Our PERFECT Day in Philadelphia! Cheesesteak SHOWDOWN, Delicious Local Food Tour & More! 🤤
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Next stop on our RV road trip: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! We're so excited to explore this awesome city and eat all the best local foods we can find. Our first stop is Reading Terminal Market, which is easily one of the craziest and best markets we've ever been to! Then we taste Philly's best cheesesteak sandwiches!
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As a person who has and currently live in Philly for 8 years, you def hit all the touristy quick stop spots. I would HIGHLY recommend you comeback to Philly and try out our Restaurant Scene. I believe we have some of the best restaurants in the world here.
Northeast Philly
What are some of the best restaurants?
@@jameesumner7396 In Northeast Philly?
@@NathanAponte no, center city
@@jameesumner7396 come to Northeast Philly
I am from Australia and visited Philly in 2017, by far my favourite place we visited in the USA. Managed to try 6 different cheesesteaks in the 7 days we were there
Sounds wonderful. Philadelphia has a lot of history and great food.
I live in Lancaster and go to Philly twice a year. Walkable, great bars, really solid food, and is the birthplace of America. What else do you need?
I'm a Philly local. Nice job guys. I'm always trying to get people to visit since I think it's a cool, underrated, city. I've done a bit of traveling and donut trying and Beiler's is still my favorite donut place. Once at DiNics a guy next to me opened the sandwich and exclaimed, "That's one sexy sandwich" everyone laughed. Now I'm legally obligated to say what my favorite cheesesteak is - John's Roast Pork cheesesteak with fried onions and American cheese. Thanks for visiting Philly.
I lived in Philly for three years as a kid, and I never once had either one of those cheesesteaks. I went to an Italian deli across the street from where we lived. I’m sure I had them from a few other places, but they were probably local neighborhoods. Those are definitely about the tourism. I feel extremely old the first time I saw the Liberty Bell was in 1972. Lol! Thank you I have good memories from my time living there.
1972 is the year I moved to the Philadelphia area, and its the year I first saw the Liberty Bell too. Back then it was in the attic of Independence Hall, and you had to go up a very narrow staircase to get to it. I think only about a dozen people could fit up there at one time.
Now the Liberty Bell is in a multi-million dollar pavilion and tourists (but not locals) wait in long lines to get in. I don't know why. Its just a cracked bell. And you could see it by just looking in the window.
Pat and Geno’s are tourist traps. There are much better cheesesteaks in Philadelphia.
There it is! I knew I was going to find this comment.
Ishkabibbles and Tony Luke’s
See someone mentioned it, I was going to ask about Ishkabibbles, that’s where my friend who has lived in Philly his whole life took me and my friends when we visited.
Gino’s is better than Pat’s but neither is as good as the local shops.
I rather Jersey Mike's Philly cheesesteak over pat and Geno's 😂
Dalessandro's, Max's, Sonny's, Campos or perhaps Woodrow's are the best Steaks in Philly today.
YUHURRRRRD!!
Lmao these are actually horrible pics. You aren’t from Philly if you still think Dels is good lmao. Also maxes is so horrible and Sonny’s and campos haven’t been good for a decade. Big L
Angelo’s Pizzeria has the best cheesesteak
@@franksindoneii5410All of these cheesesteak spots are popular. You're just saying that because tourists don't go up North lol
@@homeoftek5844 popular for tourists and trash from north Philly lol. Again don’t speak on something you know nothing about bud
Pat's and Gino's is the "famous" rivalry for cheesesteaks but there are others well worth the trip and arguably just as good. Jim's Steaks at corner of South and S 4th is the bomb. Always a big line, even weekdays. If you like US History, Valley Forge National Historical Park in PA is pretty cool. If not for the regrouping and training that happened there that winter ('1777/'78) - and amidst mass starvation, frostbite, disease and death, the Continental Army may not have beaten the British. It truly was a turning point/pivotal moment in the War of Independence.
