The "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" Atlas

In 2005, FX blessed the TV world with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, an ensemble comedy a la Seinfeld, but on crack. For seven demented seasons (and now the eighth, airing now), the show has followed the exploits of the Gang, a group of lovable underachievers who entertain by embarrassing themselves time after time. Never learning from your mistakes makes for greatness. On TV, that is.

The City of Brotherly Love is the setting for Sunny, and every season numerous scenes are shot on location there. To show our love and appreciation, we watched every episode and took note of some of the significant places. Then, because we love the show that much, we ran around Philly, taking photos of the actual locations, ducking cops and Philadelphia Parking Authority at the same damn time. Here, you'll see a shot from the show, followed by our photography.

Enjoy the show's eighth season, airing every Thursday at 10 p.m., and enjoy the sprawling It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Atlas.

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Penn's Landing Entrance to Market Street

As Seen In: Opening credits
Location: 2nd St. and Market St.

Sunny's opening credits capture a few spots in Philly that residents will immediately recognize. One is the Market Street entrance to the famous waterfront area known as Penn's Landing. Named after Pennsylvania founder William Penn, who parked his boat there over 300 years ago, Penn's Landing (by way of Market) falls within Philly's historic Old City neighborhood. Nearby you'll find the home of Betsy Ross and the building where the cast of The Real World: Philadelphia lived. Head straight down Market Street, and you'll run into City Hall. How appropriate is it that the sign is experiencing technical difficulties in real life?

30th Street Station

As Seen In: Opening credits
Location: 2955 Market St.

Used during the show's opening credits from seasons two through six, 30th Street Station pops up during a quick pan. Serving as a sort of divider between West Philly and Center City, 30th Street Station is the city's main railroad station, and one of the key stops on Amtrak's Northeast and Keystone Corridors.

The building was designed by Chicago-based architectural firm Graham, Anderson, Probst, and White. It's home to the Pennsylvania Railroad World War II Memorial. Sculpted by Walker Hancock, the memorial honors all of the Pennsylvania Railroad employees who died during the war.

In October 2005, the 28-story office tower Cira Centre opened; it's connected to 30th Street Station by a walkway at the mezzanine level. Rocky's son works in this building in Rocky Balboa. 30th Street Station has appeared in Trading Places, Witness, and the video game Heavy Rain. The building was added to the U.S. Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Philadelphia Java Company

As Seen In: "The Gang Gets Racist" (Season 1)
Location: 518 South 4th St.

One of the most significant Sunny locations, the Java Company is where the object of Charlie's affection—the Waitress—works. The buildings first appearance occurs during the first episode, when Charlie takes a girl on a date in a failed attempt to make the Waitress jealous.

This particular Philadelphia Java Company is located just off South Street. The actual interior doesn't appear as it does on the show. Like many interiors on the show, it was probably shot in L.A.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

As Seen In: "Charlie Has Cancer" (Season 1)
Location: 26th St. Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Written by Philly native Rob McElhenney (Mac), this early episode (originally shot as the pilot) follows Charlie as he reveals to Dennis that he's terminally ill. Of course, this prompts Mac and Dennis to do the right thing: find a woman to give him pity sex.

Two good things emerge from this episode: Charlie's healthy (he was lying), and Mac finds a new love interest: Carmen. Everything is going great for Mac and Carmen, but the couple does face one hurdle: Carmen's a pre-op transsexual. To his credit, Mac continues to date her even after learning this. They go on a date to run up the steps of the art museum, just like Rocky Balboa (and every tourist to visit the city after 1976). When they reach the top of the steps, they hug each other, though Mac avoids getting too close.

The steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art have been immortalized by pop culture via Stallone's film, but the building itself is a national treasure. One of the largest art museums in the United States, it attracts over 800,000 people to its main building each year. The museum houses over 200 galleries that cover more than 2,000 years, with work from Pablo Picasso, Thomas Eakins, Paul Cézanne, Salvador Dalí, Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh, and more.

