City Tavern

City Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The City Tavern is a historic building located at 138 South 2nd Street, at the intersection of Second and Walnut Streets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Called the "most genteel tavern in America" by John Adams, it was the favorite meeting place of many of the Founding Fathers and was the unofficial site of the First Continental Congress. The City Tavern was built in 1773 and was partially destroyed by fire on March 22, 1834. It was rebuilt in the 1970s as a functioning tavern and restaurant.

Today

Owner and Executive Chef Walter Staib, cooks many entrees with inspiration of the 18th and 19th centuries and period designed Dining Room.^[1]

In popular culture

City Tavern was featured in The Riddle of Penncroft Farm by Dorothea Jensen. In it, it was the place where Will spied on the British during their occupation of Philadelphia in 1777 while pretending to be an apprentice of Little Smith. "Little Smith" was, in real life, the name of its first owner.

References

1. ^ http://www.citytavern.com/history.html

External links

• City Tavern

Coordinates: 39°56′49″N 75°08′42″W / 39.947°N 75.145°W / 39.947; -75.145