Valley Forge is an incredible take. Wonderful place to walk. Miles of trails . They actually have one of George Washington's tents
Totally agree about Jim’s on South St. On your next pass through, definitely stop there- it’s the best! Also, not cheesesteak related, but check out the Morning Glory Diner for brunch!!😊
I agree with Jim's Steaks. Unfortunately, they are temporally closed due to a fire over the summer.
I agree with Jim’s….
That almost brought tears to my eyes! So grateful to be an American! 🇺🇸
Finally you guys made it to Philly. I hope you enjoyed my hometown. Great time of year to be here as well. Happy new year all the best
Jim’s Steaks and John’s roast pork are the stops to make :)
Welcome to my City!
West Philly All Day!
So sorry you went to Genos for your best cheesesteak wish you had gone to Angelo's in south Philadelphia. 😢
I never get tired of watching these videos. Thanks for taking us along.
Wow I'm early for once! Thank you for working so hard this time of year to put content out for us. I've been loving the NE journey! Born & raised New Yorker who now lives in Central Oregon. New York/New England is the best around the holidays. Feeling nostalgic 🥹. Happy Holidays adventurers! ☺️
Glad you got a taste of Philly - A+ on Dinic's pork sandwich - will give you a "tourist pass" on the Pat's Geno's b.s. - next visit go to John's Roast Pork (JRP) or Angelo's for what those who know eat - all close by too. Thanks for stopping.
Gooey Looie's
They didn't blow up our spots so I'm kinda grateful for that.
You'll always know who us Philly people are because we always have a lot of opinions about our cheese steaks 😂
Emma Ferrin so true and it seems all of us Philly people have the same opinion of Pat's and Geno's! 😆
steve's prince of steaks is the fucken jawn
Not from Philly but I've learned there are way better spots than Pats or Geno's lol
I legit said oh no, they fell into the trap. I did, once, too when I was working down the street from there many years ago. I tried it out, called it eh and went right back to only ordering them from a place right around the block from us. I'm also one of those who don't understand peppers on a cheesesteak, never ate it that way as a kid, only wit wiz and onions.
I like to think of Pat's and Geno's as entryway establishments into the yummy world of cheese steaks. Good enough, but there's better out there
I’m so glad you guys made it to Philly! Seeing you guys in my home city made my day!
Excellent video. Doing a food tour was a great idea, especially with the iconic places that you folks went to!
This type of video is best from you guys! Please keep it up!
I agree.
The Liberty Bell was cast in the same foundry as Big Ben, in Whitechapel, London.
Out of all the videos the two of you have produced, this was the most delicious! Philly was a great stop.
You picked the best place for a pork sandwich and donuts. We live in South Philly now too far from Pat’s and Genoa’s and don’t really like either. When we show of our beautiful city, we make sure our guests eat their way through the cit. you didn’t even hit the tip of the iceberg. Come back and really enjoy this city 16:42
Oh so sad I missed y'all! Hope you come back, theres so much more to see! I'm glad you had a great time!
PA is actually full of people named Beiler/ Byler! It’s a name pretty strongly correlated with Amish and Mennonite families. Glad you made it to my state! 😊
Byler's are food people .
Reading Terminal is the joint
Wow those cheese steaks looked delicious, But the Donut that Alison had 😋😋😋😋😋 that looked so yummy
Hope you both Had a Great Christmas staying safe & warm away from the awful cold snowy icy weather 🙏
Happy New year 🎆 wishing you both all the very Best for 2023 🍾🥂💥
Hope you guys are okay with the weather we're seeing on TV and with your RV travels. Take care 🇬🇧💙
As a kid growing up there we used to go on school trips and that bell was on the lawn and we were able to stick our fingers in the crack of the bell
Awwwww!!! Chills!!! You made it to Philly!!! (I've lived here 5 years now...) And you made it to one of my favorite places on the planet (and a HUGE reason I moved here...) - Reading Terminal Market!!! And you had two of the things that are the reason I go there (and will get every time I go) - Dinic's roast pork, and Beiler's maple bacon donuts!!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Many people don't know how many yummy roast pork sandwiches there are around Philly, so I'm glad you got to do both - roast pork, and cheesesteak. Thank you also for the gorgeous city skyline footage!!! (P.S. To anyone who is going to go try the donuts, lemon is also veeeery good - the lemon flavor is very bright! ENJOY!!!)