If you never visited the museum as a tourist or a student of the Philadelphia public school system, perhaps you made it out as a high-school wrestler. Many teams have run up the steps during training, and many team members have vomited as a result. It's a lot of steps, folks—72 to be exact.

Rittenhouse Square

As Seen In: "The Gang Goes Jihad" (Season 2)
Location: Between 18th St. and Walnut St.

An Israeli business developer buys half of Paddy's, and the Gang decides to go Holy War on his ass. But, you know, without being too offensive. Those familiar with Sunny know that this is impossible. During a scene that illustrates how truly stupid these people are, Mac, Dennis, and Charlie attempt to explain that they aren't anti-Semitic. It exposes their collective idiocy, and makes you wonder how Dennis got into the University of Pennsylvania.

Rittenhouse Square, one of the original open-space parks planned by William Penn and Thomas Holme, serves as the setting for this display of ignorance. In 1825, the space was renamed after David Rittenhouse, who was a descendant of Philly's first paper-maker, William Rittenhouse. The park is bordered by Walnut Street and Manning Street, and surrounded by pricey high-rises, apartment buildings, and hotels.

On a nice day, you'll find people walking their dogs, playing with their children, playing chess, taking photos, or simply passing through. The park houses public art, such as the memorial to Dr. J. William White, who was the John Rhea Barton Professor of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital during the early 20th century.

The park appears in Trading Places, In Her Shoes, and The Happening, and was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

The Welfare Stoop

As Seen In: "Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare" (Season 2)
Location: 752 South 10th St.

The Reynolds twins live in their own world, either trying to hold on to their glory days (Dennis), or fighting to transform from ugly duckling to beautiful swan (Dee). Determined to pursue their dreams, Dennis and Dee quit their jobs and go on welfare when they learn they'd earn more money that way than from working at Paddy's. To convince a caseworker that they're crack addicts in dire need of unemployment benefits, they become crack addicts.

During their downward spiral, they sit on the stoop of a home and drink beer, all the while singing Biz Markie's "Just a Friend." This stoop is located on the 700 block of South 10th Street, between Ftizwater and Catherine and about a half a block down from Palumbo Recreation Center. As you can see, there's a better chance that you'll find a pumpkin resting in front of this house than two lazy crackheads who are more high on entitlement than anything else.

Department of Public Health Community Health Services

As Seen In: "The Gang Gives Back" (Season 2)
Location: 500 South Broad St.

Charlie Day, who plays Charlie Kelly, wrote this episode, which finds Charlie stooping to exceptionally pathetic lows to win the heart of the Waitress. Her disgust is a joy to watch, especially when the viewer knows that the two are actually married.

Charlie attends an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting wasted, and runs into his distant lover. In a sad attempt to convince people that he's not an alcoholic, he proves that he is an alcoholic. Against her own judgement (but to Charlie's delight), the Waitress offers to be his sponsor, as long as that's the extent of their relationship. Charlie agrees, and attempts to remain sober so as to charm his beloved. He fails at both.

The AA meeting takes place inside of a health center managed by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. At this location, residents are offered immunizations, flu shots, basic and emergency dental care, gynecological care, check-ups, prenatal care, and HIV, STD, and STI testing.

Love Park

As Seen In: "Charlie Goes America All Over Everybody's Ass" (Season 2)
Location: 16th St. and JFK Blvd.

During the second season, Charlie gets uncomfortably patriotic and goes on an anti-smoking crusade. His crazed quest leads him to an anti-smoking rally at JFK Plaza, better known as Love Park.

Located in Center City, the park's nickname comes from Robert Indiana's famous Love sculpture. Built in 1965, the park is diagonal to City Hall and was branded the John F. Kennedy Plaza in 1967. The sculpture was added to the plaza in 1976 as part of the United State's Bicentennial celebration. It was removed in 1978, but people loved it so much that it was purchased and made a permanent part of the park that same year. Over the years, the park became an international (and controversial) skateboarding hot-spot, leading to Philly hosting the X Games in 2001 and 2002.

