Philadelphia - Reading Terminal Market

http://www.readingterminalmarket.org/

This is another place where we didn't spend enough time. We were tired, but the real issue is that we were getting close to closing time, and so instead of wandering around a lot looking for the different restaurants, we took a cursory glance at the area near where we entered and settled on Hunger Burger.

There wasn't anything wrong with Hunger Burger, but this is one of the places where you can try a lot of good Pennsylvania Dutch food  without heading into Pennsylvania Dutch country. However, those shops close earlier and are not open on all days, and we could have lost valuable time trying to find one that was open. I was curious about their versions of pretzels and shoofly pie.

In addition to many food options, there was also a flower stand, various book, craft, and linen stores, and bee products. All in all, there are nearly 80 independently-owned small businesses. While this is a far cry from the nearly 800 vendor spaces from when this served as a terminal market for the Reading Railroad, it's still a lot of stuff.

Once we had eaten and gone outside, I really enjoyed walking around the outside and enjoying the signs they had to indicate what wares you might find inside.

 

This is right across from the market and is a stop for the hop on, hop off buses. It was quite near our hotel, so this was where we grabbed it the next day.