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I used to call Chestnut Hill my home away from home. Here are the places that I enjoyed then and miss now.

 1. Hideaway Music

8612 Germantown Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19118
(215) 248-4434

Categories: Music & DVDs, Vinyl Records

Neighbourhood: Chestnut Hill

4.0 star rating
  2/23/2012

i would come here during my lunch break to browse the used cds looking for the little gems that would either fill in the gaps in my collection or turn me on to something new - pricing was ok, not great
for a while i coveted a turntable that was for…More »

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 2. McNally's Tavern

8634 Germantown Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19118
(215) 247-9736

Categories: American (Traditional), Pubs

Neighbourhood: Chestnut Hill

4.0 star rating
  2/22/2012

every so often, we would hold a business lunch here and the damn schmitter would be there mocking me...i won't go into details about exactly what goes into a schmitter
(as others have done a fab job of describing it), but i will tell you that it is a…More »

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 3. Chestnut Hill Coffee Company

8620 Germantown Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19118
(215) 242-8600

Category: Coffee & Tea

Neighbourhood: Chestnut Hill

4.0 star rating
  2/23/2012

as i used to work right around the corner, i didn't have too many opportunities to hang out here and enjoy my latte, but i do recall that there was seating upstairs as well
consistently good coffee and friendly baristas
cozy interior
i was happy when…More »

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 4. Metropolitan Bakery

8607 Germantown Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19118
(215) 753-9001

Category: Bakeries

Neighbourhood: Chestnut Hill

4.0 star rating
  2/22/2012

when i worked in chestnut hill, i would visit metropolitan every so often for their prune danish...it was freaking phenomenal, and large enough to split with someone

i do remember that they would sell day-old breads at a discount, which comes in…More »

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 5. Penzeys Spices

8528 Germantown Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19176
(215) 247-0770

Category: Grocery

Neighbourhood: Chestnut Hill

4.0 star rating
  2/23/2012

i have to confess that i have a serious dependence on smoky-tasting food
i really don't think that there are any foods that wouldn't benefit from a little smokiness

to that end, penzey's has been able to keep me from jonesing with their pimenton -…More »

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Location

Philadelphia, PA

Yelping Since

February 2008