Bleu Martini

As Seen In: "Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad" (Season 2); "Who Pooped the Bed?" (Season 4)
Location: 24 South 2nd St.

During the show's second season, Dennis, Dee, their mother, and Frank have dinner here, and the evil woman confirms that he is not their father. It appears again during the fourth season as a nightclub where Dee recruits her "friends"—the Waitress and Artemis—to play Sex and the City with her.

Bleu Martini can be found on 2nd Street, just off Market in the historic Old City section of Philadelphia. As upscale as it looks, it's the type of place where you go to black out—like many places in Old City.

Philadelphia Arts Bank

As Seen In: "The Gang Finds a Dumpster Baby" (Season 3)
Location: 601 South Broad St.

In the first episode of the third season, the Gang discovers a baby in a dumpster. Mac and Dee try to care for the child, which is funny because Rob McElhenney and Kaitlin Olson are actually married and have a child. They take the baby on a stroll, and a stranger convinces them that the baby should act in commercials. Because the conniving Gang is forever in search of a get-rich-quick scheme, Mac and Dee take Dumpster Baby, or "DB" for short, to meet with a casting agent. At the Philadelphia Arts Bank.

The former bank building was purchased by the University of the Arts in 1994. It's on the corner of Broad and South, on the segment of Broad known as the Avenue of the Arts. On the first floor of the building, there's a 230-seat stage and the renovated Laurie Beechman Cabaret Theater. It's home to music recitals, film and animation shows, dance classes, and theater productions. It's not the place for lazy schemers to bring abandoned children in their efforts to get rich or die trying.

Fatty McGoo's Shop

As Seen In: "The Aluminum Monster vs. Fatty McGoo" (Season 3)
Location: South St., between 3rd St. and 4th St.

Dee's out shopping with Charlie, who's looking for a "five-finger discount," when Dee is spotted by Ingrid Nelson, her best friend from high school. Back in those days, they were known as "The Aluminum Monster and Fatty McGoo" due to Dee's back brace and Inrgrid's weight. Over the years, Ingrid's slimmed down and now owns a boutique. Feeling like the loser that she is, a jealous Dee sets out on a doomed mission to take down Fatty McGoo.

A series of establishing shots indicate that Fatty McGoo's shop is located on the 300 block of South Street, but the interior scenes were probably filmed in L.A.— check out the photo above showing an Ultra Body Fitness across the street. There are no Ultra Body Fitness locations on South Street, or in Philly, period.

Though it's a major tourist attraction (Boyz ll Men mentions it during "Motownphilly"), South Street was cooler in the '90s. The popular eight-block stretch is home to a mixture of boutiques like Fatty McGoo's, restaurants, bars, novelty shops, and more. An increased amount of fuckery over the years has resulted in an increased police presence, especially on weekend nights.

The bad behavior has died down during recent years, but plenty of regretful people have seen the inside of the police station on South Street.

There's also a nighttime shot of South Street included in the opening credits, and as you can see, it's changed some over the years.

Oldies Rock Cafe

As Seen In: "The Gang Sells Out" (Season 3); "The Waitress is Getting Married" (Season 5); "Mac and Dennis Break Up" (Season 5); "The Gang Gets a New Member" (Season 6)
Location: 1201 Filbert St.

In Season 3, the gang tries to sell Paddy's to restaurant chain "Oldies Rock Cafe." When Dee finds out that she won't profit from the sale of the bar because she doesn't own any shares, she applies for a job at an Oldies Rock Cafe. She spots The Waitress, who's become a manager there now that a Starbucks is stealing all of the business away from Philly Java Company, so she strong-arms The Waitress into getting her a job there. Soon enough, she gets Charlie and Dennis jobs at the restaurant, and the three of them quickly piss The Waitress off. The restaurant also appears during the fifth season, where a sweaty Charlie meets a woman for a date and informs her that he's a "full on rapist" while trying to explain that he's a "philanthropist."

