Silk City Diner

Silk City has a long history in Philadelphia. The diner car was built in 1952 by the Paterson Dining Company in Paterson, New Jersey. At the time, Paterson had a thriving silk manufacturing industry and was nicknamed

What to Eat: Brunching here offers the best blueberry pancakes and heartiest Bloody Marys south of Bee's other nearby haunt-- N3rd.

When to Go: Silk City offers generous specials Monday through Friday. Gorge yourself on Meat Loaf Mondays or Turkey Tuesdays, and you'll pay half price.

Enjoy live entertainment and dancing as well as a solid "diner" menu at Silk City. Read More

Fans “go for the fried chicken” and other “interesting, unique” American comfort-food offerings at this diner-cum–“hipster bar” in Northern Liberties offering an “awesome” outdoor beer garden, “live music and a happening dance scene”, as well as “meatloaf and mashed potatoes like mom used to make”; “friendly” service and “reasonable” prices are additional reasons that it’s become a “Philly...

Great idea. Snag an old diner, you know, formica tables, lots of vinyl. Bring in a chef who knows his ratatouille from his ramen. Add a bar with fancy drinks and an event space where you book hipster acts (Yo Santigold from Brooklyn!) and viola. A bar/club/restaurant/diner type, er...thing. Key lime pie and meatloaf are still on the menu, but so is edamame and pomegranate margaritas. Hipster...

Enjoy live entertainment and dancing as well as a solid ""diner"" menu at Silk City.

The Silk City Diner and Lounge have a long history in Philadelphia, although only since 1990 under the current management. Built in 1958 in Patterson, NJ by the Patterson Dining Compnay, its name is derived as a result of the silk trade industry (Patterson being the "Silk City), so prevelent in Patterson at that time - the name stuck as the model for the dining car construction. The dining car...