Fishtown
Fishtown is the answer when Rittenhouse feels too rehearsed. Frankford Avenue between Girard and York is a half-mile of bars with an actual point of view: Johnny Brenda's for the upstairs show, Martha for natural wine and grilled cheese, Wm. Mulherin's Sons when you want the date to look like it cost more than it did. The crowd skews late-twenties creative class, heavy on transplants from Brooklyn and DC who priced out and traded up. Suraya extends the radius east. The tradeoff is the Market-Frankford El setting the soundtrack, and a strip that empties hard on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Fishtown by the numbers
Fishtown runs male-heavy, about 54% men to 46% women.
Median individual income in Fishtown is about $60,800.
Pennsylvania registers voters by party, and Philadelphia is one of the most Democratic big cities in the country: where Fishtown sits, Democrats are about 72% of registered voters, to 12% Republican and 16% unaffiliated or other.
The median renter in Fishtown pays about $1,780 a month.
A market-rate one-bedroom in Fishtown asks about $1,710 a month.
About 9,700 Fishtown residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Fabrika
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Penn Treaty Park
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Johnny Brenda's
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Kalaya
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KINTO Cozy & Authentic Georgian Restaurant
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Thunderbird Lanes - Holme Ave.
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Murph's Bar
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Monster Mini Golf Cherry Hill
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BOTTLE BAR EAST
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Thunderbird Lanes Castor Ave
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Burholme Family Fun Center
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Càphê Roasters
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Lloyd
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Fishtown Tavern
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Il Ghiottone
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R&D Cocktail Bar
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Haraz Coffee House Fishtown
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Amá
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Bastia
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Mural City Cellars
Wheelchair access - FishtownActivity
Philadelphia Rock Gyms - Fishtown
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