What tastes, foods and smells do you associate with Philadelphia?

Question

If you had to describe any tastes, smells or foods that remind you of the city you live in, what would they be? What things strike your senses as saying "wow, I love living here"

Answer 1

A lemon water-ice and a soft pretzel, cheese steaks, tastykake and Frank's Black Cherry Wisznik. The smell of cookies baking at the Nabisco factory on Roosevelt Blvd.

Answer 2

When you drive by the Nabisco factory in NE Philly, and the wind is blowing right, it smells like yummy animal crackers.

That helps counteract the sewage treatment smell you get near the Philly airport sometimes.

As for foods, I think of cheesesteaks, soft pretzels, and tastycakes as popular regional favorites.

Answer 3

The smell of cheese steaks, the hustle and traffic of down town, the spray of the fountain in love park in the summer time, seeing people run up the art museum steps like Rocky from my office window, getting hot soft pretzels from federal street, see the commuters in the morning and night on the subway.. everyone feels each others pain. they guy playing that crazy tune on his recorder trying to make a few bucks in the station. 30th street station on fridays, the smell of the jamaican food trucks.

Answer 4

Good smells- fried onions, sauteed garlic, pizza, cannolis, Italian delis filled with fresh cheeses-prov, parma, mozz, La Colombe Coffee, Flecks sticky buns (not Philly, but Qtown)

Bad smells-the oil refineries off 95!

Answer 5

the smell of all the good pizza at Eastside Marios actross from the Exton Mall. I love the Polish District too in Philly. the smell of the food is sooo good! Pizza in South Philly.

Smell of Amish comfort hearty foods in Lancaster County oh man so delicious!! shoo fly pie!!

Answer 6

The pretzels from the street corner vendors are the best in Philly then I would say the cheese Steaks and then there is Porkys Point

Answer 7

the smell of a good cheese steak the taste of a good hoagie some snyders preztels or just some soft pretzels.

Answer 8

I've never been there - but all i think of when i hear Philadelphia are those Philadelphia steak sandwiches that everyone talks about.

Answer 9

I lived in philly all my life and it's definitely cheesesteaks with amoroso rolls , tastykake , and soft pretzels

Answer 10

the sound of trains and traffic, the smell of vendors with pretzels on street corners, cheesesteaks "wit", of course, and the amazing, wonderful combination of people sharing the sidewalk!!!