Silk City Diner

Silk City Diner, Lounge & Garden has a long history in Philadelphia. The diner car was built in 1952 by the Paterson Dining Company in Paterson, New Jersey. At the time, Paterson had a thriving silk manufacturing industry and was nicknamed the “Silk City.” Hence, the diner car, also manufactured in Paterson, was dubbed a “Silk City Diner.” By 1954, the diner was installed next to a cocktail lounge in Philadelphia at 5th & Spring Garden and began serving Philadelphians brunch, dinner, and nightly entertainment happily since.

The new Silk City Diner, Lounge, & Beer Garden continues to receive accolades, including a feature on the Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives.” In 2010, the Beer Garden was voted Best Outdoor Dining Space in the city of Philadelphia. So come on by sometime to Silk City, where everything old is new again.