2025 Place to Shop With an Appetite
Binding Agents
When Binding Agents opened in the Italian Market in 2024, it made perfect sense. The store has an impressive inventory of cookbooks (including many from Philly chefs), juicy memoirs, and food-related fiction and nonfiction to satisfy hungry readers. But it’s more than a place to buy a cookbook or a pretty spoon rest. Owner Catie Gainor runs a whole program of community-oriented events, including talks with acclaimed chefs and a monthly cookbook club.
908 Christian Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147; bindingagentsphilly.com