This is actually a Maggiano's Little Italy, and is located right on the corner of 12th & Filbert in Center City. It's directly across the street from Reading Terminal Market and the downtown Philly location of the Marriott. It's great for dining in, picking up food that will most certainly get smashed later, or private events like banquets. If you've never been, the Chicken Parmesan is so good that it will fucking kill you.

Chinatown Friendship Gate

As Seen In: "Frank Sets Sweet Dee on Fire" (Season 3); "Mac and Dennis: Manhunters" (Season 4)
Location: 10th St. and Arch St.

During the third season, the news show started by Frank, Charlie, and Mac takes them to Chinatown, where Mac proves to be the worst—and most awesome—investigative reporter to ever bless the small screen. Charlie, on the other hand, proves to be simply the worst cameraman ever.

Charlie and Dee return to Chinatown in the fourth season on an investigation to discover the origins of some mysterious meat.

The Friendship Gate is an internationally recognized landmark that symbolizes the exchange of culture and positive energy between Philly and its sister city, Tianjin, China. Dedicated at the beginning of 1984, the gate stands 40 feet and weighs 88 tons. It has the distinction of being the first authentic Chinese gate to be built in America. It depicts several mythical creatures, as well as patterns and designs associated with the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The image of the dragon was placed there to protect the gate and the community from fire. The gate was given a new coat of paint and rededicated in November 2008.

BNY Mellon Center

As Seen In: "The Gang Sells Out (Season 3); "The Gang Gets Whacked (Part 2)" (Season 3); "Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life" (Season 4); "Frank's Pretty Woman" (Season 7)
Location: 1735 Market St.

This building popped up for the first time in Season 3, when Frank, Mac, Dennis, and Charlie argued over shares of the bar outside its facade. Later in that season, Cricket was seen banging on trashcans with broken legs while high on cocaine. As a testament to how high he was, he saw a white horse run down Market Street when he looked to the left.

The building was known as the Mellon Bank Center until 2009, when it was renamed the BNY Mellon Center. The 54-story skyscraper was completed in 1990, and is part of a collection of office buildings known as Penn Center. Not only is it one of the tallest buildings in the city, it's the 161st tallest building in the world. Unfortunately, we can't confirm whether anyone has ridden that particular white horse down Market Street.

Swann Memorial Fountain (Logan Circle)

As Seen In: Opening credits; "Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life" (Season 4)
Location: Logan Circle

The camera circles Logan Circle (also known as Logan Square) during Sunny's opening credits, offering a nighttime view of Swann Memorial Fountain. But more memorably, during the fourth season, various members of the Gang visited Logan Circle for personal reasons. Sweet Dee came here to make it rain on the fountain while praying for her pathetic life to improve. Charlie came to steal money for spies, because Charlie is a complete fucking idiot. Frank came to piss in the fountain, and because the episode is about Dennis, he came because he thinks the fountain's water has healing powers. Take that, Lake Minnetonka.

The circle was designed by French architect Jacques Gréber, who modeled it after the Place de la Concorde in Paris. It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

City Hall

As Seen In: "America's Next Top Paddy's Billboard Model Contest" (Season 4)
Location: 1 Penn Square

In this episode, Frank buys a billboard to attract customers to the bar, and though Dee offers to model, the Gang shoots down the idea. Joined by Charlie, Big Bird (Dee) decides to create viral videos to draw new customers and show off her acting chops. One of her characters is Martina Martinez, who interrupts a bunch of construction workers before Charlie appears as Greenman and hits her in the face with a rubber ball. No matter what disguise Dee wears, she's always PatheticGirl43.

City Hall is at the dead-center of Broad Street, acting as an unofficial divider between North Philadelphia and South Philadelphia. From 1901 to 1908, this 548-foot building was the tallest in the world, and remained the tallest in the state until Pittsburgh's Golf Tower was built in 1932. With a 37-foot statue of Philadelphia founder William Penn resting atop, it's still the largest masonry in the world, and houses all branches of government for the city. Its 700 rooms make it the largest municipal building in the United States, and one of the largest in the world.

