Anthony's Italian Coffee & Chocolate House

Anthony's Italian Coffee and Chocolate House occupies 903 and 905 S 9th in the heart of Philadelphia's Italian Market, a fourth generation business tracing back to a Sicilian fisherman named Tommaso Anastasio who arrived with a push-cart and married into the Lucchese fish market family. Anthony came back from Italy in the late 1980s with the idea to bring an authentic Italian cafe back to 9th Street, then added the Chocolate House in 2003 for house-made chocolates and artisan gelato. The bar runs espresso drinks, panini, homemade pastries, and gelato, with outdoor seating that pushes into the market on weekends. Order an espresso and a cannoli if you want the Italian Market in one bill. Order a gelato in the afternoon if you want to see why this family has held the corner for four generations.