East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District

Unilocal 100 Weekly Challenge accepted!!!
When I first saw that it was to review a business that wasn’t related to food or drink (in a way this one sort of is, but c’est la vie), I cursed that fact since I had reviewed at least 5 of them over the past few weeks. But when I also saw Michelle post up an event listing for the first ever East Passyunk Avenue Restaurant Week (
); I realized that I not only had a way to give it up to the neighborhood that I’ve called home for the past 3 years, I also had a way to applaud the Improvement District that has brought so many kick ass events and businesses to it over these past few years.
Events like 2^nd Saturday, Flavors of the Avenue, the Antique Car Show, and the Witch/​Santa hat bar crawls for Halloween and the Holidays have all added up to being fantastic reasons to leave the house, sample some quality food and drink, and grab some good Instagram shots. And since the past couple of years have seen the District bringing in amazing restaurants like Stateside, Will BYOB, and Birra; and stores like Era Atomica, Nice Things Handmade, and Urban Jungle; you really can’t argue with the results they’ve had. And right when you think they can’t do anything more, they find ways to restructure old restaurants like Fond with larger and more modernized dining spaces. You also can’t argue with how well they’ve used social media so they could do things like partner up with Unilocal Philly on the Passport to East Passyunk Events.
With so many awesome credentials like that it really pays to live in a neighborhood that’s well ahead of the curve!