In addition to Sunny, City Hall appeared in the 2009 Jamie Foxx-vehicle Law Abiding Citizen. You'll have to forgive its current appearance. It's under construction.

Independence Hall

As Seen In: "America's Next Top Paddy's Billboard Model Contest" (Season 4)
Location: 41 North 6th St.

Dennis joins Dee and Charlie in their quest to craft the perfect viral video, and Dee interviews Dennis, who takes himself way too seriously. Luckily, Charlie comes along and kicks him right in the groin—viral gold.

The scene was filmed across the street from Independence Hall, which is the main attraction of Independence National Historical Park. It's one of the most important places in American history, as our founding fathers chopped it up in the space, and later adopted the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution here. From 1775 to 1783, it was the primary meeting place for the Second Continental Congress, and the Constitutional Convention was held here during the summer of 1787. It was the original home of the Liberty Bell, which now resides across the street on Independence Mall and can be glimpsed in the background. Independence Hall can be seen on the back of a U.S. $100, on the back of the bicentennial Kennedy half dollar, and the stamp the US Post Office created in its honor in 1956. Because of its importance, several buildings have been erected in its image and honor, including the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI, and Howard University's Founders Library. Both are National Historic Landmarks; Independence Hall became a World Heritage Site in 1979.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

As Seen In: "Paddy's Pub's: The Worst Bar in Philadelphia "(Season 4)
Location: 801 Market St.

An argument could be made that the douchiest bars in Philly originated with Paddy's—especially if Lyle Corman is making the argument. After the writer ethers the bar, Charlie, Dee, and Dennis accost him at his office, asking him to give the bar another shot before dismissing it as one of the worst in the city. When he refuses, they threaten to sue him for libel and slander, and he smugly informs them that the newspaper has lawyers on salary to deal with people like them. Never the ones to be outdone, the Gang leaves their mark on his office: Dennis spits in his coffee mug and Charlie smashes his office with a hammer. Soon enough, Charlie kidnaps Corman and the Gang is forced to deal with another kind of mess.

Lyle Corman writes for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and its former headquarters is located on the 400 block of North Broad Street. The paper was originally founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829, and is the third-oldest daily newspaper in the United States still in circulation.The Inquirer Building was previously known as the Elverson Building, named after James Elverson who purchased the paper at the end of the 19th century. His son, James Elverson Jr., bought a bunch of land at Broad and Callowhill Streets and named the 18-story building after his father. Financial struggles during the latter part of the 20th century have led to the sale of the building to Bart Blatstein of Tower Investments Inc., and now employees of The Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com work out of the former Strawbridge & Clothier store at 8th and Market.

The front of that location has a picture of the city's skyline on the left side of its entrance, and another picture of Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson being chased by a string of Giants defenders on the right. The old Inquirer Building is in good shape (on the outside, at least), and was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

The Laff House

As Seen In: "Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life" (Season 4)
Location: 221 South St.

Charlie joins Dee at the Laff House, where she comes almost every night to perform, but can't because of a weak stomach. She explains to Charlie that she doesn't eat dinner, because stage fright makes her stomach reject everything, leading to the embarrassment that has characterized Sweet Dee's pitiful existence.

The Laff House is located on South Street, about a block away from Fatty McGoo's fictional boutique. Philly's top comedy club opened in 1985 as the Funny Bone, and became Catch a Rising Star in 1996, putting the spotlight on local talent. It finally hit it's stride in 1997, when comedian David Brenner took over and blessed the place with its current name. Over the years, the likes of Rudy Ray Moore, Thea Vidal, Earthquake, J. B. Smoove, Michael Blackson, Mike Epps, and Philly's own Kevin Hart have shut the stage at the Laff House down.

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

As Seen In: "Sweet Dee Has a Heart Attack" (Season 4); "A Very Sunny Christmas" (Season 6)
Location: 3400 Spruce St.

