East Passyunk’s Top Restaurants Take to the Streets for Flavors on the Avenue Festival

-Courtesy of Aversa PR & Events
Photo by East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District

East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District presents Flavors on the Avenue on Sunday, April 28, 2024, from 11:00am to 5:00pm. One of the city’s largest and longest-running food festivals returns to South Philadelphia for the 18th year. Neighbors, visitors, foodies and music lovers will come together for an all day, all ages celebration with five blocks of street food, seasonal sips, craft beer, live music and sidewalk sales. Over two dozen of Philadelphia’s top restaurants, cafes and bars will be participating and over 100 vendors will line the Avenue. Family fun will include balloons, bounce house, arts and crafts, games and more. The festivities will run along East Passyunk, from Broad to Dickinson streets. The event is open to all ages. Food and drink is pay-as-you-go. For more information, visit www.visiteastpassyunk.com and follow @eastpassyunk.

“Flavors on the Avenue started back in 2007 and has grown to become one of the most popular outdoor food festivals in Philadelphia,” said EPABID Board President Michelle Gillen-Doobrajh, who is also the owner of Tildie’s Toy Box and Tiny Tildie’s. “Flavors is the Avenue’s invitation for people from across the region to share our love of food. It is a time to come together and celebrate the top chefs and restaurants that make East Passyunk one of the top food destinations in America. It is also the chance to explore our fast growing retail scene, while supporting local small businesses. Come for the food and the drink, but stay for the music, the community, the activities and the shopping. Make it a day with us on East Passyunk.”

America’s Top 10 Foodie Street will have dozens of East Passyunk’s award-winning restaurants, bars, cafes and eateries serving out in the street under the blue skies. Look for everything from street food favorites, tasty handhelds, vegan delights, sweet and savory options, and South Philly classics. Select restaurants will serve seasonal refreshments including cocktails, beer and wine. The early list of restaurants, bars and eateries will include:

Barcelona Wine Bar
Bing Bing Dim Sum
Cantina Los Caballitos
Delicious Sweets
Ember & Ash
Flannel
Inside Out Pizza
Laurel EPX
Le Virtu
Milk Jawn
Noir
Ocho Rios Parrilla
Pistolas Del Sur
Pizzata Pizzeria and Birreria
P’UNK burger
Samuels Seafood Company
Stogie Joes
The Bottle Shop
The Dutch
The Pub On Passyunk East (the P.O.P.E.)
Townsend
Vanilya Bakery
*More to be added

Other Avenue businesses offering outdoor vending, side-walk sales and/or specials inside their businesses will also include:
A Novel Idea on Passyunk
Birds of Prey Artistry
Civil Stock General Store
Eastern Pass Tattoo
Filitalia International & Foundation
Flavors & Favors
Frame Fatale
Good Buy Supply
Ground Up Cafe and Coffee
Human Robot Süd
Ismaels boutique
Latchkey LLC
Mecha Chocolate
Mockingbird Salon
Movement Source Pilates
Nostalgics Vintage & Retro
Occasionette
Sawubona Creativity Project
South Fellini
State Farm
Sweat Fitness
Tildie’s Toy Box
*More to be announced

While festival-goers sip, savor and shop they can dance in the street with live music spread along the festival footprint at four locations. Dating back to the very early days of the festival, East Passyunk legend Stogie Joes will have festival-goers dancing in the street from start to end with tunes from Frank Sintatra followed by a DJ.

Singing Fountain (1500 block)
11:30am to 1:30pm – Mia Johnson
1:45pm to 2:30pm – Batala
3:00pm to 5:00pm – Skip Winters

PPA Lot
All Day – DJ Lindsay

Watkins Street (1700 block)
12:00pm to 1:30pm – Cheddar Boys
1:45pm to 3:15pm – City Rhythm
3:30pm to 5:00pm – Brown Sugar

Moore St (1800 block)
All Day – Stogie Joe’s

Mifflin Triangle
11:00am to 2:00pm – Mike Carney
2:30pm to 4:30pm – Andrea Amoroso

Juniper Street (1900 block)
12:00pm to 2:00pm – Emily Drinker
2:00pm to 5:00pm – Cordelia Blue

Along with endless food, drink and music options, Flavors will offer free family friendly activities presented by Philadelphia Union Soccer and The Capri Dessecker Team | RE/MAX One Realty Realty – including arts and crafts, games, moon bounce and more. A number of boutiques and businesses along East Passyunk will also host workshops, activities and family fun inside their spaces.

