The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC) recently launched their new Philadelphia Neighborhoods campaign. This campaign encourages residents and visitors to explore fourteen neighborhoods which were chosen because of their amenities and proximity to Center City.
The East Passyunk neighborhood was selected as one of the spotlighted neighborhoods.
Check out the new logo GPTMC designed for us!:
and here is an excerpt from the website:
Philly’s original guard commingling with fresh new faces is a recurrent phenomenon in modern Philadelphia, and no neighborhood shows off the fruits of such open-minded growth better than East Passyunk.
For years, insiders have flocked to the South Philadelphia neighborhood for its restaurants, particularly its red-gravy Italian spots. The neighborhood surrounding the avenue—a diagonal interruption to Philadelphia’s grid layout—has enjoyed revitalizations in recent years, creating a sort of renaissance for the thoroughfare itself.
Visitors who stroll down Passyunk (pronounced ‘pashunk’ by those in the know) find eclectic boutiques, coffee shops, vintage clothing stores, gastropubs, excellent Mexican and sushi fare, as well as the amazing Italian eateries that first made this street famous—not to mention the two across-the-street cheesesteak rivals, Pat’s King of Steaks and Geno’s Steaks.
The neighborhood is now garnering national praise for its fantastic restaurants, with Food & Wine magazine recently naming East Passyunk Avenue one of the 10 Best Foodie Streets In America.
(Note: ALL five eateries and shops mentioned in the Food & Wine article are in the EPX boundaries!!!)