Philly area guy for 50+ years... one of the best Philly promo clips I've seen. excellent jub. Subscribed.
Glad you guys enjoyed our city!
Philly Cheesesteaks are the main reason Ben Franklin and GW chose Philly for the nation’s first Capital.
🎅🎄Merry Christmas and happy New Year Endless Adventurers🎁☃️
Happy Holidays!!! 🎄🎅🏼
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Stay healthy
I lived right next to reading terminal for a few years and there isn’t a bad place in there. You can literally can get anything in there and not be wrong. Phenomenal place and oddly enough it almost shut down during the pandemic!
Great tour of Philly. There is so much to do in the city and it was hard to fit everything that we did in our Philly video too. If you go back to Philly for some food, you should check out Termini Brothers Bakery. It has been around since the 20s and they are famous for their cannolis.
8:10 Pretty sure thats the Betsy Ross house, the Declaration was signed in Independence Hall
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! 🧑🏻🎄❤️
Lot of states to visit, but there's a lot more cities in each state that are worth visiting 👍❤️👍
Oh MAN, those Philly cheese sandwiches had me drooling! Stay warm, I was worried about you two in the storms. I hope you're hunkered down, warm, and cozy!
You should visit in spring/summer when leaves out and flowers blooming.
Thanks for showing off my hometown city. I love it too. So you know…we are a city of neighborhoods, each with a few local sandwich favorites and great restaurants. I am reposting your video to invite family around the country to visit!
Great video of Philadelphia! Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas 🎄
Glad that you enjoyed your time in my city! Come back!! Happy New Year to you both! ❤️
Merry Christmas and happy new year y’all
Hey Guys, When you do come back to Philly, Try to come in the Spring /Summer time! There are tons of tours of the history of Philly!!
Al had many trips from Cleveland to Philly while working for Sun Microsystems and Intel. He never did get to see the Liberty Bell but had many cheesesteaks, non of them at the tourist stops.... We so enjoy these videos, you guys make life so much better for us two. Love you, Loni & Al ❤❤❗
Morning Glory and Honey's Sit 'n Eat for breakfast.
Yes !!
Mmm...I love Philly cheesesteaks! OMGoodness, the donuts looked amazing! Thanks for bringing us along! Happy New Year! Stay safe! Your friend in SC, Jane ❤🙏🏻
Brother, what a great video! I loved it!
You guys are so cute! You can just drape the garland around the front and skip the back . That way you can see more. This was great
awesome market & those cheesesteaks and doughnuts omg can wait to go in 2023 hope you had fantastic Christmas/ Holidays
So nice to see you in my city, I’m glad you loved it. Our Christmas markets are one of my favorite things every year. Please come back in the spring to see all the cherry blossoms bloom along the river. It’s gorgeous!
I was in Philly for a conference the first weekend of December. I experienced the Center City with the Christmas Market at the City Hall and the Reading Terminal Market. I got my cheesesteak in the market. I didn't have the time to explore much of the city due to the time constraints of the conference and lack of daylight. I did go to Independence Hall and the National Constitution Center. Philadelphia is a neat place to go for a social studies teacher. I enjoy watching your travels! I wish you all the best in the next year!
Welcome to Philly! I live near Rittenhouse Square in Center City! If you have time, check out happy hour at the Dandelion Pub at the corner of 18th and Sansom Streets.
So I have to edit this post, since obviously you had already left Philly by the time I posted my comment above. Anyway, I hope you come back to spend more time here, because the thing that gets up the ire of anyone from Philly is the notation that outsiders think we are not known for anything other than the liberty bell and cheesesteaks, which is most most certainly not the case! This city is so much more than those two things, and actually as a life long Philly resident, I have only visited the liberty bell once and rarely eat cheesesteaks! LOL I'd invite you to view the recently posted Philly episode of "Somebody Feed Phil" over on Netflix to get just a small sampling of what the true dining scene here is like! You missed so much!
