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Flavors on the Avenue
A springtime favorite, East Passyunk’s Flavors on the Avenue brings the neighborhood’s top restaurants together for an outdoor extravaganza along a hip and happening stretch of East Passyunk Avenue.
During this free-to-attend, pay-as-you-go event, visitors can shop at dozens of vendors, explore a craft market, groove to live music, enjoy kid-friendly activities, and purchase food, craft beer and seasonal cocktail specials from many of East Passyunk’s critically acclaimed restaurants.
During Flavors on the Avenue, East Passyunk Avenue is closed to car traffic from Broad Street to Dickinson Street. Along the five-block stretch of this buzzing avenue, local vendors and over a dozen of the area’s top restaurants offer pay-as-you-go street food specials.
While the focus is on the neighborhood’s diverse food and drink options, there’s plenty more to do between bites.
The event offers an array of shopping and sidewalk sales from more than 100 local makers and boutique shops, all-ages live entertainment from local musicians, and free family activities up and down the avenue.
Food and Drink
Alongside plenty of pop-up vendors, below are some of the East Passyunk restaurants and bars offering limited-time food-and-drink specials:
— Photo courtesy Punch Media
Shopping and Entertainment
East Passyunk has no shortage of great shops and one-of-a-kind boutiques.
Flavors on the Avenue features sidewalk sales by plenty of neighborhood shops, including A Novel Idea, Amelie’s Bark Shop, Ill Exotics, Latchkey, Mesh Vintage, Occasionette, Urban Jungle and more, showcasing a fine selection of clothes, books, home décor, art and accessories.
For a more eclectic mix of goods, stop by the pop-up craft market at 1628 East Passyunk Avenue, where more than 100 of the region’s top artists and makers present paintings, pottery, furniture, jewelry and other hand-crafted works for sale.
As far as music, there will be plenty of toe-tapping tunes throughout the day.
Among the festival’s many Philly-based musicians, keep an eye out for soulful strumming by Sug Daniels and The Cheddar Boys at the Singing Fountain (East Passyunk Avenue and Tasker Street), heart-pounding percussion and brass by Batala Philly and SNACKTIME near Barcelona Wine Bar (1709 E. Passyunk Avenue), and funky beats by DJ Linz X Mars at the craft market.
There’s no wrong way to get to East Passyunk Avenue, but with the avenue closed for the event and extremely limited parking, SEPTA is your friend.
Buses run down Broad Street and 12th Street most of the day, and the Tasker-Morris subway stop on the Broad Street Line drops you off just a few blocks away from the festivities. (Just beware of possible street closures due to the Broad Street Run, which kicks off at 8 a.m.)
Want to bike instead? No problem. Snag an Indego rental bike and park it at one of the three stations along Passyunk Avenue, including one at the start of the festival at Broad & Passyunk.
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The only way to fully experience Philly? Stay over.
Book the Visit Philly Overnight Package and get free hotel parking and choose-your-own-adventure perks.
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Which will you choose?
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