The City Tavern is a historic building located at 138 South 2nd Street, at the intersection of Second and Walnut Streets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

. Called the "most genteel tavern in America" by John Adams

John Adams

John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...

, it was the favorite meeting place of many of the Founding Fathers and was the unofficial site of the First Continental Congress

First Continental Congress

The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. It was called in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts by the...

. 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.

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.

External links

• City Tavern