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Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: Philadelphia
La Colombe Coffee Roasters is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: Philadelphia.

1. La Colombe Coffee Roasters

9.0
130 S 19th St (btwn Sansom & Walnut St), Philadelphia, PA
Coffee Shop · Center City West · 122 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: Sip on a China-cupped cappuccino or a cold-pressed iced coffee. Read more.

Toast is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: Philadelphia.

2. Toast

1201 Spruce St (at 12th St), Philadelphia, PA
Café · Washington Square West · 17 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: If you're stopping in for breakfast, get a truffled mushroom Benedict with a homemade English muffin. Read more.

Parc is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: Philadelphia.

3. Parc

9.1
227 S 18th St (at Locust St), Philadelphia, PA
French Restaurant · Rittenhouse Square · 269 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: Claim some Rittenhouse real estate outside Parc with an iced Vietnamese, croissant, and the Inqy.

City Tap House is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: Philadelphia.

4. City Tap House

7.7
3925 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA
Gastropub · University City · 121 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: This place's got more taps than the NSA. 60 of them, to be exact. Read more.

PYT is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: Philadelphia.

5. PYT

1050 N Hancock St, Philadelphia, PA
Burger Joint · Northern Liberties - Fishtown · 298 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: The crew behind PYT's Krispy Kreme sliders and bacon-shell tacos have taken your Italian grandmother's favorite Sunday supper to new depths (of their deep fryer) with the Lasagna Bun Burger Read more.

Bottle Bar East is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: Philadelphia.

6. Bottle Bar East

9.0
1308 Frankford Ave (at Thompson St), Philadelphia, PA
Bar · Northern Liberties - Fishtown · 52 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: Bottle Bar East's a two-story beer-mart-cum-bar-cum-gastropub-cum-game-room that looks like a cross between the factory in Rudy... Ruuuudy... RUUUUDY... RUUUUUUUDY... and the ultimate beer bodega Read more.

Holt's Cigar Company is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: Philadelphia.

7. Holt's Cigar Company

8.7
1522 Walnut St (btwn 15th & 16th), Philadelphia, PA
Smoke Shop · Center City West · 30 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: Take a celebratory stroll down Walnut St puffing a stogie.

Monk's Cafe is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: Philadelphia.

8. Monk's Cafe

9.2
264 S 16th St (btwn Locust & Spruce St), Philadelphia, PA
Gastropub · Rittenhouse Square · 248 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: Duck away from the Rittenhouse retail flagships to find the beer bar in Philly, which’ll provide you with draft labels like the Dupont Avec les Bons Voeux and Russian River Damnation Read more.

Dave & Buster's is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: Philadelphia.

9. Dave & Buster's

7.6
325 N Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA
Arcade · Northern Liberties - Fishtown · 79 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: Max out the skeeball machines!

10. Graffiti Bar

7.6
124 S 13th St (btwn Walnut St & Sansom St), Philadelphia, PA
Bar · Center City East · 49 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: Sampan’s greenhoused booze yard is the perfect setting for a warm-weather happy hour.

Morimoto is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: Philadelphia.

11. Morimoto

8.9
723 Chestnut St (at 7th St), Philadelphia, PA
Japanese Restaurant · Center City East · 99 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: Score the Iron Chef’s freshest catches at the back-of-the-house sushi bar.

Morgan's Pier is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: Philadelphia.

12. Morgan's Pier

8.3
221 N Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA
Beer Garden · Northern Liberties - Fishtown · 93 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: Have a michelada as you wash down a deep-fried liquid-nitrogen cheeseburger while dancing the night away under the Ben Franklin. Read more.