Recommendations for food and activities around my town (and also other places I've traveled or lived).
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Oil City PA and nearby towns
Pensacola FL and nearby towns
Oil City PA and nearby towns
My favorite places in Oil City and surrounding towns (within a 2 hour drive)
Just the best in every way! Amazing coffee, tea, eats. Excellent atmosphere, local art, the most awesome staff ever!
Woods & River Coffee
Amazing place to grab some food and drinks, excellent atmosphere, art happenings monthly, super friendly staff.
Exchange Oil City | Oil City PA
Super cozy awesome bookstore with local art and a great atmosphere. They also have game nights and other services.
The Raven's End: Books & Fine Art
Awesome co-op grocery for stocking up on healthy items or grabbing some lunch. They host local art and community events as well.
Core Goods
Great selection of flooring options, we have many rugs from here and they redid our kitchen floor. They also host creative workshops and artist events here.
Clifford's Carpets: Home
Beautiful place inside and out. Awesome staff, and they host community events as well.
Oil City Library
Great atmosphere (lots of antiques and novel items to see) good food and drinks, live music. Fun place!
Titusville Iron Works Tap House
Classic cozy diner, very friendly staff, good comfort food menu, great hours! Love this place.
Villa Italia Ristorante
This place can get busy, but for good reason! Well worth a stop in Franklin.
Trails to Ales Brewery
Very cozy, on the riverfront, great food! Foxburg is adorable.
Foxburg Pizza
This gallery is so beautiful and the artwork is fantastic!
Red Brick Gallery & Shop
Did the tour here and it was excellent! Great beer and live music events here too.
Pittsburgh Brewing Company
This place has it all! Awesome gallery spaces and shops, event space, live music, food and drink. Owners are great people. Went for a creative meet and greet, and plan to go back many more times.
The 1020 Collective
Some of the best Thai food I've ever had, and an unbeatable welcoming atmosphere.
Elephant #8 Thai Taste
This is more than a hot dog place. You just have to experience it! They have some incredible food and a great atmosphere.
Daddy's Main Street | Clarion PA
This place is gorgeous for a short or long hike. The falls are beautiful and the Rockland Furnace is really cool to see.
Freedom Falls and Rockland Furnace - Rob Santoro
Love going here for treasure hunting some vintage goods, and they have homemade fudge! The people are wonderful and the finds are excellent.
Liberty Street Antiques
We've done the tour here at least half a dozen times and it never disappoints! Fun place to spend an hour or several!
DeBence Antique Music World
You just have to experience this place. It's an oddities and vintage shop, but it's more than that!
The Printer's Cabinet & Curiosities | Franklin PA
Pensacola FL and nearby towns
My favorite places in and near Pensacola (I lived there for 10 years).
This museum is astoundingly cool! Well worth a visit (and you might even see the Blue Angels doing some training flights!)
National Naval Aviation Museum
This market is large and top notch. Local produce and cottage goods, and an incredible art section. In beautiful downtown Pensacola on Saturdays.
Palafox Market
Great coffee, great atmosphere!
Fosko Coffee Barre
Loved grabbing lunch or meeting clients here, nice atmosphere and great eats.
Bodacious Shops
It's a fish market that's been around a long time, usually quite busy, worth a stop in.
Joe Patti's Seafood
This is a piece of history, with several restaurants and bars, and unbelievable atmosphere. You have to experience this place.
Seville Quarter
Great gallery and frame shop, the owner is the best!
My favorite gallery in downtown Pensacola. Huge co-op with incredible artists.
Quayside Art Gallery
Really fun resort village. Tons to do and see, and they host art festivals seasonally.
Baytowne Wharf
This is the “Touristy” place to go on Pensacola beach, but for good reason. The place is epic. Also, they have some of the best seafood chowder anywhere. Live music, right on the beach. It gets extremely busy, but it's worth going.
Flounder's Chowder House
This place is always crowded- and it's what you'd expect for a pirate themed bar and restaurant on the beach. They have the best oysters around though, and it's a fun time.
Peg Leg Pete's
Expertly curated and impressive art shows here, and stunningly beautiful. Doing great things for the community.
Luna Fine Art Gallery
Quintessential beach bar, nothing fancy or frilly, but it's been there forever and it's fun.
Sandshaker Lounge
A piece of history right on the peninsula with breathtaking views of the water. Worth spending an afternoon.
Fort Pickens
Don't miss this if it's happening while you're in Pensacola! Tons of food and drink, and great artists!
