West Chester

Market Street Grill

Market Street Grill plates American comfort food on West Market Street, with a brunch that pulls a weekend line. A downtown regular for a lot of West Chester.

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 (878) on Google

6 W Market St

Patelmo's Pizzeria

Paoli Pike pizzeria where the pull is the pre-made slices at the counter and a drink case that runs to Boylan specialty sodas. Regulars vouch for the gluten-free crust and the gyro.

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 (422) on Google

1530 Paoli Pike

Gramm's Kitchen

Family diner that's fed East Gay Street since 2000, open 6 to 8 daily. The soup rotation is set in stone — crab bisque lands on Saturdays — and coffee drops to a dollar on Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 (571) on Google

557 E Gay St

Lorenzo's Steaks Hoagies and Pizza

Cheesesteaks, hoagies, and pizza at the east end of Market Street, with sibling shops in Manayunk and Southampton. Despite the name it's a separate operation from Lorenzo and Sons over on High — this one bills itself as the 'Big MEAT on Market Street.'

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 (1k) on Google

216 E Market St

D'Ascenzo's Gelato

House-made gelato on East Gay Street from a West Chester family. The case rotates through classics like stracciatella and pistachio plus whatever's in season.

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 (407) on Google

132 E Gay St

Pizza 316

Pizza 316 keeps the menu to pies and a few sides at 316 East Gay Street, which is where the name comes from. High marks from the east-end regulars.

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 (571) on Google

316 E Gay St

Saloon 151

Saloon 151 anchors the Gay Street bar strip, a bar-and-grill by day that turns into a late-night crowd after dark. Come for the beers and burgers, stay for whatever the DJ has planned.

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 (732) on Google

151 W Gay St

Jake's Bar

Jake's is a South End neighborhood bar on Matlack Street, off the downtown grid. The kind of low-key, unpretentious spot regulars keep to themselves.

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 (270) on Google

549 S Matlack St

Bier and Loathing

Craft beer bar on West Market Street with a Hunter S. Thompson wink in the name. A rotating wall of taps and a seat to work through them.

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 (72) on Google

113 W Market St

LoCali Wine Lounge

California wines on Market Street: Napa reds, coastal whites, and a schoolteacher among the owners. The $25 deal gets you three pours and a pizza from Pizza 316.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 (107) on Google

123 E Market St

Bar Avalon West Chester

The bar side of Avalon, the Italian kitchen on East Gay Street. Cocktails and a wine list when you want the room without the full sit-down.

116 E Gay St

Wrong Crowd Beer Company

A West Chester brewery on Hannum Avenue pouring its own beer in a low-key taproom. Small operation, good crowd, name notwithstanding.

342 Hannum Ave

Blink

Women's clothing boutique on W Gay Street, one of several small shops on the same block. Worth a look when you're already shopping your way down the street.

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 (16) on Google

136 W Gay St

West Chester Growers Market

Producer-only, so whoever's behind the table at Church and Chestnut actually grew what's on it — the market's own line is 'shake the hand that feeds you.' Saturdays 9 to 1, May through December, with a slimmed-down winter schedule on first, third, and fifth Saturdays.

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 (244) on Google

N Church St & W Chestnut St

Bobbles & Lace

Women's boutique on N High Street with an easy, everyday wardrobe on the racks. The kind of place you leave with a top you didn't plan on.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 (24) on Google

125 N High St

H. Rose Boutique

Kids' boutique on W Gay Street, stocked with the small clothes and gifts you reach for when there's a birthday party Saturday. A tidy stop for baby and little-kid outfits downtown.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 (9) on Google

148 W Gay St

Clara Mae Company

Clothing shop on N Church Street with a soft, put-together look to the racks. Good for a whole outfit rather than one impulse piece.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 (18) on Google

107 N Church St

La Chic Boutique

Boutique on W Gay Street, part of the run of small clothing shops that make this block worth a slow lap. Come for on-trend pieces without a mall in sight.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 (11) on Google

14 W Gay St

Baldwin's Book Barn

Five stories of used and rare books inside an 1822 stone barn, wood-burning stove included. Open 10 to 5:30 every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 (1.1k) on Google

865 Lenape Road

Horace Pippin Park

Named for Horace Pippin, the self-taught painter who grew up in West Chester and became one of the country's most collected folk artists. A small neighborhood green on West Market Street.

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 (5) on Google

520 W Market St

John O Green Memorial Phase 2

A borough rec park at Matlack and East Miner, with ball fields and open space on the south side of town. Phase 2 of the John O. Green grounds.

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 (17) on Google

S Matlack and

Mather Planetarium

The planetarium inside West Chester University's science center, running public star shows under a domed projector. Run by the Earth and Space Sciences department, with a limited public calendar, so check dates before you go.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 (7) on Google

750 S Church St

Northbrook Canoe Company

Canoe trips down the Brandywine out of Beagle Road since 1977 — by their own count, that's 50 years on the water. Open daily May 1 to October 3; reservations recommended, walk-ins welcome.

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 (539) on Google

1810 Beagle Rd

Visual Expansion Gallery

An art gallery and custom framing shop on North High Street showing local painters and photographers. Bring in a print and they will frame it too.

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 (26) on Google

132 N High St