Food Tour Guides

We hope you come to North 5th hungry for something new and exciting!

On North 5th Street you can find restaurants and foods with the flavors of Korea, Vietnam, China, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, Italy, and America’s South along our mile and a half long corridor.

Our self-guided food tours allow you to try 5th Street’s most well established restaurants and discover tucked away hole-in-the-wall eateries. Select your tour below and scroll along on your phone as you go.

We hope you come to North 5th hungry for something new and exciting!

Food Tour Guides

‘Where Global is Local’ Self-Guided Food Tour

This guide is the same as our popular “Where Global is Local” guided food tour. But why wait for us to show you around? On your own or with a friend use this guide to sample the district’s best international eats. This mile-long walking-tour begins at the northern end of the business district where there is plenty of street parking and works its way south. It will take you about three hours and cost around $30 per person, depending on how many sharers you have along with you…

‘Bakery Blocks’ Self-Guided Food Tour

Who knew that North 5th Street in Olney was a bakery haven? In just two city blocks there are five bakeries turning out some of the city’s best baked goods. Even better, the bakeries reflect the ethnic diversity of the people that call Olney home. On this self-guided walking tour you’ll try Colombian, Mexican and Italian treats plus a Philly original (nope, not a pretzel or a hoagie roll). We even included an extra credit Chinese bakery just up 5th Street…