Thanks for all the ideas for Philly. We are here today and had a great time. Can’t wait to try the donuts tomorrow. Crazy night to be in Philly they are going to the Super Bowl and the city is going crazy!
Nice job. Coming while the Christmas Village was happening was a bonus. 👍
Been curious about Philly. This was fun to watch! Looks like you guys had a great time.
Awww I went to Philly last year and loved it! Bringing back all the memories!!
Happy New Year 2023🎉🤗 may the adventure continue with lots of fun and meeting more new friends.... from New Mexico 💖🌶️🌞
The underground railroad stops famous in the Germantown Section of Philadelphia!
Toooo Funny, when you said you were going into the Reading terminal I instantly said "good luck" out loud... It is by far the most overwhelming place, especially at Christmas time. Wish I would have given my thoughts on another spot to go in the historic area. Unless they closed it, the bar that George Washington and Benjamin Franklin himself is still standing and we (a while ago) sat in the same booths as they did. Had some wickedly amazing hot rum cider they brewed... Glad you got to experience the town of brotherly love. So much to do.... Have a great Holiday and Happy New Year!
Hey campers! As a former PA native, I'll just share this. Kudos on the market (bonus credit on the doughnut), and you did the Liberty Bell and Declaration House justice - no pun intended. Now - the bad part. You fell into THE Philly tourist trap: Geno's vs. Pat's, and you sacrificed your bowels for... a cheesesteak? Philly and Pittsburgh (including Erie) are like night and day. But you missed a commonly overlooked area: Pennsyl-tucky, the place in-between, including Hershey's for chocoholics, or Sturgis Pretzels in Lititz, or the Strasburg Railroad (and we know how much Eric likes trains!) - and you're missing out on Hersheypark at Christmas AND a Dicken's Christmas at the Mt. Hope Estate and Winery (for wine folks like Allison). Lot's of stuff in a short area!
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year! Love the Black Series, and if you are ever in coastal Georgia looking for place crash - we have you! Safe Travels!
Great job glad you guys enjoyed the city. Make sure you come back so you can explore more! Oh, I agree with some earlier comments Pats and Gino's is just staple tourists spots in philly, but trust me there are other cheesesteak spots around the city, that are favorites to others....like me!
You picked some great places to showcase. Bassets ice cream in reading terminal market is also a must stop.
You can take a horse drawn carriage verbal info tour around the old town area which is a really cool way to see all the historical homes and areas.
Yay, you made it to our neck of the woods (Delco area)!!! Reading Terminal is by far the most excellent choice to start! DiNics is one of our favorite sandwiches of all time. When it comes to Chzstks, we are Pat's fans thru and thru tho😋. Hope they were nice with the ordering process. You would really enjoy the history of Valley Forge next time as well. Lots of history everywhere. If you come again there is a great campground on the way in Michaux State Forest that you would love! So glad you stopped by, cheers 🍻
Merry Christmas Adventures Mucho Love Always Safe Travels Always
Every year we would visit Philly and first thing we would do is eat at Geno's its all about the bread that makes it a tastier cheesesteake. . I like mine also with pizza sauce on it. They really taste good with Ketchup too! My mouth is watering just watching this video...
Grew up in the Philly burbs! Loved seeing ya'll in familiar surroundings!
While in the Center City area a tour is not complete unless you walk down boathouse row along the river and see all the paddlers, parks and the like. Super cool place, a sunny spring day is the play.
Glad you got to the Reading Terminal Market - such a gem, and we were afraid it would go under during Covid. As for the proper cheesesteak: ugh, no Cheese Whiz. Provolone 100% and mushrooms (if you like them) or sauteed onions to make them less dry.
I drove past you on Broad today!!! I saw you when you were doing the pose in the still. I am absolutely geeking out right now!
You went to right place at Geno's & Pat's. Nowhere near the best sandwich, but you got a Philly experience. Hope you get back to try the better spots. Thanks for being so kind and honest about your Philly visit. Philadelphia gets such a bad rap and it is such a great place.