Dee is taken to this hospital after suffering a heart attack in Season 4, which transforms her and Dennis into the overzealous workout assholes you see too often at the gym. The hospital also appears in Season 6, when Frank is taken here after injuring his ankle in a car accident.

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania was founded at its Spruce Street location in 1874 by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, which makes it the oldest university-owned teaching hospital in the country. On a more troubling note, singer David Ruffin died at the hospital in June of 1991 after reportedly passing out while smoking crack at a house in West Philly.

Italian Market

As Seen In: "The Gang Hits the Road" (Season 5)
Location: South 9th St. and Christian St.

The Gang tries to take a road trip, but before leaving the city, they hit up the Italian Market, where Mac and Charlie squabble with a fruit salesman over the price of a pear.

The scene was filmed in front of Los Amigos, a grocery store that's part of the famous outdoor market, one of the oldest and largest in the country. The real heart of the Italian Market is on South 9th Street, between Christian and Washington Avenue. Despite its name, it's home to several stores and restaurants organized around various ethnic groups. It was honored as a Pennsylvania State Historical Marker in 2007; the marker can be found in front of the mural of former mayor Frank Rizzo.

Paddy's Pub

As Seen In: "The Great Recession" (Season 5)
Location: 3rd St. and Dickinson St.

We hate to break it to you, but there's no Paddy's Pub in Philly. All of the bar's interior scenes are filmed in L.A., but in this outdoor scene, you can see a sign for Dickinson Street in the distance, with the 200 block to the east and the 300 block to the west. This would place the bar around the corner from 3rd and Dickinson. The show has always alluded to the bar being in South Philly, and this block of Dickinson Street does actually exist in South Philly, but it looks nothing like it does during this episode. This means they probably erected a fake street sign somewhere in L.A., but used the name of an actual Philly street in the spirit of verisimilitude.

On the show, Paddy's is located in a seedy neighborhood, but the actual block is a residential neighborhood complete with a barbershop and funeral home. There is in fact an alleyway, but if you bust a right like Mac and Dennis do, you'll see houses instead of a bar, and a church on the other side of the narrow alley.

Overbrook

As Seen In: "The Gang Gives Frank an Intervention" (Season 5)
Location: 6400 Church Rd.

In the early seasons, Frank functioned like an evil Geppetto, manipulating the rest of the Gang while launching several shady business plans of his own. In the fifth season, he goes off the deep end after losing his entire fortune in a Ponzi Scheme. The Gang decides it's time to save Frank after he finds himself torn between sleeping with Donna, the wife of his deceased brother-in-law, or her daughter Gail. Gail is the grotesque "garbage pail" cousin who Dee and Dennis refer to as "Gail the Snail." As children, they threw salt at her.

In this scene, Mac and Frank walk through a neighborhood while discussing the pros and cons of each scenario. Since Mac's on a quest to bed Donna, he suggests Frank stick with Gail because they aren't really blood relatives.

The block that Mac and Frank walk down is the 6400 block of Church Road, located in the Overbrook section of West Philadelphia.

Pub & Kitchen

As Seen In: "The Gang Wrestles for the Troops" (Season 5)
Location: 1946 Lombard St.

Mac, Charlie, and Dennis decide to do something nice for returning American troops by planning a wrestling show. Dee reveals that she's been flirting with a solider on the Internet, but is disappointed when she goes to meet him because he's wheelchair-bound. She has Artemis pretend to be her alter ego, "Desert Rose," but tries to win the soldier back when he stands up to hug her.

The real location for the shenanigans? Pub & Kitchen, located a block above South Street and beloved for its quality burgers. It's a good location to grab a drink or meal, and also serves as a decent happy hour spot for professionals in the area.

Three Parkway

As Seen In: "Paddy's Pub: Home of the Original Kitten Mittens" (Season 5)
Location: 3 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.

