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Taste of Philadelphia Food Tour


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #26 of 300 attractions in Philadelphia
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Attraction type: Tour
Address: 12th Street and Filbert Street Philadelphia, PA
Tel: 215-545-8007

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5 of 5 stars
Ttonya70   1 contribution
Philadelphia
Aug 18, 2009

I was really surprised and impressed by Mrs. Carolyn knowledge. She made the tour interesting. I think it was a plus that some merchants offered samples. She also gave out a coupon to one of the italian places in case you wanted to go back. I really enjoyed myself. My 15 year old daughter also stated that she learned alot... more

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5 of 5 stars
Philadelphian62   1 contribution
Philadelphia
Aug 17, 2009

Because I go to the Market frequently I felt I knew all about it and therefore never thought about going on this tour. However, when out of town friends came, I thought it would be fun for them so we took it. While we all liked it, I think I liked it the best. The history of the Market and... more

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5 of 5 stars
philandcarolyn   3 contributions
philadelphia
Aug 13, 2009

offers insider insight and stories behind such philadelphia food favs as scrapple, turtle soup and of course the quinnessential Philly cheesesteak. The Reading Market can be intimidating to the uninitiated; this jump-started my visit there. Not the usual standard schlock tour - this one is by a bona-fide food historian and expert. more

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3 of 5 stars
mlt1961   4 contributions
California
Aug 5, 2009

I was disappointed in this food tour of Reading Market. The focus of the tour was primarily on the history of the market and the history of different vendors in the market. I thought we would get many more food samples, but we sampled only a few things. We would have been better off to use the money we spent... more

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3 of 5 stars
dmwynne   2 contributions
dmwynne
Jul 8, 2008

I must say I took this tour because I had some time to kill and it was the closest thing to do. The tour was really informative and most of the food samples were good except the batch of Peanut butter ice cream I got. From the second I tried the ice cream, there was not one Peanut Cup Piece... more

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Taste of Philadelphia Food Tour Address

12th Street and Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA
Tel: 215-545-8007