Explore Authentic, Old School Interiors

As opulent as the better known Metropolitan Opera House on North Broad Street, this market encompasses only the lobby of the nearly intact Girard Avenue Theater – a prestigious 1891 “stock and reparatory theater” with seating for 1500

An unexpected turn-of-the-century interior housing a nearly ten year old bar and restaurant

The only remaining vestige of the neighborhood once known as “Forgotten Bottom”

This unassuming furniture store was originally a pharmacy

Classic Italian Market sausage shop with an unchanged interior (and seemingly unchanged hours)

This neighborhood pharmacy/luncheonette hasn’t been updated since the 1960s

A kitchy, wood-paneled 1970s-era restaurant in the heart of cosmopolitan Old City

Storied 1967 Italian eatery with a dark, eclectic interior

A turn-of-the century bar featuring a mix of original and mid-century architectural details now hosting an occasional rock show

Lovingly restored 1938 Italian bakery, a Philadelphia favorite