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Where to Eat Near the Philadelphia Bus Terminal at 1001 Filbert Street
The terminal at 10th and Filbert is back, and the market is a few minutes away. Here is how to use the time before your bus, and the hours you need to know.
Looking for restaurants near Philadelphia Bus Station? The terminal at 1001 Filbert Street reopened on May 1, 2026, and Reading Terminal Market is a short walk away. Between 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM you can walk over, eat a meal seated or to go, and be back at your gate. After 6 PM the market is closed, so plan around it.
Where is the Philadelphia bus terminal now?
The Philadelphia bus terminal is at 1001 Filbert Street, at 10th and Filbert, in the same building as before. If you know it as the old Greyhound station, the terminal is back where you remember it. The terminal closed in June 2023. The Philadelphia Parking Authority reopened it at 12:00 AM on Friday, May 1, 2026, as the PPA Transportation Center, and its announcement of the reopening says the building is staffed around the clock, with seating for 189 passengers and renovated restrooms. The city describes it as an interim station, on a ten-year lease with an option to extend, while it studies sites for a permanent home.
Which buses use it? Greyhound, Peter Pan and FlixBus each list 1001 Filbert Street on their own sites. That is not a complete list of who stops here, and it is not the whole story for FlixBus, which also lists a separate stop at 30th Street Station. So before you walk anywhere, look at your ticket: your ticket shows your stop. When the buses run, where the ticket counters are and everything else about the trip belong to the carriers, and their own sites are the place to check.
How far is Reading Terminal Market from the bus terminal?
About 4 minutes on foot per Google Maps, checked 26 September 2026, by way of Filbert, 11th and Arch Streets, roughly 0.2 mile. That is the whole distance between a bench in the terminal and a warm plate at our counter: short enough to do twice with a bag, and short enough that a meal here can fit inside a wait for a bus.
The market is at 1136 Arch Street, with doors on 12th, Arch and Filbert Streets. Per the market’s own accessibility information, it is all on one level, and every entrance is free from stairs except Door 3, at 12th and Arch, which has three steps. Automatic door openers are at Door 6 on 12th Street and Door 9 on Filbert Street. If you are pulling a rolling bag, that is worth knowing before you choose a door. Our first-timer guide covers entrances, seating and paying at the market in more detail, so this post can stay on the clock.
If you have 30, 60 or 90 minutes
Almost everyone who walks in from the terminal is carrying the same question: how much time do I really have? Here is how it tends to go, as we see it from behind the spit. Take it as an observation from the counter, not a measurement.
Thirty minutes. Walk over, order to go, walk back. About 4 minutes each way leaves you time at the counter and a little in hand. A gyro is carved when you order, so it is in your hand quickly. If you would rather not stand in line at all, you can order ahead for pickup through Mercato or DoorDash, collect the bag at the counter and head straight back. Ordering in person is always the lowest price, though, so if the line is short, walk up.
Sixty minutes. Sit down. The market has shared seating in Center Court and the Rick Nichols Room, and an hour is enough to order, eat at a table without watching the clock, and still leave a margin for the walk back. Around the lunch hour we notice the seats go before the food does, so if a table is free when you walk in, take it and send one person to order.
Ninety minutes. Take a slow loop of the market first, then eat. There are dozens of counters under one roof, and our guide to what to eat here covers what else is in the building besides us. Buy something to take home if you have room in the bag.
Whatever the window, count backwards from your departure, not forwards from your arrival. Leave time for the walk back and for boarding. How early your carrier wants you at the gate is its call, not ours, so check your ticket or the carrier’s site before you leave the terminal.
Food that travels well on a bus
Most of what leaves our counter leaves in a bag, so we know what holds up. Two cones turn on the spits from the moment we open, one beef and lamb and one chicken, and a gyro is carved off when you order rather than before. A plain gyro is pita, tzatziki, tomato and onion; fries go in only if you ask. Wrapped in pita, it holds together in one hand, which is what you want with a bag in the other. A gyro sandwich is $13.00 on the autumn 2026 menu.
A platter is the meat with salad, pita and tzatziki, packed in a box, and it is the better order if you plan to eat later rather than now, because the pita in a wrapped gyro softens as it sits. A gyro platter is $14.50 on the autumn 2026 menu.
For the road, Mama’s Spanakopita, $6.50, is good warm or at room temperature, and baklava, $4.25, keeps, so it can ride along until you want it. Both are on the autumn 2026 menu, and Despina makes both from scratch every morning. For everything else we make, see the menu page; every price in this post is from the autumn 2026 menu.
Arriving early: breakfast from 8 AM
Since Monday, September 14, 2026, we serve breakfast from 8:00 AM, on pita: an Egg Sandwich, $8.00; Egg and Cheese, feta or American, $9.00; or Egg, Cheese and Meat, gyro or bacon, $13.00, all on the autumn 2026 menu. It is wrapped like a gyro and carries like one, so it works for a morning bus as well as for a table in Center Court.
The market opens at 8:00 AM, and so do we. If your bus gets in before that, the doors are not open yet. The terminal is staffed around the clock, per the Parking Authority, so that is the place to wait until eight, and then it is about 4 minutes to a hot breakfast. Our breakfast guide covers what else opens at 8 AM across the market.
After 6 PM, and on market holidays
The market and our counter close at 6:00 PM, every day. That is the plainest line in this post, and the one we most want you to read before you walk over. The terminal is different: the Parking Authority says it is staffed around the clock, with seating and restrooms. The market is not. If your bus leaves in the evening, eat with us before six, or take something from the counter with you before we close. Other counters keep their own hours, which the market says may vary.
Two holidays are left on the market’s calendar this year. Per its hours page, checked September 26, 2026, Reading Terminal Market is closed on Thanksgiving, November 26, 2026, and on Christmas Day, December 25, 2026, and our counter is closed with it. If you are traveling on either day, plan your meal before you set out, because the doors will be shut.
A long layover
With three hours or more, you have time for more than lunch. Our half-day walking guide covers what is a short walk from the market, from City Hall to Chinatown, with a meal in the middle. Keep the same margin for the walk back to Filbert Street that you would keep for lunch. And if the one thing you promised yourself in Philadelphia is a cheesesteak, we understand, and we will not argue: here is where to find a cheesesteak in the market.
Find us at the spit
We are at 1136 Arch Street, Unit 463, inside Reading Terminal Market, a few minutes from the terminal. The Voulgaridis family has run the counter since 1984, and it is good to see bus tickets and rolling bags at the counter again. If you want your order ready when you walk in, order ahead through Mercato or DoorDash; ordering in person at the stall is always the lowest price. Our address and a map are on the contact page, and the rest of our guides are on the guides page. Tell us at the counter when your bus leaves, and we will keep it quick. Find us at the spit, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, every day.
Athens Voulgaridis
Athens is the second-generation owner of Olympia Gyro at Reading Terminal Market. The Voulgaridis family has run the counter since 1984.