I need to go on a diet just watching you! Thank you for sharing this festive episode
As a person who grew up in Philly (Mt Airy primarily & later Overbrook) there are better cheesesteaks than Geno's and Pat's. Some of the best are local around the way places. You just have to know somebody who knows.
Mama's Pizzaria in Bala Cynwyd is so Great that it quit making Pizzas over 10 years ago to only make Cheesesteaks!
Ishkabibbles rules
Gooey Looie's
@@smtpgirl You know it! I used to go there all the time in the 90’s
You don't even have to know somebody - you can easily look up a ton of youtube videos highlighting the non tourist trap spots. I think they were probably tired from travelling and phoning it in for the end of year (don't we all!).
Love me some Reading Market! Missed two highlights though, the Dutch Eating Place in the back corner for breakfast, and Sweet Nina's banana pudding.
Merry Christmas Eric and Allison. Thanks for the travel content from 2022. 👍😊🇮🇪🇺🇲🍒☃️🎅🦌🎄
Great video guys, hope you had a fab Christmas! I’ve always wanted to see the liberty bell etc.
Happy New Year!!! Can't wait to see what adventures you guys have this year!!
Happy Holidays to The Endless Adventure and it's followers to many more adventures this coming year ! ✨️😎🌲🎁💚
You must head west to Pittsburgh. So much to do. The Duquesne Incline is a must. Night or day. Beautiful and historic. And the Ducky tour... And the Primanti Bros sandwich will just blow that Philly cheesesteak out of the running! The Pittsburger! Yum!
Marilyn C.
I grew up in Philly.... but I was born in theSouth.. SOUTH PHILLY.... Everything I enjoyed eating as a kid came ON A ROLL...Scrapple,egg,& cheese...Pork Roll , egg & Cheese...real rib eye shaved steak on a roll. We know how to eat....
You did a fantastic job with Philadelphia, but you missed so much in Pennsylvania. New Hope a British town from the 1700s, Lancaster Amish country, Pocono mountains, Pennsylvania grand Canyon, waterfalls, crystal cave, Hershey park and so much more.
One might argue they did a fantastic job highlighting the tourist traps of Philly. These Jawns never even gave a real effort to go anywhere off the beaten path - which I'm thankful for so they don't blow them up.
Happy New Year all the best in 2023... looks so much like a german Christmas market
Happy and Safe Travels!
Did a walking tour of East London a while back and we visited the Whitechapel Foundry, where the original Liberty Bell was cast.
You guys are the cutest couple on UA-cam! Subscribed.
Just so you know the Declaration House (aka the Graff House) at 7th and Market Sts. where the Declaration of Independence was penned was rebuilt for the 1976 Bicentennial. In the 1950's and 1960's on the site was the Tom Thumb hot dog stand.
Have never been to Philadelphia but someday I hope to get there. Love history and will have to try a cheesesteak in Philly. Stay safe. Walk in Peace.
On one hand, I'm glad you guys didn't find any of the non-touristy places, but on the other, there are like a half million videos featuring Reading Terminal and the top steak spots.
You guys are finally in my state welcome! You will definitely have to come back so much to see especially if you go in the Amish country side.
glad ;you arrived at my home state, reading market, the christmas tents around city hall. if you go back 50 plus years, could get a steak sandwich at 8th and market, delicious, now adays pats. enjoy
You had us at food market 😍 We always love your food reviews, they inspire us to try new things 🥰🖤 Safe travels! -Ben and Ang
a very yummy tour of Philly, great Christmas episode💫 Eric&Allison tha best! 👏👏
Omg so happy to see you guys in Philly!! Bummed I didn’t run into y’all.
Born and Raised in Philadelphia... Genos is tourist trap ... Pats is the true originator its historically documented... Reading Terminal premium yet expensive... So if you folks get chance to explore Philadelphia.. run through the neighborhoods version of cheese steaks really really good and you can order them the way you want ...
I wish you guys a happy new year and a great travel year too.
I love your videos.
I heard genos was better, but I appreciate the honest and detailed review of both.
18/50 is 36%, so you've been to over 1/3 of the states in your trailer van. Have a Happy Holiday season, Adventurers, and may you prosper in 2023!