Sharswood

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About this Neighborhood

Sharswood is unusually green for North Philadelphia, with 13 parks giving the neighborhood real breathing room. The food scene is compact but well-liked, 13 restaurants and five coffee shops averaging 4.4, and Yelp's crowd rates the area 4.7 across more than 2,200 reviews for spots like Vineyards Cafe, Bad Brother, and Rybrew. Foursquare's regulars sketch a neighborhood built around community touchstones: churches, food trucks, grocery stores, and a high school. Five groceries keep the essentials in reach. It reads as a tight-knit, on-the-rise corner where parks and local kitchens do the heavy lifting.