Originally Posted by giovanni sasso

all righty, let's make this a resource for residents, newcomers and out-of-neighborhood visitors. let's call the boundaries lombard to washington, broad to the schuylkill, based on the 30th ward's boundaries (and since there are some great places between lombard and south).

RESTAURANTS:
pumpkin, south between 17th & 18th, BYOB
the astral plane, 17th & lombard
balkan express, grays ferry & kater, eastern european
govinda's, broad & south, vegetarian
my thai, 22nd & south
L2, 22nd & south
pinky's, south between 18th & 19th, diner
ron's ribs, south between 16th & 17th
fatou & fama's, 16th(?) & christian
______, 22nd & carpenter, turkish (coming soon)

BARS:
bob & barbara's, 15th & south
tritone, 15th & south
fiso, 15th & south
ten stone, 21st & south
doobies, 22nd & lombard
tangier, 18th & lombard
chaucers, 20th & lombard
grace, grays ferry between south and kater
the sidecar, 22nd & christian
south valley, 15th & kater
________, 20th & bainbridge
________, grays ferry & catharine (coming soon)

CAFES:
ants pants, south between 22nd & 23rd
jouvay java, south between 15th & 16th
la va, 21st & south

PIZZERIAS:
lazaro's, 18th & south
randazzo's, south between 18th & 19th
omega, 22nd & south
______, 20th & christian

TAKEOUT FOOD:
phoebe's BBQ, south between 22nd & 23rd
tastebuds, 24th & lombard

MARKETS:
south square supermarket, 23rd & south
7-eleven, 22nd & lombard
______, 17th & south
______, 18th & south
______, 19th & christian

LIQUOR/BEER:
PA state store, 25th & south
springfield beer, schuylkill & bainbridge
omega, 22nd & south (six packs & 40s)

PARKS/RESOURCES:
marian anderson rec center, 17th & fitzwater -> 18th & catharine
_______, 22nd & carpenter?
schuylkill river path (coming soon!)

ELECTED OFFICIALS:
councilperson anna verna, 2nd (city) district
ward leader terry gillen, 30th ward

please add on and i'll edit the original post. what other categories do we need?