meals in philly

we will be visiting philadelphia this weekend for the first time and am looking for original, family style restaurants. we are adventuresome, hate chain restaurants, and like home-style meals indiginous to the area. have a wife and two teenage children.

we will be there sunday afternoon to take in the liberty bell, evening performance at wicked, then monday afternoon at king tut exhibit.

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!

meals in philly

Across from the Franklin Inst. is Darling%26#39;s Cafe. Great little cafe featuring sandwiches, salads and ';Best of Philly~ Cheesecake.';

A place also nearby is Mama Palma%26#39;s. Pizza %26amp; salads served family style. Has also won numerous awards %26amp; has an incredible selection of pizzas.

meals in philly

Farmacia in Old City features ingrediants from local sources.

Fork, also in Old City, does the same to a lesser degree and is a bit more upscale.

The Reading Terminal Market offers numerous vendors, none of them chains, plus a great piece of local history. Go to readingterminalmarket.org for more info.

If by ';indigenous meals'; you meal dishes that originated in Philly then you really are limiting yourselves, perhaps to just cheesesteaks and Pennsylvania Dutch (German) cooking. Like most cosmopolitan areas, Philly has a great variety of ethnic restaurants and a lot of fusion. A great number of our eating establishments offer very good to excellent food.

Lynn