Olney
Olney does not announce itself. What it has is a Haitian community that has been building quietly and seriously for decades — churches, markets, community organizations, and restaurants that serve food so good the city's diaspora drives across town for it. For World Cup visitors from Haiti and the Caribbean diaspora, Olney is not a destination neighborhood in the tourism sense. It is a community that will recognize you.
How to walk this neighborhood
Olney is best experienced as a neighborhood, not a route. Visit Gou Restaurant (5734 Old York Rd) — the most celebrated Haitian restaurant in Philadelphia. Walk Old York Road and observe the businesses, the markets, the churches. This is residential community, not tourism corridor. Sit somewhere. Eat slowly. Recognize that you've been recognized.
Where to go
Restaurants, historic sites, makers, music — every entry FunTimes documented in this neighborhood.
