourDuo]

100% down for that!

[@YUHHHHHHHH257]

reading terminal market is one ive been wanting to go to so bad, and federal donuts ive been hearing so much about. loved this video!! thanks for the new spots, hit you with a sub :)

[@TheDetourDuo]

Hey thank you! Federal Donuts was legit. So many things I wish we could do again. Getting a chicken sandwich is top of the list, but also eating at more of the awesome shops in Reading Terminal Market. You should definitely check it out when you have the opportunity!

[@DestinationUnknownTravelVlog]

Federal Donut looks LEGIT!!

[@TheDetourDuo]

So good! Really friendly too. (At least this location was.)

[@chrisawelch]

Mama's Pizzaria. Best Cheesesteaks. Like, they can't even sell pizzas anymore because no one was ordering them anymore. It's all about the steaks. The rolls are made special for them and no one else. The rolls are like bagels on the outside and a nice soft bread on the inside. They don't get all soggy and fall apart. The place is just outside the city and it's where tons of locals go for the real deal.

[@TheDetourDuo]

Nice. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@thomasconboy4636]

That’s it wooderice

[@TheDetourDuo]

That wooderice hits on a hot day!

[@jeffcohnphoto]

Heads up if you visit again, best italian /pasta is actually at an Irish Pub called Murphs bar in Fishtown. 😋 which in Philly, makes perfect sense.

[@TheDetourDuo]

yup! makes perfect sense. Thanks for this btw. We tend look for places with a lot of history, and we're learning to move away from that. The historic spots tend to not live up to the hype.

[@lovey1973]

My goodness!!! The food! Again watching just before supper!!! Lol. How do you two not weigh 500lbs?!?!?! 🤣🤣🤣 Also, I know you're still a few away but let me be the first to congratulate you on 1,000 subscribers!!!

[@TheDetourDuo]

Ok this is a great question. Probably from all the walking and hiking we do too. Thank you! We're so close. It's like the old cliche of watching paint dry

[@LifeWithTheGlovers]

Donuts looked bomb so did the sandwich. Taste even better when it’s free🤣🤣 Nice vlog!! Philly cheese steaks yessir 💪🏾

[@TheDetourDuo]

Yep. Can't beat free! Lmao

[@LifeWithTheGlovers]

@@TheDetourDuo 😂😂

[@DestinationUnknownTravelVlog]

Dope video!! We are definitely feeling the vibes! We haven't been to Philly yet so will have to check out some of these spots for sure!

[@TheDetourDuo]

We got so many recommendations for Philly. We're going to plan a second trip at some point and hit up more north and south Philly areas.

[@romanandfizah]

We love flea market, so much things to eat! That donut absolutely look delicious to us. Great video guys … thank you for sharing

[@TheDetourDuo]

Thank you 🤗

[@GrubELiT3]

Angelo's pizza has the best cheesteaks and pizza in philly by a long shot

[@GIRLRAZR]

Very nice

[@TheDetourDuo]

Thank you!

[@jalanadavis1686]

Love the vibes. Do you have a playlist of the songs

[@TheDetourDuo]

Thank you! We don't. We source all our music from sites like musicbed, artlist and epidemic sound. Longest part of of edits is probably finding the right music

[@jalanadavis1686]

@@TheDetourDuo do you happen to know the song name of the 2 songs at the end

[@Explorcation]

Hey guys, I am hungry after watching this 😆 how sweet that you got some extra donuts 🍩😍 I am going to have to google water ice? Ive never had it before! I am also now craving a waffle. Great episode you two.

[@TheDetourDuo]

They were so cool. We've never been the types to go out of our way for free stuff, but definitely not going to turn down such a gesture. And it's a big chain in Philly so it's not like they were looking for exposure or anything (not like we have any to give either). They were generally just really chill. So I, Tony, am from Maryland so we had Rita's all the time. I thought it was common. It's basically Italian shaved ice

[@Explorcation]

@@TheDetourDuo awww that makes it even better that they gave you the free donuts, and hey don't downplay your potential exposure, you two create excellent videos - ya never know which one might blow up ;) Maybe the water ice is more common then we think, we are both from the MIdwest and have little experience visiting the Northeast :)

[@AnnaTravels]

Looks amazing. Next time you're in Philly go to Nan Zhou Hand Drawn Noodles. They are incredible.

[@TheDetourDuo]

Thanks for the recommendation. Going to add it to the list!

[@GladysandKenny]

Omg I (Gladys) loves sweets 🍭 not Kenny, he loves fruits. Roast pork looks delicious. Water ice looks Yumi. I can have a few lol. All the restaurants the food looks delicious. Enjoyed this video.

[@TheDetourDuo]

We both love sweets too! Not really huge donut people, but man we're those donuts at Federal Donut good!

[@TravelSpreeOfficial]

1:01 what flavor was on the far right?

[@TheDetourDuo]

Strawberry! 🍓

[@TravelSpreeOfficial]

I also say “wader” no there’s no “T”

[@TheDetourDuo]

Exactly! Lol

[@chrissawyer6034]

In philly now, ginna give federal doughnuts a try this AM, and the cheesesteak place you guys went to for lunch.... obviously no need to try Ralph's..... Mehh lol 😆

[@TheDetourDuo]

If you try the chicken sandwich let us know how it was. It looked really good, but we were completely full from the extra donuts. Really can't go wrong in Philly for cheese steak. It's mostly just personal preference and bias. I can't say that I've ever had one I didn't like in the city yet.

[@chrissawyer6034]

Sadly didn't try the chicken sandwich. Got a cheese steak is reading terminal from santaros, it was delicious. Also hot burgers from spot burger... absolutely delicious, all the food was great. You guys definitely got a subscribe out of me. Keep the great tour guide videos coming!!

[@TheDetourDuo]

@@chrissawyer6034 if our video helped you have a good time that's a win!

[@JakeMillerDoesTravel]

Appreciate the reviews and appreciate when people are willing to mention when something is just 'meh'

[@TheDetourDuo]

We feel the same! KZbin is oversaturated with people who won't keep it real. We always want to keep things positive, but won't shy away from telling people if something isn't good.

[@elizabethattila753]

I want it all!!! 😍😋😂

[@TheDetourDuo]

lol. Thankful we both do enough walking and hiking, and just enough at the gym. Otherwise we'd be in trouble because we love food!

[@costat9995]

That sandwiches is a sin 😊

[@TheDetourDuo]

Which one? The cheesesteak or the roast pork?