Charlie attends a conference for small business investors at Three Parkway to pitch his plan for Kitten Mittens. Three Parkway is flanked by Strayer University to the left and the Mexican Post to the right. Friends Select School sits behind it, and wraps around the building to the left, right next to Strayer. Across the street is Three Parkway Plaza, nestled right along Ben Franklin Parkway at 16th Street. The plaza features sculptures, chess tables, seasonal flowers, and an underground irrigation system.

The McPoyle's Second Home

As Seen In: "Who Got Dee Pregnant?" (Season 6); "The Anti-Social Network" (Season 7)
Location: 1691 South 5th St.

Through a series of flashbacks and a lot of detective work, the Gang attempts to figure out who got Dee pregnant. Their search leads them to the second home of the creepy McPoyles, the nemeses of the Gang and the only ones sober during the Halloween party.

Filmed at night, the block where the McPoyles live appears far more menacing than it really is. The house is on the corner of 5th and Morris, above Agresta Food Market (you can still see the name in the shot).

United Artists Riverview Stadium 17

As Seen In: "Charlie Kelly: King of the Rats" (Season 6)
Location: 1400 South Columbus Blvd.

Charlie and Dee catch a movie at Riverview, a pedestrian scenario made Sunny by the spaghetti Charlie has stashed in Dee's purse. The South Philly multiplex has a ratchet reputation that's only a little unfounded. Its special aura might just be the weed smoke you inhale when someone's blazing in the theater, which happens often enough to make packing spaghetti in case of second-hand munches a good idea.

Hahnemann University Hospital

As Seen In: "Dee Gives Birth" (Season 6); "Frank's Pretty Woman" (Season 7)
Location: 230 North Broad St.

In one of It's Always Sunny's most important episodes, Dee delivers her love child at Hahnemann University Hospital. While Dee prepares to give birth, Dennis, Charlie, and Mac run around the city trying to figure out who the father is. Several characters return as a result.

The hospital was founded in Center City in 1885, and is named after Samuel Hahnemann, who originated homeopathy in 1796. Affiliated with Drexel University's College of Medicine, it's a teaching hospital. Thankfully, things don't get as ratchet inside as they did when Dee was with child.

Terminal Square

As Seen In: "Thunder Gun Express" (Season 7)
Location: 7000 Terminal Square, Upper Darby, PA

Last season, the Gang was determined to see the new film Thunder Gun Express, but an appearance from the POTUS turned the city into a traffic nightmare. They turned to public transportation, with Mac, Charlie, Dee, and Frank running to hop on a passing trolley.

This scene was shot at Terminal Square in Upper Darby, and those lovable idiots are definitely dumb for bolting onto the tracks like that. The 69th Street Terminal is surrounded by eateries and small businesses. Its architecture has a '60s feel.

St. Joseph's Preparatory School

As Seen In: "The High School Reunion" (Season 7); "The High School Reunion Part 2: The Gang's Revenge" (Season 7)
Location: 1733 West Girard Ave.

Last season's two-part finale saw the Gang attend their high school reunion.

Sunny 's characters have always placed a great burden on high school, as it was a formative time for each loser. Dennis would tell you that he was kind of cool, but it's Dennis—his manufactured vanity is a paper-thin veil for his low self-esteem. He might as well still be in high school. At the reunion, Dee wants everyone to see that she's been liberated from her back brace, but the memory of the Aluminum Monster is hard to shake. Mac faces a difficult task, being that guy who got fat. On top of that, his name is Ronald McDonald. Charlie is...Charlie. They smash beers in the parking lot before heading inside for a beautiful disaster.

The high school parking lot used for this scene is none other than St. Joseph's Preparatory School, located in North Philly. Known as "The Prep," it is an all-male, Catholic college preparatory school, founded in 1851. It is one of 45 Jesuit secondary schools operating in the United States.

The school has a number of notable alumni, including famous sports anchor Jim McKay, former Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic coach Matt Guokas, Saint Joseph's University men's basketball coach Phil Martelli, 2002 NFL MVP Rich Gannon, Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter, and Rob McElhenney.