Philadelphia is often refer to as a " city of neighborhoods , " and this is surely true – confuse Port Richmond with Bridesburg , and you ’ll hear about it , loudly . But maybe more incisively we ’re a city of auction block , a metropolis where the rhythm can change corner to corner , where crossing the street can feel like crossing outside water . ( South St , we ’re expect at you , you beautiful looney . )
Although technically part of Queen Village , Fabric Row has been doing its own thing since establishing itself as the city ’s Jewish Garment District more than 100 years ago . And while the name is still appropriate – from gilded silk chiffons to bolt of knock - off Louis Vuitton microfiber , it ’s all there – there ’s plenty more than fabric retail merchant on this stretch of Fourth St , especially these days . After control down the fortress for years , destination gems such asMoon + ArrowandBus Stop Shoe Boutiquehave pot of young company thanks to a byplay babe thunder , many postdate in the measure of Philly ’s maker tradition . Meet the new kids on the block this fall .
Hungry Pigeon
743 S. Fourth StJust a couplet month after opening , it ’s hard to trust that Hungry Pigeon has n’t always been part of Fabric Row . sharply charming despite its less - so namesake , the restaurant prides itself on serving locally grown food in a gorgeous old - meet - new quad . arrive for dinner party , but be sure to fare back for brunch and stick your side in a pile of warm buttermilk cookie – Chef Pat O’Malley spend eight years at NYC ’s famed Balthazar Bakery , so this pretty much counts as Christian church .
Cactus Collective
739 S. Fourth StAfter testing the pee as a vacation pop - up , Cactus Collective made thing prescribed over the summer . The petite , well - curated coop offers up a little bit of everything – vintage habiliment , handmade jewellery , ceramics , screen - printed letter paper for mass more thoughtful than you – all watched over by a stylish guard Chihuahua . Pro tip : give the little dude a scratch under the Kuki and he warms properly up ( by Chihuahua standards , at least ) .
Southwark
701 S. Fourth StSouthwark is n’t raw , per se . A Fabric Row mainstay with a rabidly truehearted following , the restaurant is a neighborhood fixture , which is why panic spread when it was put up for sales event last year . But fear not : under the watchful middle of unexampled owner Chris D’Ambro and Marina De Oliveira , Southwark 2.0 is a worthy , reverent successor . If you could find a seat at the reversion bar , get cosy and drop a fiddling time with the new – dare we say ameliorate ? – cocktail listing , now unionize by era . We ’re always down to bounce from the Dark Ages to Pre - Prohibition and glide properly into the Modern Era , all for $ 11 or less .
Three Queens Yoga
410 Monroe StSince reopening in January , the yoga studio formerly known as Dig has plant itself as one of the most beautiful office in the metropolis to diminish flat on your face . Thanks to proprietor and instructor Mariel Freeman , the evenfall schedule includes a savvy mix of Serious Yogi Business and Beyoncé - fueled social class . Thanks to neighbour and national treasure , Red Hook , bagel sandwich are only stride aside from shavasana . Namaste , Queens .
Kawaii Kitty Cafe
759 S. Fourth StHow do you make a coffee bean store even better ? For some of us , the answer is very dewy-eyed : fill that sucker with cats . Part chocolate shop , part computerized axial tomography espousal center , Kawaii Kitty Cafe bring home the bacon a cozy , natural environment for fine felines from the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society ( PAWS ) to give ear out and scratch up against potential owners . The answer has been so incontrovertible that reservations are now recommended and after - hour pic night and wine parties are schedule for crepuscule . Moral of the story : drinking with your computerized axial tomography is now a totally satisfactory , socially sanctioned way to expend a Saturday even . You get a line it here first , hoi polloi .
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Neal Santos
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Three Queens Yoga
Kawaii Kitty Cafe
