Cheap restaurants/bars/specials for something different

We%26#39;ve been to Philly numerous times and have done the whole fancy, upscale dining scene. We%26#39;ve done middle of the road too. This time we%26#39;d like to try something new. Looking for anything super cheap and really good. I know in my hometown, a lot of the cheapest places are better than the expensive places. I%26#39;ve heard about the Independence Brew Pub%26#39;s $3 bar menu, so that will probably be an early dinner one night. We need lunch on a Tuesday and lunch and dinner on a Wednesday. Any type of cuisine is fine. Good, cheap (but safe) seafood is even better! We%26#39;d prefer a place that serves alcohol, but don%26#39;t need it. Anything that would be under $15/person with alcohol or under $10/person without. Any suggestions?

Cheap restaurants/bars/specials for something different

Reading Terminal Market is a great lunch spot. Use one of the numerous counter service spots and you can bring your food into the Beer Garden. For sit down service (really good and inexpensive) is the Bishop%26#39;s Collar in Fairmount. Best bar food in the City.

Cheap restaurants/bars/specials for something different

How about a nice tasty Philadelphia soft pretzel from a street vendor? Just don%26#39;t go wondering about how the pretzel was handled before or after you eat it.

2nd on Bishop%26#39;s Collar. Also, regarding the soft pretzel. It%26#39;s not so much how it was handled, it%26#39;s where the hands were. Ponder this: where do the street vendors go to the bathroom? Okay, here%26#39;s a first hand (no pun intended) true story.

I used to work in a building on the 1500 block of Walnut Street, the same block and same side of the street as Le Bec Fin. From our fire escape balcony, we had a view of the back street (more of an alley, really). It is lined with trash, trash dumpsters and populated at night by rats and roaches. Just trying to set the scene for you. Anyway, there was a hot dog vendor whose cart was at 15th %26amp; Walnut. One morning, we%26#39;re hanging out on the fire escape balcony, and what do we see? The hot dog vendor coming into the alley and relieving himself against a dumpster. Then he goes back to serving hot dogs. Oh, did I leave out the part where he washed his hands? No.

Thanks for that olwyn.!! I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth!!!! Oh, and I never touch the pretzels from the vendors for the very reason you mention...

I would try McGilin%26#39;s Olde Ale House ~

$5 pitchers and a really extensive %26amp; reasonably priced menu.

Reading Terminal for sure. And I don%26#39;t know if you%26#39;re adventurous and would do Chinatown, but Banana Leaf is good (and I believe BYOB). It%26#39;s Malaysian I think is what they say. And if you like Korean, I had a really good meal at Miran this past week, a BYO as well.

The bar menu at Philadelphia Fish and Company in Old City is worth it. $6 for everything on the menu and discounted drinks. I think I recall $2 Yuenglings and $5 martinis, something like that. I haven%26#39;t been there in awhile, but it was good and reasonable.

Also second McGillin%26#39;s. We have been to the $3 deal at the Independence Brew Pub and were surprised at the variety on the menu. Definitely worth it for $3. I think the special runs between 4-6 pm. if memory serves me correctly.

Suzanne