Dating back to the event’s early years, Nice Things Handmade will present one of the city’s best curated line-ups for makers and artists. The event has grown from two dozen craft vendors to nearly 100 in 2024, selling everything from home decor, paintings, candles, jewelry, pottery, furniture, soaps, artisan packaged foods, handmade pet treats, fashion – and everything in between. The growing list is as follows:

Art By Alicia- Illustrations of Philly
Ana Thorne- Home art and accessories
Arts & Feels – Home accessories
Alley Cat Clay – Ceramics
Alien Bratz- Jewelry
Baby Face Mugs-Ceramics
Bath Bomb Baby- Body care
Clariza Plants – Gardening
Color and Flame- Candles
Caitlin Peck – Illustration
Collide Magazine -Artist group
Crea Designs – Jewelry
Cassie Craft Coven – Accessories
Designs By Rel- Jewelry
Daisy Lane Designs- Polymer clay jewelry
Dumpster Fires For You – Candles
Dye hard fan – Philly apparel
Evol Soul – Jewelry and accessories
Geometric Gem- Jewelry
Gay Clay- Polymer Jewelry
GB Jewelry – Jewelry
Geek Boy Press- Prints/T-shirts
HeyDay Vintage – Vintage
Joan Ramone- Children
Jane Broadbent- Ceramics
Jay McQuirns – Illustrations and stickers
Jeremy Berkman Graphic Design – Graphic design prints
Katheryn Maxwell- Art
Little Hammers – Crochet
Laura Murdoch Fine Art – Artwork
Lauren Matesich Art – Upcycled art/vintage
Lily Lough Jewelry – Jewelry
Little Kitty Vintage – Vintage
Madison Vermilya- Art
Meg Lemieur Art- Art
Mesc Designs – Jewelry
Modern hex – upcycled handmade clothing
Natural Order Handmade – Bath and Body
Old Blood Jewelry – Jewelry
Paint it Forward – Art
Philly Ain’t Bad – Clothing
Paul Carpenter Art – Clothing and Art
Philly Candles – Candles
Philly Yo’ Self – Prints
Rose Bear Art – Stickers /Art
Rope Buddies -Accessories
Randu Art- Clothing and stickers
Serving Silver- Jewelry
Studio Twenty-Nine – Jewelry
Stitchprism- Jewelry/Art
Skin Mush – Skin care
Stevie Llaney Art- Figure Drawings
S H Candles – Candles
Sevanesa Handmade – Soap
Sew Much Cooler – Children Clothing
Sew and Sow Boutique – Boutique Truck
Studio Bladel – Laser Cut Jewelry
Tootsie Vittles-Vintage
TieBro Handmade Bow Ties- bow ties made on site
The Tin Goat -Soap
The 50/50 Company- Art
The Satin Lady Vintage – Vintage
Textile Trolley- Baby Goods
Woolies- Childrens goods
Wrong World – Ceramics
Yardsale Press- Art

East Passyunk’s spring festival showcases not only the best food the city has to offer – but shows off the hidden retail, family and fashion gems along the Avenue. While you sip and savor, look for sidewalk sales, spring fashions, gifts, greenery and more along the Avenue. Make sure to stop in and meet some of the new and long-time boutique owners.

Flavors on the Avenue is presented by East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District, with support from major sponsors Samuels Seafood Company, Daiya Vegan Cheese and Penn Beer.

The event is free and open to the public, with food and drink pay-as-you-go. For more information, visit www.visiteastpassyunk.com, call 215-336-1455 and follow @eastpassyunk on social media. Watch for social media updates for music updates, vendor additions and other surprises. Tag #EastPassyunkFlavors to share favorite images from the festivities!