Every time I visit a new city, I look up its city market. Boston, Milwaukee and Cleveland all have lovely ones. Add Philadelphia's Reading Terminal Market to the list. The Reading Terminal Market has tons and tons of shops. From fresh meats and cheeses to candies and pastries to hot food to order,...

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What goes together better than fried chicken and donuts? Very few things, I tell you. Philly's Federal Donuts knows this best. This donuts-by-morning, chicken-by-lunch shop blends both worlds beautifully. Kaitlynn and I rose early to get our mitts on some fresh donuts during our first morning in Philly. Hot fresh donuts include ones...

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Water ice, or Italian ice, is a Philadelphia dessert specialty.  Today's Italian ice, also known as water ice (particularly in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley), is a sweetened frozen dessert made with fruit (often from concentrates, juices or purées) or other natural or artificial food flavorings, similar to sorbet.[1][2] Italian ice is not...

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The *other* iconic philly cheesesteak place is Geno's, a rival just across the street from Pat's. It was founded in 1966 by Joey Vento: The man had two boxes of steaks, a few hot dogs, and $6 in his pocket when he turned on the grills at 9th and Passyunk. Neighboring joints predicted...

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So, I try to visit Boston every so often now that my good friend Kaitlynn lives there. And, Boston is great, but funds were running low, so we decided to meet halfway: Philadelphia. Neither of us had ever been to Philadelphia, so adventure! First stop? Cheesesteaks, obvi. There are two notable cheesesteak places...

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